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Summerton Athletic F.C.
Summerton Athletic Football Club was a Scotland, Scottish association football club based in Govan, now part of Glasgow. History The club was founded in 1885 as a junior club; after success in local junior competitions, the club turned senior in 1889, by joining the Scottish Football Association, replacing the now-defunct Govan Athletic F.C., Govan Athletic as members, the Govan secretary William Hanna (an Irish-born commercial clerk) taking over as secretary of Summerton. Even a club as obscure as Summerton had suffered from the professionalism in the English game, losing John Smith and Robert Bryson to Elswick Rangers F.C., Elswick Rangers before the start of the 1889–90 season. The club at least started its senior career on a positive note, with an easy 5–1 win over Clydesdale F.C. (1883), Clydesdale, and it gained a walkover in the first round of the 1889–90 Scottish Cup, after Temperance Athletic F.C., Temperance Athletic scratched. Reality soon struck - in the fir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scotland
Scotland (, ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a border with England to the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, the North Sea to the northeast and east, and the Irish Sea to the south. It also contains more than 790 islands, principally in the archipelagos of the Hebrides and the Northern Isles. Most of the population, including the capital Edinburgh, is concentrated in the Central Belt—the plain between the Scottish Highlands and the Southern Uplands—in the Scottish Lowlands. Scotland is divided into 32 administrative subdivisions or local authorities, known as council areas. Glasgow City is the largest council area in terms of population, with Highland being the largest in terms of area. Limited self-governing power, covering matters such as education, social services and roads and transportation, is devolved from the Scott ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whifflet Shamrock F
Whifflet ( sco, The Whufflit, gd, Magh na Cruithneachd) is now a suburb of Coatbridge, Scotland, which once formed its own distinctive village. It is referred to locally as 'The Whifflet' (and pronounced ''whiff-lit''). Presently located in the North Lanarkshire Council area it was originally known as wheat flats (hence the vernacular pronunciation) but over time the name appears to have developed into Whifflet. It is dominated by its main street, Whifflet Street, which has many shops including an old sweet shop Tommy Tangos, pubs and bookmakers and is towered over by the post-war built Calder Tower block, flats. The two most prominent tower blocks are on Whifflet St. Whifflet is an area of Coatbridge which, historically, has been the centre of a lot of mining activity. One of the Whifflet pits in the 19th century reached a depth of 330 feet underground. Albion Rovers F.C., Albion Rovers football club was originally based in the Whifflet area at Meadow Park (Coatbridge), Meadow P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
