The oldest continuing club is Yoker Athletic formed in 1886, playing their home games at Holm Park in Clydebank.
The club folded in 1895, but a new Clydebank was founded in 1899,[2][3] with this second incarnation also based at Hamilton Park,[4] but only lasting a season.
In 1890, a junior side, Clydebank Athletic, also turned senior, winning one tie in the Scottish Cup, but folded within a few seasons,[6] and in 1895 another junior club, Clydebank United, took over the remnants of Dalmuir Thistle[7] and played as a senior club for a season.
The club's ground was rebuilt on the same site in 1939, and whilst retaining its original name was often referred to as "New Kilbowie".
The merge, which was opposed by fans of both clubs, lasted only one season, with East Stirlingshire shareholders winning several court cases against it.
East Stirlingshire reverted to its original legal status and moved back to Falkirk, parting company with the Steedman brothers.
[9] The Steedman family sold the club to Dr John Hall, a Bermuda-based businessman,[11] and the proceeds from Kilbowie Park were used to set up schools for the sport in America.
A consortium led by Jim Ballantyne put forward a bid to fill the vacancy in the SFL and build a new club in Airdrie from scratch.
Airdrie United Ltd agreed to voluntarily transfer their unwanted ownership of the name and insignia of Clydebank F.C.
to UCS, and a venue for matches in the Clydebank area was secured following an agreement to ground share with Drumchapel Amateurs at Glenhead Park, Duntocher.
In June 2008, Clydebank and Drumchapel agreed to terminate their groundsharing agreement, with the Bankies moving across the town to share Holm Park with Yoker Athletic.