Crawick Holm was a

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ground in Sanquhar,

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. It was the home ground of Nithsdale Wanderers.

History

Nithsdale Wanderers moved to Crawick Holm in 1920, the ground being located next to

Crawick Water Sanquhar ( sco, Sanchar, gd, Seanchair) is a village on the River Nith in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, north of Thornhill and west of Moffat. It is a former Royal Burgh. It is notable for its tiny post office, established in 1712 and con ...

.Paul Smith & Shirley Smith (2005) ''The Ultimate Directory of English & Scottish Football League Grounds Second Edition 1888–2005'', Yore Publications, p168 The club were elected into the new Third Division of the

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in 1923, and the first SFL match at Crawick Holm was played on 25 August 1923, a 5–0 win over

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in front of 1,100 spectators. The ground's probable record attendance was set a few weeks later when a crowd of 4,200 watched a 3–2 defeat by Queen of the South in a Scottish Qualifying Cup second-round game. The club's highest recorded league attendance of 1,500 was set the following week for another match against Queen of the South on 23 September, with the match ending in a 1–1 draw. The club left the SFL at the end of the 1926–27 season after finishing bottom of Division Two; the final SFL match at the ground was played on 30 April 1927, a 4–3 defeat by

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with 1,000 in attendance. The site was still used for football in the 1990s, but was subsequently used to build an industrial warehouse.

References

{{Football venues in Scotland Defunct football venues in Scotland Nithsdale Wanderers F.C. Scottish Football League venues Sports venues in Dumfries and Galloway Sanquhar