Shettleston F.C.

Shettleston
Full name Shettleston Juniors Football & Athletic Club
Nickname(s) The Town
Founded 1903
Ground Greenfield Park, Old Shettleston Road, Glasgow
Manager Co-managers Hugh Kelly Bernard Beacom
League SJFA West League One
2017–18 SJFA West First Division, 14th of 14 (relegated via play-offs)

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. The club play in the Scottish Junior Football Association, West Region and are currently in the West of Scotland Super League First Division.

Shettleston reached the final of the 1958–59 Scottish Junior Cup, losing 2–1 to Irvine Meadow in front of a crowd of 65,211 fans at Hampden Park.[1] 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 2000–01, and the quarter-finals of the same competition in 2001–02 and 2014–15.

The team have been led since January 2017 by former Thorniewood and Newmains manager, John Fallon. Fallon replaced the previous management team of Peter Weatherson and Ryan McStay.[2][3]

Honours

Scottish Junior Cup

  • Runners-up: 1958–59

Other Honours

  • West Super First Division : Runners-up : 2014–15 (Promoted)
  • West of Scotland Cup winners: 1974–75, 1992–93, 1994–95
  • Glasgow League winners: 1923–24, 1926–27
  • Central League A Division winners: 1976–77
  • Central Division One winners: 1985–86, 1998–99, 2001–02
  • Glasgow Junior Cup: 1957–58, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1967–68
  • Central League Cup: 1954–55, 1972–73, 2001–02
  • Central Sectional League Cup: 1969–70, 1976–77, 1979–80
  • Glasgow Junior Consolation Cup: 1925–26, 1937–38
  • Glasgow North-Eastern Cup: 1936–37, 1959–60, 1960–61
  • Erskine Hospital Charity Cup: 1983–84, 1984–85, 1985–86
  • Glasgow Junior Charity Cup: 1929–30, 1937–38, 1956–57
  • Glasgow Eastern Charity Cup: 1926–27, 1949–50, 1951–52, 1959–60

Current Playing Squad

As of 24 July 2015[4]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
Scotland GK Gary Whyte
Scotland GK Gareth Watson
Scotland DF Robert Campbell
Scotland DF Lee Martin
Scotland DF Calum Nolan
Scotland DF Jack Crumlish
Scotland DF Jazz McArthur
Scotland DF Michael McDowall
No. Position Player
Scotland MF Ryan Scott
Scotland MF Rikki McIntosh
Scotland MF Kieran Lynch
Scotland MF Greg McEwan
Scotland MF Mate Laczi
Scotland MF Cathal Treacy
Scotland MF Alex Ewing
Scotland MF Vlad Mendes
Scotland MF Craig Johnstone
Scotland FW Kyle Robertson
Scotland FW Cristiano Kisuka
Scotland FW George Thompson
Scotland FW Stuart Kelly

Staff

  • Manager: Hugh Kelly Bernard Beacom
  • Assistant manager:
  • Coach:
  • Coach:
  • Sports Therapist:
  • Directors:

Notable former players

Campbell Forsyth, the Kilmarnock and Scotland international goalkeeper played for Shettleston before joining St Mirren in 1955.[5]

Notable Assistant Coach

References

  1. ↑ "Memories of Irvine Meadow's first cup win". Daily Record. 17 December 2010. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
  2. ↑ O'Donnell, Jim (19 January 2017). "Fallon ready for the challenge at depleted Shettleston". Evening Times. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
  3. ↑ O'Donnell, Jim (15 August 2016). "All change at Shettleston as player-manager Peter Weatherston takes centre stage". Evening Times. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
  4. ↑ "Players and management". Shettleston F.C. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
  5. ↑ Holley, Duncan; Chalk, Gary (2003). In That Number – A post-war chronicle of Southampton FC. Hagiology Publishing. p. 512. ISBN 0-9534474-3-X.

Coordinates: 55°51′11″N 4°10′13″W / 55.85311°N 4.170384°W / 55.85311; -4.170384

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