Pollok F.C.
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| Full name | Pollok Football Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | The Lok | ||
| Founded | 1908 | ||
| Ground | Newlandsfield Park, Glasgow | ||
| Capacity | 3000 | ||
| Chairman |  Fergus McDiarmid | ||
| Manager | Rab Sneddon | ||
| League | SJFA West Premier League | ||
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Pollok Football Club are a Scottish football (soccer) club based in Newlands in the southside of the city of Glasgow. They are one of the biggest football clubs operating in Scottish Junior football, regularly attracting crowds of around 600, more than many clubs in the third division and even some in the second division of the Scottish Football League can reasonably expect to attract. They compete in the Scottish Junior West Premier League.
Formed in 1908, Pollok only really became one of the bigger junior clubs when Third Lanark Football Club went bust in 1967 and many of their supporters decided to switch their affiliation to them. They were one of the biggest clubs in the Central Regional Junior League and won the initial Western Regional Junior League in season 2002-03 with further wins in 2004-05 and 2006-07.
Pollok play at Newlandsfield Park and wear Black and White striped strips. Their traditional rivals are Arthurlie.
As of season 2007/2008, Pollok FC will make history by joining Culter and Linlithgow Rose in the first round of the Scottish Cup, due to the new sanctions allowing up to 4 junior clubs to enter, providing they have won one of the 3 Super Leagues and, or, the Scottish Junior Cup, the previous season.
The Scottish Cup
Pollok FC enjoyed their first ever Scottish Cup First Round tie away from home to St Cuthbert Wanderers at St. Mary's Park in Kirkcudbright on Saturday 29th September 2007. Pollok braved the storm and eventually ran out winners by an astonishing 6-2 scoreline in a game of high drama. With goals from Downs (2), Dingwall (2), McGeown and Waddell, they have written a new chapter in this clubs history. They now head into the Second Round, which is two rounds away from a possible tie against an SPL giant as a reward.
The Scottish Cup Run
Round 1: St. Cuthbert Wanderers 2 (Chambers, Niven) Pollok 6 (Downs 2, Dingwall 2, McGeown, Waddell)
Venue: St. Mary's Park, Kirkcudbright.
Round 2: Montrose 2 (Rogers, Baird) Pollok 2 (Downs, Turnbull)
Venue: Links Park, Montrose.
Round 2 - Replay Pollok 0 Montrose 1 (Dobbins)
Venue: Newlandsfield Park, Glasgow
Montrose progress into the Third Round of The Scottish Cup
Honours
- Winners: 1980-81, 1984-85, 1996-97
- Runners-up: 1985-86, 1997-98
- Winners: 2002-03, 2004-05, 2006-07
Other honours
- West of Scotland Cup winners: 1944-45, 1986-87, 1991-92, 1997-98, 1999-00
- SJFA Supercup: 2003-04, 2005-06
- Central League Premier Division winners: 1984-85, 1985-86, 1986-87, 1990-91, 1994-95, 1995-96
- Central League champions: 1978-79, 1980-81
- Central League A Division winners: 1980-81
- Central League B Division winners: 1968-69, 1978-79
- Glasgow Junior Cup: 1941-42, 1953-54, 1961-62
- Glasgow Dryburgh Cup: 1930-31, 1941-42, 1948-49
- Central League Cup: 1977-78, 1979-80, 1983-84, 1987-88, 1989-90, 2004-05
- Central Sectional League Cup: 1983-84, 1987-88, 1990-91, 1992-93, 1996-97, 1999-00, 2003-04, 2006-07
- Evening Times Cup Winners Cup: 1983-84, 1984-85, 1985-86, 1987-88, 2003-04, 2006-07
External links
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