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Nethercraigs Sports Complex
Nethercraigs Sports Complex (also known as Glasgow Club Nethercraigs) is a major sports facility located in the Corkerhill area of Glasgow, Scotland. Founded in 2005, the complex is designed to provide sports and recreational facilities to the local community. The complex was officially opened by Sir Alex Ferguson. History The complex was developed with an investment of £3.7 million, aiming to provide additional sports facilities to the public. The initiative received support from local figures such as Walter Morrison and Elizabeth Campbell. Nethercraigs was originally the home ground of the Tir Conaill Harps, a Glaswegian Gaelic football team. Following their tenure, the facility continued this association with Gaelic foootball, becoming the home ground and primary training pitch for the Glasgow Caledonian GAA. Queen's Park Women have also used Nethercraigs Sports Complex for some of their SWPL 2 home matches prior to the 2024-25 SWPL season.They've since used Ochilview ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glasgow City Council
Glasgow City Council (Scottish Gaelic: ''Comhairle Baile Ghlaschu'') is the Local government in Scotland, local government authority for Glasgow, Glasgow City council area, Scotland. In its modern form it was created in 1996. Glasgow was formerly governed by a corporation, also known as the town council, from the granting of its first burgh charter in the 1170s until 1975. From 1975 until 1996 the city was governed by City of Glasgow (1975–1996), City of Glasgow District Council, a lower-tier authority within the Strathclyde region. Glasgow City Council has been under no overall control since 2017, being led by a Scottish National Party minority administration. The council has its headquarters at Glasgow City Chambers in George Square, completed in 1889. History Glasgow Corporation Glasgow was given its first burgh charter sometime between 1175 and 1178 by William the Lion. It was then run by "Glasgow Town Council", also known as "Glasgow Corporation", until 1975. The city ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glasgow Life
Glasgow Life is the principal trading name and brand of Culture and Sport Glasgow, a charity based in Glasgow, Scotland. It is an Arms' Length External body from Glasgow City Council, with operating responsibility for managing the arts, music, sports, events, festivals, libraries and learning programmes for the council. It is the 14th largest charity, by income, in Scotland, and its formation has been described as “''one of the highest profile transfers of functions from a council to a charitable Trust in the UK”'' and that “...''the inclusion of libraries was unprecedented''“ History Culture and Sport Glasgow was formed as a company in December 2006, and a registered charity from February 2007. The organisation's Board agreed to adopt the name and brand "Glasgow Life" in January 2010 Notable events Responsibilities Glasgow Life are responsible for six service areas within the city: * Public Libraries, including 32 community libraries, 29 school libraries an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corkerhill
Corkerhill is a neighbourhood of Glasgow, Scotland, southwest of the city centre. The area was originally a farm and a few houses built for workers of the Glasgow and South Western Railway at the Corkerhill Carriage Servicing Maintenance Depot, Corkerhill Depot.Corkerhill Railway Station (Burrell Collection Photo Library, 1900) The Glasgow Story The engine sheds and sidings are still present, although Corkerhill signal box to the rear of the houses now facing Mosspark shops was demolished in the late 1970s. Corkerhill railway station opened on 1 July 1885 as a staff halt for railway workers, and to the public in 1923. It is on the Paisley Canal Line. In the 1920s, building in the area expanded as far as Mosspark and later Cardonald, making Corkerhill part of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glasgow
Glasgow is the Cities of Scotland, most populous city in Scotland, located on the banks of the River Clyde in Strathclyde, west central Scotland. It is the List of cities in the United Kingdom, third-most-populous city in the United Kingdom and the 27th-most-populous city in Europe, and comprises Wards of Glasgow, 23 wards which represent the areas of the city within Glasgow City Council. Glasgow is a leading city in Scotland for finance, shopping, industry, culture and fashion, and was commonly referred to as the "second city of the British Empire" for much of the Victorian era, Victorian and Edwardian eras. In , it had an estimated population as a defined locality of . More than 1,000,000 people live in the Greater Glasgow contiguous urban area, while the wider Glasgow City Region is home to more than 1,800,000 people (its defined functional urban area total was almost the same in 2020), around a third of Scotland's population. The city has a population density of 3,562 p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Ferguson
Sir Alexander Chapman Ferguson (born 31 December 1941) is a Scottish former professional football manager and player, best known for managing Manchester United from 1986 to 2013. He is widely regarded as the greatest manager of all time and has won more trophies than any other manager in the history of football. Ferguson is often credited for valuing youth during his time at Manchester United, particularly in the 1990s with the " Class of '92", who contributed to making the club one of the richest and most successful in the world. Ferguson played as a forward for several Scottish clubs, including Dunfermline Athletic and Rangers. While playing for Dunfermline, he was the top goalscorer in the Scottish league during the 1965–66 season. Towards the end of his playing career, he also worked as a coach, then started his managerial career with East Stirlingshire and St Mirren. Ferguson then enjoyed a highly successful period as manager of Aberdeen, winning three Scottish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tír Conaill Harps
