Crawford Baptie Posted December 5, 2015 Share Posted December 5, 2015 Yep looks like it right enough. William Lees aged 15 was our youngest ever competitive debutant in 1892. Hughes played a laddie aged 15 in a friendly in 2006 I think aged 15 also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranaldo Bairn Posted December 5, 2015 Share Posted December 5, 2015 Was that the lad David Menzies we paid money to Raith for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john_meffen Posted December 5, 2015 Share Posted December 5, 2015 From a bit of googling it looks like Gary Gillespie has the record, 16 and less than 2 months. Best information seems to be on http://www.falkirk-football-history.co.uk/ - also suggests there may have been a 15yo back in 18-something The most definitive youngest Falkirk player was Jimmy McPhie who played Centre Half v East Stirlingshire on August 27th 1936 at the age of 16 yrs 2 dys, however that was a benefit so doesn't count. And he was sent back to play for Denny Schools for a year and a half after we signed him after this game. There was a William Lees who played for Falkirk v Grangemouth in the Stirlingshire Cup, but all I can be 100% sure about is that he is in the 1891 Census [Living at Grey Rigg between California & Avonbridge] as being 14, however he is in the 1881 census as being 5! So I just don't know his age, just know he was young. The youngest League player was Gary Gillespie who debuted on August 20th 1977 v Berwick at home. I have no idea who is the youngest Scottish Cup player, but Gillespie only played once in the Cup for FFC on the 17th December 1977, so it looks like Gallacher might be younger. Anyway, thanks for the link to my blog. NB I'd just like to add that Jimmy McPhie kept playing for us until 1955 http://www.falkirk-football-history.co.uk/2013/06/no-falkirk-fc-grave-jimmy-mcphie.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john_meffen Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 Oh, and I'm kinda shit at post-war stuff, so for 1945 onwards http://bettermeddle.org.uk/archive/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crawford Baptie Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 Was that the lad David Menzies we paid money to Raith for? Dunno about paying money for him but I'm sure the lads name was David Menzies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crawford Baptie Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 Played in a friendly aged 15 against Millwall in 2007 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gav-ffc Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 http://m.falkirkherald.co.uk/sport/local-sport/moutinho-strikes-again-1-289398 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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