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Ayr United's Centenary Relegation

Scottish Football Archive May 4, 2010 @ 2:18 AM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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Ayr United's relegation (their 10th overall) to the third level of Scottish football comes as the celebrate their centenary year and relegates them to that level for the fourth period and will spend only their tenth season there next year.

The early history of football in Ayr is one filled with many teams, many mergers and a finished with a team who can justifiably call themselves United, given the route to United went something like:

  • Ayr Thistle formed in 1872
  • Ayr Academy formed in 1872
  • Ayr Eglinton formed in 1875
  • Ayr Academicals formed in 1876 as a merger of Ayr Academy and Ayr Eglinton
  • Ayr formed in 1879 as a merger of Ayr Thistle and Ayr Academicals
  • Ayr Parkhouse formed in 1886
  • Ayr United formed in 1910 as a merger of Ayr and Ayr Parkhouse

Ayr United have spent 35 seasons in the top flight although haven't been there for 33 years (since the 1977-78 season) - they've won the second level championship twice (old Division Two) and the third level championship twice (new Division Two), made one domestic final (2001-02 League Cup final) and have made the semi-finals of both domestic cups three times each.

Ayr United's Centenary Relegation

Scottish Football Archive May 4, 2010 @ 2:18 AM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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Ayr United's relegation (their 10th overall) to the third level of Scottish football comes as the celebrate their centenary year and relegates them to that level for the fourth period and will spend only their tenth season there next year.

The early history of football in Ayr is one filled with many teams, many mergers and a finished with a team who can justifiably call themselves United, given the route to United went something like:

  • Ayr Thistle formed in 1872
  • Ayr Academy formed in 1872
  • Ayr Eglinton formed in 1875
  • Ayr Academicals formed in 1876 as a merger of Ayr Academy and Ayr Eglinton
  • Ayr formed in 1879 as a merger of Ayr Thistle and Ayr Academicals
  • Ayr Parkhouse formed in 1886
  • Ayr United formed in 1910 as a merger of Ayr and Ayr Parkhouse

Ayr United have spent 35 seasons in the top flight although haven't been there for 33 years (since the 1977-78 season) - they've won the second level championship twice (old Division Two) and the third level championship twice (new Division Two), made one domestic final (2001-02 League Cup final) and have made the semi-finals of both domestic cups three times each.

Update: Scottish Fourth Level Champions

Scottish Football Archive April 19, 2010 @ 10:16 AM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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At the end of last season, we did a quick blog post about Scottish Fourth level champions which stated no team had ever won the Third Division twice in it's 15 year history.

Livingston's 0-0 draw with Berwick Rangers and their crowning as champions has obviously changed this fact, since Livingston also won the league in the 1995-96 season.

Update: Scottish Fourth Level Champions

Scottish Football Archive April 19, 2010 @ 10:16 AM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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At the end of last season, we did a quick blog post about Scottish Fourth level champions which stated no team had ever won the Third Division twice in it's 15 year history.

Livingston's 0-0 draw with Berwick Rangers and their crowning as champions has obviously changed this fact, since Livingston also won the league in the 1995-96 season.

Grounds: Cathkin Park

Scottish Football Archive April 18, 2010 @ 11:56 AM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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A few years ago I visited Cathkin Park and took some photos but then thought I'd lost them; although recently when changing computers I found these so thought I'd post.

As it's Wikipedia article states "The park contains the site of the first Hampden Park (now the Hampden Bowling Club), whilst the second Hampden Park (New Cathkin Park) is just across the Cathcart Road" Queen's Park played here for 19 seasons (when it was called Hampden Park) before they moved (to what we now know as Hampden Park) and Third Lanark moved in in 1903.

Grounds: Cathkin Park

Scottish Football Archive April 18, 2010 @ 11:56 AM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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A few years ago I visited Cathkin Park and took some photos but then thought I'd lost them; although recently when changing computers I found these so thought I'd post.

As it's Wikipedia article states "The park contains the site of the first Hampden Park (now the Hampden Bowling Club), whilst the second Hampden Park (New Cathkin Park) is just across the Cathcart Road" Queen's Park played here for 19 seasons (when it was called Hampden Park) before they moved (to what we now know as Hampden Park) and Third Lanark moved in in 1903.

Scottish Top Division Reconstruction - Attendances

Scottish Football Archive April 10, 2010 @ 8:54 AM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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After today's earlier post on reconstruction the follow up post is about attendances and how reconstruction over the years has affected team's attendances.

