Robin Holmes
@Bonxie67
L&D Professional. Director of Education & Learning. Published Author. Scottish Football Historian. Former Employee of the Year for Nationwide Building Society
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#OnThisDay in 2006, then 2nd Div (3rd tier) #Gretna lost on penalties in the final of the #ScottishCup . They had a meteoric rise and rapid fall in 6 colourful seasons as a #ScottishFootball League club.
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#OnThisDay in 1995 #Meadowbank Thistle played their last ever #ScottishFootball League game, a 1-0 loss against Morton, before relocating and changing their name to #Livingston . They competed as Meadowbank for 21 seasons and were 2nd Div champions in 1987. amazon.co.uk/Forgotten-Scot…
#OnThisDay in 1921 the #ScottishFootball League restored and expanded the 2nd Div and new clubs #Armadale #Bathgate #Boness #Broxburn #Clackmannan & #Kings Park all join - sadly a quarter of a century later none of these teams would still be a League club amazon.co.uk/Forgotten-Scot…
#OnThisDay in 1892 Vale of Leven drew their last #ScottishFootball League game of the 1891-92 campaign-going the whole season without a win-a feat only matched 126 years later by Brechin City in 2018. The club were 3 time winners of the #ScottishCup and founder members of the SFL
#OnThisDay in 1972 #CelticFC thrashed #Hibs 6-1, matching the record #ScottishCup final winning margin set 84 years previous, when #Renton beat #Cambuslang 6-1 in 1888 #ScottishFootball amazon.co.uk/dp/B08N3R7H8F/…
#OnThisDay in 2014, in a last day of drama Hamilton @Acciesfc equalled their club record #ScottishFootball League victory by ripping Morton apart with a 10-2 gubbing, but cruelly missed out on the Championship title, to Dundee, despite piling on the goals. amazon.co.uk/dp/B08N3R7H8F/…
#OnThisDay in 1892 #Cambuslang play their last #ScottishFootball League game at their Whitefield Park ground. #ScottishCup finalists and one of the lesser known of the founding members of the #SFL they only played two seasons in the League. amazon.co.uk/Forgotten-Scot…
#OnThisDay in 2018 #Brechin City lost their last #ScottishFootball League game of the season, thereby going the whole of the campaign without a single League win, matching Vale of Leven’s unwanted record from 1892 amazon.co.uk/dp/B08N3R7H8F/…
#OnThisDay in 2002 #Clydebank ’s #Scottish League career ended in a 2-1 defeat against Berwick Rangers, with their last ever League goal scored by Eric Paton. Three months later administrators sold the club, which was subsequently renamed as Airdrie United. amazon.co.uk/Forgotten-Scot…
#OnThisDay in 1895 #Dundee Wanderers played their last ever #ScottishFootball League game. They had only been elected the year before but struggled, losing 15-1 to #Airdrieonians and were booted out after just 1 season amazon.co.uk/Forgotten-Scot…
#OnThisDay in 1910 #ScottishFootball #legend R S McColl #ToffeeBob scored all six goals (setting a then SFL record) in Queen’s Park’s 6-1 win over Port Glasgow Athletic in a Division One game. amazon.co.uk/dp/B08N3R7H8F/…
#OnThisDay in 2004 Albion Rovers beat East Stirling 8-1. This is Shire’s 22nd consecutive defeat and their woeful performances attract national media attention and ultimately lead to the #ScottishFootball League introducing the pyramid system. amazon.co.uk/dp/B08N3R7H8F/…
#OnThisDay in 1926 a number of #ScottishFootball League clubs in the 3rd Div play their final home League games.They include #Clackmannan #Broxburn & #Lochgelly Utd. The competition was abandoned a month later and 15 clubs left the SFL. amazon.co.uk/Forgotten-Scot…
#OnThisDay in 1930 the original Leith Athletic FC were crowned 2nd Div champions for the 3rd time in their history (having also won it in 1906 & 1910). An early member of the SFL the club competed in 45 seasons across 4 spells before leaving in 1953 amazon.co.uk/Forgotten-Scot…
#OnThisDay in 1934 in a one-sided #ScottishCup final #RangersFC equalled the record winning margin of five in a final with a 5-0 win over St Mirren. Centre-forward Willie Nicholson scored twice in front of a crowd of 113,000 at Hampden. amazon.co.uk/dp/B08N3R7H8F/…
#OnThisDay in 1894 #Glasgow #Thistle played their last ever #ScottishFootball League game. The club, known as the Southsiders, had one of the shortest SFL careers, only playing one season, finishing bottom with only 2 wins amazon.co.uk/Forgotten-Scot…
#OnThisDay in 1936 John Calder of #Greenock Morton equals the individual #ScottishFootball League goalscoring record by scoring 8 at Cappielow in a 11-2 win over Raith Rovers. amazon.co.uk/dp/B08N3R7H8F/…