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Johnstone is a former Scottish League football club from the small industrial town of Johnstone in Renfrewshire. The first Johnstone FC was formed in 1878 but this club folded in 1887. The second Johnstone FC came into existence in 1891 and joined the Scottish Alliance in 1894. After only one season, Johnstone joined the North Ayrshire League and between 1898 and 1905 they played in the Scottish Football Combination. In 1905 Johnstone helped form the new Scottish Football Union, which was for a while regarded as one of the stronger non-league competitions in Central Scotland. In 1912 the Scottish Second Division was extended and Johnstone were elected to one of the vacancies along with Dunfermline Athletic. During the First World War, Johnstone joined the Western League (the Scottish Second Division was suspended in 1915 and later dropped altogether). In 1921 the Second Division was finally reinstated with four Western League clubs including Johnstone joining 16 clubs from the Central League. A series of modest league positions ended in 1925 when they were relegated to the ill-fated Scottish Third Division and lost their place in the Scottish League when this division was abandoned in 1926 with fixtures outstanding.  Johnstone then joined the Scottish Alliance where they played for just one season before going out of business in 1927.