Reader Jim Crawford is asking if anybody has photos of the former “High Blantyre Hearts” football club? I have some notes as follows: High Blantyre Hearts – A former boys’ football team created in High Blantyre. There were 3 different teams. The first existed in the 1950’s or 1960s managed by John (Jock) Douglas. The […]
Blantyre Vics Football Club pictured at Castle Park, Forrest Street in the late 1930s. Perhaps you recognise a parent, or uncle, or grandfather?
Some like minded friends in Blantyre, having played a few times together during the summer of 1875, decided to form a properly organised football team, along the new association lines. Once they were established they registered immediately with the Scottish Football Association in Glasgow, and appear in the membership book in the same column as […]