Kilbirnie Ladeside F.C.
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| Full name | Kilbirnie Ladeside Football Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | The Blasties | ||
| Founded | 1901 | ||
| Ground |
Valefield Park Kirkland Road Kilbirnie | ||
| Capacity | 3000 | ||
| Co-managers | Mark Crilly & Stephen Swift | ||
| League | West of Scotland Super League Premier Division | ||
| 2012–13 | West of Scotland Super League First Division, 2nd (promoted) | ||
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Kilbirnie Ladeside are a Scottish football club, from Kilbirnie, North Ayrshire. Based at Valefield Park, they are members of the Scottish Junior Football Association and currently play in the West Super League Premier Division. Their main rivals are Beith Juniors. The club nickname, The Blasties, derives from a Robert Burns poem, The Inventory, written in 1786.[1]
My furr-ahin 's a wordy beast,
As e'er in tug or tow was traced.
The fourth's a Highland Donald hastle,
A damn'd red-wud Kilburnie blastie!
Notable former players
- George Stevenson - Motherwell and Scotland.[2]
- Ernie McGarr - Aberdeen and Scotland.[3]
- Jim Fleeting - Stepped up to Norwich City. Current SFA Director of Football Development.
- Chris Erskine currently at Partick Thistle
Honours
- Scottish Junior Cup
- Winners: 1951–52, 1976–77
- Runners-up: 1986–87
- Other honours
- West of Scotland Cup winners: 2007–08
- Scottish Junior League winners: 1903–04
- Western/Ayrshire League champions: 1947–48, 1949–50, 1951–52, 1967–68, 1975–76
- Ayrshire Cup winners: 1912–13, 1923–24, 1947–48, 1949–50, 1971–72, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1986–87
- Western/Ayrshire League Cup winners: 1923–24, 1931–32, 1938–39, 1988–89, 1994–95, 2009–10
External links
References
- ↑ The Inventory, robertburns.org
- ↑ True Steelmen - George Stevenson motherwell-mad.co.uk
- ↑ Dark Blue Dons - Ernie McGarr afc.co.uk, 13 February 2007, Retrieved 24 June 2011
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