West of Scotland F.C.

Rugby team
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fullname = West of Scotland Football Club
location = Milngavie, Scotland
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founded = 1865
ground = Burnbrae
capacity = 2500
url = www.westofscotlandfc.co.uk
president = Gordon Cairns
coach = flagicon|Scotland John Beattie
league = Premiership Division Two
season = 2007/2008
position = 1st
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West of Scotland Football Club are a Scottish rugby union club from Milngavie, just outside Glasgow. They are known as West Of Scotland Football Club even though they play rugby union as they were formed before there was a difference between rugby and football.

Formed in 1865, they played a founding role in establishing international rugby in Scotland.

They play in red and yellow coloured strips, which the football club Partick Thistle decided to copy in the 1930s when they switched from dark blue strips.

In 1867, they played against Glasgow Academicals for the first time, in a fixture that is now one of the oldest surviving football matches in the world.

West of Scotland play in Premiership Division One having won promotion from Premiership Division Two in 2008, having only been promoted from Premiership Division Three the previous season.

It was on Saturday 29 March 2008 that West secured their promotion from Premiership Division Two as champions. The 2nd XV and 3rd XV teams also won their leagues, making 2007/08 a historic season for the club.

Distinguished Past Players

* Gordon Brown
* Peter Brown
* Sandy Carmichael
* Andrew Henderson
* Alastair McHarg
* Gordon Bulloch - Currently back playing for the club.
* Fergus Thomson

External links

* [http://www.westofscotlandfc.co.uk/ Official website]