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Lochgelly United F.C.
Lochgelly United Football Club was a football club based in Lochgelly, Scotland. Nicknamed the 'Happylanders', the club were members of the Scottish Football League between 1914 and 1926. History The club was formed in 1890 by the merger of two local clubs, Lochgelly Athletic (formed 1886) and Fifeshire Hibernian (formed 1889), and initially played at Schools Park. They spent their time variously in the Northern and Central leagues, and even had a spell between 1898 and 1902 when they played only cup games and friendlies. In 1901 the club moved to Reids Park, where they remained until 1910, when they moved again, to Recreation Park. They were admitted to the Scottish Football League Second Division in 1914, although the competition was suspended in 1915 due to World War I. They continued in the Eastern and Central Leagues and returned to the Second Division when it was reinstated in 1921. However the club suffered a traumatic season in 1923–24, setting two unwanted record ...
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Lochgelly
Lochgelly ( ; gd, Loch Gheallaidh, IPA: ɫ̪ɔxˈʝaɫ̪ai is a town in Fife, Scotland. It is located between Lochs Ore and Gelly to the north-west and south-east respectively. It is separated from Cowdenbeath by the village of Lumphinnans. According to the 2007 population estimate, the town has a population of 6,834. History From the 1830s until the 1960s Lochgelly was a mining town. With the industry now dead the town has slipped into economic and social deprivation as with other former mining towns. Lochgelly is now classed as a town in need of both social and economical regeneration and has the cheapest average home price in Britain. Lochgelly, as part of the old parliamentary constituency of West Fife, was known as " Little Moscow" up to the 1950s owing to its Communist political leanings. An area of Lochgelly was known as the Happy Lands (or Happy Valley) and is referenced in the Scottish folk song 'The Kelty Clippie'. The town is served by Lochgelly railway stati ...
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Scottish Football Alliance
The Scottish Football Alliance was a football league football structure set up in Scotland in competition with the Scottish Football League. Its success in the early years of professional football in both England and Scotland made Alliance the basis for a second division in both countries. The alliance attracted a number of Junior clubs to the League system to guarantee its longevity for years to come. 1891–97 Originally founded in 1891 to rival the League, the Scottish Alliance was one of a number of leagues set up a year after the Scottish Football League was formed. The original members were Airdrieonians, Ayr, East Stirlingshire, Morton F.C., Kilmarnock, King's Park, Linthouse F.C., Northern, Partick Thistle, Port Glasgow Athletic, St Bernard's F.C. and Thistle. In 1892, several clubs left and the league was reconstituted with a smaller membership. In 1893 a number of clubs returned, but during the summer, the Alliance was used as the backbone of the new Second Divisi ...
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1890 Establishments In Scotland
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Scottish Football League Teams
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Football Clubs In Fife
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Association Football Clubs Disestablished In 1928
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Association Football Clubs Established In 1890
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Defunct Football Clubs In Scotland
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Lochgelly United F
Lochgelly ( ; gd, Loch Gheallaidh, IPA: ɫ̪ɔxˈʝaɫ̪ai is a town in Fife, Scotland. It is located between Lochs Ore and Gelly to the north-west and south-east respectively. It is separated from Cowdenbeath by the village of Lumphinnans. According to the 2007 population estimate, the town has a population of 6,834. History From the 1830s until the 1960s Lochgelly was a mining town. With the industry now dead the town has slipped into economic and social deprivation as with other former mining towns. Lochgelly is now classed as a town in need of both social and economical regeneration and has the cheapest average home price in Britain. Lochgelly, as part of the old parliamentary constituency of West Fife, was known as "Little Moscow" up to the 1950s owing to its Communist political leanings. An area of Lochgelly was known as the Happy Lands (or Happy Valley) and is referenced in the Scottish folk song 'The Kelty Clippie'. The town is served by Lochgelly railway statio ...
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Tommy Vail
Tommy Vail (born 1873) was a Scottish footballer who played as a centre forward with Lochgelly United, Dundee, Bolton Wanderers, Chatham United , Walsall, Bristol Rovers, Gainsborough Trinity, Doncaster Rovers and Dunfermline Athletic. Playing career Born in Auchterderran, Fife, he is first known to have played for his local club Lochgelly United, and then was signed by Dundee before moving to Division 1 team Bolton Wanderers after the start of the 1895–96 season where he scored once in 4 games. After a failed trial at Oldham Athletic, in 1896 Vail moved south to Chatham United for two seasons in the Southern League. The next season he was with Walsall of Division 2. In March, Small Heath unsuccessfully tried to get him on a loan. He ended the season as joint top scorer with 16 League goals as Walsall finished in 6th place. The following season he moved to fellow Division 2 club Gainsborough Trinity Gainsborough Trinity Football Club is a football club base ...
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James Haldane (footballer)
James Haldane (19 December 1890 – 27 August 1915) was a Scottish professional footballer who played in the Scottish League for Lochgelly United as an inside right. He was killed in action during the First World War. Personal life At the age of 18, Haldane was working as a miner and he later served in the Territorial Army for four years. Soon after Britain's entry into the First World War, Haldane enlisted in the British Army in Glencraig. On 8 August 1914, he joined the Royal Scots as a private at Glencorse Barracks. Haldane was killed on 27 August 1915 when a working party, of which he was a member, came under German machine gun fire while digging a trench in France. He died instantly while helping to carry a wounded comrade in. Haldane was buried in Cambrin Cambrin () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography A farming and light industrial village some east of Béthune and southwest of Lille, at the junction ...
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Archie Devine
Archibald Forbes Devine (2 April 1886 – 30 September 1964) was a Scottish international footballer. Life and career Devine was born in Lochore, Fife. He began his career in junior football with Minto Rovers, Lochgelly Rangers and Lochgelly United, moving on to Heart of Midlothian in early 1905 and then joining Raith Rovers. It was at Falkirk that he came to prominence, scoring 13 goals in 25 appearances in 1909–10. This earned him an international cap for Scotland, against Wales on 5 March 1910. Devine scored the only goal in a 1–0 win for Scotland, but he never played for the national side again. He also made one appearance for the Scottish League XI in that season, in a 3–2 win against the English Football League XI. In April 1910 he moved south of the border to Bradford City, and was part of the side that won the 1911 FA Cup Final against Newcastle United. He stayed at Bradford for nearly three years before joining Woolwich Arsenal for an Arsenal club record t ...
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