corner Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 Can anyone point to good sources on how the Juniors got going as a distinct grade from all the other teams at the time? I have the excellent McGlone and McLure book, but that focuses on the SJFA and just says “There had been Junior football for a number of years ...”, in 1886. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cairn1902 Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 Stewart Davidson (Renfrew) produced a vast quantity of excellent books back in the 1990’s. Worth a try? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corner Posted March 23, 2019 Author Share Posted March 23, 2019 6 minutes ago, Cairn1902 said: Stewart Davidson (Renfrew) produced a vast quantity of excellent books back in the 1990’s. Worth a try? Good point, thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oscar Wilder Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 The best fanzines at the time were 3 in a row, Talbot and the Buffie Kilwinning, done by real fans! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmontheloknow Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 12 hours ago, corner said: Can anyone point to good sources on how the Juniors got going as a distinct grade from all the other teams at the time? I have the excellent McGlone and McLure book, but that focuses on the SJFA and just says “There had been Junior football for a number of years ...”, in 1886. Ultimately it was the mass participation public park amateur football of the day (SAFA didn't form until 1909, though like the SJFA beforehand, Amateur leagues came first, with a heavy leaning towards academic institutions, be it univeristies or FPs) and there were numerous clubs for whom football was an offshoot of other activities. Later in forming, Pollok were the football wing of the Pollokshaws Working Lads Club. There were small clubs in both Senior and Junior leagues in the same area before things settled down early in the 20th Century. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corner Posted March 24, 2019 Author Share Posted March 24, 2019 Thanks, that’s interesting, so maybe a bit random and a bit “stick with your pals” in terms of where each form took hold out of amateur roots? I have some of those Non-league Histories pamphlets and there certainly seem to have been many “senior” leagues which were very minor in all aspects Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garrellburn Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 2 hours ago, cmontheloknow said: Ultimately it was the mass participation public park amateur football of the day (SAFA didn't form until 1909, though like the SJFA beforehand, Amateur leagues came first, with a heavy leaning towards academic institutions, be it univeristies or FPs) and there were numerous clubs for whom football was an offshoot of other activities. Later in forming, Pollok were the football wing of the Pollokshaws Working Lads Club. There were small clubs in both Senior and Junior leagues in the same area before things settled down early in the 20th Century. Just like you say, football in the early days was just another activity for sports clubs already in existance. Queens Park were principally a cricket club, Vale of Leven played shinty and competed in rowing. Others no doubt played different games. Anyone for Quoits? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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