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Greenock West End

Full name	West End Football Club
Union	Scottish Rugby Union
Founded	1874
Disbanded	1878
Location	Greenock, Scotland

West End Football Club was a Scottish rugby union club in Greenock of the nineteenth century.

History

Founded

There was a cricket club in Greenock known as West End; operational in 1873. It is likely that members of the cricket club also formed a rugby union club in 1874 as a way to keep members active over the winter.

Merger

Fixtures 1874-75.

Fixtures 1875-76
Fixtures 1876-77
Fixtures 1877-78

Greenock West End merged with The Wanderers of Greenock to form Greenock Wandererers in 1878.

Selected matches

Matches reported in newspapers. Only 1st team matches shown. West End try-scorers noted where given.

Year	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Score	Notes
1875-76 season
1874	11 December	Greenock Osborne	West End	Win	2 goals & 1 try - nil	Osborne played two men short.
1875-76 season
1875	27 November	Pollokshields Athletic	West End
1875	4 December	St Vincent 2XV	West End
1875	11 December	Langside	West End
1876	8 January	Pollokshields Athletic 2XV	West End
1876	15 January	Linside 2XV	West End
1875	27 November	Paisley	Craigielea	Loss	1 goal - 1 goal & 1 try	Wilson, Campell and Buchanan all played well for Osborne
1875	27 November	Paisley	Craigielea	Loss	1 goal - 1 goal & 1 try	Wilson, Campell and Buchanan all played well for Osborne
1875	27 November	Paisley	Craigielea	Loss	1 goal - 1 goal & 1 try	Wilson, Campell and Buchanan all played well for Osborne
1875	27 November	Paisley	Craigielea	Loss	1 goal - 1 goal & 1 try	Wilson, Campell and Buchanan all played well for Osborne
1875	27 November	Paisley	Craigielea	Loss	1 goal - 1 goal & 1 try	Wilson, Campell and Buchanan all played well for Osborne
1875	27 November	Paisley	Craigielea	Loss	1 goal - 1 goal & 1 try	Wilson, Campell and Buchanan all played well for Osborne
1875	27 November	Paisley	Craigielea	Loss	1 goal - 1 goal & 1 try	Wilson, Campell and Buchanan all played well for Osborne
1876-77 season
1876	9 December	Southern Glasgow 2XV	Berryyards
1876	23 December	West of Scotland 3XV	Hamilton Crescent
1877	13 January	Linside	Paisley
1877	20 January	Craigielea	Paisley
1877	27 January	Paisley 2XV	Berryyards
1877	3 February	Glasgow Academicals 3XV	Glasgow
1877	10 February	St. Vincent 2XV	Glasgow
1877	17 February	Wanderers 2XV	Berryyards
1877	3 March	Southern Glasgow 2XV	Glasgow
1877	10 March	West of Scotland 3XV	Berryyards
1877	17 March	Glasgow Academicals 3XV	Berryyards
1877-78 season
1877	3 November	Southern Glasgow 2XV	Berryyards
1877	10 November	St. Vincent RFC	St. Vincent Crescent
1877	17 November	Glasgow Academicals 3XV	Berryyards
1877	24 November	Paisley 2XV	Berryyards
1877	1 December	Partickhill	Partick
1877	8 December	West of Scotland 3XV	Berryyards
1877	22 December	Partickhill	Berryyards
1877	29 December	St. Vincent 2XV	Berryyards
1878	12 January	Southern Glasgow 2XV	Mossfield
1878	2 February	Glasgow Academicals 3XV	Kelvinside
1878	9 February	Paisley 2XV	Blackhall

Other sports

West End also had a cricket club.

References

Category:Scottish rugby union teams Category:Rugby union in Inverclyde Category:Defunct Scottish rugby union clubs Category:1855 establishments in Scotland