Glasgow United F.C.

For the 19th century Senior club, see Shettleston F.C. (1880).

Glasgow United Football Club are a Scottish football club based in Shettleston, in the East End of Glasgow. Nicknamed the Town, they were formed in 1903 as Shettleston Juniors Football & Athletic Club and renamed prior to the 2021–22 season.^[1] The club continues to play at Greenfield Park^[2] and currently competes in the West of Scotland League.

Glasgow United

Full name	Glasgow United Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Town
Founded	1903 (as Shettleston Juniors)
Ground	Greenfield Park, Glasgow
Capacity	1,800 (10 seated)
Manager	Rab Stevenson
League	West of Scotland League Third Division
2022–23	West of Scotland League Second Division, 16th of 16 (relegated)
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

Shettleston reached the final of the 1958–59 Scottish Junior Cup, losing 2–1 to Irvine Meadow in front of a crowd of 65,211 fans at Hampden Park.^[3] 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 and 2014–15.

The team have been led jointly since January 2017 by Club owner Hugh Kelly & Bernard ‘Bernie’ Beacom. Kelly & Beacom replaced the previous management team of Peter Weatherson and Ryan McStay.^[4][5] On 26 January 2022, the club confirmed Rab Stevenson as their new manager.

The current squad includes David Goodwillie,^[6] and the surrounding controversy has led to threats of eviction from their facilities by Glasgow City Council leader Susan Aitken.^[7] However the club have chosen to support their player 'with his mental health and will continue to do so'.^[8]

Ground

 

Image of Greenfield Park from the centre spot

Glasgow United play their games in Greenfield Park, situated in Old Shettleston Road, eastern Glasgow. The ground has a capacity of 1,800 and can seat 10 people. The pitch is made of natural grass. The ground's capacity is made up of 2 main stands. The largest being the stand situated on the west of the pitch, which is sheltered and has the few seats available in the ground. The goal opposite is an empty grassed standing area. The second stand, located on the south of the pitch, has limited shelter but larger space for standing. The north of the pitch is empty space which holds no lasting spectating facilities, though this space has the opportunity to be closed off for an expanded capacity. The ground is also connected to a social club on the west of the park.

Players

Current squad

As of 1st January 2024: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK   SCO Paul Everett — DF   SCO Adam Baird — MF   SCO Craig Coleman — DF   POR Abdu Balde — DF   SCO Kyle McMurran — MF   SCO Anthony Stevenson — FW   POR Iaia Balde — MF   SCO Lewis Slivinski — MF   SCO Shvan Nuri — FW   SCO Richard McIntosh

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF   SCO Anthony Dempsey — GK   SCO Ewan Roche — DF   SCO Danny Irvine — FW   SCO Charles Henderson — DF   SCO Cody Kerr — MF   POR Djalma Dos Santos — MF   SCO Dylan Canning — FW   SCO Steven Lawrie — FW   SCO David Goodwillie — DF   SCO Callum McLean

Other squads

Glasgow United also have a Under-20s team and a 2004's team.

Honours

(as Shettleston)

Scottish Junior Cup

• Runners-up: 1958–59

• West Region Super First Division: runners-up (promoted): 2014–15
• West Region League One: champions: 2019-20
• West of Scotland Cup winners: 1974–75, 1992–93, 1994–95
• Glasgow Junior 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

Notable former players

• Bob Connelly
• Tommy Docherty
• A. Scott Duncan
• Campbell Forsyth^[9]
• Bill Gorman
• Ernie Merrick
• Keigan Parker
• Brian McEwan
• Bobby Russell
• John Wheatley
• David Goodwillie

Notable assistant coach

• Tommy Coyne

References

1. "Best of the West: Murdie McKinnon can't wait for Pollok v Auchinleck". Glasgow Times. 19 June 2021. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
2. Shettleston Juniors FC, The Glasgow Story
3. "Memories of Irvine Meadow's first cup win". Daily Record. 17 December 2010. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
4. O'Donnell, Jim (19 January 2017). "Fallon ready for the challenge at depleted Shettleston". Evening Times. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
5. O'Donnell, Jim (15 August 2016). "All change at Shettleston as player-manager Peter Weatherston takes centre stage". Evening Times. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
6. https://twitter.com/glasgowutdfc/status/1690357040294555648 ^{[bare URL]}
7. "Glasgow club threatened with eviction over pursuit of convicted rapist". Independent.co.uk. 24 July 2023.
8. "David Goodwillie: Glasgow United 'won't walk away' from rapist footballer".
9. 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

• Website
• Twitter

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