Maxwell F.C.
Former association football club in Scotland
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Maxwell F.C. was a nineteenth-century Glasgow-based senior football club.
| Full name | Maxwell Football Club | |
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| Founded | 1878 | |
| Dissolved | 1882 | |
| Ground | Norwood Park | |
| Secretary | R. Thomson Wilson | |
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History
The club was founded in 1878 and its first fixtures are reported from the 1879–80 season.[1] In 1880, after a season in which the club won 11 of 17 matches,[2] it joined the Scottish Football Association.
The club only played one season of senior football. Maxwell's only match in the Scottish Cup was a 6–0 defeat in the first round of the 1880–81 tournament to Oxford of Crosshill in the first round; it was the Oxford's only win in the competition in seven seasons.[3]
The club is notable for being the first club of the first black football player, Andrew Watson.[4] Another Maxwell player - Louis Baretto[5] - was a lascar sailor born in Bombay.[6]
Colours
The club wore navy and white hooped jerseys and hose, with white knickers.[7]
Ground
The club had a private ground at Norwood Park, on Dumbreck Road, near Haggs Castle.[8] By 1882 it was the ground of Granton,[9] and of Sir John Maxwell, which was founded in the same year as the Maxwell, although it joined the Scottish Association separately in 1882.
Notable former players
- Andrew Watson (footballer, born 1856), Scottish international football player; and the first black association football player.