Tír Conaill Harps Gaelic Athletics Club (GAC), (Irish language, Irish: ''Cumann Lúthchleas Gael Cláirsigh Thír Conaill'') is a Gaelic football club based in Glasgow, Scotland. The club plays Gaelic football at both senior and underage levels. Tir Conaill Harps is the biggest Gaelic football club in Scotland in terms of structure and has a fully integrated youth system fielding teams for all age groups. The club's colours are green and gold. History Tír Conaill Harps was formed in 1994 following an amicable break away from the Pearse Harps club by the underage football section, who left to form the club at a meeting in the Govanhill Neighbourhood Centre, in Glasgow's south side. Tír Conaill is the Irish for the land of Connell, an ancient name for the area now mostly known as County Donegal in the northwest of Ireland. This reflects the long tradition of people from there settling in the area. A number of members and players have family links to the county. Tír Conaill Harp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queen's Park Women
Queen's Park Women are a Scottish women's football team based in Glasgow, associated with the men's professional team Queen's Park. They were formed in 1999 as ''Wellpark'' before changing to their current name in 2002. They currently play in Scottish Women's Premier League, the highest tier of the national league system. The team play their home matches at Ochilview Park. Squad Technical staff Honours * Scottish Women’s Premier League 2 (second tier): 2023–24 * Scottish Women's Football League (second tier): 2006–07, 2013 * SWFL Cup: 2012 * Scottish Women's Cup: Runners-up 2003-04 * SWPL Cup: Runners-up 2007–08 See also * :Queen's Park Women players References External linksWomen's teamat Queen's Park F.C. Women A woman is an adult female human. Before adulthood, a female child or adolescent is referred to as a girl. Typically, women are of the female sex and inherit a pair of X chromosomes, one from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scottish Women's Premier League
The Scottish Women's Premier League (SWPL) is the highest level of league competition in women's football in Scotland. Its two divisions are SWPL (previously styled as ''SWPL 1'') and SWPL 2. The league was formed when the Premier Division of the Scottish Women's Football League (SWFL) broke away to form the SWPL in 2002. SWPL 2 was introduced in 2016. The divisions contain (in the 2022–23 season) 12 clubs in SWPL and eight in SWPL 2. Glasgow City have won 16 championships, including 14 in succession from 2007–08 until 2020–21. The champions and runners-up qualify for the UEFA Women's Champions League. From 2002, the league was owned and managed by Scottish Women's Football. Administration of the SWPL was taken over by the Scottish Football Association in 2007, then by the Scottish Professional Football League in 2022. The SWPL runs on the winter calendar but operated a summer-season format from 2009 until 2020. History 2002–2009 From the Scottish Women's Footba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ochilview Park
Ochilview Park is a association football, football stadium in Stenhousemuir in the Falkirk (council area), Falkirk council area of Scotland. It is the home ground of Scottish League One club Stenhousemuir F.C., Stenhousemuir. The stadium has a capacity of with 626 seated. Ochilview was opened in 1890 and has been the home of Stenhousemuir since then. It has also temporarily hosted home games of other nearby clubs including Stirling Albion F.C., Stirling Albion, Falkirk F.C., Falkirk and East Stirlingshire F.C., East Stirlingshire. The record attendance of 12,525 was set during a 1949–50 Scottish Cup#Quarter-finals, Scottish Cup quarter final match between Stenhousemuir and East Fife F.C., East Fife on 11 March 1949–50 in Scottish football, 1950. History Stenhousemuir F.C. was founded in 1884 following the breakaway from a local team called ''Heather Rangers''. The club played at two other grounds, Tryst Park and Goschen Park, before moving to Ochilview in 1890. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AstroTurf
AstroTurf is an American subsidiary of SportGroup that produces artificial turf for pitch (sports field), playing surfaces in sports. The original AstroTurf product was a pile (textile), short-pile synthetic turf invented in 1965 by Monsanto. Since the early 2000s, AstroTurf has marketed taller pile systems that use wiktionary:infill, infill materials to better replicate turf, natural turf. In 2016, AstroTurf became a subsidiary of Germany, German-based SportGroup, a family of sports surfacing companies, which itself is owned by the investment firm Equistone Partners Europe. History The original AstroTurf brand product was invented by James M. Faria and Robert T. Wright at Monsanto. The original, experimental installation was inside the Waughhtel-Howe Field House at the Moses Brown School in Providence, Rhode Island, in 1964. It was patented in 1965 and originally sold under the name "ChemGrass." It was rebranded as AstroTurf by company employee John A. Wortmann after its firs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
