Full name | Paisley Royal Football and Shinty Club |
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Union | Scottish Rugby Union Camanachd Association |
Founded | 1855 |
Disbanded | c.1881 (Rugby Union club) c.1925 (Shinty club) |
Location | Paisley, Scotland |
Ground(s) | Greenhill Park (shinty) Craigielea (rugby union) Blackhall (rugby union) |
Paisley Royal Football and Shinty Club was a Scottish shinty and rugby union club in Renfrewshire of the nineteenth century.[1] It was initially formed as a 'football and shinty' club in 1855. it is the only club known to be devoted to both sports.[2] Its shinty arm became known as Paisley Shinty Club; its rugby union arm known as Paisley Football Club.