Some of the data I have gathered on attendances used below has come from David Ross' excellent book The Roar of the Crowd, so to protect the information in the book, I will only be referring to rough figures rather than the exact figures in the book.

Scottish Top Division Reconstruction - Attendances

Scottish Football Archive April 10, 2010 @ 8:54 AM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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After today's earlier post on reconstruction the follow up post is about attendances and how reconstruction over the years has affected team's attendances.

Some of the data I have gathered on attendances used below has come from David Ross' excellent book The Roar of the Crowd, so to protect the information in the book, I will only be referring to rough figures rather than the exact figures in the book.

Scottish Top Division Reconstruction - Championships

Scottish Football Archive April 10, 2010 @ 4:00 AM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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A blog post entitled 'The trouble with Scottish football...' by Inside Left called for people to blog about the issues raised in the post, so having already started a series of posts on attendances in Scottish Football, we thought we'd post on the subject of top division reconstruction.

First to get out the way some facts about the Old Firm dominance:

  • the Old Firm have won 83% of league championships (94 of 113)
  • if the Old Firm win this year's championship, it will be the 25th in a row
  • the longest period of domination was 27 years, between 1904-05 and 1930-31

During the last period of domination, the league was reconstructed 6 times, although it wasn't reconstruction that ended the dominance, it was stability in the league format that possibly contributed - 1931-32 was the 10th year of a 20 team format, the longest stretch since the league started in 1890 - Motherwell's championship came after 5 successive years in the top 3, with two runners-up spots and three third place finishes.

Scottish Top Division Reconstruction - Championships

Scottish Football Archive April 10, 2010 @ 4:00 AM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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A blog post entitled 'The trouble with Scottish football...' by Inside Left called for people to blog about the issues raised in the post, so having already started a series of posts on attendances in Scottish Football, we thought we'd post on the subject of top division reconstruction.

First to get out the way some facts about the Old Firm dominance:

  • the Old Firm have won 83% of league championships (94 of 113)
  • if the Old Firm win this year's championship, it will be the 25th in a row
  • the longest period of domination was 27 years, between 1904-05 and 1930-31

During the last period of domination, the league was reconstructed 6 times, although it wasn't reconstruction that ended the dominance, it was stability in the league format that possibly contributed - 1931-32 was the 10th year of a 20 team format, the longest stretch since the league started in 1890 - Motherwell's championship came after 5 successive years in the top 3, with two runners-up spots and three third place finishes.

Book Review: Hard as Nails - Graham Roberts

Scottish Football Archive April 9, 2010 @ 3:41 AM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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The following book review was originally published in the excellent Scotzine fanzine The 12th Man Issue 11, available from their website.

Graham Roberts' autobiography is 244 pages long, has two different covers and two forewords - one for Tottenham Hotspur and one for Rangers - the team he played for that made him famous both sides of the border.

Book Review: Hard as Nails - Graham Roberts

Scottish Football Archive April 9, 2010 @ 3:41 AM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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The following book review was originally published in the excellent Scotzine fanzine The 12th Man Issue 11, available from their website.

Graham Roberts' autobiography is 244 pages long, has two different covers and two forewords - one for Tottenham Hotspur and one for Rangers - the team he played for that made him famous both sides of the border.

Book Review: The Don - The Willie Miller Story

Scottish Football Archive April 8, 2010 @ 12:20 PM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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The following book review was originally published in the excellent Scotzine fanzine The 12th Man Issue 8, available from their website.

Willie Miller is the most successful club captain outside of the Old Firm, has played more times for Aberdeen than anyone else and retired from Scotland as the third most capped player of all time (as of current writing he is seventh equal).

Book Review: The Don - The Willie Miller Story

Scottish Football Archive April 8, 2010 @ 12:20 PM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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The following book review was originally published in the excellent Scotzine fanzine The 12th Man Issue 8, available from their website.

Willie Miller is the most successful club captain outside of the Old Firm, has played more times for Aberdeen than anyone else and retired from Scotland as the third most capped player of all time (as of current writing he is seventh equal).

Book Review: Both Sides of the Border - Archie Gemmill

Scottish Football Archive April 7, 2010 @ 3:24 AM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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The following book review was originally published in the excellent Scotzine fanzine The 12th Man& Issue 6, available from their website.

Archie Gemmill will always be remembered for ‘that goal' - there is no getting away from it.

However, with a senior career of over 650 league games, 43 International caps for Scotland - over half as captain - and three English league titles, it could be said he should be remembered for more than just ‘that goal' - however what a goal it was, but there is (a lot) more on that later.