Research into the history of Football in Falkirk district : mainly concentrating on the the period up to 1945 I like to dig through the newspapers from the days of yore to find little vignettes that were rarely included in the published histories. From the ugly side to the downright obscure, just don't expect me to write about anything too obvious ....
Showing posts with label Carronshore. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Carronshore. Show all posts
Thursday, 12 June 2014
Clubs in Falkirk District - Gairdoch
Long before the current situation, in about the 1880s/90s if you were to ask a local who was the third biggest team in Falkirk District [clearly 'Shire then Falkirk [in that order] would be 1 & 2] they would probably look at you then say "Camelon" with the unsaid "ya div" left hanging in the ether.
If you were to ask who was fourth, it would be murkier, but I would lay a bet that they would more likely say Gairdoch before Stenhousemuir.
The village of Carronshore is not where you might find a really good football team [do not get me wrong shoreites, the village produced many good footballers, many who eventually joined other, bigger clubs] but it is too small to attract a big enough crowd to pay them players. They were helped by the fact that T.D.Brodie [their Patron] let them play at Dovecote Park without paying rent.
But even that could not stem the tide of professionalism, eventually FFC, ESFC & clubs further afeild pilfering their best players meant they collapsed into nothingness: they were reborn into a junior side, but even that could not sutain itself.
It is sad, as they really did produce some good players.
I have never tracked down the exact location of Dovecote Pk, but get the feeling that it might have been somewhere close to the Dovecote.
Thursday, 20 July 1989
Kinnaird Brass Band Four-a-Side Competition 1889
Held at Dovecot Pk, Carronshore, Sat 20th July 1889, Scores are Goals+Touchdowns
4-a-side and 5-a-side Competitions
East Stirlingshire II 1+2 Gairdoch 1+0 First Round Carronshore Pates, East Stirlingshire & Gairdoch II - Byes East Stirlingshire 3+1 Gairdoch II 0+0 Semi-Final East Stirlingshire II 1+1 Carronshore Pates 0+0 Semi-Final East Stirlingshire 2+2 East Stirlingshire II 2+0 Final Teams- East Stirlingshire - Dunn, Ritchie, Kirkwood, Simpson. East Stirlingshire II - Johnston, Howden, T.Dunn, A.N.Other.
4-a-side and 5-a-side Competitions
Thursday, 11 May 1989
Carron Band Four-a-Side Competition 1889
Held at Inns Park, Carron, Sat 11th May 1889 (Scores are Goals+Touchdowns)
4-a-side and 5-a-side Competitions
Gairdoch 3+0 Crichton Rovers 0+0 First Round Stenhousemuir 2+0 Carronshore Pates 0+0 First Round Falkirk Strollers 2+0 Stenhousemuir II 1+0 First Round Falkirk Excelsior scr Carronshore Pates II WO First Round Falkirk 5+0 Carron Athletic 0+0 First Round Grangemouth scr Burnhouse WO First Round Gairdoch II 2+0 West Carron 0+0 First Round Gairdoch 4+0 Carronshore Pates II 0+0 Second Round Falkirk Strollers 2+0 Burnhouse 0+0 Second Round Stenhousemuir 2+0 Gairdoch II 1+0 Second Round Falkirk - Bye Falkirk 2+0 Falkirk Strollers 0+0 Semi-Final Gairdoch 1+0 Stenhousemuir 0+2 Semi-Final Falkirk Strollers 2+1 Stenhousemuir 0+0 Third Place Falkirk 5+0 Gairdoch 0+0 Final Teams- Falkirk - M.Harley, Drummond, T.McDonald, Stark. Gairdoch - Kemp, Brown, Rae, Honeyman. Falkirk Strollers - Malcolm, Stewart, Cochrane, Murphy.
4-a-side and 5-a-side Competitions
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