Clydesdale F.C. (1883)
Clydesdale Football Club was a 19th-century football club based in Rutherglen, Scotland. History The club was formed in 1883, and played its first competitive match in the Lanarkshire Cup in 1884. The club was part of the Temperance Movement and its members were teetotallers. The media occasionally referred to the club as Rutherglen Clydesdale to distinguish them from the other club of that name based further west closer to the centre of Glasgow. Clydesdale started to enter the Scottish Cup in 1885–86, losing 4–2 at home to Tollcross in its first entry. The club entered every season until 1891–92 and never won a tie. The club's peak (such as it was) came in the 1888–89 season. It reached the second round of the Scottish Cup, thanks to drawing twice against local rivals Rutherglen; under the rules of the competition at the time, both teams progressed after two draws. In the second round, Clydesdale visited Uddingston, and was 4–0 down at half-time, both sides scoring once in the second half. The club also reached the semi-final of the Lanarkshire Cup, albeit only thanks to a bye and a default, after the club had initially lost to Rutherglen in the quarter-final. In