Pollokshaws F.C.
Pollokshaws Football Club was a Scottish football team, based in Pollokshaws, now part of Glasgow (at the time a separate burgh). History The club was founded on 18 April 1884, at a meeting at the town hall, as a merger between the Pollok and Sir John Maxwell clubs; William M'Neil, the match secretary of the Maxwell, was kept on as match secretary for the new club. The club was the second club with the Pollokshaws name, the original club lasting from 1876 to 1878. The new club entered the Scottish Cup and the Renfrewshire Cup for the 1884–85 season. In the former competition, the club received a bye in the first round, and after two draws against Southern of Greenock in the second, the club (in accordance with the competition's rules) was given a third-round place. The club's run ended with a 4–0 defeat at Thornliebank. One week after the Thornliebank defeat, Pollokshaws gained a measure of comfort with its equal biggest-ever win in competitive football, beating Houston Athletic 14–0 in the Renfrewshire Cup, but the club lost in the second round to Olympic of Paisley. For some reason the club did not enter the 1885–86 Scottish Cup, only the