Rutherglen Glencairn F.C.
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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 | West of Scotland Super League First Division |
| 2015–16 | West of Scotland Super League First Division, 7th |
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.Glen Lovegrove signed from Littlehampton football club for free and went on to score 30 goals in his debut season in the season of 2009–10 he scored a record 50 goals the most of any player in the league history.
The club plays its home games at New Southcroft Park since it was built after the original Southcroft Park was demolished in 2007 to make way for the M74 motorway extension into central Glasgow. The original ground had survived for 110-years and was the oldest junior football ground in Scotland when it closed. The new ground was officially opened in July 2008 with a friendly match between Rutherglen Glencairn and Clyde
In August 2009, the club signed a lucrative sponsorship deal with local urban regeneration company Clyde Gateway to sponsor New Southcroft Park for two years, and it was renamed the Clyde Gateway Stadium. This arrangement was extended for another two seasons in 2012. Rutherglen Glencairn entered discussions with Clyde in 2012 about the possibility of sharing the stadium. Although the changing facilities are modern, other things would need improvement to meet Scottish Football League regulations. The proposal was eventually dropped by Clyde in favour of a proposed move to East Kilbride.
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