Forth Wanderers Football Club are a Scottish

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club based in the village of

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. Formed in 1904 they compete in the and play in red strips with a white trim with a second strip of all black.

History

Since 1934 they have played at Kingshill Park in the village, however they have had to share with Carluke Rovers for a spell and play on a public park in

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when this ground proved unusable. The team's first games were played at Pleasure Park before the Wanderers moved to Hie Dyke in 1929. It was 5 years later until they moved to what is their current home, Kingshill Park in 1934. Forth have supplied two Scottish international goalkeepers in George Wood and

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legend

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came from the village and starred for the team in his pre-Ibrox days. Wanderers reached the semi-finals of the

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in 1981 and their home quarter-final tie versus East Kilbride Thistle attracted a record crowd of 2,324. The team is managed by Gerry Ward.

Honours

* Lanarkshire League winners: 1965–66 * Central League B Division winners: 1979–80 * Lanarkshire Junior Cup: 1959–60 * Lanarkshire Hozier Cup: 1913–14 * Central League Cup: 1984–85 *

semi-finalists 1980–81 *Strathclyde Demolition Cup Runners-up: 2024-25

Notable players

References

External links

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