football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...
club, based in the town of
Port Glasgow
Port Glasgow ( gd, Port Ghlaschu, ) is the second-largest town in the Inverclyde council area of Scotland. The population according to the 1991 census for Port Glasgow was 19,426 persons and in the 2001 census was 16,617 persons. The most recen ...
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Inverclyde
Inverclyde ( sco, Inerclyde, gd, Inbhir Chluaidh, , "mouth of the Clyde") is one of 32 council areas used for local government in Scotland. Together with the East Renfrewshire and Renfrewshire council areas, Inverclyde forms part of the histo ...
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History
Nicknamed ''the Undertakers'', they were formed as Port Glasgow Athletic Juveniles F.C. in 1948 as an offshoot of Clune Rock Juveniles. They stepped up to the Junior ranks a year later and obtained a place in the Central Junior Football League. They are not related to the pre-War Port Glasgow Athletic Juniors who disbanded in July 1939 after losing their ground.
Their first ground was Woodhall Park,
Port Glasgow
Port Glasgow ( gd, Port Ghlaschu, ) is the second-largest town in the Inverclyde council area of Scotland. The population according to the 1991 census for Port Glasgow was 19,426 persons and in the 2001 census was 16,617 persons. The most recen ...
where they played until being evicted by the local council in 2000 to make way for an industrial development, which was not built until 2014. They then groundshared with local rivals Greenock Juniors at both
Ravenscraig Stadium
Ravenscraig Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium, in Greenock, Inverclyde, Scotland. The stadium is primarily set up for athletics, with a running track, but it is also the traditional home of Greenock Juniors Football Club. The stadium underwen ...
and Battery Park, while Ravenscraig was redeveloped for the
2014 Commonwealth Games
The 2014 Commonwealth Games ( gd, Geamannan a' Cho-fhlaitheis 2014), officially known as the XX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Glasgow 2014, ( sco, Glesca 2014 or Glesga 2014; gd, Glaschu 2014), was an international multi-sport ev ...
. The club returned to Port Glasgow in 2012 at a new £4.4 million community stadium at Parklea.£1m double sport boost greenocktelegraph.co.uk 10 March 2011
Currently playing in , they wear white striped uniforms with a black trim. The team is managed by Thomas Jamieson, assisted by Alex McWatters
An unrelated ''senior'' club, also called Port Glasgow F.C. (1876–1879), participated in the early
Scottish Cup
The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,Central League A Division winners: 1978–79
* Central League C Division winners: 1975–76
* Central Division Two winners: 1999–2000
*Glasgow Dryburgh Cup: 1957–58
*Evening Times Cup Winners Cup: 1999–2000
* Central League First Division winners : 2007–2008
*Pompey Cup Winners 1967–68
*Erskine hospital Cup winners: 1971, 1981, 1988
*Kirkwood Shield winners 1967–68.