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. An incredible 2-2 draw against Montrose followed in Round 2, with a last gasp equaliser for Pollok a reward for their hard work, however a replay on home ground proved to be the final blow for Pollok as Montrose ran out 1-0 winners in a tense battle that seen officials chalk off a stone wall Pollok header, for offside, however television cameras show the player was clearly onside, that should in theory have given Pollok a 1-0 lead at half time. This brought to an end Pollok's historic Scottish Cup run, but has paved the way for future Scottish Cup matches for this great, now officially 'giant killing', Junior football side.
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
- Second Round: 2007-08
- 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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