The first week in December 1895, saw a football match play out between Blantyre and Hamilton Harp. Reporters in the Hamilton Herald were quite descriptive about this match, and rather than focusing on the skill of the players, it was other observations in the report that made this worthy of retelling here, as opposed to […]
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1940 Blantyre Accies Football Team
On 15th September 2014, I was contacted by Caroline McDougall who shared this 1940 picture of Blantyre Accies Football Team. Caroline writes, “Hi Paul, This picture was taken in 1940/41 down beside Dale House in John Street. The team was run by my papa Danny McDougall ( back row with his hand in his trouser […]

