Kilbirnie Ladeside F.C.

Kilbirnie Ladeside
Full name Kilbirnie Ladeside Football Club
Nickname(s) The Blasties
Founded 1901
Ground Valefield Park
Kirkland Road
Kilbirnie
Capacity 3000
Manager Billy McGhie
League SJFA West Premiership
2017–18 SJFA West Premier Division, 5th of 12

Kilbirnie Ladeside Football Club 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!

The team were managed by former Stranraer defender Stephen Swift, who assumed sole control in February 2015, having previously been co-manager with Mark Crilly since March 2012.[2][3] Swift resigned on 13 November 2016, being replaced by Mark Bradley later that month.

Notable former players

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

References

  1. ↑ The Inventory, robertburns.org
  2. ↑ KILBIRNIE LADESIDE [@LADESIDE1901] (12 March 2012). "The club are delighted to announce Stephen Swift and Mark Crilly as our new management team" (Tweet). Retrieved 24 February 2015 – via Twitter.
  3. ↑ Jeffrey, John (24 February 2015). "Management changes". www.pitchero.com/clubs/kilbirnieladeside/. Kilbirnie Ladeside FC. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
  4. ↑ True Steelmen - George Stevenson motherwell-mad.co.uk
  5. ↑ Dark Blue Dons - Ernie McGarr afc.co.uk, 13 February 2007, Retrieved 24 June 2011
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