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Thornliebank Football Club was a football club that existed between 1875 and 1907, based in Thornliebank, Renfrewshire, Scotland.

Thornliebank

Full name	Thornliebank Football Club
Nickname(s)	Model Villagers
Founded	1875
Dissolved	1907
Ground	Heatherty Hill, Deacon's Bank Park, Summerlee Park

The club played at three grounds : Heatherty Hill, Deacon's Bank Park and Summerlee Park. Their original colours were white shirts with navy shorts, and from 1884 until their demise they wore black and white hoops.[1]

Thornliebank reached the 1879–80 Scottish Cup final, but lost 3–0 to Queen's Park at Cathkin Park. The Thornliebank 1880 Scottish Cup finalists were J. Cadden, J. Jamieson, W. Marshall, A. Henderson, W. McFetridge, A. Clark, A. Brannan, W. Anderson, D. Wham, T. Brannan and A. S. Hutton.[2] In the same season, Thornliebank won the Renfrewshire Cup.

They replaced Hamilton Academical in the Scottish Football Combination during the 1897–98 season and stayed in the league until 1901. Thornliebank returned in 1902 and they were expelled again during the 1905–06 season.[3]

Former players

1. Players that have played in the Scottish Football League or any foreign equivalent to this level (i.e. fully professional league).

• James Bonar

• Paddy Travers

• William McFetridge

• William Brown (Preston North End FC, Tottenham Hotspur FC, Lincoln City FC)

• Neil Lindsay

• William Garside

2. Players with full international caps.

• Thomas Jackson (whilst at St Mirren FC)

• Robert Downie (whilst at Third Lanark AC)

• Thomas Sloan (whilst at Third Lanark AC)

Honours

Renfrewshire Cup

• 1878–79, 1879–80[4]

Renfrewshire Victoria Cup

• 1897–98, 1902–03, 1903–04[4]

References

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