Lenzie v Falkirk - Sat 12th Mar 1879
Falkirk Herald - Sat 19th Apr 1879LENZIE v FALKIRK (CHARITY MATCH)There was a large turn-out of spectators on Saturday to witness this match, which was played on the ground of the latter club at...
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Falkirk Herald - Sat 21st Jun 1879BATHGATE v FALKIRKThis match was played at Bathgate on Saturday last in presence of a large number of spectators, and resulted in a victory by the strangers by three...
View ArticleBuchanan
F??? BuchananDebut – Saturday April 6th 1878 v Govanhill (H) FriendlyPositions – BackOther Matches/Goals 1/-Known Career – Falkirk [1877/78-1878/79]
View ArticleKirkintilloch Athletic v Falkirk - Sat 6th Sep 1879
Falkirk Herald - Sat 13th Sep 1879FALKIRK v KIRKINTILLOCH ATHLETIC (Late 10th D.R.V.)This match was played at Kirkintilloch on Saturday last. Being the opening of the season there, and from the...
View ArticleLenzie v Falkirk - Sat 20th Sep 1879
Falkirk Herald - Thu 2nd Oct 1879LENZIE V FALKIRKThese two teams met for the first time this season at Lenzie on Saturday, 20th ult., and after a very pleasant game victory was declared in favour of...
View ArticleFalkirk 2nd XI v Lenzie 2nd XI - Sat 20th Sep 1879
Falkirk Herald - Thu 2nd Oct 1879LENZIE V FALKIRK, 2d ElevensPlayed at Falkirk on Saturday, and resulted in the defeat of the home club, who had by far the best of the game throughout, and pressed...
View ArticleBelfast v Lenzie - Thu Apr 3rd 1879
Belfast Morning News - Fri Apr 4th 1879GLASGOW V BELFASTA match between the representatives of the Lenzie (Glasgow) Club and a local team came off yesterday on the grounds of the Ulster Cricket Club,...
View ArticleSydney Broadfoot
Sydney Broadfootb 24th January 1857, Leith, Midlothiand 26th September 1931, Toxteth, Liverpool, LancashireDebut – Saturday September 6th 1879 v Kirkintilloch Athletic (A) FriendlyPositions –...
View ArticleGrasshoppers v Airdrie Football Club - Sat 20th November 1875
In the mid 1870s football reporting at a local level was very rare, local papers did not really report on away matches, and a lot of the football was simply a scoreline, so it is delightful to find the...
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Midland Club - Greenhill
I have blogged once or twice about the Grasshoppers of Bonnybridge, rightly so as they were the first football club in the district. But it is easy enough to find out about them, they have their own...
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Pen Pic - Peter Murdoch - East Stirlingshire FC - 1907
Another East Stirlingshire player, another player who seemed to come under the Falkirk Herald's East Stirlingshire/Prominent Football Player Curse. As in I find no record of him after this season. It...
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Pen Pic - Hugh Ross McDougal - Falkirk FC - 1907
The latest subject of the Prominent Football Players series, Hugh McDougal was a Highlander [hailing from Kilmallie] who had moved to the Central Belt to take up teaching. Making him one of that rare...
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Pen Pic - William Raisbeck - Falkirk FC - 1907
Willie Raisbeck came from a Slamannan/Larkhall football dynasty: the Raisbecks produced several footballers at the turn of the Century. Born in Wallacestone [and not Wallacetown, Ayrshire like it says...
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Pen Pic - William Morris - East Stirlingshire FC - 1907
One of those players that was once 'famous' but now largely forgotten, William Morris played over 200 league matches for East Stirlingshire between the turn of the Century and the outbreak of the War....
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Pen Pic - John McTavish - Falkirk FC - 1907
The great John McTavish paired up with John Simpson to create one of the greatest right-wing partnerships in the history of Falkirk FC. Interestingly the two players careers match well, both joining...
View ArticleStoke v East Stirlingshire - 2nd January 1888
I just came across an "article" about East Stirlingshire's [indeed any club from Stirlingshire's] first venture into foreign climes; when they journeyed south to Stoke-on-Trent to play a return...
View ArticleMidland v Grasshoppers - Sat 5th Feb 1876
In my ongoing attempt to cover early football in Central Scotland I have to cover some of the really early matches about which, it sometime seems, I am the only person that has any interest, but, the...
View ArticleGrasshoppers v Smith & Wellstood's Employees - Sat 18th Mar 1876
Falkirk Herald - Thu 23rd March 1876FootballBonnybridge Grasshoppers v Smith & Wellstood's Employees, Glasgow - These two teams met on the ground of the former on Saturday last, and a well...
View ArticleSmith & 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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