Glasgow University Football Club are a Scottishfootball team that represents the University of Glasgow. The club was founded at a meeting of students "dissatisfied that the Rugby game alone has been played at College" on 7 December 1877, under the captaincy of Arthur Mechan.[1]
The 2010–11 competition saw Glasgow University qualify for the Scottish Cup second round for the first time since their 1975–76 defeat to Albion Rovers, after a 1–0 victory at Garscube Sports Complex against Burntisland Shipyard. In season 2015–16, Glasgow University were drawn away to Lowland League side Cumbernauld Colts in the first round of the competition, with Cumbernauld Colts winning 3–0 in front of a healthy crowd at Broadwood Stadium. In the 2016–17 competition, Glasgow University lost 8–2 to Junior champions Bonnyrigg Rose in a home tie staged at the Excelsior Stadium in Airdrie.
In addition to its main teams which are for current students of the university, there is also a club for graduates, Westerlands AFC, (founded in 1967 named after the institution's former sports grounds in Anniesland), who also play at Garscube and compete in the Caledonian AFL along with the Glasgow students' team.[8]