✓957.Lochburn Park

Maryhill 5-4 Caledonian Locomotive
West of Scotland League 2nd Division
Saturday 29th March 2025

Maryhill is an area in the north-west of Glasgow and part of the A81 road which runs three miles between the city centre and the suburb of Bearsden.

The name derives from Hew Hill, the Laird of Gairbraid, who had no male heir and so he left his estate to his daughter, Mary Hill (1730–1809).

Maryhill formed in 1884 as a Junior club and were beaten finalists in the second-ever Scottish Junior Cup in 1887–88, before turning senior the following season. The club entered the Scottish Cup three years running from 1888, but eventually returned to the Junior ranks in 1894, reaching five Junior Cup finals and lifting the trophy in 1900 and 1940.

Scottish Junior Cup Winners: 1899–1900, 1939–40

Runners-up: 1887–88, 1900–01, 1901–02, 1906–07

Glasgow Junior League champions: 1900–01, 1903–04, 1904–05

Central League Premier Division champions: 1996–97, 1997–98

West of Scotland Cup winners: 2000–01, 2003–04

West Central Division Two champions: 2012–13

The club made national news in April 2017 when Gavin Stokes broke the World Record for the fastest recorded goal scored, coming in a home game against Clydebank, with his strike to the top corner of the net from half-way timed at 2.1 seconds.

Lochburn Park

18a Lochburn Rd, Maryhill, G20 9AQ

Capacity: 1,800 (205 seats)

Redcord Attendance: 3,500 v Ashfield 1920

Scottish grounds visited 126

Maryhill have played at Lochburn Park since 1897, built on the site of a former quarry and previously home to the Kelvin Dock Curling Club. The ground is hemmed in on all sides, with access in one corner. The pitch is sunk by six feet below the terracing.

After purchasing the club in 1989, local businessman Freddie Duda invested £700,000, adding seats, a gym with sauna and one of the few Junior grounds to have floodlights.There’s a covered terrace down one side and behind the far side goal is a section of multicoloured open bucket seating, installed in 1998. 

Maryhill 5 Caledonian Locomotive 4

GreenVersity Second Division matchday 24 (8th v 7th)

2pm ko

Att.70hc

Spon:

Admission £6

Coffee £1.50

Scotch pie £2


A cracking match on a heavy pitch, saw the hosts go two goals down early on, but they looked good enough to turn it around. Midway through the second half Maryhill took the lead, but the visitors kept hitting back and it took a last minute winner from the Hill to finally claim the win. Nine goals from nine different goalscorers:


  7' 0-1 Cameron McNeil

13' 0-2 Connor McAteer

30' 1-2 Jonny Baxter

49' 2-2 Callum Imrie 

65' 3-2 Connor Hamilton 

69' 3-3 Joe Slattery 

87' 4-3 Logan Dempsey

89' 4-4 Daniel Gray

90' 5-4 Ross Daly 

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0744 train Newcastle to Edinburgh (2056 return)

Scotrail train connections to and from Glasgow, arriving at 1020.


A day out in Glasgow with the breadknife. Following breakfast we caught the clockwork orange to Hillhead, for drinks in the Tennant's Bar and the historic Curlers Rest. The breadknife then headed back into the city and I walked through the Botanic Gardens and along the river to Maryhill. As a fan of Still Game I obviously had to do the obligatory selfie picture outside Osprey Heights, but unfortunately Stevie's bookies has long gone, so I couldn't put a bet on. After the match we had a pub crawl around the city and we called into a couple of my favourite Edinburgh pubs before the train home.



Around the Alliance 30

I’ve finally completed the Northern Alliance grounds for this season, following a visit to Bedlington United yesterday. This post also includes a match at Bede Academy before Christmas,which Blyth Rangers regularly use, plus a bonus ground, as Stobswood Welfare used Hirst Welfare 3G, to get their fixture fulfilled last week.

