Forth Wanderers F.C.
Forth Wanderers Football Club are a Scottish football club based in the village of Forth, South Lanarkshire. Formed in 1904 they compete in the West of Scotland League Conference B and play in red strips (uniforms) with a white trim with a second strip of all black.
Full name | Forth Wanderers Football Club | |
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Nickname(s) | Wanderers | |
Founded | 1904 | |
Ground | Kingshill Park Main Street Forth | |
Manager | Graham Cairns / Thomas Devine (Co-Managers) | |
League | West of Scotland League Conference B | |
2019–20 | West Region League 2, 5th of 15 | |
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History
Since 1934 they have played at Kingshill Park in the village,[1] however they have had to share with Carluke Rovers for a spell and play on a public park in Carnwath when this ground proved unusable.
Forth have supplied two Scottish international goalkeepers in George Wood and Rab Douglas.[2] Rangers legend Willie Waddell came from the village and starred for the team in his pre-Ibrox days.[3]
Wanderers reached the semi-finals of the Scottish Junior Cup in 1981 and their home quarter-final tie versus East Kilbride Thistle attracted a record crowd of 2,324.[4]
The team's co-managers are Graham Cairns and Thomas Devine.
Honours
- Lanarkshire League winners: 1965–66
- Central League B Division winners: 1979–80
- Lanarkshire Junior Cup: 1959–60
- Lanarkshire Hozier Cup: 1913–14
- Central League Cup: 1984–85
- Scottish Junior Cup semi-finalists 1980–81
References
- "Themutual.net". Forth.themutual.net. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
- "George Wood Receives Clydesdale Sports Hall of Fame Award". Clydesdale Sports Council. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
- Reynolds, Jim (15 October 1992). "A doddle for The Deedle". The Herald. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
- McGlone, David; McLure, Bill (1987). The Juniors - 100 Years. A Centenary History of Scottish Junior Football. Mainstream. p. 294. ISBN 1-85158-060-3.