Thistle F.C.

Thistle
Full nameThistle Football Club
Nickname(s)The Jags,[1] the East-Enders[2]
Founded1875
Dissolved1894
Ground1882–1884: Dalmarnock Park
1884–1892: Beechwood Park, Dalmarnock
1892–1894: Braehead Park, Oatlands

Thistle Football Club (also known as Glasgow Thistle[3] and Bridgeton Thistle)[4] was a 19th-century football club based in Glasgow. The club was briefly a member of the Scottish Football League Division Two, and has been described as the most insignificant and least successful to have entered the league.[3] They played at Braehead Park during their Scottish League season.

  1. ^ "Cups and Contests". The Scottish Referee. 15 August 1892. Retrieved 11 March 2022 – via London Hearts Supporters Club.
  2. ^ "Queen's Park v Thistle". North British Daily Mail: 6. 8 September 1890.
  3. ^ a b Twydell, Dave (1993). Rejected F.C. of Scotland Volume 2: Glasgow & District. Yore Publications. pp. 230–239. ISBN 1-874427-30-5.
  4. ^ "Junior Football". Parkhead History. Retrieved 26 September 2017.

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