Maryhill Harp F.C.
| Full name | Maryhill Hibernians Football Club (1923–1939) Maryhill Harp Football Club (1939–1967) |
|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | The Hibs, Harp |
| Founded | 1923 |
| Dissolved | 1967 |
| Ground | Kelvinvale Park Glasgow |
| League |
Scottish Junior League 1923–1941 Central Junior League 1941–1967 |
Maryhill Hibernians Football Club were a Scottish football club based in the Maryhill area of Glasgow, who played in Scottish Junior Football Association competitions from 1923 until they went out of business in 1967. From 1939 onwards, the club were known as Maryhill Harp. They won the Scottish Junior Cup once, in 1928.
The club were formed in 1923 and admitted to the Scottish Junior League (SJL), using Kelvinvale Park in Maryhill as their home ground. Their greatest season came in 1927–28 and conincided with the Intermediate dispute in the Junior game. With several more successful clubs such as Baillieston, and Yoker Athletic defecting from the SJL to the Intermediates, plus no Intermediate representation in the Junior Cup, Hibernians won a league and cup double. Their 6–2 victory over Burnbank Athletic at Firhill remains the highest scoring Junior Cup final in the competitions history. Willie Gray, who scored four of the goals, was already Hibs first Scotland Junior internationalst, being capped against Ireland in March 1928. He and fellow scorer Joe Riley both joined Celtic the following season along with goalkeeper David Nicol.
Hibs added a second SJL championship title in 1932–33 but the dispersed nature of the league, with clubs from towns such as Dunoon and Rothesay, and the ebbing away of local opposition to other leagues, was becoming financially untenable. After a few struggling years, the club submitted their resignation to the league in May 1939 and declared their intention to apply for membership of the Central League. The SJL however, refused to accept the resignation and the incumbent Hibs committee chose to close the club down in early June 1939.
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