Pollok F.C.

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Pollok

Full name

Pollok Football Club

Nickname(s)

The Lok

Founded

1908

Ground

Newlandsfield Park,
Glasgow
(Capacity 3000)

Chairman

Franny McNeill

Manager

Jim Sinnet

League

SJFA West Premier League





Home colours





Away colours

Pollok Football Club are a Scottish football (soccer) club based in Newlands in the southside of the city of Glasgow. They are one of the biggest football clubs operating in Scottish Junior football, regularly attracting crowds of around 550, more than many clubs in the third division and even some in the second division of the Scottish Football League can reasonably expect to attract. They compete in the Scottish Junior West Premier League.

Formed in 1908, Pollok only really became one of the bigger junior clubs when Third Lanark Football Club went bust in 1967 and many of their supporters decided to switch their affiliation to them. They were one of the biggest clubs in the Central Regional Junior League and won the initial Western Regional Junior League in season 2002-03 with further wins in 2004-05 and 2006-07.

Pollok play at Newlandsfield Park and wear Black and White striped strips. Their traditional rivals are Arthurlie.

As of season 2007/2008, Pollok FC made history by joining Culter and Linlithgow Rose in the first round of the Scottish Cup, due to the new sanctions allowing up to 4 junior clubs to enter, providing they have won one of the 3 Super Leagues and, or, the Scottish Junior Cup, the previous season.

By virtue of retaining their Premier Division title in 2007/2008 they have again qualified for the Scottish Cup.

At the end of Season 2007/2008 current manager Rab Sneddon will retire from football. He is being succeeded by one of the most succesfull Junior managers of the modern era - former Linlithgow Rose manager Jim Sinnet.

1 The Scottish Cup
2 The Scottish Cup Run
3 Honours
4 External links

[edit] The Scottish Cup

Pollok FC enjoyed their first ever Scottish Cup First Round tie away from home to St Cuthbert Wanderers at St. Mary's Park in Kirkcudbright on Saturday 29 September 2007. Pollok braved the storm and eventually ran out winners with a 6-2 scoreline with goals from Downs (2), Dingwall (2), McGeown and Waddell. A 2-2 draw against Montrose followed in Round 2, however in the replay on home ground Montrose ran out 1-0 winners. This brought to an end Pollok's Scottish Cup run.

[edit] The Scottish Cup Run

Round 1: St. Cuthbert Wanderers 2 (Chambers, Niven) Pollok 6 (Downs 2, Dingwall 2, McGeown, Waddell)

Venue: St. Mary's Park, Kirkcudbright.

Round 2: Montrose 2 (Rogers, Baird) Pollok 2 (Downs, Turnbull)

Venue: Links Park, Montrose.

Round 2 - Replay: Pollok 0 Montrose 1 (Dobbins)

Venue: Newlandsfield Park, Glasgow

Montrose progress into the Third Round of The Scottish Cup

[edit] Honours

[edit] Scottish Cup

Second Round: 2007-08

[edit] Scottish Junior Cup

Winners: 1980-81, 1984-85, 1996-97
Runners-up: 1985-86, 1997-98

[edit] SJFA West Premier League

Winners: 2002-03, 2004-05, 2006-07, 2007-08

[edit] Other honours

West of Scotland Cup winners: 1944-45, 1986-87, 1991-92, 1997-98, 1999-00
SJFA Supercup: 2003-04, 2005-06
Central League Premier Division winners: 1984-85, 1985-86, 1986-87, 1990-91, 1994-95, 1995-96
Central League champions: 1978-79, 1980-81
Central League A Division winners: 1980-81
Central League B Division winners: 1968-69, 1978-79
Glasgow Junior Cup: 1941-42, 1953-54, 1961-62
Glasgow Dryburgh Cup: 1930-31, 1941-42, 1948-49
Central League Cup: 1977-78, 1979-80, 1983-84, 1987-88, 1989-90, 2004-05
Central Sectional League Cup: 1983-84, 1987-88, 1990-91, 1992-93, 1996-97, 1999-00, 2003-04, 2006-07
Evening Times Cup Winners Cup: 1983-84, 1984-85, 1985-86, 1987-88, 2003-04, 2006-07