The club entered in both 1880–81 and 1881–82, but scratched from the 1880–81 competition,[5] and had definitely disbanded before the 1881–82 competition,[6] with most of the club members having joined the new Newton Stewart club.[7] The last recorded match for the club was against a Wigtownshire select side towards the end of the 1880–81 season.[8]
Colours
The club played in blue and red hoops with white knickerbockers and blue hose, except in its first season, in which the knickerbockers were navy.[9][10]
Ground
The club played at Barn Park, Kirroughtree,[11] and had its club house at the Cree Hotel.[12]
References
^"New Football Club". Dumfries & Galloway Standard: 4. 23 January 1878.
^"New Football Club". Dumfries & Galloway Standard: 4. 23 January 1878.
^"Queen of the South Wanderers v Cree Rovers". North British Daily Mail: 7. 28 October 1878.
^"Cree Rovers (Newton-Stewart) v Stranraer (Cup tie)". Glasgow Herald: 6. 22 September 1879.