Fairfield Football Club was a Scottish association football club based in Govan, now part of Glasgow.
The club originally played at a Junior level, its first recorded matches coming in the 1884âÂÂ85 season. The club was often referred to as Fairfield Athletic.
It was an entrant to the first Scottish Junior Cup in 1886âÂÂ87. After a walkover, a bye, and three wins, the club reached the final, against Woodburn of Edinburgh, played at Argyle Park, at the time the ground of Fairfield's rival Junior club Summerton. It looked as if Fairfield had won the trophy, going 4âÂÂ1 ahead with a quarter of an hour to go, when Woodburn walked off the pitch in protest at the fourth goal, and lodging a protest against the refereeing, which it claimed was "partial". Nevertheless, the game was re-played, but the protest merely delayed matters - Fairfield won the re-play 3âÂÂ1 to become the first Junior Cup winners. The following season Fairfield won two Govan junior competitions.
The club finished the 1888âÂÂ89 season by reaching the final of the Govan & Ibrox Cup, holding the senior Linthouse club to 2âÂÂ2 draw, having been 2 goals to the good; the replay, at Whitefield Park, ended 5âÂÂ3 to Linthouse, Daniel Barr of Fairfield having his arm broken. The closeness of the matches may have persuaded the club to turn Senior. It was duly admitted as a member of the Scottish Football Association in August 1889, and entered the Scottish Cup for the first time in the 1889âÂÂ90 season. Its first match as a senior club was a 6âÂÂ0 win over Hamilton Academical at the end of August, but its first Scottish Cup tie, a week later, was less auspicious, losing 7âÂÂ2 to Linthouse, although Fairfield held a 2âÂÂ1 lead just before half-time. The club also lost by 5 goals in its debut Glasgow Cup tie, going down 6âÂÂ1 at Cowlairs, although the Fairfield club was "well pleased, having been treated in a very gentlemanly way".
The club did win for the first time in the Scottish Cup in 1890âÂÂ91, and in an emphatic manner; at Motherwell Shamrock, the club turned around 5âÂÂ2 up at half-time, and finished 7âÂÂ3 winners. Royal Albert proved too strong in the second round, winning 5âÂÂ2. The club's Glasgow Cup run ended at the first time of asking, thanks to a 4âÂÂ2 defeat at Partick Thistle.
Fairfield did not play a competitive senior fixture again. It entered the qualifying rounds of the Scottish Cup from 1891âÂÂ92 to 1893âÂÂ94 but each time withdrew before playing a tie; it never entered the Glasgow Cup or Govan competitions again. The club was formally terminated by its expulsion from the Scottish FA in August 1894.
The club wore dark blue jerseys and knickers.
The club originally played at Lorne Park, taking over from Mavisbank. From 1888, it took over Summerton's ground at Argyle Park, which had previously been the home of Ingram.