King's Own Scottish Borderers F.C.

King's Own Scottish Borderers

Nickname(s)	the Borderers[1]
Ground	varied
Secretary	Capt. T. P. Wingate[2]
League	Irish Football League
Home colours

The King's Own Scottish Borderers Football Club (also referred to as 2nd K.O.S.B.) was the association football team of the 2nd battalion of the King's Own Scottish Borderers.[3]

History

The club was one of many army sides which played football in India when deployed there, and the club twice won the Durand Cup.[4]

While deployed at the Victoria Barracks, Belfast, the team played in the Irish Football League for the 1903–04 season.[5][6] Previously, the battalion had been resident in Dublin, where it played in the Leinster Senior League.[7]

The unit was sent to Glasgow in 1907 and entered the Scottish Qualifying Cup in 1907–08, losing 5–1 at Renton in the first round, despite Wreford keeping "a brilliant goal" for the visitors.[8] The club entered again in 1908–09 but scratched to Lennox Amateurs.[9]

Colours

The club played in red jerseys.[10]

Ground

The club's ground depended on where the battalion was deployed. In its Scottish Qualifying Cup entries, the club was playing out of the Maryhill barracks.[11]

Honours

In Bharat

• Durand Cup
  • Winners (2): 1891, 1892[12]
• IFA Shield[note 1][13]
  • Runners-up (2): 1903, 1941[14]

Notes

1. Fourth oldest club cup, organized by the Indian Football Association (IFA) and played between Indian clubs and other invited ones.

See also

• 5th King's Own Scottish Borderers F.C.

References

1. "Borderers beaten". Scottish Referee: 2. 31 August 1908.
2. "2nd battalion King's Own Scottish Borderers F.C.". Scottish Referee: 3. 14 August 1908.
3. Graham Watson, 2nd Bn, The King’s Own Scottish Borderers: Deployment, <https://web.archive.org/web/20060215193729/http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/025-1.htm%3E, Accessed 10 May 2016.
4. "The Durand Cup – About". durandcup.in. Archived from the original on 5 March 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
5. "Northern Ireland - Final League Tables 1890-1998". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
6. "Northern Ireland - List of final tables (RSSSF)". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
7. Priestley, Ciarán. "The Bohemian Football Club: The Enduring Legacy of an Idle Youth". Archived from the original on 4 October 2015.
8. "Renton's good start". Scottish Referee: 3. 9 September 1907.
9. "Dumbartonshire". Scottish Referee: 1. 4 September 1908.
10. "Answers to correspondents". Athletic News: 4. 11 April 1904.
11. "2nd battalion King's Own Scottish Borderers F.C.". Scottish Referee: 3. 14 August 1908.
12. "India - List of Durand Cup Finals". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 29 July 2014. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
13. Sengupta, Somnath (8 March 2011). "The Glorious History Of IFA Shield". Thehardtackle.com. Archived from the original on 9 July 2021. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
14. Chaudhuri, Arunava. "List of Winners/Runners-Up of the IFA-Shield:". indianfootball.de. Indian Football Network. Archived from the original on 7 October 2021. Retrieved 20 February 2021.