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 Second Division and play in red strips with a white trim with a second strip of all black.
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. The team's first games were played at Pleasure Park before the Wanderers moved to Hie Dyke in 1929. It was 5 years later until they moved to what is their current home, Kingshill Park in 1934.
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 is managed by 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. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
- ^ "George Wood Receives Clydesdale Sports Hall of Fame Award". Clydesdale Sports Council. Archived from the original on 4 November 2013. 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.
External links
- Website Archived 19 August 2017 at the Wayback Machine
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