never won another tie in the competition - even when Irvine beat Maybole in the first round in 1897–98, Maybole protested, and won the replay with a double figure score. In 1898–99, the club enjoyed its best run in the Scottish Qualifying Cup, beating Hurlford, Kilmarnock Athletic, and Wigtown, to reach the first round proper of the 1898–99 Scottish Cup. The club was drawn away to Partick Thistle and lost the tie 5–0. It was the club's last achievement. The club did enter the Scottish and Ayrshire Cups for 1899–1900, but was disbanded before the seasons started; the motion to wind up the senior club was put by a member of the Junior club Irvine Meadow XI. Colours The club's colours were navy blue shirts and white shorts. Grounds The club originally played on a pitch marked out on the Irvine Mains. By 1881 the club was playing at a ground on the Kilwinning Road known as Newfield. The club held athletics meetings in 1884 and 1885 at Meadow Park on Quarry Road, and the club moved there for football matches for the 1885–86 season. In March 1888, the club held a concert in order to raise funds for a pavilion, "which no club in Irvine has hitherto had the advantage of". Before the 1888–89 season started, the club asked permission from the local council to use the publicly-owned Cochrane Park as its ground, and permission was duly granted. In August 1888 the club proposed spending £30 on building a pavilion and repairing the "delapidated" [sic] fence. The ground remained the club's home until its demise. References Football clubs in Scotland Defunct football clubs in Scotland Association football clubs established in 1877 Association football clubs disestablished in 1899 1877 establishments in Scotland 1899 disestablishments in Scotland