Pictures and match facts:


Saturday 21st December 2024

947. Bede Academy (North)

Blyth Rangers 1 Blyth Town Reserves 7

Northern Alliance 2nd Division matchday 15v16

(14th v 8th)

2pm ko

Att.29hc

After taking an early lead, the hosts couldn’t hold out for their first win, with the away side dominating the second half.


 2’ 1-0 Jordan Hancock

15’ 1-1 Nathan Beesley

22’ 1-2 Reece Gilley 

50’ 1-3 Adam Gilley

57’ 1-4 Ross Gilchrist

77’ 1-5 Ross Gilchrist

88’ 1-6 Adam Gilley

90’ 1-7 Ross Gilchrist



Saturday 22nd February 2025

952.Hirst Welfare 3G

Stobswood Welfare 0 Percy Main Amateurs 1

Northern Alliance Premier Division matchday 20v22

(16th v 15th)

2pm ko

Att.30hc

A first half goal from Dalia was enough to give the away side the three points

having survived late pressure from Stobby. 


39’ 0-1 Marcio Dalia




Saturday 2nd March 2025

953.Blyth Sporting Club

Bedlington United 1 North Shields Athletic Reserves 9

Northern Alliance 3rd Division matchday 21v19

(9th v 4th)

2pm ko

Att.30hc


Two early goals set Shields on their way, then it was just a case of how many they would score. 


 6’ 0-1 Clinton Nzubechukwu

 7’ 0-2 Joel Green

14’ 0-3 Joel Green

44’ 0-4 Tom Close

56’ 0-5 James Spencer

70’ 1-5 Jack Dodd

72’ 1-6 Joel Green

74’ 1-7 Addy Grass

81’ 1-8 Joel Green

86’ 1-9 Addy Grass



✓951 Huntcliff School


Saltburn Athletic 1-4 New Marske
North Riding Football League Division 2
Saturday 15th February 2025

Saltburn-by-the-Sea is a seaside town in the civil parish of Saltburn, Marske and New Marske, in the Redcar and Cleveland district, in the historic boundaries of the North Riding of Yorkshire.

The original settlement, located in the Saltburn Gill was a centre for smugglers, and publican John Andrew is referred to as 'king of smugglers. In 1856, the hamlet consisted of the Ship Inn and a row of houses, occupied by farmers and fishermen.

The town had been founded by Quakers, which meant a ban on public houses. Alcohol was served in the hotels and the bars attached to them, and in the town’s many private members' clubs. Saltburn's first public house, which wasn’t within a hotel, was The Victoria, which opened in December 1982.

Saltburn Athletic formed in 1998 and cover all age groups from 7 - 17 years of age. The club now has a senior side playing in the North Riding Football League from the start of this season, and are based at Hobs Hill Field and the neighbouring Huntcliff School.


Huntcliff School

Marske Mill Lane

Saltburn-by-the-Sea

TS12 1HJ


Saltburn Athletic 1-4 New Marske

North Riding FL Division 2 matchday 16/10

2pm ko

Att.18hc


23’ 0-1 Issac Meehan

59’ 0-2 Leon Rhys

67’ 0-3 Leon Ryhs

79’ 1-3 Josh Allen

90+2 1-4 Richie Playforth


Two goals from substitute Leon Rhys set New Marske on their way to three points, while their hosts still remained pointless after 16 games.



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52 miles door-to-door

Northern Rail trains: Heworth - Thornaby - Saltburn.


My only previous visit to Saltburn was for Honest Paul’s birthday five years ago. I enjoyed that visit so I’ve finally made a return, this time with “the breadknife” for a leisurely pub crawl. Pints were consumed in The Ship Inn, Saltburn Cricket, Bowls and Tennis Club, Brockley Hall, Guns Bar and the Pillar Box. Then onwards to Marske when we visited the Smugglers Den, Clarendon and finally the Lockdown Micropub, before heading back home on the Northern rattler.