Vic Girvan

The draw for the semi finals of the Strathclyde Demolition Cup will be on the WoSFL You Tube channel tonight at 7.30pm Remember to subscribe to the League's You Tube channel as the larger the number of subscriptions helps support the League and ultimately the member clubs.

It really is simpler to talk about grounds in Central Scotland that aren't well served by rail. Hurlford, Cumnock, Cumbernauld and Beith come to mind. The Carlisle - Glasgow line still runs through Hurlford but the station itself was closed in the 1950's. Could be wrong but I think Cumnock's original ground was beside the train station down where George McTurk Court area now lies which was the main line to Ayr. Neither ground or train station now exists.

Hurlford United v Whitletts Victoria [emoji471] Friendly [emoji625] Blair Park, Hurlford KA1 5BN [emoji414] Wednesday 17 July [emoji797] 7pm [emoji386] £2 / £1

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Sorry a wee typo. I understand that the names of towns/cities being included in club names relates to the early days of European competition. The Inter City Fair's Cup was originally a competition between select teams from cities. I.e. Barcelona v London. This soon changed to clubs qualifying but only one club from the same city could participate in European competition. In the early 1960's because Rangers won the league, Third Lanark finish 3rd and under the rules of later years, Would have qualified for the ICFC but because they came from Glasgow and Rangers were in the European Cup they were denied entry because Glasgow was already represented. I believe this is why in European competition Glasgow appears with regard to Celtic and Rangers and Greenock was added to Morton, to identify the city/town they represented

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