This is just a page for everything else that doesn’t fit into a specific category but has something to do with Larkhall Thistle. Thanks to Hugh Kerr for the photographs and most of the details below. Thanks also to exiled for added comments and information.

This photograph was taken during the crowd invasion of the park at Kirkintilloch on 12th February 1977. See archive page for more details.

 

Some of the faces in the photograph above: Jock Roy, Davie Wilson, Jock and Danny McLeish and Jackie Hamilton. (Thanks to exiled for the information)

Two pictures above celebrating Tom Sutherland as Larkhall Thistle Player of the Year. The top one was taken at the presentation dance in The County Inn in Cambuslang in 1973 0r 74.
Back row: John Hutchison, John Chalmers, Arthur Whiteside, Jim “Suzz” Sutherland, Alan Duff, John McCaig, Bobby Bloomfield Front row: John Hunter, Scott McCartney, John McKerr, Alastair Duff (Thanks again to exiled for his help on this one)

 

 

 

 

The pictures above are from a Larkhall Thistle training session at Gasworks Park, taken prior to the Beatons Cup Final against Bellshill in 2001 In the background is the former Larkhall Thistle Social Club which was wound up in 1989.

This is an old photograph of some Larkhall Thistle players training in the old pavillion and changing rooms, opposite the side where they are now.
Barbells – Bert Steel, crouching – Bobby Woods, situps – Dick Nelson, barbells – Tommy Walker, standing in corner – Harry Kirkwood.

Two Thistle players at Shawlands

Larkhall Thistle players Paul Anderson and Hugh Kennedy pictured outside the Shawlands Hotel in Larkhall, just before the cup final with Bellshill at Firhill.

 

More pictures of Larkhall Thistle teams from the past. Again if you can fill in the blanks please leave a comment.

 

Back row, Left to Right: Henderson, Moffat, Smith, Bell, Cunningham, Weir
Front row, Left to Right: Feeney, Nugent, MacReady, McNab, J. Bell, Little (Trainer)

 

 

 

Back row, Left to Right: Tom Anderson, Arthur Whiteside, John McKerr, Alex Morrison, Les Innes, Tam Sutherland, Martin Mulhearn
Front row, Left to Right: Jim Beaton,  John Chalmers, Alan Duff, Willie Powell, Davy Boyle, Stewart McCandless

 

Back row, Left to Right: Jim Conroy, Robin Park, Guy Montgomery, Martin Mulhearn, Hugh Kirkland, Jim Dempsey, Vic Wardrope
Front row, Left to Right: Jim Allan, Bobby Ferguson, John Chalmers, John Sangahan, Alan Law

Above photograph taken on the day of the famous first game with St Roch’s in the Scottish Cup in the early 70s. The game ended 2-2, the replay also finished in a draw but Thistle lost out 2-1 in the second replay.

 

Back row, Left to Right: John ???? (trainer), Mick Lyons, Hugh Kirkland, Dave McGavin, Bobby Mitchell, Jacky Balloch, Tam Armstrong
Front row, Left to Right: Andy Campbell, Rab Brown, Martin Mulhearn, Bert Steel, Jim Allen, John Doyle (coach)

The 1968 team above was almost entirely the team that reached the semi-final of the Scottish Cup that year, for the story of Thistle’s best run in modern times, click here

Thanks to Chris Lenson for supplying the photograph above along with the names.

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Larkhall Thistle team photographs from down the years, if you have any information about any of the players or know any of the years the pictures were taken please leave a post at the bottom of the page.
Thanks to Hugh Kerr for supplying the pictures and the names of the players.

 

Picture taken on the day of Thistle’s 3-1 win against Kirkintilloch Rob Roy in the Scottish Cup in 1974.

Back row, Left to Right: John McKerr, Tom Anderson, John Hunter, Ian McFie, Jack Wilson, Scott McCartney, Arthur Whiteside
Front row, Left to Right: Alan Duff, Alistair Duff, Dave McLelland, John Hamilton, Tam Sutherland, John McCaig

 

Back row, Left to Right: John Brown (physio), John Hutcheson (coach), Tom Anderson, Martin Mulhearn, John McKerr, Alex. Morrison, John Hunter, Jim McGowan, Jim McLaughlin (coach)
Front row, Left to Right: Alan Duff, Ian Sneddon, Davy Boyle, John Sanaghan, Alan Hamilton, Peter Boyle

Trophies both won same week at Shettleston, The Dryburgh Cup and RJ McLeod Cup

 

This was one of Thistle’s best ever sides and had a record that was second to none in the junior game. At the time of the photograph being taken, the Jags had played 21 games and won no less than 18 of them, with two draws and only a single defeat.

