Rutherglen Glencairn
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| Full name | Rutherglen Glencairn Football Club |
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| Nickname(s) | The Glens |
| Founded | 1896 |
| Ground | The Clyde Gateway Stadium, Rutherglen |
| Capacity | 1,500 |
| Manager | Willie Harvey |
| League | SJFA West First Division |
| 2016–17 | SJFA West First Division, 5th |
Rutherglen Glencairn Football Club is a Scottish football club based in Rutherglen, South Lanarkshire, near Glasgow. Nicknamed The Glens and formed in 1896, they play at New Southcroft Park.
Glencairn's most recent trophy successes include the Stagecoach Central District League Division One championship in the 2008–09 season and the Stagecoach West Region Super League Division One title in the 2009–10 season. The latter gave the club the right to compete in the West Region Super Premier League for the first time in the 2010–11 season.
Willie Patterson and Scott Smith managed the club jointly from October 2005 until they left at the end of the 2010–11 season. The club is currently managed by Willie Harvey and coached by Robert Torrance and Joe Pryce. It competes in the West Region of the Scottish Junior Football Association.
Rutherglen Glencairn FC were formed in 1895 at the 'Old Jail' office in Rutherglen.
The Glens played their first ever game on 15th August 1896 against an Ibrox XI (Rangers FC's junior string in those days) and the Glens won 1-0.
The Southcroft team joined the Glasgow Junior League and won it in 1899/1900 to take possession of the "Evening Times Trophy".
The Glens' big moment did not arrive until season 1901/02 when they won the Scottish Junior Cup, the Glasgow League Championship, and the Glasgow Exhibition Championship. The team that proudly brought the Scottish Junior Cup to Rutherglen for the first time by beating Maryhill 1-0 at Meadowside is considered as one of the greatest ever.
It was not until 1918/19 that the Glens won the Scottish Junior Cup again, beating St. Anthony's 1-0.
Glencairn's third Scottish Junior Cup win was in season 1926/27 and the satisfaction was all the greater because it was Cambuslang Rangers, their great local rivals, who were defeated 2-1. The Glens won the Scottish Junior Cup again for the last time in season 1938/39 when Shawfield went down 2-1.
Glencairn's recent success has been in the their rise through the junior leagues in which they were crowned champions of both the West of Scotland League Central District First Division in 2009 and the West of Scotland Super League First Division in 2010.
The current Glencairn crest is heavily influenced from the town of Rutherglen's official blazon and consists of the club's initials with a football centrepiece watched over by guardian angels at each side. Rutherglen's motto 'Ex Fumo Fama' , which translates as 'Fame From Smoke', is incorporated.
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