Johnstone Wanderers F.C.
Johnstone Wanderers Football Club, originally called Wanderers before 1891, was an association football club from Dundee, Scotland. History A dispute between the players and committee of the Dundee Our Boys club in 1885 resulted in a number of players deciding to quit the Our Boys club, and set up a new club, named Wanderers. The new club, having "forked off" the Our Boys, was nicknamed the Forkies as a result. Within a season it had 150 members, which made it equal in size with the long-established Strathmore. First season and first silverware The club joined the Scottish Football Association in August 1886, the name being recorded as Dundee Wanderers, although the club was officially called simply Wanderers. It played in the Scottish Cup and Forfarshire Cup from the 1886–87 season, being given an ostensibly easy tie in the national competition at home to Broughty, a club one-third of the Wanderers' size; the consequent "wholly unexpected" 7–2 defeat being such a shock to the crowd that it turned violent, and the referee walked off with 10 minutes to go (with the score 5–1) for his own safety. Christie of Forfar Athletic (who happened to be watching) retrieved the thrown-away whistle to