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Greenock Football Club was a Scottish rugby union club in Greenock of the nineteenth century.

History
They had already asked Forsyth's of Glasgow to make their strips in 1873.

A general meeting was held in the Wheat Sheaf Hotel on Wednesday 5 November 1873. The advert in the Greenock Telegraph and Clyde Shipping Gazette was signed by the Honorary Secretary, J.M.

Fixtures 1873-74 v Old Wanderers v Paisley

Selected matches
Matches reported in newspapers. Only 1st team matches shown. Osborne try-scorers noted where given.

Decline of the rugby union club
There are no reports of any matches from 1878-79 season onwards. The loss of the club captain may not have helped. The club's playing field was on farmland at Berryyards in Greenock; which was a farmstead built on an ancient fruit garden. However the site was taken over by the Berryyards Sugar Refinery.

Other sports
Greenock also had a cricket club.