-
replaced Clippens (formerly
Mossedge Primary), the
Hollybush Pre-5
Centre and
Kersland Schools. In the 1880s, a
football club from the town,
Clippens F.C....
- round,
beating Clippens 4–0 in a "somewhat rough" tie.
Before the 1884–85 season,
Clippens took over the
Linwood club,
making Clippens a "much stronger...
- in June 1884.
Before the 1884–85 season,
Linwood was
taken over by
Clippens.
Clippens did not
survive the season, and in
February 1886
there was an attempt...
- able to
generate any momentum. It did win its
first Scottish Cup tie, at
Clippens in the
first round in 1882–83,
either by 3–2 or 4–2; but lost 7–0 to Thornliebank...
-
Scotland Position(s)
Right back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls) –
Clippens 1885–1886
Johnstone 1886–1887 Port
Glasgow Athletic 0 (0) 1887 Renfrew...
-
Loanhead and
Burdiehouse in the late
nineteenth century, from 1880
under the
Clippens Oil
Company of Paisley. By this time the po****tion had
expanded to 3,250...
- "Greenock
Rovers v
Clippens".
Greenock Telegraph: 3. 15
September 1884. "Football".
Greenock Telegraph: 3. 25
September 1884. "Rovers v
Clippens".
Greenock Telegraph:...
- home - and the Sir John was disqualified. In the
second the club beat
Clippens in a "somewhat
rough game" 4–0 but, at 4–1 down to
Thornliebank in the...
-
reaching the
final of the
Johnstone &
District Cup in 1881–82,
losing to
Clippens; the club
would gain
revenge in the
final two
years later. 1881–82 also...
- War. Similarly, the
nearby Balaklava settlement housed miners for the
Clippens mines (now in Linwood) from 1855. The
hamlet of
Redan was
named to commemorate...
