Smith & Wellstood's v Grasshoppers - Sat 25th March 1876
Falkirk Herald - Thu 30th Mar 1876FootballSmith & Wellstood's Glasgow Warehouse Employees v Grasshoppers - Owing to the undecided manner in which the match on the 18th inst. was finished, these two...
View ArticleGrasshoppers v Caldercruix - Sat 7th Oct 1876
FOOTBALLFalkirk Herald - Sat 14th October 1876GRASSHOPPERS v CALDERCRUIXA match between the above teams was played at Bonnybridge on the ground of the former, on Saturday last, in presence of a...
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Pen Pic - William McAulay - Falkirk FC - 1907
Continuing the Falkirk Herald's "Prominent Players" series of 1907 this time it is William McAulay Falkirk's Inside-Left for the 1906/07 season.By the time William joined he was already a veteran of...
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Pen Pic - Robert Stirling - East Stirlingshire FC -1907
Yet another East Stirlingshire starlet I know little about, yet featured in the Falkirk Herald's "Prominent Players" series.As far as I can ascertain, Robert also succumbed to the curse of ESFC players...
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Dan Kirkwood as a Reason against Wikipedia
The above is the Wikipedia entry on Dan Kirkwood, and whilst it it is not wholly wrong, it is wrong.For one Dan Kirkwood was born in Uphall, Linlithgowshire, not Linlithgow. Now I really don't care if...
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David McNair - Falkirk FC 1879-1881
Now, every so often I come across an obituary of a Falkirk player, it makes me smile.Well, yes he played for Falkirk, back in 1879, he played.I have always hated the Post-war glitterati, those who...
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Robert Parlane - Falkirk FC - 1895-97
Some obituaries you just come across, others you have to look for, this is in the latter camp.Robert Parlaneb 29thMarch 1871, Camelon, Stirlingshire d 9th March 1934, Camelon, StirlingshireDebut –...
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Archie Waugh - Falkirk FC Graves
Whilst out and about perusing my local Cemetery [Camelon] recently I happened across another name from the past that I recognised.I humbly apologise for my reflection ;(I will not bluster, Archie Waugh...
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John Rattray - Falkirk FC 1910-1913
John Rattrayb c1891, Ballingry, Fifed c1958Debut – Saturday December 24th 1910 v Raith Rovers (A) Scottish League Division 1Positions – Centre-ForwardKnown Career – Lumphinnans Swifts, Falkirk...
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Robert Godfrey signs up for McCrae's Battalion 1914
After digging about on the internet today, I came across the attestation papers of Falkirk FC's Robert "Bob" Godfrey, one of the Falkirk players who joined the 16th Royal Scots in the very early days...
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Eben Taylor - Falkirk FC 1902-1903
When researching football players in the dim and distant past I often have to try to find out about their lives outside of football, this can help since it adds more than just puting a players name and...
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James Laing WWI
I haven't posted anything in a while mainly because I like to space posts out and because I have been taking advantage of Ancestry's free weekend to look up stuff [for example I found four Falkirk...
View ArticlePlagiarism
I find it frankly sad when the supposedly educated people at Edinburgh University take my own, shoddy, work and try and pass it off as their own.The devil is in the very last sentence of both articles,...
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Alva, Stirlingshire?
You often hear about people's favourite moment in sport, whether it be a player droning on about such and such a goal, or a fan droning on about how [insert team/player] beat [insert team/player] and...
View ArticleKing's Park v Grasshoppers - Sat 25th Nov 1876
Falkirk Herald - Sat 2nd December 1876KING'S PARK v GRASSHOPPERSPlayed at stirling on Saturday, and resulted in a draw, each side having scored a goal, the ball being kept in the Stirling ground nearly...
View ArticleCampsie v Central - Sat 17th Jan 1878
Falkirk Herald - Sat 24th January 1878CAMPSIE v CENTRALAt Balglass, on Saturday, and resulted in favour of Campsie by two goals to none. Reid, Devlin and McFarlane for the Campsie played in excellent...
View Article2nd Queen's Park v Lenzie - Sat 17th Jan 1878
Falkirk Herald - Sat 24th January 18782ND QUEEN'S PARK v LENZIEPlayed on Saturday at Hampden Park, and resulted in the defeat of the Lenzie team by 10 goals to none. The Queen's Park lost the toss, and...
View ArticleFalkirk v Grasshoppers - Sat 23rd Mar 1878
Falkirk Herald - Sat 30th Mar 1878FALKIRK v BONNYBRIDGEA return match was played between these clubs on the ground of the former at Campfield on Saturday before a large concourse of spectators. As this...
View ArticleGrasshoppers v Caldercruix - Sat 30th Mar 1878
Falkirk Herald - Sat 7th Apr 1878BONNYBRIDGE v CALDERCRUIXA friendly match at football was played on the green here between the Bonnybridge Club and that of Caldercruix on Saturday last. The...
View ArticleGrasshoppers v Britannia - Sat 6th Apr 1878
Falkirk Herald - Thu 11th Apr 1878FOOTBALL MATCHA friendly match at football came off here on Saturday between our local club and the Britannia, Glasgow. The game commenced at 5 o'clock PM. The...
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