Despite the quality of this photo, it’s a cracker and very much Blantyre related. This previously unseen photo online is of Blantyre Victoria Football Club (Blantyre Vics). The year is unknown but thought to be in the 1910’s. Daniel Sprott, is seated in the second row, second from the right. A relative Penny Roberston, […]
Following on from the article yesterday about Jimmy Brownlie Senior, it was worth mentioning that his son was the famous footballer, also Jimmy Brownlie. Elizabeth Merchant shared these photos, telling me, “These are photographs of a medal my grandfather, Jimmy Brownlie, won playing for Blantyre Victoria. The inscription on the back reads… Lanarkshire Junior Football […]
During the 1950’s the junior football game was truly at its peak with thousands descending on matches across the country week in, week out. This was the era when ‘Blantyre’s greatest team’ shone. After a successful few years during and following the Second World War, the Vics were still hungry for the greatest prize in […]
The 1970’s was a time when the Vics shone again and truly re-affirmed their status as one of the most successful junior clubs in the country. The decade began with a bang as 44,000 spectators packed into Hampden Park to watch Blantyre and Penicuik 1 – 1 in the Scottish Junior Cup Final. In the replay, a week […]
A good story for 23rd December. Many years ago on Saturday 23rd December 1916, a football match was planned between Blantyre Vics and Croy Celtic. However, following a spell of rain during that wartime weekend, Blantyre Vics took the decision that morning to cancel the game on account of the playing field at Castle Park […]
Aileen Hamilton has shared this great photo of Blantyre Victoria Football Club. Taken around 1914, just before the outbreak of war, the location looks like Castle Park, just off Forrest Street. The Championship cup in the foreground has the date (isn’t it great when group photos record the year!). I couldn’t help but wonder if […]
This sturdy set of youngsters, set up and aided by the money in their own pockets, went on to make a big name for themselves in the juvenile world of local football. Indeed, Blantyre Vics got off to a flying start by becoming Lanarkshire Juvenile Cup winners in 1900 in their first year. The winning […]