Larkhall Thistle F.C.
Larkhall Thistle Football Club are a football club from Larkhall, in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. Formed in 1878 the Jags are Scotland's oldest continuous Junior Football Club and currently compete in the. They play in red and white stripes and their home ground since 1881 is Gasworks Park.
Staff
Committee Members
As of 01 August 2018Position | Name |
President | Chris Lenson |
Vice-President | Stephen Johnston |
Secretary | Fiona Tierney |
Treasurer | Hugh Kerr |
Committee Member and Social Media Manager | Jason Manson |
Committee Member | Malcolm McKechnie |
Committee Member | Ross Dunn |
Committee Member | Levi McPhee |
Committee Member | Robert Thomson |
First team staff
As of 15 December 2017Position | Name | - | - | - | - |
Manager | ) | Assistant Manager | Kevin Brown Coach - Neilly Rowatt Coach - [Davy Adams | Physiotherapist | Julie Thomson |
Current squad
Larkhall Thistle FC First TeamSponsors
Larkhall Thistle's main shirt sponsors for season 2018-2019 is shared between 2 local businesses Cathay Cuisine and M Holton Joiner & Housebuilders.Notable players
The Jags are credited with having the most players to step up be capped by the national Scotland senior team, one for the Ireland National Football Team and one for the United States. Thirteen ex-players have been capped by Scotland and five have gone on to captain their country. Scotland captains in bold.- Paddy McConnell - Ireland national football team, Bradford City, Doncaster Rovers, Southport, Shelbourne, Boston United, Hibernian
- Gerry Baker - St Mirren, Hibernian, Ipswich Town, United States
- Billy Boyd - Clyde
- Tommy Cairns - Rangers
- Jimmy Carabine - Third Lanark
- John Clark - Celtic
- Jock Ewart - Bradford City
- Tommy Ewing - Partick Thistle
- Jimmy Gibson - Partick Thistle, Aston Villa
- Neilly Gibson - Rangers, Partick Thistle
- Jock Govan - Hibernian
- John Hutton - Aberdeen, Blackburn Rovers
- Andy McLaren - Preston North End
- Willie McStay - Celtic
- Alex Raisbeck - Liverpool
- Hugh Burns - Rangers, Kilmarnock
Honours
- Winners: 1907–08, 1913–14
- Runners-up: 1902–03
- Semi-finalists: 1931–32, 1967–68
- Runners-up: 1989–90
- Runners-up: 2001–02, 2016–17
- Winners: 1999–2000
- Champions: 1895–96, 1912–13, 1913–14, 1930–31, 1947–48, 1951–52
- Winners: 1907–08, 1909–10, 1936–37, 1950–51, 1955–56
- Winners: 1932–33, 1935–36, 1938–39, 1952–53, 1956–57, 1959–60
- Winners: 1944–45, 1945–46, 1947–48
- Runners-up: 1974–75, 2002–03
- Runners-up: 2002–03