Back row, Left to Right: Micky Lyons, Hughie Kirkland, John Weatherall, Bobby King, Jacky Bulloch, Dougie Bryden
Front row, Left to Right: Hughie McMillan, John Dingwall, Martin Mulhearn, Andy Campbell, John Doyle, Bert Steel

Back row, Left to Right: Alan Hamilton, Jim McGowan, Tom Anderson, Arthur Whiteside, Alex Morrison, Martin Mulhearn, John McKerr, Stewart Cunningham, John Brown (physio)
Front row, Left to Right: Jim McLaughlin (coach), John Chalmers, Alan Duff, Davy Boyle, Ian Sinnett, John Sanaghan, John Hutcheson (coach)

 

Back row, Left to Right: Jamie Bulloch, Robin Park, Tommy Coats, Martin Mulhearn, McInnes, Galbraith
Front row, Left to Right: Hugh Rundell, John Chalmers, Jim Roberts, John Sanaghan, Willie Knox

 

Back row, Left to Right: J Cowan (secretary), Gibb, Miller, Whitelaw, W Marley, Clark, A Marley, S McLellan (secretary)
Front row Left to Right: McGuire, Waddell, Boyd, Dunsmore, Johnston

 

Back row, Left to Right: Andy Cheek, Alan Sneddon, Bobby Stillie, Mitch McIntosh, Frank McGonigle, Davie Morrow, John Graham, Jim Black, Davy Henderson
Front row, Left to Right: Willie McKinlay (Coach), Davy Booth, Brian Fisher, John Chalmers, Johnny McCaig, Bobby McPhee, Martin Mulhearn (Coach)

 

Thistle’s Central League First Division winning squad from 1999 – 2000 season.

Back row, Left to Right: Jim Sweeney, Ian Stoddart, Paul Anderson, Ian Campbell, Stuart Thomson, Gary Lynch, Jim McLuskey, Stuart Bovill, Brian Watret
Middle row, Left to Right: Willie McAneny (Coach), Jim Kavaghan, Paul Roberts (Elvis), Willie McCormack, Tony Mitchell, Peter McAninch, Grant O’Donnell, Derek Gardiner, Julie Thomson (Physio)
Front row, Left to Right: Jim Dempsey (Assistant Manager), Craig Digham, Stevie  McQuade, Derek Paterson, Spencer Stirrat, Bobby Crilly (Manager)

More Thistle pictures on the next page ->

 

In 1984 Larkhall Thistle qualified unexpectedly for the Evening Times Cup Winners Cup.

Evening Times Cup Winners Cup Semi-final, Wednesday 13th June 1984
Station Park, Baillieston
Larkhall Thistle 3 Petershill 0

Thistle caused a major upset by beating back-to-back league champions Petershill through a 32nd minute own goal by Peasies Ian Young, a Peter Wharton penalty in 62 minutes and a third by substitute Billy Thomas twelve minutes from time. At the time the trophy was seen as the most prestigious in the Central league and it was a great achievement by the Jags to reach the final.

Despite not having played for three weeks, the Lanarkshire men were on top throughout and thoroughly deserved the win against their illustrious opponents, Thistle keeper McFarlane even saving a penalty from Dailly.

The Jags had only qualified for the Cup Winners Cup after Pollok won the Dryburgh Cup and then beat Thistle in the Central League Cup final, Thistle qualifing through being runners-up.

Jags manager George Dickson was in the mood to go all the way after this terrific result, he said after the game that Thistle’s season had been over but now they had been given another chance, were determined to make the best of it regardless of who they faced in the final.

On Saturday 23rd June Thistle went on to meet Pollok in the final at Tinto Park, after the ‘Lok had beaten Cumbernauld United in the other semi-final. Unfortunately we lost out to the Glasgow giants.

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Evening Times Cup Winners Cup Final, Saturday 23rd June 1984
Tinto Park, Govan
Pollok 3 Larkhall Thistle 0

The Jags fell at the final hurdle as they lost out in the final to Pollok in front of 2000 fans after a below-par performance. An early wrist injury to captain Gerry Hamilton didn’t help matters as the skipper had to play almost the entire game in a lot of pain.

After a goalless first half the game looked like it might be heading for a 0-0 draw, until disaster struck in the 76th minute when Pollok took the lead through man of the match Jamie Graham. It looked all over for Larkhall when Derek Lea added a second in the 82nd minute and two minutes from time it was over, Pollok scoring through a Lea penalty to seal the match. Thistle’s Peter Wharton was sent off in the penalty incident.

So a bold effort by the Jags but sadly it wasn’t to be on this occasion.

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