Port Glasgow F.C.

Port Glasgow
Full name Port Glasgow Junior Football Club
Nickname(s) The Undertakers
Founded 1948
Ground Port Glasgow Community Stadium, Parklea, Port Glasgow
Manager Brian Heron
League SJFA West League One
2017–18 Central District First Division, 8th of 15
Website Club website

Port Glasgow Junior Football Club is a Scottish football club, based in the town of Port Glasgow, Inverclyde.

Nicknamed the Undertakers, they were formed as Port Glasgow Athletic Juveniles F.C.' in 1948 as an offshoot of Clune Rock Juveniles. They stepped up to the Junior ranks a year later and obtained a place in the Central Junior Football League. They are not related to the pre-War Port Glasgow Athletic Juniors who disbanded in July 1939 after losing their ground.

Their first ground was Woodhall Park, Port Glasgow where they played until being evicted by the local council in 2000 to make way for an industrial development, which was not built until 2014. They then groundshared with local rivals Greenock Juniors at both Ravenscraig Stadium and Battery Park, while Ravenscraig was redeveloped for the 2014 Commonwealth Games.[1] The club returned to Port Glasgow in 2012 at a new £4.4 million community stadium at Parklea.[2]

Currently playing in the West Region of the Scottish Junior Football Association, they wear white striped uniforms with a black trim. The team are managed by Brian Heron, who succeeded long standing former boss Craig Brown in July 2017.[3]

An unrelated senior club, also called Port Glasgow F.C. (1876–1879), participated in the early Scottish Cup seasons.

Staff

Manager: Brian Heron
Assistant Manager: Eddie Walton
Assistant Manager: Paul Coyle
Player/Coach: Andy Monaghan

Honours

  • Central League A Division winners: 1978–79
  • Central League C Division winners: 1975–76
  • Central Division Two winners: 1999–2000
  • Glasgow Dryburgh Cup: 1957–58
  • Evening Times Cup Winners Cup: 1999–2000
  • Central League Division 1 winners : 2007–2008
  • Pompey Cup Winners 1967-68

References

  1. ↑ Greenock stadium to get £17 million upgrade stv.tv 14 March 2009
  2. ↑ £1m double sport boost greenocktelegraph.co.uk 10 March 2011
  3. ↑ O'Donnell, Jim (27 July 2017). "There's no place like home for Port Glasgow boss Brian Heron". Evening Times. Retrieved 22 February 2018.

Coordinates: 55°55′52″N 4°38′15″W / 55.93117°N 4.637572°W / 55.93117; -4.637572

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