Arthurlie F.C.
| Full name | Arthurlie Football Club |
|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | The 'Lie |
| Founded | 1874 |
| Ground | Dunterlie Park, Barrhead |
| Capacity | 4,000 |
| Manager | Chris Mackie |
| League | West of Scotland Super League Premier Division |
| 2015–16 | West of Scotland Super League Premier Division, 9th |
Arthurlie Football Club are a Junior football team based in Barrhead, East Renfrewshire in Scotland. Based at Dunterlie Park, they play in the West of Scotland Super League Premier Division. The club played in the Scottish Football League in two spells, 1901 to 1915 and 1923 to 1929.
The club was founded in 1874 and played as a senior league side until 1929. Notable early results include the 4–2 defeat of Celtic in the 1897 Scottish Cup. The club became a founder member of the Scottish Federation League in 1892 and played in the Scottish Football League between 1901 and 1915, achieving modest results in the Second Division. That division ceased operations in 1915, during the First World War, but Arthurlie did not immediately rejoin the league after the war ended. They instead waited until 1923 to apply for membership of the newly created Third Division. Arthurlie immediately won the Third Division championship, and four reasonably successful seasons in the Second Division followed. Financial problems forced the club to resign its membership of the league with six games of the 1928–29 season to play. As the club had played all the promotion-chasing clubs, their results were allowed to stand.
A club of the same name joined the junior ranks during the early 1930s. They found success quickly with a Scottish Junior Cup win in 1937 – defeating Kirkintilloch Rob Roy 5–1 in the final. It would be 51 years before they lifted the famous trophy again, defeating arch rivals Pollok 4–0 in the final at Fir Park with strikes from Mark McLaughlin, Johnny Millar, Steven Convery and Steven Nugent.
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