Strathmore
Photo - Strathmore in 1891-92.
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Formed: 1877
First match: Strathmore 0-5 Dunmore (10 Mar 1877)
Turned professional in 1893
Merged with Johnstone Wanderers: 1894
Grounds: Rollo's Pier (1877-1891); Logie Park (5th Sep 1891- 1893); Carolina Port (1893-94)
Rollo's Pier aka Strathmore Athletic Grounds
Reserves: Strathmore Athletic
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Pioneers
Strathmore jousted with the city's early big name clubs for supremacy, never quite dominating the scene, but nevertheless the 'Stripes' attracted a large, passionate support.
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For a large part of their history the club played at Rollo's Pier - a site on the current Roseangle area of the city which, prior to Strathmore's occupancy, was a muddy wasteland on the banks of the Tay more used to hosting music events and other athletic endeavours. One elderly lady speaking in the mid 1800's recalls paddling in the waters of the Tay around the pier in the late 1700's. The club's patron was the Earl of Strathmore and the committee roles were very much militaristic with there being a 'Captain' and 'Lieutenant'.
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Strathmore have the honour of being the first club in the city to provide a Scottish international - William Dickson in 1888 for the match against Ireland.
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The two photos underneath are reproduced with kind permission from the Everton Collection.
Honours
Forfarshire Cup:
Runners-Up: 1886-87, 1887-88
Dundee Charity Cup:
Runners-Up: 1885-86, 1889-90
Northern League History:
1893-94 - 5th (competition not completed)
Players Capped:
William A. Dickson (1 cap- Ireland 2-10 Scotland, Belfast, 24th March 1888; Dickson scored 4 goals but was never capped again)
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Strathmore Athletic Honours:
Forfarshire 2nd XI Cup:
Winners: 1885-86​
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Notable Friendlies
Hibernian 4-1 Strathmore, 15th April 1886, (Edinburgh)
Strathmore 3-8 Preston North End, 26th August 1886 (Dundee)
Hearts 9-2 Strathmore, 19th March 1887 (Tynecastle)
(Strathmore- Goal- Goodwin; Backs- McLeskie & Elliot; Half-backs- Clark, George & Laburn; Forwards- Phinster, Anderson, Dickson, Munro & Simpson) Strathmore's squad was depleted for this tie.
Strathmore 2-16 Preston North End, 18th August 1887 (Dundee)
Everton 5-1 Strathmore, 16th February 1889 (Liverpool)
(Strathmore- Anderson (Goal); C. Mason (RB) & J. Simpson (LB); A. Laburn, T. McFarlane & R.C. Stiven (Half-backs); J. MacGregor (RW), Dickson (RW), Murray (Centre), R. McLaren (LW), J. Duncan (LW))
Scottish Cup History
1879-80
R1-Bye
11th Oct 1879 R2 Strathmore - St Clements (St. Clements scratched?)
15th Nov 1879 R3 Arbroath 6-1 Strathmore
1880-81
18th Sep 1880 R1 Coupar Angus 4-1 Strathmore
1881-82
3rd Sep 1881 R1 Strathmore - St Clements (St. Clements scratched?)
R2-Bye
9th Oct 1881 R3 Strathmore 1-4 Our Boys
1882-83
23rd Sep 1882 R1 West End 1-1 Strathmore
30th Sep 1882 R1 Replay Strathmore - West End (Strathmore scratched?)
1883-84
R1-Bye
29th Sep 1883 R2 Balgay 1-3 Strathmore
20th Oct 1883 R3 Strathmore 2-2 Our Boys
27th Oct 1883 R3 Replay Our Boys 5-1 Strathmore
1884-85
13th Sep 1884 R1 Angus (Forfar) 1-5 Strathmore
4th Oct 1884 R2 Strathmore 1-1 East End
11th Oct 1884 R2 Replay East End 2-5 Strathmore
25th Oct 1884 R3 Our Boys 5-1 Strathmore
1885-86
12th Sep 1885 R1 East End 3-3 Strathmore
19th Sep 1885 R1 Replay Strathmore 1-4 East End
1886-87
11th Sep 1886 R1 Arbroath Strathmore 3-0 Strathmore
1887-88
3rd Sep 1887 R1 Strathmore 6-3 Forfar Athletic (5,000)
24th Sep 1887 R2 Arbroath 3-1 Strathmore
1888-89
1st Sep 1888 R1 Dundee Harp 4-3 Strathmore
1889-90
7th Sep 1889 R1 Our Boys 6-3 Strathmore (2,000 to 3,000)
1890-91
6th Sep 1890 R1 East End - Strathmore (only 4 of the Strathmore turned up so East End went through)
1891-92
5th Sep 1891 R1 (qualifying) Strathmore 3-7 Kirriemuir
1892-93
3rd Sep 1892 R1 (qualifying) Strathmore 3-4 Strathmore Athletic (Alyth)
1893-94
2nd Sep 1893 R1 (qualifying) Forfar Athletic 1-6 Strathmore
23rd Sep 1893 R2 (qualifying) Strathmore 4-2 Dundee
14th October 1893 R3 (qualifying) Strathmore 3-2 Arbroath (Arbroath protest about match being played in darkness was upheld and tie was replayed)
28th October 1893 R3 (qualifying) Strathmore 3-3 Arbroath
4th November 1893 R3 (qualifying) replay Arbroath 3-0 Strathmore