Kirkintilloch Jubilee Cup
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Competition for clubs
in the Kirkintilloch area of Stirlingshire.
"Jubilee Cup - At a meeting of
representatives from the following clubs:- Athletic,
Central, Harp, and Rob Roy, it was resolved to have a competition among the
clubs, the proceeds of admission to go towards purchasing a cup, to be named
the Jubilee Cup, and competed for annually. Mr Andrew Aitken was appointed
treasurer, and Mr Wm. Fletcher, Jun., secretary."
From the
Kirkintilloch Herald, 25 May 1887
"The Kirkintilloch Football Clubs are just
now in possession of a very handsome cup, which, with the 9-inch pedestal that
supports it, has an elevation of 25 inches. On the face of the pedestal is a
silver plate for the names of whatever teams may win the trophy, which bears
the following explicit inscription:- "Kirkintilloch Football Challenge
Cup. 1887. Raised by competition between the first and
second elevens of the following clubs, viz., Athletic, Central, Harp, and Rob
Roy, in commemoration of Her Majesty's jubilee. To be competed for
annually." In last season's competitions, which were stubbornly contested,
the first Athletic fought its way to the premier position, but its name is not
to appear on the cup. It seems the committee that had the making of the
conditions decided, with the full concurrence of the Athletic delegates, that the name of the team that won the final of
the inaugural contests should not appear on the cup. By this somewhat
unreasonable-looking arrangement the Athletic is deprived of much of the honour
of its hard-won victory, and the cup itself loses an interesting page of its
history. It has been decided to hand the cup, which is meantime in the care of
Mr Andrew Aitken, of the Central, over to Mr Calder,
president of the Athletic."
Falkirk
Herald, 15 October 1887
Winners |
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1886-87 Kirkintilloch Athletic 1887-88 Kirkintilloch Rob Roy 1888-89 Kirkintilloch Athletic 1889-90 Kirkintilloch Athletic |
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1886-87 Kirkintilloch
Jubilee Cup First round (2nd XI) 19
May Kirkintilloch Harp 2nd XI v Kirkintilloch Central 2nd XI 2-3 24
May Kirkintilloch Athletic 2nd XI v Kirkintilloch Rob Roy 2nd XI 6-0 Second round (2nd XI
final) 4
Jun 4 Kirkintilloch Central 2nd XI v Kirkintilloch Athletic 2nd XI 2-2 6
Jun Kirkintilloch Athletic 2nd XI v Kirkintilloch Central 2nd XI 2-1 Semi-final Final at Townhead Park (Kirkintilloch Athletic FC) 5
Jul Kirkintilloch Athletic v Kirkintilloch Central 3-0 Athletic
were not presented with the cup because it did not yet exist. One was finally
purchased in
October 1887. |
1887-88 Kirkintilloch
Jubilee Cup Played in two 'phases'; the first rounds were to eliminate all but one
2nd XI 'champion' who qualified to play a 1st XI in the third round First round (2nd XI) 27 Apr Kirkintilloch Athletic 2nd XI v
Kirkintilloch Harp 2nd XI 7-1 28 Apr 28 Kirkintilloch Rob Roy 2nd XI v
Kirkintilloch Central 2nd XI 3-9 Second round (2nd XI final) 9 May Kirkintilloch Athletic 2nd XI v
Kirkintilloch Central 2nd XI 6-0 Third Round 18 May Kirkintilloch Rob Roy v Kirkintilloch
Athletic 2nd XI 9-4 22 May Kirkintilloch Central v Kirkintilloch Harp
7-1 Kirkintilloch Athletic bye Semi-final / Final 26 May Kirkintilloch Athletic v Kirkintilloch Rob
Roy 4-4 6 Jun Kirkintilloch Athletic v Kirkintilloch Rob
Roy 1-4 Kirkintilloch Central bye Kirkintilloch Central had a bye in the semi-final, but between the semi-final and its
replay they were disqualified from the competition, which made the semi-final
the final. |
1888-89 Kirkintilloch
Jubilee Cup Played in two 'phases'; the first rounds were to eliminate all but one
2nd XI 'champion' who qualified to play a 1st XI in the third round First round (2nd XI) 24 Apr Kirkintilloch
Rob Roy 2nd XI v Kirkintilloch Harp 2nd
XI 7-0 26 Apr Kirkintilloch Athletic 2nd XI v Kirkintilloch Central 2nd XI 8-0 Second round (2nd XI final) 2 May Kirkintilloch
Athletic 2nd XI v Kirkintilloch Rob Roy 2nd
XI 5-3 Third round 4 Jun Kirkintilloch Harp v Kirkintilloch Athletic 2nd
XI 5-1 Semi-final 8 Jun Kirkintilloch Harp v Kirkintilloch Rob Roy 4-3 8 Jun Kirkintilloch Athletic v Kirkintilloch Central 5-1 Final at Green's Fark (Kirkintilloch Central FC) 13 Jun Kirkintilloch
Athletic v Kirkintilloch Harp 10-0 |
1889-90 Kirkintilloch
Jubilee Cup Final - 2 legs 26
Apr Kirkintilloch Athletic v Kirkintilloch Rob Roy 6-1 5
May Kirkintilloch Rob Roy v Kirkintilloch Athletic 2-3 |