coach Posted June 27, 2017 Share Posted June 27, 2017 ACCORDING to Amateur Footy Forum, Campsie Black Watch will not be operating at any boys' club level, Under-21 or amateur level from now onwards. I think I am correct in saying the Watch were formed back in the 1940s, and were record Under-21 Scottish Cup holders. Gerry Marley - Mr Black Watch - will be heartbroken at this news. I had the honour of being asked to come out to their set-up one of the seasons when they won the West and Scottish Cups, and took their goalies for midweek training. I saw first-hand the amount of work Mr Marley and the committee put into running the Blackies. The distances some of the players travelled - from the likes of Edinburgh- was astonishing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rednblack Posted June 28, 2017 Share Posted June 28, 2017 Actually another 21s team in campsie fc 21s odd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coach Posted June 28, 2017 Author Share Posted June 28, 2017 12 minutes ago, rednblack said: Actually another 21s team in campsie fc 21s odd Not under the old Campsie Black Watch banner unfortunately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kilsyth ranger Posted July 2, 2017 Share Posted July 2, 2017 They played in the amateur leagues last year an did ok i think ? Is this right enough that theve folded altogether ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coach Posted July 2, 2017 Author Share Posted July 2, 2017 2 hours ago, kilsyth ranger said: They played in the amateur leagues last year an did ok i think ? Is this right enough that theve folded altogether ? Merged with Waterside. I have since been told that players couldnt be bothered to turn up for training or games. Some of them local, too. That would not sit well with Mr Marley. Changed days indeed. When I was at their training sessions, players would travel from far and wide to get there. Some players who never had transport would be picked up by car ( via other players), at Buchanan Street Bus Station and driven out to Lennoxtown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kilsyth ranger Posted July 2, 2017 Share Posted July 2, 2017 That's why kilsyth st.pats u21s ended up folding as well coach , young players attitude stunk , not turning up to training or games , the guys who'd ran them for years had had enough , an i'm sorry to say i can see it becoming more frequent . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dindeleux Posted July 2, 2017 Share Posted July 2, 2017 I'm actually just back from playing a charity game at Broadwood and our team wore Campsie strips and the boy who brought them told me they had folded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coach Posted July 2, 2017 Author Share Posted July 2, 2017 1 hour ago, kilsyth ranger said: That's why kilsyth st.pats u21s ended up folding as well coach , young players attitude stunk , not turning up to training or games , the guys who'd ran them for years had had enough , an i'm sorry to say i can see it becoming more frequent . kilsyth st pats...Another great club from a strong period of Under-21football that featured names like Knightswood Juvs and Kilbowie Union, Campsie's tourney, the Charles Stewart Memorial Trophy, drew big crowds and plenty of scouts, too. I do feel for coaches who have ran teams for years and then have to put up with what you have described. I see it too with my goalkeeping coaching set-up. Boys released from Pro-Youth level who think they are better than they actually are. You are right- it will become more frequent! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenconner Posted July 2, 2017 Share Posted July 2, 2017 Very sad to hear of an old name like Campsie Black Watch go under. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pablo1850 Posted July 2, 2017 Share Posted July 2, 2017 No 21s teams in Lennoxtown or Kilsyth then?! Do Cumbernauld and Kirkintilloch have any? Rob Roy got 1? Why don't kilsyth rangers have 1 if there's none in the area? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rednblack Posted July 2, 2017 Share Posted July 2, 2017 Rob Roy have an under 21s team playing in west of Scotland premier league. One has just signed a duel contract with us and a handful more are training with us this pre season so they can see what the step up is all about. There is a campsie fc under 21s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kilsyth ranger Posted July 3, 2017 Share Posted July 3, 2017 No 21s teams in Lennoxtown or Kilsyth then?! Do Cumbernauld and Kirkintilloch have any? Rob Roy got 1? Why don't kilsyth rangers have 1 if there's none in the area? They did have one a few years back pablo and an 18s team , and they had a degree of sucess , the 21s won the scottish , used to share duncansfield with the juniors , a few came through to the junior side , but think same thing happened , boys to interested going out bevvying on a fri night than playing footy on a saturday . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pablo1850 Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 That's good Kirkintilloch have a 21s as do Lennoxtown, hopefully Kilsyth Rangers look at it again in the future. Think a lot of them like to go to the football as do coaches maybe they could look at 12 o clock kick off rather than 2? Would allow people to get to both most weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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