Blythswood F.C.

Blythswood
Full name	Blythswood Football Club
Founded	1873
Dissolved	1879
Ground	Westburn Park

Blythswood Football Club were a 19th-century football club based in Glasgow that were one of the original 16 teams to participate in the inaugural season of the Scottish Cup.

Blythswood played in red and black striped shirts, and played in Westburn Park in Kelvinside.

Blythswood F.C. participated in Scottish Cup tournaments between 1873-74 and 1878-79. Blythswood reached the semi-finals of the inaugural season, losing to Clydesdale F.C., but attained little success thereafter.

Blythswood F.C. finally dissolved in 1879.

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