Shettleston F.C.

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Shettleston F&AC
Full name Shettleston Juniors Football & Athletic Club
Nickname(s) The Town
Founded 1903
Ground Greenfield Park
Old Shettleston Road
Glasgow
Manager Hugh Kelly
League Central District First Division
2012–13 4th

Shettleston Football Club are a Scottish football club based in Shettleston, in the East End of Glasgow. Nicknamed the Town, they were formed in 1903 and are based at Greenfield Park. They currently operate in the West Region of the Scottish Junior Football Association and play in white strips (uniforms) with a black trim. Their fortunes have been mixed in recent years, flitting between the various divisions of the league they have been based in, although they managed to reach the semi-finals of the Scottish Junior Cup in 200001, and the quarter-finals of the same competition in 200102.

Honours

Scottish Junior Cup

  • Runners-up: 195859

Other Honours

  • West of Scotland Cup winners: 197475, 199293, 199495
  • Glasgow League winners: 192324, 192627
  • Central League A Division winners: 197677
  • Central Division One winners: 198586, 199899, 200102
  • Glasgow Junior Cup: 195758, 195859, 195960, 196768
  • Glasgow Dryburgh Cup: 195455
  • Central League Cup: 197273, 200102
  • Central (Beatons Coaches) Sectional League Cup: 196970, 197677, 197980

Current Playing Squad

As of 17 February 2013[1]
  • Scotland Gavin Wallace GK
  • Scotland Kyle Lockhead DEF
  • Scotland Robert Jenner DEF
  • Scotland Reon Juskowiak DEF
  • Scotland Jamie McArthur DEF
  • Scotland Ross Dickson DEF
  • Scotland Kyle Robertson MID
  • Scotland Ryan Scott MID
  • Scotland Jamie Doyle MID
  • Scotland Chris Cairney MID
  • Scotland Tony Kelly MID
  • Scotland Colin Kelly MID
  • Scotland Brian McEwan MID
  • Scotland Colin 'CJ' Crichton (Captain) MID
  • Scotland Danny Boyle MID
  • Scotland Chris McCormack MID
  • Scotland Ryan McCrone MID
  • Scotland Andy Thomson FWD
  • Scotland Scott Anson FWD
  • Scotland Keigan Parker FWD
  • Scotland Liam McLean FWD
  • Coach: Bernard Beacom
  • Coach:
  • Coach: Andy Thomson
  • Sports Therapist: John Paul Murray
  • Committee: Alan Aitkenhead, Alan McCulloch, Leslie Turnbull, Philip Cox

Notable former players

Campbell Forsyth, the Kilmarnock and Scotland international goalkeeper played for Shettleston before joining St Mirren in 1955.[2]

Notable Assistant Coach

References

  1. "Players and management". Shettleston F.C. Retrieved 17 February 2013. 
  2. Holley, Duncan; Chalk, Gary (2003). In That Number – A post-war chronicle of Southampton FC. Hagiology. p. 512. ISBN 0-9534474-3-X. 
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