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Moffat F.C.
Moffat F.C. was an association football club from Moffat in Dumfriesshire.
The club was founded in 1880 and entered the Scottish Cup for the first time in 1881–82, losing to the 5th Kirkcudbrightshire Rifle Volunteers F.C. in a first round replay. The club had strong links with local churches; the club presidents included the Rev. A. R. McEwen of the United Presbyterian Church and office-holders included the Rev. W. H. Churchill of Reigate and Rev. G. S. Ponsonby of Cambridge as honorary vice-presidents, the Rev. W. Pulsford as a representative of the club at the local association, and the Rev J. W. Randall as vice-captain of the side. The Rev. Churchill was from Moffat and after his move to England he donated a trophy, the Churchill Cup, which became the premier prize for clubs in Dumfriesshire.
The club became one of the strongest in the region, even having a feeder side (the Swifts) briefly in the 1880s. The club's local honours included winning the Churchill Cup in 1888 and 1890, and the Southern Counties Charity Cup in 1888.
The club played in the first-ever Charity Cup tie in 1884, against Queen of the South Wanderers F.C. of Dumfries, at the Vale o' Nith F.C. ground at Mildamhall. The game did not finish as Moffat walked off in protest at the refereeing; Moffat complaining that "a committee, composed mainly of Dumfries gentlemen, appointed a Dumfries referee for a match between a Dumfries club and strangers",
Oddly, the same situation arose in the final of the same competition against the same club in 1887, when the referee disallowed a claim for a foul by Moffat that the ball had been pulled out of goalkeeper J. Kirk's hands during a scrimmage on the goal-line. The Moffat players walked off the pitch, "loudly hooted" by the crowd, and the referee awarded the Cup to Queen of the South Wanderers; the latter agreed to a re-play of the final, which the Wanderers won.
The club's first Churchill Cup win in 1888 was as a result of beating Mid-Annandale in a final that saw 21 goals; eight in the original match (said to be the "roughest on record") and 13 in the replay, which ended 7–6 to Moffat. The 1890 triumph was considered a particular honour, as the 5th KRV, semi-final opponents, were allowed to bring in players from the Queen of the South Wanderers, and final opponents Newton Stewart F.C. had guest players from two other clubs.
The nature of the regionalized draws in the Scottish Cup in the 1880s was problematic for Moffat as the club was continually drawn against the 5th KRV in the earliest rounds, the Volunteers knocking the club out every season until 1886–87, bar one season in which the club withdrew.
Moffat finally beat the Volunteers in the second round in 1889–90, the Moffatonians having "a uniform excellence about their play on Saturday not often to be met with in a provincial team", and being notable for the size of the team, with several players standing over 6 feet tall. The club drew twice with Queen of the South Wanderers in the third round, which, under the rules in place at the time, meant both teams went through, and after beating Carfin Shamrock F.C. in the fourth, the club was drawn against Dundee East End F.C. in the fifth round; that season the round had 12 clubs, and Moffat was unlucky in not receiving a bye.
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Moffat F.C.
Moffat F.C. was an association football club from Moffat in Dumfriesshire.
The club was founded in 1880 and entered the Scottish Cup for the first time in 1881–82, losing to the 5th Kirkcudbrightshire Rifle Volunteers F.C. in a first round replay. The club had strong links with local churches; the club presidents included the Rev. A. R. McEwen of the United Presbyterian Church and office-holders included the Rev. W. H. Churchill of Reigate and Rev. G. S. Ponsonby of Cambridge as honorary vice-presidents, the Rev. W. Pulsford as a representative of the club at the local association, and the Rev J. W. Randall as vice-captain of the side. The Rev. Churchill was from Moffat and after his move to England he donated a trophy, the Churchill Cup, which became the premier prize for clubs in Dumfriesshire.
The club became one of the strongest in the region, even having a feeder side (the Swifts) briefly in the 1880s. The club's local honours included winning the Churchill Cup in 1888 and 1890, and the Southern Counties Charity Cup in 1888.
The club played in the first-ever Charity Cup tie in 1884, against Queen of the South Wanderers F.C. of Dumfries, at the Vale o' Nith F.C. ground at Mildamhall. The game did not finish as Moffat walked off in protest at the refereeing; Moffat complaining that "a committee, composed mainly of Dumfries gentlemen, appointed a Dumfries referee for a match between a Dumfries club and strangers",
Oddly, the same situation arose in the final of the same competition against the same club in 1887, when the referee disallowed a claim for a foul by Moffat that the ball had been pulled out of goalkeeper J. Kirk's hands during a scrimmage on the goal-line. The Moffat players walked off the pitch, "loudly hooted" by the crowd, and the referee awarded the Cup to Queen of the South Wanderers; the latter agreed to a re-play of the final, which the Wanderers won.
The club's first Churchill Cup win in 1888 was as a result of beating Mid-Annandale in a final that saw 21 goals; eight in the original match (said to be the "roughest on record") and 13 in the replay, which ended 7–6 to Moffat. The 1890 triumph was considered a particular honour, as the 5th KRV, semi-final opponents, were allowed to bring in players from the Queen of the South Wanderers, and final opponents Newton Stewart F.C. had guest players from two other clubs.
The nature of the regionalized draws in the Scottish Cup in the 1880s was problematic for Moffat as the club was continually drawn against the 5th KRV in the earliest rounds, the Volunteers knocking the club out every season until 1886–87, bar one season in which the club withdrew.
Moffat finally beat the Volunteers in the second round in 1889–90, the Moffatonians having "a uniform excellence about their play on Saturday not often to be met with in a provincial team", and being notable for the size of the team, with several players standing over 6 feet tall. The club drew twice with Queen of the South Wanderers in the third round, which, under the rules in place at the time, meant both teams went through, and after beating Carfin Shamrock F.C. in the fourth, the club was drawn against Dundee East End F.C. in the fifth round; that season the round had 12 clubs, and Moffat was unlucky in not receiving a bye.