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Match preview -Thistle v East Kilbride Wednesday 1st May 7:00pm

ian — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 23:50:36 +0000

East Kilbride were relegated from the West of Scotland League Super League First Division last season and like ourselves, were involved in a very tight relegation battle that went right down to the wire. Indeed if it hadn’t been for goal difference we could have found ourselves two divisions apart today instead of playing each other!

The visitors had spent the previous four seasons in the Super League so we haven’t played them for a while, they have been relatively successful with three top half finishes in that spell. The “other” Jags have had a miserable season but have picked up a bit lately starting with a 5-1 win at St Roch’s.

About East Kilbride Thistle:
Founded: 1968
Ground: The Showpark, The Village, East Kilbride
Managers: Brian McMillan & Mark Wilson
Home colours: Black and White stripes
Away colours: All Red

Honours:
Scottish Junior Cup 1983
Central League Division 1 1992-93
West of Scotland Cup 1973–74
Central League champions 1974–75, 1975–76
Central League A Division winners 4 times
Sectional League Cup: 1974–75, 1982–83, 2002–03
Evening Times Cup Winners Cup: 1982–83

Although East Kilbride Thistle are a relatively new club to the juniors, they have done what many others have failed to do in lifting the highest honour in the junior game. Their proudest moment came as recently as 1983 when they beat Bo’ness 2-0 in the Scotish Cup final at Ibrox.

East Kilbride are currently campaigning to get South Lanarkshire Council to approve plans to redevelop the Showpark into a “community sports hub”. The ambitious plans include 7 and 11-a-side 3G parks as well as a 500-1000 seater stand in the main park. Part of the plan is for Clyde to relocate there and share the ground.

East Kilbride squad:
McGuiness
Kelsall
Emslie
McAneny
Sloan
Borg
Scott
McQueenie
Stewart
McRobert
Hastie
Jeffrey
Smith
Dolan
Gillies
Connolly
Campbell
Douches
Buchanan
McCrae
Martin
Harkins
Bennett
King
Craig
Bolato
Winters
Findlay
McBride
Clarke

East Kilbride were relegated last season from the Super League First Division and have found life just as tough in this division, losing all but one of their 16 games so far. They have been on the wrong end of some bad defeats, the worst of which was our 8-0 away win in the first game of 2013. They did a bit better in the Scottish however, travelling north to Ellon to take on the Aberdeenshire side and came back with a great 2-1 win before losing to Kinnoull in the next round. They also managed a win in the Euroscot Eng Central League Cup against Benburb, the only meeting so far between the sides this season.

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Jags to face Lesmahagow next Saturday

ian — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 13:33:53 +0000

Larkhall Thistle’s next home game will be against local rivals Lesmahagow in the Central League First Division on Saturday, 2nd February. We were due to play Shettleston but their Scottish Cup replay takes priority so we will be on league duty instead of playing in the Central Cup.

This is a vital game for Thistle in the push for promotion and also to make up for the defeat in the corresponding fixture at the Gow in September. See match report of Lesmahagow v Larkhall Thistle

Most people with Jags interests would consider the 6-3 loss at their park to be the poorest performance of the season so far. It was a game that was riddled with individual errors and to be honest a bit of a shock result in light of the fact that we were top of the league at the time and had just beaten leaders Greenock 5-2 to do so.

St Anthony’s narrow 3-2 win against bottom club East Kilbride has seen them leapfrog us again into second place but Lesmahagow are no mugs themselves, sitting handily placed in fifth with games in hand.

It’s a 2:00pm kick off so come along and support the Jags in their promotion push. Admission is £4 for adults and £2 for concessions. Any visitors not sure where the park is can find directions here.

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Next fixtures…

ian — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 21:32:50 +0000

Thistle’s next two games are:

East Kilbride v Larkhall Thistle 5th January 2013, 1:45pm
Larkhall Thistle vLanark 12th January 2013, 1:45pm

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Forthcoming Fixtures

ian — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 00:45:03 +0000

The fixtures are out for the next four games, weather permitting of course.

8th December
East Kilbride Thistle v Larkhall Thistle

15th December
Larkhall Thistle v Shettleston

22nd December
Larkhall Thistle v Port Glasgow Juniors

29th December
BENBURB v Larkhall Thistle **

** Note this fixture has been changed due to Port Glasgow’s facitity being closed for the Christmas period.

All kick off times 1:45pm

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East Kilbride game – OFF

ian — Sat, 10 Nov 2012 10:59:37 +0000

Larkhall Thistle’s game today with East Kilbride has been postponed after a 10:30 pitch inspection due to a waterlogged park.

Our next game will be against St Rochs at home, next Saturday 17th November.

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Match Preview: Larkhall Thistle v East Kilbride Thistle

ian — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 14:57:18 +0000

After a run of four away league games in a row Lesmahagow, Dunipace, Lanark and Bellshill – the last home game being Neilston on 15th September – Larkhall Thistle at last have a home game. Thistle have had a drastic run of bad away results since the last home game, losing all four and dropping to 9th place in the table. Of the nine league games we have played so far, six of them have been away which hopefully will mean that we should have some home games coming up and some wins under our belts.

East Kilbride were relegated last season from the Super League First Division and have found life just as tough in this division, losing all nine games so far and scoring only five goals with the loss of 35.
Thistle crashed out of the Scottish Cup away to Super Premier League side Cumnock, going down 5-0, while East Kilbride did much better in the Scottish. They travelled north to Ellon to take on the Aberdeenshire side and came back with a great 2-1 win, meaning they have at least one more game in the cup. Ties to be played on November 17th.

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