Uddingston Football Club was a 19th-century football club based in Uddingston, Lanarkshire, Scotland.
The club was formed in August 1886, five years after the dissolution of the previous senior club in the town; one link with the previous club was Alex Inglis, who continued as a forward for the new club. Its earliest recorded match was at home to Hamilton Academical in April 1887, with George Somerville from Queen's Park guesting for the new side.
The club's first entry into the Scottish Cup in 1887âÂÂ88 was not a success, with a 5âÂÂ2 home defeat to Royal Albert.
However the 1888âÂÂ89 season proved to be the club's most successful. In the 1888âÂÂ89 Scottish Cup, the club reached the fourth round (final 22) for the only time, albeit thanks to some fortune, as the club received a bye in the first round, and a walkover from Glasgow University in the third; in between the club beat Rutherglen Clydesdale 5âÂÂ1.
The run ended at home to Mossend Swifts (by which time Somerville had switched loyalties to Uddingston), but, in the Lanarkshire Cup, Uddingston reached the final for the only time. The club had recruited a new goalkeeper (M. Dolan from newly-defunct Drumpellier) and four other county representatives, and had only lost two matches all season; the Cup tie and a friendly with Carfin Shamrock just before Christmas 1888, which the club avenged by beating the Shamrock 3âÂÂ2 away in the Lanarkshire Cup semi-final. In an earlier round the club had hammered Hamilton Academical 6âÂÂ1 and the club had even managed a 2âÂÂ2 draw at Rangers in a friendly.
The final (at Whifflet Shamrock's Meadow Park), against Royal Albert, was a 2âÂÂ2 draw, Uddingston coming from two down with two goals from half-back Brown. The replay, at the same venue in front of 2,000 spectators, was spoilt by a heavy downpour which turned the pitch into a quagmire, and Uddingston, losing the toss, faced the worst of the conditions; despite this, Elliott gave the club the lead, but the Royalists equalized before half-time and won the game with 20 minutes to go. A protest against the state of the pitch was dismissed but the club had some consolation with a 4âÂÂ3 friendly win over Hibernian.
There were already problems lurking for the side, however, as Lanarkshire was facing an influx of football agents seeking to recruit players for the professional game in England. The club remained locally strong in 1889âÂÂ90 and 1890âÂÂ91, reaching the semi-final of the Lanarkshire Cup in both years, and reached the third round of the Scottish Cup in the latter year, although the step up to face Queen's Park at Hampden Park was too far, and the club lost 6âÂÂ0, five goals coming before half-time.
However, after showing such promise, the club's collapse was swift. It lost the use of its ground towards the end of the 1890âÂÂ91 season, and, having been drawn at home in the Consolation Cup to Wishaw Thistle, had to cede home advantage; the club duly lost 6âÂÂ3, having been 6âÂÂ1 behind at half-time. The defeat is the club's last recorded match. It did enter the Scottish Cup for 1891âÂÂ92, but scratched from the competition after being drawn against the low-key Kelvinside Athletic; the club did not live long enough to enter the county cup in the same season.
The club played in white shirts and blue knickers.
The club played at Meadowbank. The final game was a defeat by Battlefield in March 1891.