St Anthony's Football Club is a Scottish non-league

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club based in

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. Nicknamed ''the Ants'', they play in green-and-white hooped kits and currently operate in the .

History

Founded in 1902, they were members of the

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from that time until 2020 when all local clubs moved to the new

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, becoming part of the senior football pyramid for the first time. St Anthony's were originally based in the heart of

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St Anthony's FC History Pages
AntsHistory and then played at two grounds on either side of the Moorepark neighbourhood close to

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, home of Rangers, until the 1990s; Since 2003 their home ground is McKenna Park in Shieldhall, directly north of the M8 motorway (the road was built through Cardonald Park and so the ground is often referred to as being located in the

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district, although it lies on the other side of the motorway). The team reached the final of the

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on two occasions (1919 and 1925) but never lifted the trophy. They won honours in the Scottish Junior League up to 1922 when they joined the more prestigious Glasgow League,Reared Many Famous Players
Evening Times, 4 March 1933, via AntsHistory remaining with that group in the subsequent decades through the Intermediate, Central and West Region eras, into the 21st century. They were West of Scotland Junior Cup winners in 1938, but never seriously challenged for major honours after World War II.

Notable former players

The following players all represented

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at full international level after stepping up to Senior football direct from St. Anthony's: * Bobbie Bruce –

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and

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* Ginger Dunn – Hibernian and Everton; One of the 1928 '' Wembley Wizards'' * Bobby Evans – 535 first-team appearances for

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, 48 Scotland caps and inducted to the Scottish Football Hall of Fame in 2008; Also played for Chelsea * John Gilchrist – Celtic * Tommy McInally – Celtic * John Reid McKay – Celtic, Blackburn Rovers and

The following former St Anthony's players played for clubs in the

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and/or

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: *Billy Craig – Celtic * John Duffy – Celtic,

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, Southend United *George Ferguson – Celtic * Willie Gallacher – Celtic,

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, Ayr United, St Johnstone * Peter Lamb – Celtic, Alloa Athletic *Matt Lynch – Celtic * John Murphy – Heart of Midlothian,

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* Willie O'Neill – Celtic, Carlisle United * Norman Thomson –

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, Hibernian and nine English Football League clubs * Johnny Quigley – Nottingham Forest, Huddersfield Town, Bristol City, Mansfield Town

References

External links

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Profile at Scottish FAtwitter

Video clip of match at old ground from 1998
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