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==1st Highland Light Infantry F.C.==

==1st Highland Light Infantry F.C.==

{{Distinguish|2nd Highland Light Infantry F.C.}}

The '''1st Battalion Highland Light Infantry F.C.''' was an [[association football]] club formed out of the [[Highland Light Infantry|infantry regiment of the same name]].

===History===

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In 1891, the club reached the final of the Chatham and Rochester Charity Cup.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Sports and pastimes |journal=Medway News |date=2 May 1891 |page=3}}</ref> Before the 1891–92 season, the club joined the [[Football Association]], and entered the [[FA Cup]] [[1891–92 FA Cup qualifying rounds|qualifying rounds]].<ref>{{cite journal |title=New clubs |journal=Daily News |date=29 August 1891 |page=6}}</ref> It continued to enter the competition until [[1894–95 FA Cup qualifying rounds|1894–95]], three times reaching the third qualifying round, at which stage there were 40 clubs left in the competition.<ref>{{cite web |title=1st Highland Light Infantry |url=https://wildstat.com/p/151/club/ENG_1st_Highland_Light_Infantry_FC |website=Wildstat |access-date=4 July 2025}}</ref> The club's most notable scalp was [[Millwall F.C.|Millwall Athletic]] in the second qualifying round in 1891–92.

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The club also entered the [[FA Amateur Cup]] in 1894–95 and 1899–1900, albeit it never seems to have played a tie, twice winning through rounds walkover and then in turn scratching,<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hawthorn |first1=Fred |title=FA Amateur Cup Complete Results |date=2009 |publisher=Soccerdata |location=Hockley |pages=10, 12}}</ref> the last time due to being posted to [[South Africa]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Battle of Magersfontein |url=https://www.britishbattles.com/great-boer-war/battle-of-magersfontein/ |website=British Battles |access-date=4 July 2025}}</ref>

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The battalion largely served abroad until the end of the [[First World War]] and only appeared once more in senior football. This was in the 1949–50 season, when it took part in the [[Highland Football League]], but the Highlanders finished bottom, with only 3 wins in 30 games.<ref>{{cite web |last1=McColl |first1=Brian |title=Highland League results |url=http://sfha.org.uk/highlandleagueresults.htm |website=Scottish Football Historical Archive |access-date=4 July 2025}}</ref>

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In 1894–95 and 1895–96, the club reached the semi-final of the [[Army Football Association]] Cup, and won the Aldershot Divisional FA Cup on its first instalment in 1894–95.<ref>{{cite web |title=Army Football Association |url=https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=4472177952866987&set=a.115551488529677 |website=Facebook |access-date=4 July 2025}}</ref> After the regiment was posted to [[Malta]] in 1896, the football side won the Governor's Cup three times, Soldiers' Club Cup, and Island Cup, all by 1900.<ref>{{cite journal |title=The late Lieutenant Haldane |journal=Aberdeen Journal |date=28 May 1900 |page=7}}</ref>

===Colours===

===Ground===

The club's ground depended on where the battalion was based. In 1891–92 it was based at the Shaft Barracks in [[Dover]],<ref>{{cite journal |title=Army Challenge Cup |journal=Folkestone Express |date=26 March 1892 |page=6}}</ref> and in 1892–93 moved Stanhope Lines in [[Aldershot]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Alcock |first1=Charles |title=Football Annual |date=1892 |publisher=Cricket Press |location=London |page=140}}</ref> In 1896 the club played in [[Football in Malta|Malta]].

==Whitwick Imperial F.C.==

==Whitwick Imperial F.C.==