Grasshoppers F.C.

Grasshoppers
Full nameGrasshoppers Football Club
Nickname(s)the Hoppers[1]
Founded1875
Dissolved1901
GroundLongcroft Park (1886–1901)

Grasshoppers Football Club, sometimes known as Bonnybridge Grasshoppers, was a Scottish association football club based in Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire. The club was founded in 1875 and disbanded in 1901. The club was called Longcroft Thistle for a year in 1886–87 after relocating to the nearby village of Longcroft. The club competed in the Scottish Cup for periods between 1876 and 1890 and also the regional Stirlingshire Cup competition.[3]

  1. ^ "Stirlingshire Cup - Denny v Bonnybridge Grasshoppers". Falkirk Herald: 6. 5 November 1890.
  2. ^ Eminent Victorians – Grasshoppers Archived 15 January 2019 at the Wayback Machine, historicalkits.co.uk. Historical Football Kits. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
  3. ^ Stirlingshire Cup 1883– Archived 30 January 2013 at the Wayback Machine, scottish-football-historical-archive.com. Scottish Football Historical Archive. Retrieved 13 May 2013.