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TALBOT MILESTONES 1907-1920
 | |  | | Talbot 1912 in their red and white strip |
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1907: A public meeting at Kirkland's Green in Auchinleck forms a new football club.
1909: The new club is named Auchinleck Talbot after Lord Talbot de Maldahide who gifts the club Beechwood Park. The park is opened this year with a charity match between The Old Players and The Merchant's. Talbot make their debut in 1909 when they defeat the juvenile side Highouse Rangers 4-0.Weeks later they lose their first competitive at Cronberry Eglington in the league. Their first win comes in September 1909 when they defeat Patna doon Athletic in their first Scottish Cup tie.
1912: Talbot win their first trophy when Kello Rovers are beaten 6-1 in the final of the Cumnock & District Cup. That same year James Ward becomes the first Talbot player to be capped by Ayrshire and then Scotland.
1913: John Quinn becomes the first player to step up when he joins Ayr United.
1914: Bitter rivals Talbot and Cumnock meet for the first time when Talbot win 1-0 in the Kilmarnock Shield Final.
1916: Talbot fold due to financial problems and of course the "Great War".
1920: Talbot make their comeback by winning the Ayrshire Cup for the first time when they defeat Irvine Meadow 3-0 at Rugby Park. That same year they set a club goalscoring record in the Scottish Cup defeating Craigbank 11-0 at Beechwood.
 | | 1939 Committee, Team and Ayrshire Cup |
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TALBOT MILESTONES 1921-40
1921: Talbot win their first league title when winning the South Ayrshire League.
1924: The club reaches it's first Scottish Cup semi final but lose 1-0 to Baillieston at Love Street in Paisley.
1927: James Byrne become the first Talbot official to be made Ayrshire F.A president.
1928: Talbot fold due to financial pressures. They return the following year.
1932: The Western League refuses them entry, but bows under pressure the following season.
1933:Talbot play their first Western League match at Irvine but lose 4-1.
1934The Talbot fans riot that season during a Moore Trophy final against Darvel at Troon. 495 Talbot fans travel to the match in a special train.
1935: Talbot start playing in red and white but the fans soon stop this.
1939: Talbot inflict their biggest win over Cumnock when they win 7-1 in the Ayrshire Cup final.
1940: The club shuts down due to the Second World War.
TALBOT MILESTONES 1946-1950
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1946:Talbot return after their lay-off with a new ash pitch. It proves a disaster and they are forced to play at Cumnock.
1948: Talbot become the first club south of Kilmarnock to win the West of Scotland Cup when they defeat Blantyre Celtic 1-0 in a replay at Ardeer.
1949: Talbot win the Scottish Cup at Hampden Park when they defeat Petershill 3-2 in front of 69,000 fans.
1949: The following season Beechwood sets a new ground record when Irvine Meadow knock the holders Talbot out the Scottish Cup.
TALBOT MILESTONES 1950-1975
|  | | Talbot 1952 and 1955 |
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1951: Only two years after 69,000 watch Talbot at Hampden, 29 turn up to watch them against Kello. The poorest crowd ever at Beechwwod.
1957: A special meeting at the Town Hall see's a motion carried that the Talbot should be disbanded. This went to a vote, and it was decided to carry on.
1959: The new covered enclosure is handed over to the club by the Building Committee.
1961: The club is now being run by 5 office bearers, and 3 committeemen.
1972: Vandals burn down the old wooden clubhouse. That same year Talbot lose 11-0 to Cumnock in the League Cup. This is Talbot's worst ever defeat. An emergency meeting is held in the Community Centre to save the club.
1975: Talbot hammer Whitletts 15-0 in the league to set a club record. Dennis Gray scores 7.
THE OFFICIAL TALBOT HISTORY
The history of Auchinleck Talbot was published in 1989 by lifelong fan Jim McAuley. It charts the history of the club, and in some ways the history of Junior football. The book contains short histories on the village (by John Davidson) and Ayrshire Junior football. Described by the Absolute Game (Scotland's largest fanzine) as a gritty look at a club by a man who was certainly not an academic, but a dyed in the wool supporter. There is only 15 copies of the book left so to capture one get in touch with Jim McAuley at 27 Greenbraes Drive, New Cumnock KA18 4LG. Priced £3 plus 75p p&p
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