Yoker Athletic Football Club are a Scottish

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club based in

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is an area of Glasgow adjacent to Clydebank, however Yoker's stadium lies just outside the Glasgow boundary. Nicknamed the ''Whe Ho'', the club were formed in 1886 and are based at Holm Park. The club currently operate in the and play in royal blue or orange strips. Local rivals

entered the Junior grade in 2003–04 and ground shared with Yoker at Holm Park from 2008 until 2018 after leaving their ground in

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. Yoker were promoted to Central Division One on 23 April 2011 after an 8–0 victory over Newmains United. The team was co-managed since January 2019 by Peter McKenna and Tommy Montgomery, Gordon Robertson took over as manager in 2022. Yoker Athletic can boast of a mention in Scottish literature and film;

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's novel, ''A Disaffection'', has the main character attending a match at Holm Park, while the club is also mentioned briefly in an episode of Scottish cult classic ''

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Ground

The club play at Holm Park which they share with

. It is a council-owned ground with floodlights and a synthetic pitch.

Honours

;

Scottish Junior Cup The Scottish Junior Cup is an annual football competition organised by the Scottish Junior Football Association. The competition has been held every year since the inception of the SJFA in 1886 and, as of the 2022–23 edition, 108 teams compete ...

* Winners: 1932–33 * Runners-up: 1935–36, 2021-22 ; Central League Division 1 * Runners-up (Promoted to Super First): 2011–12 ; Central League Second Division * Winners: 2010–11 ; Central League Division Two * Winners: 1988–89

Other honours

* West of Scotland Cup winners: 1930–31 * Glasgow Dryburgh Cup: 1947–48 * Central (Beatons Coaches) Sectional League Cup: 1985–86 * Central League Cup - Runners-up 2016–17

References

External links

Website
{{SJFA West Region Scottish Junior Football Association clubs Football clubs in Scotland Football in West Dunbartonshire Association football clubs established in 1886 1886 establishments in Scotland Clydebank West of Scotland Football League teams