They should move to cathkin park and revive it.
Dunn family are still tangentially involved I think, certainly were a few years ago.Did the owners of Dunn & Moore have something to do with Clyde FC
20 year lease. The Third Lanark guys didn't stand a chance with GDCLast i heard Cathkin was leased to some foundation linked to Jimmy Johnstone...they even painted the crush barriers at one end of the park green and white.
The park was in the brush behind the old wire works and not that far from the Clyde. The wire works were in Williamson street and behind it was an old oval football stadium you could see the outline of it about 30 years ago now it’s where the athletes village stands nowFrench Street is still there. No idea where the park would have been though.
I said it before, but the guys that own, if thats the right word, Third Lanark missed a trick when the Lowland League were looking for clubs. I'm sure they could have found some businessmen that would have funded a return to senior football. They could have at worst shared Lesser Hampden with QP. The Cathkin dream seems over now though.20 year lease. The Third Lanark guys didn't stand a chance with GDC
As a speedway fan, it’s a shame to see somewhere I spent a massive part of my childhood, getting flattened.
Sadly the same story for speedway stadiums across the UK where selling to a developer easily tops income from crowds of less than 1000 weekly during the summer. Very few success stories these days.
Frank Dunn a director was a cardiologist in Stobhill many years agoDunn family are still tangentially involved I think, certainly were a few years ago.
That is not where the original Barrowfield Park was. The Barrowfield Park of the early 1880’s as described in post 6 was about 200 yards from the site of the existing Shawfield, near French St, a triangle of land between Carstairs St, Colvend St and the River Clyde. It is near the site of the Police HQ which was built about 10 years ago.The park was in the brush behind the old wire works and not that far from the Clyde. The wire works were in Williamson street and behind it was an old oval football stadium you could see the outline of it about 30 years ago now it’s where the athletes village stands now
Same for us in Eastfield,As a young boy in early 70‘s I remember going along to Shawfield sometimes to see Clyde when Gers were playing away. Short walk for us from Bridgeton.Seemed like a lot of older Bears would also do likewise.
The main stand at PSV Eindhoven has radiators above your head. Brilliant on a cold day watching the game!I remember reading many years ago that back in the early days Rangers had their eye on Shawfield as a potential ground but were outbid for it by Clyde. I worked on the turnstiles at Shawfield (greyhounds) back in the early 70's and have some happy memories of it from then. It has to be said though that Shawfield was always a horrible ground for any football spectator. The dog track meant you were well away from the pitch and the low terracing never lent itself to good viewing. Shawfield was the only ground where I can remember seeing a radiator on the middle of a terracing.
The park was in the brush behind the old wire works and not that far from the Clyde. The wire works were in Williamson street and behind it was an old oval football stadium you could see the outline of it about 30 years ago now it’s where the athletes village stands now
That’s what it will be then sorry for the confusion ladsSpringfield Park
Off Springfield Road in Dalmarnock, the park used to be the home of Strathclyde Juniors, an amateur team who plied their trade up until the mid 1960s.
The land on which the park was situated was cleared to make way for the Commonwealth Games athletes village in 2014.
I remember going to White City to watch speedway which was next to Ibrox opposite Bellahouston Park PRW endAs a speedway fan, it’s a shame to see somewhere I spent a massive part of my childhood, getting flattened.
Sadly the same story for speedway stadiums across the UK where selling to a developer easily tops income from crowds of less than 1000 weekly during the summer. Very few success stories these days.
Friday nights i seem to recall.I remember going to White City to watch speedway which was next to Ibrox opposite Bellahouston Park PRW end
Charlie Monk was the Glasgow Tigers favourite at the time
Barry Briggs and Ivan Mauger big stars as was Ove Fundin
Feck I am old HaHa
So with this evidence, are we to believe the misty eyed notion of the rattlers that they were the champions and pioneers of the feeding of the oppressed and downtrodden?
That area,Dalmarnock,Bridgeton,parkhead ,Tollcross and Shettleston was at one time rammed with football clubs.
