Vale of Clyde Football Club are a Scottish

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club based in the East End of

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. Nicknamed ''Tin Pail'', the club officially date their founding in 1873, although contemporary press reports don't actually date the club until 1885, and is based at Fullarton Park in the Fullarton neighbourhood (near to Tollcross and Auchenshuggle). Since the leagues were reconstructed in 2002, Vale of Clyde have played in various divisions in the

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of the

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but now play in the . The team colours are blue, red and white. Possibly the oldest Junior club still in existence and certainly among the oldest handful, the club were one of the most successful sides in the game's early era and won the

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on three occasions as well as several prominent regional competitions, although since

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they have won little and existed as a minor presence. In 2020, it was confirmed that Vale of Clyde (along with the 62 other West Region Junior clubs) had successfully applied to join the new

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in the senior pyramid.Junior clubs in the west are about to get the best of both worlds
The Scotsman, 19 April 2020

Honours

Scottish Junior Cup

*Winners: 1890–91, 1892–93, 1903–04 *Runners-up: 1941–42

Other honours

* Glasgow Junior Football League winners: 1899–1900, 1912–13, 1917–18, 1919–20 *Glasgow Junior Cup: 1891–92, 1892–93, 1897–98, 1917–18 *Glasgow Dryburgh Cup: 1933–34 *Central League Cup: 1988–89 *Evening Times Cup Winners Cup: 1989–90 *Central League Division One winners 2004–05

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