namely the East of Scotland Consolation Cup competition, drawing 2–2 with Selkirk F.C. in the original final at Whitestone Park in Peebles, equalizing with 3 minutes to go by bundling Selkirk goalkeeper Hewitson over the goal-line while he was still holding the ball. The replay at Galashiels was a 3–2 win for Uphall; MacRitchie (2) and Gibland putting Uphall 3–0 to the good, but a Souters comeback saw the club rely on Sam Paton in goal to hold onto the lead. For the 1908–09 season, the club brought in three players from the now-defunct Broxburn Shamrock, but Uphall lost in the first round of the King Cup, the East of Scotland Qualifying Cup, and the Scottish Qualifying Cup, all by mid-September. The starting line-up in the Qualifying Cup defeat to Broxburn Athletic was entirely different to the side which had reached the first round the season before. Without the income from competitive matches, the club was in a shambolic state by the start of 1909. In January 1909, the club was set to host Bathgate in the Scottish Consolation Cup. Only a handful of spectators - mostly from Bathgate - attended; the Uphall side entered the pitch ten minutes late; there was no sign of a match ball; and three of the regular Uphall players were replaced by juniors. Uphall therefore scratched from the tie and the match was played as a friendly, with "the players indulging in a lot of tom-foolery", and, although the game only ran to an hour, Bathgate won 9–0. Two months later, the club failed to turn up for a home tie in the Linlithgowshire Cup against Broxburn Athletic F.C., not only being unable to raise a team, but not even notifying the Athletic. Before the start of the 1909–10 season, the Scottish Football Association struck the club off for non-payment of subscriptions. Colours The club played in blue and white striped jerseys. Ground The club's home ground was Goschen Park, midway between Uphall and Broxburn; it had previously been the home of Broxburn Shamrock. References Defunct football clubs in Scotland Association football clubs established in 1907 Association football clubs disestablished in 1909 Football in West Lothian 1907 establishments in Scotland 1909 disestablishments in Scotland