 The 5th KRV were based in Maxwelltown, Dumfries until the re-organisation of private militias in 1908 when all volunteer forces in Galloway were absorbed into the 5th King’s Own Scottish Borderers Regiment.The football club was founded in 1879 and their earliest strip was a suitably patriotic red and blue hooped shirts with white shorts and red socks, although this changed to a royal blue and white strip later in life.The 5th joined the inaugural but ill-fated South of Scotland Football League for the 1892–93 season.