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Ross High School, Tranent
Ross High School is a large secondary school in Tranent, East Lothian. As of April 2021, the school roll was 1,259 (2021) making it the largest secondary school in East Lothian by pupil roll. The school was founded in 1954 and named after George Ross, who was convener of the local council at the time. The current head teacher is Paul Reynolds. History Before Ross High School was established, students from Tranent and surrounding areas attended Preston Lodge High School in Prestonpans. Until 1954 when a major effort to provide a 6-year school for Tranent and surrounding villages. The name Ross High recognises the support of the convenor of East Lothian Council at the time George Ross. The original building was built in 1954 and partially still stands. A Public Private Partnership (PPP) refurbishment began in January 2003 and after various delays, was finished in 2005. Another £1.9 million extension was completed in 2007 which added five new classrooms and other facilities. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tranent
Tranent is a town in East Lothian (formerly Haddingtonshire), in the south-east of Scotland. The town lies 6 miles from the boundary of Edinburgh, and 9.1 miles from the city centre. It lies beside the A1 road, the A1 runs through the parish splitting the parish from its associated villages and hamlets namely Meadowmill and the port of the parish Cockenzie. The original main post road ran straight through the town until the new A1 was built. Built on a gentle slope, about above sea level it is one of the oldest towns in East Lothian. The population of the town is approximately 12,140, an increase of over 4,000 since 2001. Tranent was formerly a major mining town, but now serves as a commuter town for Edinburgh. History The name is thought to be of Brythonic origin, possibly containing the elements ''Tre'' and ''Nant'', meaning town over the stream Travernant. Tranent was once an important mining town, and coal was first worked there in the thirteenth century by the monks ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George McNeill (sprinter)
George McNeill (born 19 February 1947) is a Scottish former world professional sprint champion and the only man to have won both of the most famous professional footraces in the world – the New Year Sprint (1970) in Scotland and the Australian equivalent – the Stawell Gift (1981). McNeill had previously played professional football in the Scottish Football League for Hibernian, Greenock Morton and Stirling Albion. Football career McNeill grew up in the Scottish mining town of Tranent. He played football for the local team, Tranent Juniors, but also played rugby union for the school fifteen. In 1963 he left school aged 16 and became an apprentice quantity surveyor. While in the fifth form at Ross High School, Tranent, he was recruited by Hibernian FC as an apprentice footballer. McNeill appeared regularly in the Hibernian reserve team in five years at the club, but played in only one senior game, a 3–0 win against St Johnstone in December 1965. He transferre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1954 Establishments In Scotland
Events January * January 1 – The Soviet Union ceases to demand war reparations from West Germany. * January 3 – The Italian broadcaster RAI officially begins transmitting. * January 7 – Georgetown-IBM experiment: The first public demonstration of a machine translation system is held in New York, at the head office of IBM. * January 10 – BOAC Flight 781, a de Havilland Comet jet plane, disintegrates in mid-air due to metal fatigue, and crashes in the Mediterranean near Elba; all 35 people on board are killed. * January 12 – Avalanches in Austria kill more than 200. * January 15 – Mau Mau leader Waruhiu Itote is captured in Kenya. * January 17 – In Yugoslavia, Milovan Đilas, one of the leading members of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia, is relieved of his duties. * January 20 – The US-based National Negro Network is established, with 46 member radio stations. * January 21 – The first nuclear-powered subm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Secondary Schools In East Lothian
Secondary may refer to: Science and nature * Secondary emission, of particles ** Secondary electrons, electrons generated as ionization products * The secondary winding, or the electrical or electronic circuit connected to the secondary winding in a transformer * Secondary (chemistry), a term used in organic chemistry to classify various types of compounds * Secondary color, color made from mixing primary colors * Secondary mirror, second mirror element/focusing surface in a reflecting telescope * Secondary craters, often called "secondaries" * Secondary consumer, in ecology * An obsolete name for the Mesozoic in geosciences * Secondary feathers, flight feathers attached to the ulna on the wings of birds Society and culture * Secondary (football), a position in American football and Canadian football * Secondary dominant in music * Secondary education, education which typically takes place after six years of primary education ** Secondary school, the type of school at the secon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sean Mackie
Sean Mackie (born 4 November 1998) is a Scottish footballer who plays as a left-back for Falkirk. Mackie has previously played for Raith Rovers, Hibernian, Berwick Rangers, Edinburgh City and Dundee. Career Club Mackie joined Raith Rovers in 2015 from the Fife Elite Academy, signing a two-year contract. He made one first team appearance for Raith before moving to Hibernian in February 2016. Hibs paid a fee of £25,000 for the player. Mackie was loaned to Berwick Rangers for the first part of the 2016–17 season. He made his first team debut for Hibs in April 2017, in a 3–2 win against Raith Rovers. On 6 July 2017, Mackie joined Scottish League Two club Edinburgh City on a six-month development loan deal. In July 2019, Mackie signed an extended contract with Hibs. In September 2019, Mackie joined Dundee on loan. This arrangement was curtailed in January 2020 due to Mackie suffering an injury. Mackie continued to suffer from injury problems over the next two seasons, limit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leeroy Makovora
