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Willy Allan
What with all these 'undisclosed fees' which are often involveved in modern transfers, the kids on the street just don't know what is going on, so I decided to start from first principles. The first...
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Falkirk FC Graves - Robert Gibson
I recently wrote a blog post about the earliest grave I have found yet of a Falkirk FC player, [Thomas Smith], then I come across an earlier one [I will find James 'Jamie' Neil eventually, he was the...
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Internet Research
I just found this on the web, it is an account of John Gillespie being sent off in a pre-season Tournament in Alloa, for attacking the referee [he got a six month ban for it.]He soon joined Queen's...
View ArticleObscure Falkirk Matches - FFC Veterans v ESFC Veterans
Falkirk Veterans 2 East Stirlingshire Veterans 2Played at Brockville Park, Falkirk on 17th March 1894This match was played to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the first Stirlingshire Cup Final between...
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Falkirk FC Players - Alex Ferguson
Way back in the dim and distant past Falkirk FC had a centre-forward by the name of Alex Ferguson, as centre-forward his job was to put the ball in the goal.Those of you who have read this blog before...
View ArticleFalkirk Excelsior & the Falkirk Junior Cup 1889
In 1889 a junior football club appeared in Falkirk and were instantly quite successful at the their level, then suddenly dissappeared. The club was called Falkirk Excelsior and there is very little...
View Articlebettermeddle.org.uk
I have recently decided to give Andrew Hulett all my pre-WWII spreadsheets so hopefully soon there will be as complete a record of Falkirk FC matches/players on http://bettermeddle.org.uk, as is...
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Falkirk Juniors v Stirling Juniors 1896
From the Falkirk Herald - Saturday March the 21st 1896Just admit it Stirling, you are rubbish at football at every level.
View ArticleTo Falkirk FC's Eternal Shame
On the 9th of March 1935 Falkirk played a League Match against Ayr United. You will not find this match in the records.The simple fact is that the Falkirk Manager, William Orr, gave money to one of his...
View ArticleFalkirk FC & Northern Ireland
Falkirk & Northern Ireland have had a long & interesting history.From one of the earliest players Tom Bellingham, to those capped in the later years, we like many clubs have relied on NI for...
View ArticleFalkirk's Other Club
A long, long time ago Falkirk had another, proper, second club. I don't mean East Stirlingshire who were from Bainsford. I am talking about Falkirk Amateurs Athletic Club.Unlike other clubs with...
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Falkirk v Sunderland AFC 1896
I don't know why, but it took Falkirk FC a long time to host an English Club side at Brockville, I mean, East Stirlingshire had played several [including the World famous Corinthians] at Merchiston...
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Falkirk FC 1906/07
Another old picture of Falkirk FC, this time from 1906/07 I believe [if not then from 1905/06]. This is a strange one as the team are not in proper formation, and there is no John Simpson. I will take...
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Scottish Cup Final 1913
I rarely publish much about the great moments in the history of Falkirk FC, if you really want you can generally find it somewhere else, I like the slightly out of the ordinary to the outright obscure....
View ArticleSome Stuff from WWII
Some historians [not all I know] tend to think that football just stopped upon Germany invading Poland, now that is just a silly notion, but it is one that seems to have permeated into large sections...
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Jock Anderson - Captain
Whilst Falkirk were languishing in the lower leagues, then in the Second Division Captains seemed to be pretty arbitrary, Club Captains were sometimes recorded, but not always. Then in 1905 two...
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Falkirk FC's first ground was probably not Brockville Park
There, I said it. Even though it says in nearly every history book about the Club beginning life at Brockville, moving around several local grounds, before finally returning to Brockville in the mid...
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The first former Falkirk player to fall in combat - John Devlin
Yet another incredibly obscure Falkirk player from the dim and distant past, one nobody else but I has probably heard of, mainly because he did very little for the club. In fact I can only find him...
View ArticleNew Blog Name
Hey people, been a while since I posted anything here, pure laziness on my part I'm afraid. I haven't been doing nothing though, I have largely been reading several years worth of match reports from...
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Obscure Matches : Stirlingshire Juniors v Stirlingshire Seniors
Junior Football in Falkirk has always been a very haphazard affair, there is no really strong tradition in the town. There is a long tradition in some of the outlying areas, but never really strong...
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