Dunipace Football Club was an association football club based in the town of Denny, in Stirlingshire.
The club was founded in 1879 out of the Temperance movement; in 1888âÂÂ89 the club registered its name as Dunipace Temperance Association.
It was not a particularly active club, not playing more than 10 matches in a season until 1884âÂÂ85. It was also not a successful one. Dunipace entered the Scottish Cup every season from 1881âÂÂ82 to 1902âÂÂ03 (except for 1887âÂÂ88), but never reached the third round.
The club's best performance came in the 1883âÂÂ84 Scottish Cup, beating Campsie 2âÂÂ1 in the first round, and holding the much bigger East Stirlingshire side (which had 90 members compared to Dunipace's 40) to a 2âÂÂ2 draw, only losing 2âÂÂ1 in the home replay.
Dunipace however was a founder member of the Stirlingshire Football Association in December 1883, and played in the first Stirlingshire Cup in 1883âÂÂ84. Dunipace looked as if it would bring off a shock by taking a 2âÂÂ0 half-time lead in the first round at King's Park, but the club had had the benefit of "a perfect gale of wind and sleet", and only 6 of the Dunipace players "faced the elements", so the match was abandoned. The Stirling side won the rescheduled tie 13âÂÂ0, with Dunipace having kept the score down to 2 in the first half.
Dunipace's best run in the county competition was reaching the semi-final in 1888âÂÂ89, surviving a "rather unexpected" defeat by one-season wonder Strathcarron Athletic in the first round after Strathcarron was disqualified, and beating Alva 7âÂÂ6 in the second round after Alva protested Dunipace's original victory. The run ended with a 5âÂÂ2 defeat at holders East Stirlingshire, despite Dunipace playing "superior to what was expected" and turning around level at 1âÂÂ1, who went on to retain the trophy. The same season, the club played in the invitational Stirling Charity Cup, and lost in the semi-final to Dunblane at Bannockburn.
After the Scottish Football Association introduced a qualifying section and then the Scottish Qualifying Cup, the club did not reach the first round proper again. Its last fixture in the competition was a 10âÂÂ1 defeat at home to Lochgelly United in 1902; it had not won a tie since beating Gairdoch 4âÂÂ2 in 1895. The club had already given up on the local competitions, losing 2âÂÂ1 to Camelon in the first round of the 1901âÂÂ02 Stirlingshire Cup and not playing in the consolation tournament.
The club's colours were red and white hoops, with white knickers, until 1897, when it changed to maroon and blue.
The club originally played at Broomhill Farm. In 1888âÂÂ89 it moved to Bankend, and from 1891 to 1892 played at George's Park, near Dunipace Public School.