Greenock Juniors F.C.

Greenock Juniors
Full name Greenock Juniors Football Club
Founded 1956
Ground Ravenscraig Stadium
Auchmead Road
Greenock
Manager Thomas Molloy
League SJFA West League One
2017–18 Central District First Division, 12th of 15

Greenock Juniors Football Club are a Scottish football club based in Greenock, Inverclyde. They compete in Central League Division One of the Scottish Junior Football Association, West Region and play home matches at Ravenscraig Stadium, on Auchmead Road - a five-minute walk from Branchton railway station. The club were recently decanted as the venue was upgraded in preparation for the 2014 Commonwealth Games.[1]

History

In season 1959–60 Greenock made their only appearance in the final of the Scottish Junior Cup. They were beaten 3–1 by St Andrews United at Hampden Park, Glasgow in front of a crowd of 34,603. Their quarter-final tie against Johnstone Burgh earlier in the competition attracted a record attendance of 8,000 to Ravenscraig Stadium.[2]

Former player Thomas Molloy was appointed as manager in June 2017, assisted by Shaun Dillon and Ryan Harkness.[3]

The actor Martin Compston played briefly for the club following his release from Greenock Morton.[4]

Honours

  • Central League Championship winners: 1960–61, 1965–66
  • Central League Division Two winners: 1997–98
  • Central League Cup winners: 1960–61, 1965–66, 1966–67
  • Pompey Cup winners: 1965–66
  • Renfrewshire Junior Cup winners: 1959–60, 1960–61, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1966–67
  • Erskine Hospital Charity Cup winners: 1959–60
  • Central League Division One winners: 2013
  • Central League Division Two runners up: 2011

References

  1. ↑ Greenock stadium to get £17 million upgrade stv.tv 14 March 2009
  2. ↑ McGlone, David; McLure, Bill (1987). The Juniors - 100 Years. A Centenary History of Scottish Junior Football. Mainstream. p. 295. ISBN 1-85158-060-3.
  3. ↑ McNab, Ken (21 June 2017). "Juniors: New Greenock boss Thomas Molloy sets sights higher than just Central First Division survival". Evening Times. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  4. ↑ MacLaren, Lorna (15 November 2002). "Life doesn't come any sweeter". HeraldScotland. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
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