93rd Highland Regiment F.C.

93rd Highland Regiment F.C. was a British association football club, formed out of the 93rd Sutherland Highlanders Regiment of Foot.

93rd Highland Regiment
Full name93rd Highland Regiment Football Club
Nickname(s)the Highlanders
Founded1872
Dissolved2005?
Groundvaried according to stationing

History

The regiment had been playing a form of football as far back as 1851,[1] but as an organized club, it was founded in 1872; originally as a rugby football club, when the regiment was called the 93rd Sutherland Highlanders, and its home ground depended on where the regiment was based. For example in 1872–73 it was in Aldershot[2] and the following season in Woolwich.[3]

Its best achievement in football came in 1890–91, when the regiment was based in Aldershot[4] and entered the FA Cup. The club won through the qualifying rounds - beating four future Football League clubs (Luton Town, Watford, Swindon Town, and Ipswich Town) - to reach the first round proper, or the last 32. Drawn away to Sunderland Albion the regiment narrowly lost 2–0, in front of a crowd of 2,000.[5] The Highlanders had been accompanied to the match by the regimental pipers[6] and the two teams dined together after the match at the Empress Hotel in Sunderland.[7] Goalkeeper Robertson - a replacement for the injured Urquhart - impressed the home side so much that he signed for Albion for 1891–92.[8] However the Highlanders were unable to follow up their exploits the following season as the regiment was sent to India in October 1891.[9]

Highland League

Between 1912 and 1914, when the battalion (by now part of the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders, but retaining the old name for the football team) was based in Fort George, the club played in the Highland League, finishing 7th in 1912–13 and 8th in 1913–14, both times out of nine clubs.[10]

Colours

The club wore blue jerseys with a yellow St Andrew's cross on the left breast.[11]

Records

FA Cup:

  • Best FA Cup performance: 1st round – 1890–91

Army FA Challenge Cup:

  • Winners: 1889–90, 1897–98
  • Runners-up: 1890–91 [12][13]

References
  1. "The oldest football medal in the world". Scottish Sport History. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  2. Alcock, Charles (1873). Football Yearbook. p. 83.
  3. Alcock, Charles (1874). Football Yearbook. p. 95.
  4. "Football Association". Daily News: 6. 17 November 1890.
  5. "To-day's Football". Nottingham Evening Post: 3. 17 January 1891.
  6. "Sunderland Albion v 93rd Highlanders". Newcastle Daily Chronicle: 7. 17 January 1891.
  7. "Sunderland Albion v 93rd Highlanders". Newcastle Daily Chronicle: 7. 19 January 1891.
  8. "Notes on Out-door Sports". Derby Telegraph: 4. 28 January 1891.
  9. "Notes on Sport". Surrey Advertiser: 6. 14 February 1891.
  10. "Highland League tables" (PDF). Scottish Football Historical Results Archive. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  11. Alcock, Charles (1873). Football Yearbook. p. 83.
  12. "Army FA Challenge Cup". Army FA. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  13. Successor clubs after regimental mergers also reached the Army Cup final.


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