Alclutha F.C.

Alclutha
Full nameAlclutha Football Club
Founded1872
Dissolved1888
GroundBarloan Toll, Dumbarton
Hon. SecretaryAlex. Kennedy Jr

Alclutha Football Club was a football club based in Dumbarton, Scotland. From 1883 the club was called Dunbritton Football Club.[1]

The name Alclutha derives from the Scots Gaelic name for the town,[2] and means "rock of the Clyde". Dunbritton is an old form of Dumbarton, meaning "Britons' fort".

  1. ^ "Vale Juniors". Vale of Leven. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
  2. ^ Glen, John (1847). History of the Town and Castle of Dumbarton. Dumbarton: E D Ogilvie, W Conolly and J Neilson. p. 15.