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Honours

Scottish Junior Cup The Scottish Junior Cup is an annual football competition organised by the Scottish Junior Football Association. The competition has been held every year since the inception of the SJFA in 1886 and, as of the 2022–23 edition, 108 teams compete ...

*Winners: 1907–08, 1913–14 *Runners-up: 1902–03 *Semi-finalists: 1931–32, 1967–68

West of Scotland Cup The West of Scotland Cup was an association football cup competition for clubs in Scotland which were barred from the Scottish Football Association which was played in 1877–78 and 1878–79. Format The competition was a single-elimination tou ...

*Runners-up: 1989–90 West Central First Division *Runners-up: 2001–02, 2016–17 (promoted) West Central Second Division *Winners: 1999–2000 Lanarkshire Junior League *Champions: 1895–96, 1912–13, 1913–14, 1930–31, 1947–48, 1951–52 Lanarkshire Cup *Winners: 1907–08, 1909–10, 1936–37, 1950–51, 1955–56 Lanarkshire League Cup *Winners: 1932–33, 1935–36, 1938–39, 1952–53, 1956–57, 1959–60 Lanarkshire Central Cup *Winners: 1944–45, 1945–46, 1947–48 Evening Times Trophy *Runners-up: 1974–75, 2002–03 Central League Cup *Runners-up: 2002–03

References

External links

Club website

Scottish Football Historical Archive
{{SJFA West Region Association football clubs established in 1878 Football clubs in Scotland Scottish Junior Football Association clubs Football in South Lanarkshire 1878 establishments in Scotland Larkhall West of Scotland Football League teams Larkhall Thistle F.C.