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Jamestown F.C.
Jamestown Football Club was an association football club based in the village of Jamestown, in the Vale of Leven area of West Dunbartonshire, which entered the Scottish Cup from 1878 to 1890.
The club was founded in 1877 and the second to bear that name, the first Jamestown only playing in 1873. The club's first competition was the 1878–79 Scottish Cup, and the club surprisingly beat the veterans Lennox of Dumbarton in the first round. The club's first Cup run ended at the third round stage at Vale of Leven, the eventual winners, by the score of 15–0, although the club "worked so pluckily throughout" that "they deserved a less crushing defeat".
The club reached the third round 7 times, but never won through to the fourth. The next time the club made it so far was in 1879–80 Scottish Cup. That season, Vale of Leven lost in the first round to Dumbarton F.C.; those players who had not appeared in the match (and so were not Cup-tied) looked to join another side. One Vale player, Robert Paton, missed the match as he was acting as referee for Jamestown's 2–1 win over Star of Leven. Paton's performance was criticized for a number of questionable decisions. The Star protested the result on the basis that Paton was a member of the Jamestown club, but the protest was dismissed after Paton gave evidence that he was not a member.
By the third round, Jamestown was the only Levenside club remaining in the competition, and Paton (as well as three other Vale players) played for Jamestown in its third round win over Lennox. This however resulted in a protest from Lennox on the basis that the four players were not bona fide members of the Jamestown club. After the Scottish FA committee heard the evidence, it decided that Paton had indeed been a member of Jamestown. However, the committee also ruled that, contrary to its earlier findings, Paton had been a member of Jamestown before the competition started, and was therefore ineligible to referee the Star of Leven tie. The Scottish FA therefore disqualified Jamestown ab initio, retrospectively awarding the first round tie to Star of Leven. Jamestown threatened to take legal action but the disqualification was not overturned.
The links between Jamestown and Vale of Leven caused problems again in 1882–83, with Jamestown lending the Vale's second XI two players for its semi final in the Second XI Cup against Kilmarnock Athletic. However this link caused the Vale's disqualification from the tournament as the players were ineligible for a second XI competition.
The Scottish Cup in this era had its early rounds on a regional basis. This was unfortunate for the smaller Dunbartonshire sides, as every Cup final (except one) from 1876 to 1888 featured one of the three main Dunbartonshire clubs (Renton, Vale of Leven, and Dumbarton), all of whom were heavily backed by local factories; indeed Vale of Leven's backer was the Orr-Ewing factory, which was based in Jamestown.
This made it very difficult for the smaller sides to win through the Dunbartonshire region and Jamestown lost to Dumbarton in the Cup every year from 1880–81 to 1882–83. The club was at its peak in 1880, "having been strengthened by importations from other clubs", and in the Cup only narrowly lost 2–1 at Boghead. The following month Jamestown beat Vale of Leven away from home 3–1 in a friendly.
At this time, the Renton club was in abeyance, and, although it entered the Cup for 1881–82, it scratched to Jamestown in the first round. The next season however Renton re-started with factory backing and was re-established as one of the leading Scots clubs. Although Jamestown scored its biggest Scottish Cup win in 1882, beating Strathblane 12–1, Dumbarton was now able to beat Jamestown 8–1 in the third round.
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Jamestown F.C.
Jamestown Football Club was an association football club based in the village of Jamestown, in the Vale of Leven area of West Dunbartonshire, which entered the Scottish Cup from 1878 to 1890.
The club was founded in 1877 and the second to bear that name, the first Jamestown only playing in 1873. The club's first competition was the 1878–79 Scottish Cup, and the club surprisingly beat the veterans Lennox of Dumbarton in the first round. The club's first Cup run ended at the third round stage at Vale of Leven, the eventual winners, by the score of 15–0, although the club "worked so pluckily throughout" that "they deserved a less crushing defeat".
The club reached the third round 7 times, but never won through to the fourth. The next time the club made it so far was in 1879–80 Scottish Cup. That season, Vale of Leven lost in the first round to Dumbarton F.C.; those players who had not appeared in the match (and so were not Cup-tied) looked to join another side. One Vale player, Robert Paton, missed the match as he was acting as referee for Jamestown's 2–1 win over Star of Leven. Paton's performance was criticized for a number of questionable decisions. The Star protested the result on the basis that Paton was a member of the Jamestown club, but the protest was dismissed after Paton gave evidence that he was not a member.
By the third round, Jamestown was the only Levenside club remaining in the competition, and Paton (as well as three other Vale players) played for Jamestown in its third round win over Lennox. This however resulted in a protest from Lennox on the basis that the four players were not bona fide members of the Jamestown club. After the Scottish FA committee heard the evidence, it decided that Paton had indeed been a member of Jamestown. However, the committee also ruled that, contrary to its earlier findings, Paton had been a member of Jamestown before the competition started, and was therefore ineligible to referee the Star of Leven tie. The Scottish FA therefore disqualified Jamestown ab initio, retrospectively awarding the first round tie to Star of Leven. Jamestown threatened to take legal action but the disqualification was not overturned.
The links between Jamestown and Vale of Leven caused problems again in 1882–83, with Jamestown lending the Vale's second XI two players for its semi final in the Second XI Cup against Kilmarnock Athletic. However this link caused the Vale's disqualification from the tournament as the players were ineligible for a second XI competition.
The Scottish Cup in this era had its early rounds on a regional basis. This was unfortunate for the smaller Dunbartonshire sides, as every Cup final (except one) from 1876 to 1888 featured one of the three main Dunbartonshire clubs (Renton, Vale of Leven, and Dumbarton), all of whom were heavily backed by local factories; indeed Vale of Leven's backer was the Orr-Ewing factory, which was based in Jamestown.
This made it very difficult for the smaller sides to win through the Dunbartonshire region and Jamestown lost to Dumbarton in the Cup every year from 1880–81 to 1882–83. The club was at its peak in 1880, "having been strengthened by importations from other clubs", and in the Cup only narrowly lost 2–1 at Boghead. The following month Jamestown beat Vale of Leven away from home 3–1 in a friendly.
At this time, the Renton club was in abeyance, and, although it entered the Cup for 1881–82, it scratched to Jamestown in the first round. The next season however Renton re-started with factory backing and was re-established as one of the leading Scots clubs. Although Jamestown scored its biggest Scottish Cup win in 1882, beating Strathblane 12–1, Dumbarton was now able to beat Jamestown 8–1 in the third round.