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Crosshill was a Scottish rugby union club in Glasgow of the nineteenth century.

Founded
Its first match was played on 17 September 1870. The Ardrossan and Saltcoats Herald of the same date stating: This game is rather exciting and amusing both for players and spectators, not to speak of the novelty of the game in this district we have no doubt that many who have never seen football played properly will avail themselves of this opportunity.

The club took an advert out on the first page of that paper, near the top of the page. It stated: Members of the Ardrossan Castle Foot-Ball Club are requested to meet on the Practice Ground (Head of Glasgow Street) today at 3pm precisely to take part in the opening game of this club.

History
Match in 6 March 1875 against Stonefield.

Match in October 1878 against Albert, a football match.

March in 1879 against Kelvingrove, a football match.

Other sports
The Ardrossan Castle name was used for other sports notably cricket and curling. The Ardrossan Castle Cricket Club was defunct by 1889; as noted by the response in the Irvine Times of Friday 10 May 1889. The club was sent a challenge by Beith Cricket Club for a match but the club could no longer fulfil the fixture. The cricket club blamed a lack of a sports field for the match; which they stated had affected all the sports of the town. 'There is no place available for sports' it lamented. The columnist hoped that if a suitable sports field was secured remnants of the Ardrossan Castle side and the Parkend side - evidently also defunct - might join together as a new viable team.

The Ardrossan Castle Curling Club was evidently more successful. The Royal Caledonian Curling Society admitted them as members in January 1850. The newspaper reports that the Bonspeil was in Lochwinnoch, and that the laird did not let them use the Castle Semple Loch; and that they had to use the Barr Loch instead about a mile away to the south-west of the town. Ardrossan Castle fielded a curling side till 1958.

A much later Ardrossan Castle playing association football seems unconnected. This was the name of a local Under 16 side.