Vale of Clyde F.C.

Vale of Clyde Football Club are a Scottish football club based in the East End of Glasgow. Nicknamed Tin Pail, the club was formed in 1873 and is based at Fullarton Park in the Fullarton neighbourhood (near to Tollcross and Auchenshuggle).[1][2] Since the leagues were reconstructed in 2002, Vale of Clyde have played in various divisions in the West Region of the Scottish Junior Football Association but now play in the West of Scotland League Conference B. The team colours are blue, red and white.

Vale of Clyde
Full nameVale of Clyde Football Club
Nickname(s)Tin Pail
Founded1873
GroundFullarton Park,
Easterhill Street
Glasgow
Capacity3,000
ManagerMark Mackay
LeagueWest of Scotland League Conference B
2019–20SJFA West League Two, 10th of 15

Possibly the oldest Junior club still in existence and certainly among the oldest handful,[3] the club were one of the most successful sides in the game's early era and won the Scottish Junior Cup on three occasions as well as several prominent regional competitions, although since World War II they have won little and existed as a minor presence.

In 2020, it was confirmed that Vale of Clyde (along with the 62 other West Region Junior clubs) had successfully applied to join the new West of Scotland Football League in the senior pyramid.[4][5]

Honours

Scottish Junior Cup
  • Winners: 1890–91, 1892–93, 1903–04
  • Runners-up: 1941–42

Other honours
  • Glasgow Junior Football League winners: 1899–1900, 1912–13, 1917–18, 1919–20
  • Glasgow Junior Cup: 1891–92, 1892–93, 1897–98, 1917–18
  • Glasgow Dryburgh Cup: 1933–34
  • Central League Cup: 1988–89
  • Evening Times Cup Winners Cup: 1989–90
  • Central League Division One winners 2004–05

References
  1. Vale of Clyde, Non League Scotland
  2. Fullarton Park (Vale of Clyde v Clydebank), MyFootball Travels, 10 October 2010
  3. Brown, John (3 February 2016). "Now the 'Tin Pail' are casting doubt over The Shipbuilders' credentials". Evening Telegraph. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
  4. Pyramid Update – 67 Applications Approved, Scottish Lowland Football League, 14 April 2020
  5. Junior clubs in the west are about to get the best of both worlds, The Scotsman, 19 April 2020

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