Cree Rovers
Full nameCree Rovers Football Club
Founded1878
Dissolved1881
GroundBarn Park
President and CaptainD. M'Arthur[1]
SecretaryJames Matthews

Cree Rovers F.C. was an association football club from Newton Stewart, Wigtownshire, Scotland.

History

The club was founded in January 1878,[2] and was named after the River Cree.

The Rovers entered the Scottish Cup four times, but only played in the competition twice. In 1878–79, the club had a walkover in the first round, but lost 3–0 at home to Queen of the South Wanderers in the second.[3] In 1879–80, the Rovers lost 2–0 at home to Stranraer.[4]

The club entered in both 1880–81 and 1881–82, but scratched from the 1880–81 competition,[5] and had definitely disbanded before the 1881–82 competition,[6] with most of the club members having joined the new Newton Stewart club.[7] The last recorded match for the club was against a Wigtownshire select side towards the end of the 1880–81 season.[8]

Colours

The club played in blue and red hoops with white knickerbockers and blue hose, except in its first season, in which the knickerbockers were navy.[9][10]

Ground

The club played at Barn Park, Kirroughtree,[11] and had its club house at the Cree Hotel.[12]

References

  1. ↑ "New Football Club". Dumfries & Galloway Standard: 4. 23 January 1878.
  2. ↑ "New Football Club". Dumfries & Galloway Standard: 4. 23 January 1878.
  3. ↑ "Queen of the South Wanderers v Cree Rovers". North British Daily Mail: 7. 28 October 1878.
  4. ↑ "Cree Rovers (Newton-Stewart) v Stranraer (Cup tie)". Glasgow Herald: 6. 22 September 1879.
  5. ↑ Mathers, Stewart. "Season 1880–81". Beautiful Dribbling Game. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
  6. ↑ "Results". Bell's Life: 11. 24 September 1881.
  7. ↑ M'Dowall, John (1882). Scottish Football Association Annual 1882–83. Glasgow: W. Weatherston. p. 123.
  8. ↑ "Wigtownshire Inter-county Team v Cree Rovers". Dumfries & Galloway Standard: 3. 23 February 1881.
  9. ↑ "Club Directory". Scottish Football Historical Results Archive. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
  10. ↑ Dick, William (1878). Scottish Football Annual 1878–79. W. Weatherston. p. 68.
  11. ↑ "Newton-Stewart - Football". Kirkcudbrightshire Advertiser: 5. 14 May 1880.
  12. ↑ Dick, William (1878). Scottish Football Annual 1878–79. W. Weatherston. p. 68.
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