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Former association football club in Scotland

Abercorn Football Club was a football club based in Paisley, Scotland. The club were members of the Scottish Football League from 1890 until 1915 and folded in 1920. Abercorn were founder members of the Scottish Football League, but eventually could not compete with local rivals St Mirren. During their time in the SFL the club played at Underwood Park, Old Ralston Park and New Ralston Park. Their colours were blue and white stripes.

Abercorn F. C. was formed on 10 November 1877 with an initial membership of 200, a few months after St Mirren had been formed in the town with their first game been played in December against the 79th Highland Reserve Volunteers with the match ending in a 1–1 draw with Robert Fulton the president of the club getting the first goal and gate receipts of £3. In June 1878 at a meeting at the Star Hotel in Paisley were the representatives from Abercorn, Arthurlie, Barrhead, Barrhead Rangers, Barrhead Thistle, Bridge of Weir, Caledonia (Thornliebank), Cartvale, Clydevale (Greenock), Glenkilloch, Johnstone Athletic, Jordanhill, Levern, Linwood, Mearns Pollock, Thornliebank, 17th Renfrewshire Rifle Volunteers and 23rd Renfrewshire Rifle Volunteers. alongside Cambuslang, Celtic, Cowlairs, Dumbarton, Heart of Midlothian, Rangers, Renton, Saint Mirren, Third Lanark and Vale of Leven. The club finished the inaugural season of the league in seventh place out of ten, but had the satisfaction of finishing ahead of St Mirren, who ended in eighth place. This success was short lived, however, as when a Scottish Football League Division Two was created in 1893, Abercorn and Clyde, who had been voted out of Division One, became founder members. In season 2009–10, 90 years after the original club disappeared, a new club was formed under the Abercorn name in Paisley. The new club has had a marked lack of success, however. In its inaugural 18 game season, it lost all its matches.

Their home matches were initially played at East Park on the corner of Seedhill Road and Mill Street, before moving onto Blackstoun Park in Well Street in 1879. In 1889 they moved 200 yards to Underwood Park, where they remained until an 1899 move to Old Ralston Park in East Lane in the Williamsburgh area of Paisley which was 700 yards from their first ground at East Park. In 1909 the club moved to a site directly to the west of Old Ralston Park; New Ralston Park.

1877–1881: Royal blue and white striped shirts, white shorts. 1881–1883: Navy blue shirts, white shorts. 1883–1908: White shirts, navy blue shorts. 1908–1916: Royal blue and white striped shirts, royal blue shorts. 1916–1920: Royal blue and white striped shirts, white shorts.

Robert Mitchell (Abercorn FC) won the Scottish half mile championship at Powderhall Stadium, Edinburgh, in June 1894, and was second in the quarter mile behind Alfred Downer of Scottish Pelicans. As a member of St Mirren Mitchell had previously won the Scottish half mile title four times, from 1889 to 1892.