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Thorniewood United F.C.
Thorniewood United Football Club are a Scottish football club, based in Viewpark, North Lanarkshire. Formed in 1924, they compete in the . Their home ground is Robertson Park and the team colours are all red. History Nicknamed ''the Wood'', they were formed in 1924 and play at Robertson Park, having moved from Thorn Park in nearby Tannochside in 1957 when the Caterpillar Tractor Company acquired the land to build a new factory at the time. Negotiations to secure Robertson Park were made by the club's founder William Cowan with Caterpillar, who secured the site as a direct replacement for the original ground. A senior vice president of Caterpillar travelled from the US to meet with William to identify what was holding up the acquisition of the land. In an agreement that resulted from the request to "move our park from here to there", Thorniewood moved to the current location and over the years have sold off parts of the land around the park. Robertson Park itself is named in ...
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Viewpark
Viewpark is an area in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. Situated immediately north-east of Uddingston (but on the other side of the M74 motorway), Viewpark is west of Bellshill. It has an estimated population of 13,916 in 2016, a figure which also includes the smaller adjoining neighbourhoods of Birkenshaw, Bellziehill, Calderbraes, Fallside and Tannochside under the Thorniewood ward of the local council. History Viewpark takes its name from a rural estate of that name,Viewpark House
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Jon Connolly
Jon Connolly (born 3 April 1981) is a Scottish football goalkeeper and is currently the goalkeeping coach at Annan Athletic. Connolly has previously played in the Scottish Premier League for Motherwell. Career Connolly began his senior career in the Academy system at Ipswich Town but returned to Scotland to sign for Albion Rovers in February 1998, making eight league appearances in the Scottish Football League Third Division before the end of the season. After leaving Rovers, he dropped to Junior level with Thorniewood United before being signed by manager Billy Davies for Motherwell in the summer of 2000. With Motherwell releasing a number of high-earning first team players including Andy Goram, Connolly found himself as second choice keeper at Fir Park behind Stevie Woods. He made his Scottish Premier League debut in April 2001 against Dundee United at Tannadice and retained his place in the team for the following weeks match against Aberdeen. These proved to be his on ...
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Football In North Lanarkshire
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly called ''football'' include association football (known as ''soccer'' in North America and Australia); gridiron football (specifically American football or Canadian football); Australian rules football; rugby union and rugby league; and Gaelic football. These various forms of football share to varying extent common origins and are known as "football codes". There are a number of references to traditional, ancient, or prehistoric ball games played in many different parts of the world. Contemporary codes of football can be traced back to the codification of these games at English public schools during the 19th century. The expansion and cultural influence of the British Empire allowed these rules of football to spread to areas of British in ...
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Association Football Clubs Established In 1924
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Scottish Junior Football Association Clubs
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Football Clubs In Scotland
This is a list of football clubs in Scotland. Clubs in membership of the Scottish Professional Football League Scottish Premiership *Aberdeen * Celtic * Dundee United * Heart of Midlothian * Hibernian * Kilmarnock * Livingston * Motherwell *Rangers * Ross County * St Johnstone * St Mirren Scottish Championship *Arbroath * Ayr United *Cove Rangers * Dundee * Greenock Morton * Hamilton Academical * Inverness Caledonian Thistle * Partick Thistle * Queen's Park * Raith Rovers Scottish League One * Alloa Athletic * Airdrieonians * Clyde * Dunfermline Athletic *Edinburgh *Falkirk * Kelty Hearts * Montrose * Peterhead * Queen of the South Scottish League Two *Albion Rovers * Annan Athletic *Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic *Dumbarton * East Fife *Elgin City * Forfar Athletic * Stenhousemuir * Stirling Albion * Stranraer Clubs in membership of the Highland League * Banks O' Dee * Brechin City *Brora Rangers *Buckie Thistle * Clachnacuddin * Deveronvale * Formartine United * Forres ...
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Liam Anderson (footballer)
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Denis McCormack (footballer)
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Kenny Wright (footballer)
Kenneth Wright (born 1 August 1985) is a Scottish footballer who plays as a striker for Thorniewood United in the Scottish Junior Football Association, West Region. He has previously played in the Scottish Premier League for Motherwell. Career Wright started his career at local professional club Motherwell in 2002. At the time, the SPL club were giving a lot of young players an opportunity due to administration, forcing a number of cuts. This meant Wright would be one of the fortunate youth players given their chance. However, due to injury, Wright was never able to show the goal-scoring ability that he undoubtedly had, and he was released by the Fir Park club at the end of the 2005-06 season. Wright made just 23 League appearances, scoring one goal (the winning goal against Aberdeen). On his release from Motherwell, Wright spent three seasons at lower league level, playing for Stranraer, Albion Rovers, Arbroath, and Elgin City. After a spell playing amateur football in L ...
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Joe Murray (footballer)
Joseph Murray (1914 – 31 October 1990), sometimes known as Joker Murray, was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a left half in the Scottish League for Hamilton Academical and Partick Thistle Partick Thistle Football Club are a professional football club from Glasgow, Scotland. Despite their name, the club are based at Firhill Stadium in the Maryhill area of the city, and have not played in Partick since 1908. The club have been mem .... Career statistics Honours Mid-Annandale * Southern Counties Charity Cup: 1932–33 Hamilton Academical 'A' * Scottish 2nd XI Cup: 1933–34 Ayr United * Ayrshire Cup: 1935–36 References Date of birth unknown Scottish men's footballers English Football League players Brentford F.C. players Date of death unknown People from Uddingston Mid-Annandale F.C. players Men's association football wing halves Hamilton Academical F.C. players Ayr United F.C. players Scottish Football League players Partick Thist ...
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David Dunn (footballer, Born 1981)
David Hugh Dunn (born 1 November 1981), is a Scottish football midfielder who plays for Forth Wanderers in the Scottish Junior Football Association, West Region. He has previously played in the Scottish Football League First Division for Clyde and Airdrieonians. Career Dunn had a twelve-year career in the Scottish Football League after leaving Motherwell in 1999 without making a first-team appearance. He moved to Junior football in 2011 with Larkhall Thistle and has since played for Linlithgow Rose, Sauchie Juniors, Thorniewood United, Newmains United, Lanark United, Cambuslang Rangers Cambuslang Rangers Football Club are a Scottish football club based in Cambuslang, South Lanarkshire. Nicknamed ''The Lang'', ''Camby'' or ''The Wee Gers'', were formed in 1899, they play at Somervell Park and wear blue strips (uniforms). They ... and most recently Forth Wanderers whom he joined in October 2016. References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Dunn, David Living pe ...
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Central Junior Football League
The Central Junior Football League was a football league competition operated under the Scottish Junior Football Association between 1931 and 2002, with an expansion of its membership in 1968.Central Junior League: Including the Scottish Central Junior League
Scottish Football Historical Archive, 4 September 2020

Scottish Football Historical Archive, 4 September 2020
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