FIGGY's Sporadic Blips

By Figgy

My home town

Callander.

Claim to fame: Callander Football Club were a 19th-century football club and one of the original 16 teams to participate in the inaugural season of the Scottish Cup.

Unfortunately Callander suffered defeat in the first round of the 1873-74 season, losing 2-0 to Alexandra Athletic.

They were the first opponents to play Rangers, where they drew 0-0 on Glasgow Green in May 1872.

Callander FC subsequently dissolved in 1874, Rangers FC followed suite 138 years later.

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