Pollok F.C.

Pollok Football Club was a Scottish football team, based in Pollokshaws, now part of Glasgow (at the time a separate burgh). History The club was founded in 1878. The club attracted members quickly (65 in its first season) and entered the first Renfrewshire Cup in 1878–79. In 1880–81 entered the Scottish Cup for the first time, and had its best season in each competition, reaching the semi-final of the Renfrewshire and the third round of the Scottish. Its Scottish Cup run included a win over Thornliebank, runners-up the previous season and reigning Renfrewshire champion club, which "astonished the football world". Pollok lost in both competitions to Arthurlie, who went on to win the Renfrewshire Cup; the Renfrewshire semi-final - at Arthurlie's Dunterlie Park - was decided only by a goal five minutes from time.