Selkirk football Club

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Selkirk Football Club (nicknamed the Souters) are a Scottish football club based in the town of Selkirk. Founded in 1880, they are the oldest established football club in the Scottish Borders. The club was selected as a founder member of the Lowland Football League, which was formed in 2013 by the SFA as part of a proposed pyramid system. Their home ground is Yarrow Park. VISIT OUR ARCHIVE SITE @ http://selkirkfc.wix.com/thearchive HISTORY: The Border pioneers (1880–1899)[edit] History records that an initial meeting was held with great sucess in Bogies Close Hall in October 1879 with the view to form a Football Club in the town. A committee was formed and an opening game against Hibernian was arranged to launch the new venture.[4] The kick-off was arranged for March 1881, the venue the cricket club, the result a 0–14 reverse, and so was born the oldest football club in the Borders. By 1882 Selkirk were recording good victories against leading Edinburgh clubs, Holyrood (8–2) and St Bernard's (4–1). Research indicates that by 1883 the club were fielding a second XI, competing in the Second XI Challenge Cup. The same year an extraordinary request was received by the club, Melrose Football Club (later Melrose RFC), invited seven players to represent Selkirk in a new kind of game—seven-a-side rugby. It was members of Selkirk Football Club in the absence of an organized rugby club that represented the town in the world premier of the shortened rugby game—Melrose Sevens! A...