The Perseverance Football Club was an association football club from Dundee, Scotland.
| Full name | Perseverance Football Club | |
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| Nickname(s) | the Persé[1] | |
| Founded | 1879 | |
| Dissolved | 1885 | |
| Ground | Angus Park | |
| Secretary | James Mitchell, Robert Low | |
| Captain | G. Donaldson,[2] Thomas Fraser[3] | |
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History
editThe Perseverance club was founded on 5 July 1879 at a meeting in the Cricketers' Arms in Dundee,[4] with a reserve side called Perseverance Swifts in tow.[5] At the end of 1881 the club obtained financial backing from Dundonian coach proprietor David Stratton[6] and, after an unbeaten season, took the plunge into the senior game by joining the Scottish Football Association for the 1882–83 season,[7] moving to a private ground to be eligible for SFA membership.
The club found the step-up to senior football a major change. In its first senior match, the first round of the 1882–83 Scottish Cup, was a 7–2 defeat at Dundee Harp.[8] In 1883–84, it lost in the first round of the first Forfarshire Cup to Strathmore (Arbroath),[9] but did win in the first round of the 1883–84 Scottish Cup, beating Dundee Hibernian 4–3 in a replay, played at Our Boys' West Craigie,[10] after a 2–2 draw.[11] Hibernians protested to the Scottish FA in relation to some refereeing decisions; the Scottish FA dismissed the protest unanimously.[12]
The club withdrew from its second round tie with Arbroath,[13] perhaps fearing an inevitable defeat, and the club seems to have ground to a halt before the 1884–85 season; its membership of 35 had not grown in three years and the club was much the smallest senior side in Dundee, the only other club with double-digit membership being West End, which had 60 members.[14] The two clubs were drawn together in the first round of the 1884–85 Scottish Cup, but despite advertising up to the date of the match, Perseverance did not turn up.[15] A week later, in the county cup, Perseverance was humiliated 7–0 at West Craigie by the unknown Victoria club, which only played for one season.[16] By the end of the season the club was playing minor opposition[17] and it was struck from the Scottish FA roster in August 1885.[18]
Colours
editThe club played wore 1" black and white hooped jerseys and white knickers.[19]
Grounds
editBefore turning senior, the club played on Magdalen Green.[20] From 1882 the club rented Angus Park on Den's [sic] Road from Mr Cooper of Clepington Farm.[21]
External links
editReferences
edit- ^ "Athletic notes". Dundee Evening Telegraph: 3. 16 September 1884.
- ^ "Lochee". Dundee Courier: 2. 7 July 1879.
- ^ M'Dowall, John (1882). Scottish Football Association Annual 1882–83. Glasgow: W. Weatherston. p. 144.
- ^ "Formation of a new club in Dundee". Dundee Evening Telegraph: 4. 7 July 1879.
- ^ "Football". Dundee Courier: 3. 4 August 1881.
- ^ "Perseverance Football Club". Courier Argus: 2. 28 December 1881.
- ^ Scottish FA Minutes 1881–84. Glasgow: Scottish Football Association. 27 August 1882. p. 75.
- ^ "Perseverance v Harp (Cup tie)". Dundee Courier: 4. 11 September 1882.
- ^ "Arbroath. -Forfarshire Cup Tie". Dundee Advertiser: 10. 28 September 1883.
- ^ "Perseverance v Hibernians". Dundee Courier: 4. 18 September 1883.
- ^ "Football". Dundee Courier: 4. 10 September 1883.
- ^ Scottish FA Minutes 1881–84. Glasgow: Scottish Football Association. 18 September 1883. p. 151.
- ^ Scottish FA Minutes 1881–84. Glasgow: Scottish Football Association. 30 October 1883. p. 156.
- ^ M'Dowall, John (1884). Scottish Football Association Annual 1884-85. Glasgow: H. Nisbet. p. 71.
- ^ "West End (Dundee) v Perseverance (Dundee)". Dundee Courier: 4. 15 September 1884.
- ^ "Football". Dundee Courier: 8. 23 September 1884.
- ^ "Football". Dundee Courier: 4. 2 March 1885. A second XI defeat by Emerald of Clepington Park.
- ^ Scottish FA Minutes 1884–87. Glasgow: Scottish Football Association. 25 August 1885. p. 108.
- ^ M'Dowall, John (1882). Scottish Football Association Annual 1882–83. Glasgow: W. Weatherston. p. 144.
- ^ "Perseverance v Harp". Dundee Courier: 2. 27 February 1880.
- ^ "Football - Perseverance Club". Dundee Courier: 2. 30 August 1882.