It wasn’t only Clyde doing these charity matches at this time…Glengarry park in Swanston St is actually a street adjoining French St the site of the first charity match mentioned.So with this evidence, are we to believe the misty eyed notion of the rattlers that they were the champions and pioneers of the feeding of the oppressed and downtrodden?
Clearly Clyde are the original Catholic helping club, so any of this nonsense spouted by the scum should be laughed down with vigour, for the rest of time!
That poor childrens dinner table was the one that the priest set up them to fundraiser for. He was involved with Hibs at the time.Just wish St Peters were busy that day…
The main stand at PSV Eindhoven has radiators above your head. Brilliant on a cold day watching the game!
The radiator in the betting ring at Shawfield was equally welcome!
I remember my old man telling me they allowed local priests in free and so had more 'clerics' at Shawfield on a Saturday than the big bheasts doon the road had.Always thought of Clyde having leanings to the tims?
So with this evidence, are we to believe the misty eyed notion of the rattlers that they were the champions and pioneers of the feeding of the oppressed and downtrodden?
Clearly Clyde are the original Catholic helping club, so any of this nonsense spouted by the scum should be laughed down with vigour, for the rest of time!
Interestingly enough, no I didn’t. Good fact though. Rangers have always had that class to go and play no matter what the reason. To raise money and to play for charity is something that wasn’t and still isn’t a new thing for the club.Are you aware that in May 1903, Hibernian played a friendly to raise funds towards the construction of the first RC school in Leith? Their opposition that day was a Glasgow club called Rangers.
Sacrilege!Last i heard Cathkin was leased to some foundation linked to Jimmy Johnstone...they even painted the crush barriers at one end of the park green and white.
I was 17 and my then girlfriend used to take me and pay me in. I had to pay for cinema on Thursday and Saturday.I remember going to White City to watch speedway which was next to Ibrox opposite Bellahouston Park PRW end
Charlie Monk was the Glasgow Tigers favourite at the time
Barry Briggs and Ivan Mauger big stars as was Ove Fundin
Feck I am old HaHa
Miles off it. Think of it,s catchment area. Rutherglen, Oatlands, Dalmarnock, Bridgeton.Always thought of Clyde having leanings to the tims?
Shawfield will undoubtedly be sold at some point.but Billy king the owner doesn't seem In a rush to sell up.he has messed about with the attached trainer's for a long while now.some even renewed their license in the hope of the track reopening. It would be a sad day if greyhound racing doesn't return as Thornton looks like it's days are numbered as well.back in the day the very best dogs ran in the Scottish derby at shawfield.
Remember Charlie Monk and Ivan Maegear riding for the Glasgow Tigers at the White City, on a Friday night.Edinburgh getting moved from Armadale, think they are getting a purpose built place up at livingston though.
My memory of Shawfield is not a nice one. An admission. I was 10. Just before Christmas 1957. My father and uncles took me to Ibrox every home game but The Rangers were playing away (Dundee or Aberdeen) and I wasn’t allowed to go. All my pals were Celtic supporters and they were playing Clyde at Shawfield, almost on my doorstep, and I went with them and got lifted over the turnstile. Some wanted to get on the wall at the halfway line but others wanted to go behind the goal so that is where we went. There was a huge crowd. Celtic were on a high having beat us 7-1 in the LC Final a few weeks earlier. Just as the game started there was a huge surge at the halfway line and a young boy was crushed to death.
It was basically a dog track with a football pitch stuck in the middleShawfield was without a shadow of a doubt the worst ground I have ever been at to watch a football match.
They gave a donation in the formation of the filth.Did the owners of Dunn & Moore have something to do with Clyde FC
So was I a beautiful sunny night.Was in Shawfield with 25,000 there in the mid 70's.
We also played a match in Belfast to help raise money for Sandy Row Orange Hall.Interestingly enough, no I didn’t. Good fact though. Rangers have always had that class to go and play no matter what the reason. To raise money and to play for charity is something that wasn’t and still isn’t a new thing for the club.
Everyday is a school day, however!