Shettleston F.C.
Shettleston Football Club are a Scottish football club based in Shettleston, in the East End of Glasgow. Nicknamed the Town, they were formed in 1903 and are based at Greenfield Park.[1] The club play in the West of Scotland League (withdrawn).
Full name | Shettleston Juniors Football & Athletic Club | ||
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Nickname(s) | The Town | ||
Founded | 1903 | ||
Ground | Greenfield Park, Old Shettleston Road, Glasgow | ||
Manager | Co-managers Hugh Kelly Bernard Beacom | ||
League | West of Scotland League (withdrawn) | ||
2019–20 | SJFA West League One, 1st of 16 (champions) | ||
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Shettleston reached the final of the 1958–59 Scottish Junior Cup, losing 2–1 to Irvine Meadow in front of a crowd of 65,211 fans at Hampden Park.[2] Their fortunes have been mixed in recent years, flitting between the various divisions of the league they have been based in, although they managed to reach the semi-finals of the Scottish Junior Cup in 2000–01, and the quarter-finals of the same competition in 2001–02 and 2014–15.
The team have been led since January 2017 by former Thorniewood and Newmains manager, John Fallon. Fallon replaced the previous management team of Peter Weatherson and Ryan McStay.[3][4]
Honours
- Runners-up: 1958–59
Other Honours
- West Region Super First Division: Runners-up (promoted): 2014–15
- SJFA West Region League One: Champions 2019-20
- West of Scotland Cup winners: 1974–75, 1992–93, 1994–95
- Glasgow Junior League winners: 1923–24, 1926–27
- Central League A Division winners: 1976–77
- Central Division One winners: 1985–86, 1998–99, 2001–02
- Glasgow Junior Cup: 1957–58, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1967–68
- Central League Cup: 1954–55, 1972–73, 2001–02
- Central Sectional League Cup: 1969–70, 1976–77, 1979–80
- Glasgow Junior Consolation Cup: 1925–26, 1937–38
- Glasgow North-Eastern Cup: 1936–37, 1959–60, 1960–61
- Erskine Hospital Charity Cup: 1983–84, 1984–85, 1985–86
- Glasgow Junior Charity Cup: 1929–30, 1937–38, 1956–57
- Glasgow Eastern Charity Cup: 1926–27, 1949–50, 1951–52, 1959–60
Current squad
- As of 24 July 2015[5]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Staff
- Manager: Hugh Kelly Bernard Beacom
- Assistant manager:
- Coach:
- Coach:
- Sports Therapist:
- Directors:
Notable former players
- Bill Gorman
- A. Scott Duncan
- Bob Connelly
- Bobby Russell
- Ernie Merrick
- Tommy Docherty
- John Wheatley
- Keigan Parker
Campbell Forsyth, the Kilmarnock and Scotland international goalkeeper played for Shettleston before joining St Mirren in 1955.[6]
Notable Assistant Coach
References
- Shettleston Juniors FC, The Glasgow Story
- "Memories of Irvine Meadow's first cup win". Daily Record. 17 December 2010. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
- O'Donnell, Jim (19 January 2017). "Fallon ready for the challenge at depleted Shettleston". Evening Times. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
- O'Donnell, Jim (15 August 2016). "All change at Shettleston as player-manager Peter Weatherston takes centre stage". Evening Times. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
- "Players and management". Shettleston F.C. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
- Holley, Duncan; Chalk, Gary (2003). In That Number – A post-war chronicle of Southampton FC. Hagiology Publishing. p. 512. ISBN 0-9534474-3-X.