Albatross F.C.

The club was founded in 1876. By its second season, it had 37 members, which made it one of the smaller senior clubs in Glasgow. ^[1] The club may have had an association with the Ferguson, Shaw & Sons company of oil and grease refiners,^[2] as one of the club's match secretaries accepted correspondence at the firm's Stockwell Street premises.^[3]

The club was one of 36 admitted to the Scottish Football Association at the start of the 1877–78 season,^[4] which meant the club could enter the 1877–78 Scottish Cup. In the first round, Albatross lost 6–0 at Govan.^[5]

Albatross entered for the next two seasons, but lost in the first round both times; 4–2 at Petershill in 1878–79 and 4–0 at the much larger Alexandra Athletic in 1879–80.^[6]

The club only played 9 matches in the 1878–79 season, with 3 wins, draws, and losses, and only 11 goals scored in those matches.^[7] Still only boasting 37 members, the club was the third smallest senior club in the city (along with Ailsa), and bigger only than Rosslyn and Union. It did not re-emerge for the 1880–81 season.