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{{Infobox | fullname = 5th Kirkcudbrightshire Rifle Volunteers Football Club | clubname = 5th Kirkcudbrightshire Rifle Volunteers Football Club |nickname = the Warriors,<ref>{{cite journal |title=5th KRV v 6th GRV |journal=Dumfries & Galloway Advertiser |date=28 February 1894 |page=3}}</ref> the Volunteers<ref>{{cite journal |title=Obituary notices |journal=Dumfries & Galloway Standard |date=1 April 1939 |page=8}}</ref> | founded = 1879 | dissolved = | ground = [[Palmerston Park]], Dumfries | league = [[South of Scotland Football League]] | pattern_la1=
▲| pattern_la1=_blue_hoops|pattern_b1=_redhoops|pattern_ra1=_blue_hoops| leftarm1=FF0000|body1=0000CD|rightarm1=FF0000|shorts1=FFFFFF|socks1=FF0000 }} The '''5th Kirkcudbrightshire Rifle Volunteers ==History== [[File:The highest scoring draw in the Scottish Cup. QoS Wanderers v 5th KRV, Dumfries and Galloway Standard, Wed Sep 12 1883.jpg|thumb|A report of the highest scoring draw in the Scottish Cup. QoS Wanderers v 5th KRV, Dumfries and Galloway Standard, Wed Sep 12 1883]] The 5th Kirkcudbrightshire Rifle Volunteers were formed in 1860 in response to the increasing unrest within Continental Europe and the British Empire. Ultimately, eleven Companies were raised throughout Galloway and their services were accepted by The football club was founded in 1879, as a result of a quarrel within the membership of [[Queen of the South Wanderers F.C.|Queen of the South Wanderers]], where many of its founder members were ex-Wanderers men.<ref>{{cite book |last1=M'Dowall |first1=John |title=Scottish Football Association Annual 1882–83 |date=1882 |publisher=W. Weatherston |location=Glasgow |page=123}}</ref> Its first competitive football was in the [[Scottish Cup]] in [[1880-81 Scottish Cup|1880–81]]. After a bye in the first round and a win over [[Stranraer F.C.]] in the second, the club played at [[Beith F.C.]] in the third round. After five minutes, the score was 1–1, but the K.R.V. conceded another five before half-time, and by the end of the match the score was 17–2.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Beith v 5th K.R.V. Kirkcudbright |journal=Glasgow Herald |date=25 October 1880 |page=7}}</ref> The club's first success came in the Southern Counties Challenge Cup, also known as the [[Churchill Cup (Scotland)|Churchill Cup]], after the Rev. Churchill, who donated a cup for clubs in [[Dumfries and Galloway]] to play for. The club played in the first edition of the tournament in 1881–82, and, after three drawn games with [[Newton Stewart F.C.]] in the final, the last one being a 3–3 draw in [[Moffat]],<ref>{{cite journal |title=Football - Southern Counties Challenge Cup - Final Tie |journal=Kirkcudbright Advertiser |date=7 April 1882 |page=5}}</ref> the club shared the trophy. The 5th joined the inaugural but ill-fated [[South of Scotland Football League]] for the However, the 5th were a very successful cup side winning all the local cup competitions on several occasions. They also played in every [[Scottish The furthest the club reached in the Scottish Cup was the final 12 (fifth round) in [[1890-91 Scottish Cup|1890–91]]; after a frost caused the initial match at [[Dumbarton F.C.]] to be played as a friendly, the tie itself ended in an 8–0 win for the home side in a "pleasant and enjoyable game".<ref>{{cite journal |title=Dumbarton v 5th K.R.V. |journal=Glasgow Herald |date=8 December 1890 |page=11}}</ref> After a re-organisation of the volunteer forces in 1896, the club tendered its resignation to the [[Scottish Football Association]] at the end of the 1896–97 season,<ref>{{cite journal |title=Scottish Association |journal=Glasgow Herald |date=2 June 1897 |page=11}}</ref> and a new football club, the '''[[Maxwelltown Volunteers ==Colours== The club's earliest strip was a suitably patriotic red and blue hooped shirts with white shorts and red socks, although this changed to blue shirts in 1883, which the club wore for the rest of its existence; the club wore white shorts from 1883 to 1885 and 1890 onwards, with navy shorts otherwise.<ref name="autogenerated1">[http://scottish-football-historical-archive.com Scottish Football Historical Archive :: Home Page] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091222081409/http://scottish-football-historical-archive.com/ |date=2009-12-22 }}</ref> ==Ground== ▲The 5th Kirkcudbrightshire Rifle Volunteers were formed in 1860 in response to increasing unrest within Continental Europe and the British Empire. Ultimately eleven Companies were raised throughout Galloway and their services accepted by Her Majesty Queen Victoria. The 5th KRV were based in Maxwelltown, Dumfries until the re-organisation of private militias in 1908 when all volunteer forces in Galloway were absorbed into the 5th King’s Own Scottish Borderers Regiment. The club played at its drill ground at Palmerston.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Miscellaneous |journal=Dumfries & Galloway Standard |date=1 September 1886 |page=8}}</ref>
==Honours== ▲The 5th joined the inaugural but ill-fated [[South of Scotland Football League]] for the 1892-93 season. Seven teams registered but the fixtures were never completed and the league folded in disarray. '''Southern Counties Cup'''<ref>{{cite web |title=Southern Counties Cup |url=http://sfha.org.uk/southerncountiescup.htm |website=Scottish Football Historical Archive |access-date=24 November 2022}}</ref> *Winners: 1891–92, 1893–94 '''Churchill Cup'''<ref>{{cite web |title=Churchill Cup |url=http://sfha.org.uk/churchillcup.htm |website=Scottish Football Historical Archive |access-date=24 November 2022}}</ref> ▲However, the 5th played in every [[Scottish FA Cup]] from 1880-81 to 1894-95, with the exception of season 1891-92, and although they proved to be redoubtable battlers they were often knocked out by local rivals [[Queen of the South Wanderers FC|Queen of the South Wanderers]], a team unconnected to the present Dumfries club. Their 1883-84 First Round tie against the Wanderers ended in a 7-7 draw at Palmerston Park, a score line which still remains as the highest scoring draw in the history of the Scottish Cup. *Winners: 1881–82 (shared), 1883–84, 1888–89, 1890–91, 1893–94, 1894–95 '''Southern Counties Charity Cup'''<ref>{{cite web |title=Southern Counties Charity Cup |url=http://sfha.org.uk/southerncountiescharity.htm |website=Scottish Football Historical Archive |access-date=24 November 2022}}</ref> ▲After a re-organisation of the volunteer forces in 1896, a new football club, the '''Maxwelltown Volunteers FC''' was founded and they continued to play at Palmerston Park until 1908 when they re-formed as the '''5th King’s Own Scottish Borderers Regiment FC'''. Ultimately they joined forces with other local teams in the Dumfries area to form the current [[Scottish Football League]] side [[Queen of the South FC]] in 1919. *Winners: 1883–84, 1889–90, 1890–91, 1893–94 == {{Reflist}}
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