[shugstero]

Reading the archives of a national paper i came across results for 2 junior clubs i'd never heard of,DRUMLEMBIE and RICCARTON BLUEBELL anyone got any info on where they played,how long they were in existence,colours etc? cheers.

[drs]

Riccarton Bluebell played in Ayrshire - they were Kilmarnock and District Junior League champions in 1910, 1911 and 1920. Cant find anything on them post 1921.

[prorege]

shugstero, on 01 February 2012 - 11:51, said:

Reading the archives of a national paper i came across results for 2 junior clubs i'd never heard of,DRUMLEMBIE and RICCARTON BLUEBELL anyone got any info on where they played,how long they were in existence,colours etc? cheers.

Drumlemble were from a village in Kintyre, near Campbeltown.

[bmccoll]

Drumlemble
Kintyre, Argyll
1920-1962
Has also been referred to as Drumlemble Colliery

Riccarton Bluebell
Kilmarnock, Ayrshire
1. 1909-1921 at Glebe Park (Played in the Kilmarnock & District Junior League)
2. 1944-1953 at Kirkstyle (Played in the Western Junior League)

From the Club Directory 1824-2012 at Scottish Football Historical Archive

This post has been edited by bmccoll: 02 February 2012 - 16:00

[Waspie]

prorege, on 01 February 2012 - 16:27, said:

Drumlemble were from a village in Kintyre, near Campbeltown.

Interesting, I didn't know there was ever junior football in that area. I remember reading when Inverness City came into the juniors that there had previously been junior clubs in the town (in the 1930's I think), but were there any other junior clubs in other parts of the Highlands?

[scrooge1928]

All clubs in the Campbeltown & District League played at Kintyre Park in Campbeltown, from about 1930 onwards – including Drumlemble, although the village is about 3 miles west of the town. Don't have any notes of pre-war colours, but in 1949 they wore black and white stripes, and in 1959 white shirt and black shorts.

According to the 1951-52 Evening Citizen Football Handbook, Riccarton Bluebell played at Stranhead Park, "one mile from Kilmarnock railway station", and wore royal blue.

[bmccoll]

Waspie, on 02 February 2012 - 23:09, said:

Interesting, I didn't know there was ever junior football in that area. I remember reading when Inverness City came into the juniors that there had previously been junior clubs in the town (in the 1930's I think), but were there any other junior clubs in other parts of the Highlands?

Lots more info on Argyll Junior football can be found HERE

And some for the short-lived Inverness Junior League of the 1950s.

And thanks 'Scrooge' for Drumleble's colours, I'll add these to the Club Directory

This post has been edited by bmccoll: 03 February 2012 - 09:12

[shugstero]

Thanks for clearing that up for me.