Beith F.C.

Beith

Full name

Beith Football Club

Nickname(s)

The Cabinet Makers

Founded

1875

Dissolved

1938

Ground

Bellsdale Park, Beith

Home colours

Beith Football Club were a football club based at Bellsdale Park in Beith, Scotland.^[1] The club were members of the Scottish Football League from 1923 to 1926.^[1]

History

The club was initially formed in 1875 and were founder members of Ayrshire Football Association in 1877 along with Kilmarnock Athletic, Kilmarnock, Kilmarnock Portland, Catrine, Maybole Thistle, Kilmarnock G.H.S.F.P., Girvan, Mauchline, Cumnock, Maybole Carrick, Tarbolton, Ayr St. Andrews, Ayr Thistle, Hurlford, Kilbirnie, Deans (Kilmarnock), Ayr Academicals, Vale of Cawdon, Dalry Rangers, Maybole Ladywell, Kilmaurs, Kilmarnock Cricket Club and Irvine with Cameron & Sons Jewellers producing a cup for the new association now called the Ayrshire County Football Association but went into abeyance in 1883 and did not re-emerge fully until 1888. Nicknamed 'the cabinet makers', they joined the Ayrshire Football League in 1891 and would later play in the Scottish Football Combination, winning that competition in 1905. Around this time the club featured goalkeeper Hugh McDonald, who later had some success at Woolwich Arsenal. They eventually ended up in the Western League, which was incorporated by the Scottish Football League as its new Third Division for the 1923–24 season.^[1]

Beith lasted the Division's three seasons, finishing 7th, 13th and 12th, but were not retained by the League.^[1] The club joined the Scottish Football Alliance, playing against Galston and reserve teams of the Scottish Football League First Division clubs.^[1] Beith won the Scottish Qualifying Cup in 1928 and won the Scottish Qualifying Cup South in 1932, 1933 and 1935. When the First Division clubs decided that only their reserve teams could play in their reserve league, Beith were left without a competition to play in.^[1] The club decided in 1938 to leave the senior ranks and become Beith Juniors.^[1] and join the Western League North Division for 1939–40 season.

Stadium

1875–1882 Gateside Toll
1882–1883 Marshalland
1888–1894 Knockbuckle
1894–1903 James Meadow (Muir Field)
1903–1915 Glebe Park
1919 Kersland Field Glengarnock
1920–1938 Bellsdale Park.

Honours

Scottish Combination League
- Champions 1904–05
Scottish Qualifying Cup
- Winners 1928
Scottish Qualifying Cup South
- Winners 1932, 1933, 1935
Ayrshire FA Challenge Cup
- Winners 1880, 1924, 1927
North Ayrshire Cup
- Winners 1906, 1924, 1927
Ayrshire Qualifying Cup
- Winners 1927, 1928
Ayrshire Consolation Cup
- Winners 1904
Ayr Charity Cup
- Winners 1908
Kilmarnock Charity Cup
- Winners 1881

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Bob Crampsey (1990). The First 100 Years. Scottish Football League. p. 292. ISBN 0-9516433-0-4.

Twydell, Dave (1993). Rejected FC Glasgow & District. Yore Publishing
Aitken, John (2013). The Scottish Football League 125. Scottish Non League publishing
Aitken, John (2005). West of Scotland Juniors. Scottish Non League publishing
Aitken, John (2013). The Scottish Junior Football Association 125 years. Scottish Non League publishing

External links

Beith Historical Kits

Defunct and former Scottish football clubs

Former Scottish Football League members	Abercorn Airdrieonians (1878) Armadale Arthurlie Ayr Ayr Parkhouse Bathgate Beith Bo'ness Broxburn United Cambuslang Clackmannan Clydebank Cowlairs Dumbarton Harp Dundee Wanderers Dykehead Edinburgh City Galston Gretna Helensburgh Johnstone King's Park Leith Athletic Linthouse Lochgelly United Mid-Annandale Nithsdale Wanderers Northern Peebles Rovers Port Glasgow Athletic Renton Royal Albert Solway Star St Bernard's Third Lanark Thistle Vale of Leven

Former Highland League members	Caledonian Elgin Caledonian Inverness Celtic Inverness Citadel Inverness Thistle Inverness Union

Former East of Scotland League members	Edinburgh Athletic Tollcross United

Former South of Scotland League members	5th Kirkcudbrightshire RV Cronberry Eglinton Lanemark Mauchline Springbank Stranraer Athletic Tarff Rovers Whithorn

Other senior clubs	23rd Renfrew RV Aberdeen (1881) Airdrie Alexandra Athletic Ayr Academicals Ayr Thistle Barholm Rovers Barrhead Bellstane Birds Blythswood Bon Accord Bridge of Allan Bute Rangers Callander Campsie Clifton & Strathfillan Clydesdale Coylton Coila Crown Dumbreck Dundee East End Dundee Harp Dundee Our Boys Eastern Gairdoch Grahamston Grangemouth Granville Grasshoppers Inveraray Kilsyth Wanderers Kirkcaldy United Laurieston Lochgilphead Orion Oxford Redding Athletic Rovers Shawfield Amateurs Slamannan Southern Strathmore (Arbroath) Strathmore (Dundee) Thornliebank Vale of Bannock Vale of Leven Rovers (Alexandria) Vale of Leven Rovers (Glasgow) Victoria United West End Western

Other junior clubs	Arbroath SC Baillieston Juniors Bankfoot Athletic Blackburn Athletic Blantyre Celtic Burnbank Athletic Duntocher Hibernian Glenbuck Cherrypickers Maryhill Hibernians Parkhead Port Glasgow Athletic Juniors Shawfield Strathclyde

Scottish Football League (1890–2013)

≫ Scottish Professional Football League (2013–present)

Divisions	Premier Division (1975–1998) First Division (1975–2013) Second Division (1975–2013) Third Division (1994–2013)

Cup competitions	League Cup Challenge Cup

Clubs	Aberdeen Abercorn Airdrieonians (1878) Airdrieonians (2002) Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Annan Athletic Arbroath Armadale Arthurlie Ayr Ayr Parkhouse Ayr United Bathgate Beith Berwick Rangers Bo'ness Brechin City Broxburn United Cambuslang Celtic Clackmannan Clyde Clydebank Cowdenbeath Cowlairs Dumbarton Dumbarton Harp Dundee Dundee United Dundee Wanderers Dunfermline Athletic Dykehead East Fife East Stirlingshire Edinburgh City Elgin City Falkirk Forfar Athletic Galston Greenock Morton Gretna Hamilton Academical Heart of Midlothian Helensburgh Hibernian Inverness Caledonian Thistle Johnstone Kilmarnock King's Park Leith Athletic Linthouse Livingston Lochgelly United Meadowbank Thistle Mid-Annandale Montrose Motherwell Nithsdale Wanderers Northern Partick Thistle Peebles Rovers Peterhead Port Glasgow Athletic Queen of the South Queen's Park Raith Rovers Rangers Renton Ross County Royal Albert Solway Star St Bernard's St Johnstone St Mirren Stenhousemuir Stirling Albion Stranraer Third Lanark Thistle Vale of Leven

Seasons	1890–91 1891–92 1892–93 1893–94 1894–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13

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