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Vale of Leven Rovers Football Club was a short-lived Scottish association football club based in the city of Glasgow.

History

The club was founded in 1874. It entered the Scottish Cup in 1874–75 for the first time, and lost at Kilmarnock in the first round, The XI which faced the Ayrshire side was:

The club entered again the following season, and was drawn to face Dumbreck in the first round, but scratched. There is no further record of the club - a requirement for clubs to have their own grounds meant that the Rovers, who played on public grounds, could not retain membership of the Scottish Football Association.

There are references to a Glaswegian Vale of Leven Rovers in 1887 and 1892, but these almost certainly relate to different clubs, as there is no record of the Vale of Leven Rovers (Glasgow) between 1876 and 1887.

Ground

The club played its home matches on Glasgow Green.

References

1. Rules of the Scottish Football Association. Glasgow: W. Weatherston & Son. 1875. p. 29.
2. "Vale of Leven Rovers Football Club (Glasgow)". Lennox Herald: 3. 24 April 1875.
3. "Kilmarnock v Vale of Leven Rovers (Glasgow)". North British Daily Mail: 6. 19 October 1874.
4. "Scottish Football Association". Dumbarton Herald: 4. 4 November 1875.
5. "Football". Hamilton Advertiser: 2. 20 August 1887.
6. "Saturday's Football". Glasgow Herald: 10. 15 August 1892.
7. "Local football fixtures". Glasgow Herald: 6. 27 March 1875.

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