Glenvale F.C.
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| Full name | Glenvale Football Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Vale | ||
| Founded | 1967 | ||
| Ground | Ferguslie Park Sports Centre, Paisley | ||
| Capacity | 1,000 | ||
| Chairman | Kris Stewart | ||
| Manager | Alan Corrigan | ||
| 2022–23 | West of Scotland League Fourth Division, 10th of 12 | ||
| Website | Club website | ||
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Glenvale Football Club, commonly known as Glenvale, is a Scottish sports club from Paisley. The club was founded in 1967. It currently plays at the Ferguslie Park Sports Centre.[1] The club actually participates in the lowest semi-professional division of Scotland, the West of Scotland Football League Fourth Division.
History[edit]
Glenvale was formed in 1967 by a group of men who worked for Stoddart Carpets at the Caledonia Street works in Paisley. The factory they worked in was called Glenvale and this is where they found the name for the club.
The Workers used to go for a kick about at lunchtimes in the fountain gardens in Paisley which was opposite the factory. They decided to form a football team (Glenvale FC) and joined the local Paisley and District Amateur football league. Games took place on a Saturday afternoon. The club also competed in the West of Scotland Football League.
Glenvale also made a piece of history when they became the first amateur team in Scotland to have their own social club which is in the towns Sandholes Street.[2]
In the 1990s Glenvale added youth teams to their set up and at present they have teams from under 6 up to under 19s. Glenvale has also set up a football academy for kids as young as 4 interested in taking up the game.
The Glenvale have won league titles and various cups and all these honors will be listed in the coming weeks as we are gathering information on these at the moment. And actually dispute West of Scotland Football League Fourth Division, and the club plays the Strathclyde Demolition Cup.[3]
The youth sectors of Glenvale, named "Reds", "Whites" and "Blacks", plays the Paisley Johnstone and District Youth Football League, with the reds playing Division Two,[4] and whites playing Division Three[5] and Blacks playing Division Five.[6] Source:[7]
Colors[edit]
The colors of the club are red, white and black
References[edit]
- ^ "Glenvale Page". www.wosfl.co.uk.
- ^ Evening Times - Page 29. Evening Times.
- ^ Ramage, Ben (2023-10-10). "Glenvale manager calls on team to tighten up at the back after cup defeat". Daily Record. Retrieved 2024-02-21.
- ^ "REDS". GlenvaleFC2009. Retrieved 2024-02-21.
- ^ "WHITES". GlenvaleFC2009. Retrieved 2024-02-21.
- ^ "BLACKS". GlenvaleFC2009. Retrieved 2024-02-21.
- ^ "About". Glenvale AFC 2005. 2016-06-09. Retrieved 2024-02-22.
External links[edit]
- Official website (in English)