A good show was put on by Blantyre Boxers in April 1978 at Meadowbank where the Scottish Youth Boxing Championships were being held. Three were among the medals. Sixteen year old Hugh Kelly who boxed with the Blantyre Miner’s Welfare Club lifted the Bantamweight Class B title. Fellow colleague William Johnstone (16), boxing lightweight just […]
Frank Markey was a professional boxer from Blantyre who was active between 1926 and 1944. He boxed at flyweight; bantamweight; featherweight and took part in 159 professional contests. On Saturday 2nd February 1929, Frank Markey took part in the final for the bantam weight championship of Scotland fighting against opponent Johnny Smith. It wasn’t […]
An interesting Blantyre story appeared in the Motherwell Times on Friday 12th June 1931. “Particulars have just been received from Mr. James Coffey, Main Street, High Blantyre, of the tragic death of his son, Mr. Bob Coffey, Australia, which followed a knock-out in a fight in which he was engaged with Bill Singleton Leitchhardt, Sydney .on […]
Thank you to Michael Gillan who nominated Blantyre boxer, Eddie Miller into our Hall of Fame.Michael emailed me, “Eddie was a Blantyre person who moved to Australia and became featherweight champion of Australia, beating Ronnie clayton for the british empire featherweight championship.” Eddie Miller was born in Blantyre, Scotland on May 10th 1917. At the height of his […]
This photo is shared with written permission from Margaret McGaulley. Pictured in the 1960s is Blantyre Thistle and features her dad. Blantyre Thistle 1967— with Jimmy Perry, Joe Stoney, Davey French, George Longmuir, Hugh Swan, John Agnew, James Robertson, Terry Murphy, John Gorrance, Pat Cleary, Bill McMahon, Derek Burns, Eddie O’farrell, Dendy McCarroll (Manager), Walter […]
On the evening of Wednesday 9th January 1907, an old fashioned “square go” had a profound and devastating effect on Blantyre’s youth. I wouldn’t like to comment on comparing it in any way to modern times, but the story is an interesting one. James Wallace was 22 years of age and lived with his parents […]