Continued from Blantyre Vics Part 1 The current and present club that arose from the ashes was formed in 1900, but again as juniors. The team were reconstructed that year as a professional football team. The story is that the team was formed from a crowd of boys who hung around the corner of Rosendale, […]
Alexander William “Alex” Menzies was born on 25th November 1882, the son of Archibald and Isabella Menzies. They lived at Henderson’s Buildings in 1891. Alex was a Scottish association footballer who played as a forward for Hearts and Manchester United in the early 1900s. Born in Blantyre, South Lanarkshire, Menzies was working as a […]