Netherlee Football Club was a Scottish football team that was active in the 1870s and 1880s. They were based in the village of Netherlee, in the parish of Cathcart, Renfrewshire.
The club was founded in 1878, although an earlier Netherlee club was active in 1875 and 1876. Netherlee was one of the smallest clubs in Renfrewshire; in 1881, its 28-strong membership made it the smallest senior club in the county.
Unsurprisingly the club was entirely unsuccessful. It entered the Renfrewshire Cup twice, in 1879âÂÂ80 and 1880âÂÂ81, and lost both of its first round ties; 3âÂÂ1 to Kennishead in 1879âÂÂ80 and 5âÂÂ3 to Pollok in 1880âÂÂ81.
The club also never won a tie in the Scottish Cup in four entries, although its overall results were a little better. Indeed, in the club's first tie, in 1879âÂÂ80, it drew 0âÂÂ0 with Morton, a club with twice the membership, although Morton won the replay 7âÂÂ4.
In 1880âÂÂ81, Netherlee reached the second round, albeit only because opponents Oakfield had dissolved before the tie took place. Netherlee lost 2âÂÂ0 to Yoker in the second round, and the following year the club lost at Wellington Park, the only victory for the Greenock club in the competition.
The club nearly gave up the unequal struggle in 1882, not paying its subscription to the Scottish Football Association, and therefore being unable to enter the cup competitions that year. The club however kept playing junior football, and re-joined the Association in August 1883, which entitled it to one last entry in the 1883âÂÂ84 Scottish Cup. The club lost again in the first round, 5âÂÂ2 at Greenock Southern. The club once more dropped off the SFA roll at the end of the season, this time never to return.
The club wore white jerseys, navy knickers, and scarlet hose. In 1883 it changed its jerseys to black and white hoops.
The club played at Netherlee Park, a 10-minute walk from the Cathcart omnibus stop, or from the Clarkston railway station.