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Garlieston F.C.
Garlieston Football Club was an association football club from the village of Garlieston, Wigtownshire. History The club was founded in 1926, a decade after the previous club of note in the village, Garliestown F.C., Garliestown, had dissolved. Its first competitive football came in the 1926–27 season, in the Southern Counties Cup, a competition the club entered until the Second World War. Its best run in the competition came in 1928–29, when it reached the semi-final. In the same season, it was a runner-up in the Wigtownshire Cup, albeit in part due to there only being three entrants; it is recorded as having won the 1929–30 tournament but that may have been by default. At the end of that season two of the Garlieston players (Bertie Allen and Jock Kelly) rescued a third (William Murray) from drowning in Garlieston harbour after he got into difficulties while swimming. Garlieston also played in the Southern Counties League (Scotland), Southern Counties League on an o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
First World War
World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fighting occurring throughout Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Pacific, and parts of Asia. An estimated 9 million soldiers were killed in combat, plus another 23 million wounded, while 5 million civilians died as a result of military action, hunger, and disease. Millions more died in genocides within the Ottoman Empire and in the 1918 influenza pandemic, which was exacerbated by the movement of combatants during the war. Prior to 1914, the European great powers were divided between the Triple Entente (comprising France, Russia, and Britain) and the Triple Alliance (containing Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy). Tensions in the Balkans came to a head on 28 June 1914, following the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
