Shettleston F.C.

Shettleston F&AC

Full name	Shettleston Juniors Football & Athletic Club
Nickname(s)	The Town
Founded	1903
Ground	Greenfield Park Old Shettleston Road Glasgow
Manager	Reon Juskowiak
League	West of Scotland Super League Premier Division
2014–15	West of Scotland Super League First Division, 2nd (promoted)

Shettleston Football Club are a Scottish football club based in Shettleston, in the East End of Glasgow. Nicknamed the Town, they were formed in 1903 and are based at Greenfield Park. Currently playing in the West Region of the Scottish Junior Football Association and play in white strips (uniforms) with a black trim. Their fortunes have been mixed in recent years, flitting between the various divisions of the league they have been based in, although they managed to reach the semi-finals of the Scottish Junior Cup in 2000–01, and the quarter-finals of the same competition in 2001–02 & 2014–15.

Honours

Scottish Junior Cup

• Runners-up: 1958–59

Other Honours

• West Super First Division : Runners-up : 2014–15 (Promoted)
• West of Scotland Cup winners: 1974–75, 1992–93, 1994–95
• Glasgow League winners: 1923–24, 1926–27
• Central League A Division winners: 1976–77
• Central Division One winners: 1985–86, 1998–99, 2001–02
• Glasgow Junior Cup: 1957–58, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1967–68
• Central League Cup: 1954–55, 1972–73, 2001–02
• Central Sectional League Cup: 1969–70, 1976–77, 1979–80
• Glasgow Junior Consolation Cup: 1925–26, 1937–38
• Glasgow North-Eastern Cup: 1936–37, 1959–60, 1960–61
• Erskine Hospital Charity Cup: 1983–84, 1984–85, 1985–86
• Glasgow Junior Charity Cup: 1929–30, 1937–38, 1956–57
• Glasgow Eastern Charity Cup: 1926–27, 1949–50, 1951–52, 1959–60

Current Playing Squad

As of 24 July 2015^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player GK Bryn Halliwell GK Ryan Mailey DF Robert Campbell DF Ross Dickson DF Ryan Frances DF Reon Juskowiak (Captain) DF Jamie McArthur DF Reece McGillion DF Richard McIntosh DF Kyle McGuigan MF Miguel Blanco MF Jordan Dalzell MF Christopher McCormack MF Brian McEwan MF Ryan Scott MF Ryan McCrone FW Scott Anson FW Paul Martin FW Keigan Parker

Staff

• Coach: Steven Hutcheson
• Sports Therapist: John Paul Murray
• Directors:
  • Alan Aitkenhead
  • Leslie Turnbull
  • Philip Cox

Notable former players

• Bill Gorman
• A. Scott Duncan
• Bob Connelly
• Bobby Russell
• Ernie Merrick
• Tommy Docherty
• John Wheatley

Campbell Forsyth, the Kilmarnock and Scotland international goalkeeper played for Shettleston before joining St Mirren in 1955.^[2]

Notable Assistant Coach

• Tommy Coyne

References

1. "Players and management". Shettleston F.C. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
2. Holley, Duncan; Chalk, Gary (2003). In That Number – A post-war chronicle of Southampton FC. Hagiology Publishing. p. 512. ISBN 0-9534474-3-X.

External links

• Aggregated Social Media Feeds for Shettleston Juniors FC