Leeroy Makovora (born 5 February 2002) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a striker for Penicuik Athletic. Career He made his senior debut for Heart of Midlothian on 13 May 2018, in a 1–0 league defeat away at Kilmarnock. He was one of four Hearts youth players to make their debuts in that match, alongside Chris Hamilton, Cammy Logan, and Connor Smith. In August 2019 he moved on loan to Spartans. He was then loaned to Brechin City Brechin City Football Club is a Scottish football club based in the townDespite the name of the football club, Brechin is not an official city. Brechin was historically known as a city because it has a cathedral. of Brechin in Angus. The club ... in September 2020. Makavora joined Gala Fairydean Rovers on loan on 2 December 2020. He left Hearts on 31 May 2021, following the expiry of his contract. Civil Service Strollers signed Makavora on 6 September 2021. Makovora joined Penicuik Athletic for the 2022–23 season ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Declan Glass
Declan David Glass (born 7 June 2000) is a Scottish footballer who plays as a midfielder for Cove Rangers, on loan from Dundee United. He made his senior debut for Dundee United in October 2017, and has also played on loan for Airdrieonians, Partick Thistle, Kilmarnock and Derry City. Early life Glass was born in Edinburgh on 7 June 2000 and grew up in Tranent, East Lothian, where he attended St Martin's Roman Catholic Primary School and Ross High School. He played youth football for Edinburgh-based Hutchison Vale Boys Club before joining Dundee United as a youth player in 2015. Club career Dundee United Glass signed professionally for Dundee United prior to the 2017–18 season. He made his first team debut as a last-minute substitute in a 2–0 Scottish Championship win at Dumbarton in October 2017. Glass was loaned to League One team Airdrieonians in January 2019. In July 2019 he went on loan again, joining Cove Rangers in League Two until the following January. Glass joi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Black (footballer, Born 1985)
Ian Kenneth Black (born 14 March 1985) is a Scottish former professional Association football, footballer, who played as a Midfielder#Centre midfielder, central midfielder. His clubs included Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C., Inverness Caledonian Thistle, Heart of Midlothian F.C., Heart of Midlothian, Rangers F.C., Rangers, Shrewsbury Town F.C., Shrewsbury Town and Blackpool F.C., Blackpool. Black made one appearance for Scotland national football team, Scotland in August 2012, despite playing at that time in the Scottish Football League Third Division, Scottish Third Division for Rangers. Club career Early career Black began as a youth player with Tranent Boys Club. He was also a youth player at Hibernian F.C., Hibernian, where he played alongside Scott Brown (footballer, born June 1985), Scott Brown. Black first signed a professional contract with English Premier League club Blackburn Rovers F.C., Blackburn Rovers, but he did not play for their first team. Inverness Caledonia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neil Martin
Neil Martin (born 20 October 1940) is a Scottish former football player, who scored 100 league goals in both Scotland and England and won three full international caps for Scotland in the 1960s and 1970s. Known for his strength, power, bravery and commitment, Martin scored consistently while playing for several clubs. He played for Alloa Athletic, Queen of the South, Hibernian, Sunderland, Coventry City, Nottingham Forest, Brighton & Hove Albion and Crystal Palace. Domestic career Alloa Athletic Neil Martin began his senior football career at Alloa Athletic in Central Scotland. In 1960–61 Neil Martin scored 25 league and cup goals. This helped take Alloa as far as they have ever been on a Scottish Cup run (to the quarter finals). At that stage they were knocked out by a Dunfermline Athletic side at the beginning of their golden decade; Jock Stein would manage the Pars to victory in that season's Scottish Cup and to the next season's last eight of the European Cup Winners Cu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drew McMaster
Andrew Emlyn "Drew" McMaster (born 10 May 1957 in Edinburgh) is a retired Scottish sprinter. In 1976, he was Scottish, AAA's Indoor, and Junior 200 metres champion. He went on to win two further Scottish 200 metres titles in 1977, and 78. In 1978, he went with the Scottish athletics team to the Edmonton Commonwealth Games where he won the 4x100 relay Gold Medal alongside David Jenkins, Allan Wells, and Cameron Sharp. He also won the Scottish 100 metres championships in 1981 and 1982. He was runner up in the UK Championships in the 100/200 in 1978 and 1980. In 1980, he competed at the Summer Olympics in Moscow, where he competed for Great Britain in the 100 metres where he did not get past the quarter final, but he anchored the British team in the sprint relay that finished 4th in the final with a then British record of 38.62 seconds. In 1981, he took third place in the AAA's 100 metres. In 1982, he went to the Brisbane Commonwealth Games where he won a bronze medal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willie Young (footballer, Born 1951)
William David Young (born 25 November 1951) is a Scottish former footballer. Playing as a defender, he featured for Aberdeen, Tottenham Hotspur, Arsenal, Nottingham Forest, Norwich City, Brighton & Hove Albion and Darlington throughout his career. Club career A large, physically intimidating centre back from Heriot near Edinburgh, Young attended Ross High School in Tranent. Nicknamed "Big Willie", he first played professionally for Aberdeen, all in all making 187 appearances for the ''Dons'' between 1970 and 1975.1975 , All Change in Scottish Football Aberdeen FC, 19 March 2020 He was signed by in September 1975, and while playi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kirsty McBride
Kirsty McBride (born 9 September 1985) is a Scottish football midfielder who plays for Motherwell in the SWFL 2nd Division. She has represented the Scotland women's national football team more than 50 times at senior level. Early life After taking up football aged eight, McBride had to leave her first club Hawthorn Boys when she was 12, moving on to Leith Athletic. She was educated at Ross High School. Club career McBride joined Hibernian in 1999. McBride captained Hibs Girls and was promoted to the senior team after season 2001–02. In October 2004 McBride was subject to a transfer bid from Arsenal Ladies. She featured as a late substitute in Arsenal's 3–0 FA Women's Premier League Cup final victory over Charlton Athletic at Griffin Park. She returned to Hibernian after one year away. Prior to the 2015 season, McBride joined several of her ex Hibs teammates at ambitious Motherwell. Three months after signing, she formed part of the starting eleven which w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
