TheMotor 2,208 Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Bored silly today, I was having a wee dig around in the old Herald archives, looking for match reports from the early days, when I found this report for a match played on 7/10/1876:2nd Eleven Rose (a Lenzie team, I think) vs 2nd Eleven Rangers - Played on the Rangers ground at Langlands, and resulted in a draw - neither side obtaining a goal.Does anyone know if this was a one-off game at that pitch, and where is Langlands? Would it be at Elder Park?The report surprised me a wee bit as I know we were already playing at Kinning Park by then. Would be great to know a bit more if anyone has any ideas. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel Mustard 380 Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 The first team beat Northern 3-0 in a friendly on the same day at Kinning Park.Sorry it doesn't answer any of your questions, but that's all I can find. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Beast 9,230 Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Weren't the 2nd or reserve team called "The Swifts" back then ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel Mustard 380 Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Weren't the 2nd or reserve team called "The Swifts" back then ?I think that might be a bit early for them to be known as that. The reserve league didn't start for another couple of decades or so. Maybe someone else knows exactly when the name came about.The Swifts played in red and black stripes. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Manticore* 1,893 Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Was it a good game Colonel?Minstral told me you gave him a lift in. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kplfishtank 4,657 Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 there is a langlands road in govan , not that means feck all just thought i would clutter up this thread Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMotor 2,208 Posted February 29, 2012 Author Share Posted February 29, 2012 The first team beat Northern 3-0 in a friendly on the same day at Kinning Park.Sorry it doesn't answer any of your questions, but that's all I can find.That sounds like a good possibility, cheers. Typical Herald: report on the reserves but nothing on the first team.I reckon Langlands must refer to Elder Park but I can't find a decent map of the period to confirm whether the park was set out yet. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRITNEY IS NOT FEELING IT 8,293 Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 there is a langlands road in govan , not that means feck all just thought i would clutter up this thread Is langland motors still there ? no been down that way in years Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel Mustard 380 Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Was it a good game Colonel?Minstral told me you gave him a lift in.I had to leave at half time. We were going over to the soup kitchens that afternoon to make sure the catholics didn't get in. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRITNEY IS NOT FEELING IT 8,293 Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 I had to leave at half time. We were going over to the soup kitchens that afternoon to make sure the catholics didn't get in.Don't think they had half time back then Colonel , did they no change end after every goal Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel Mustard 380 Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Don't think they had half time back then Colonel , did they no change end after every goal It was 0-0. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRITNEY IS NOT FEELING IT 8,293 Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 It was 0-0. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
harlands plater 16,989 Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 That sounds like a good possibility, cheers. Typical Herald: report on the reserves but nothing on the first team.I reckon Langlands must refer to Elder Park but I can't find a decent map of the period to confirm whether the park was set out yet.Until very recently there was a football pitch in Langlands Road called Pirie Park. No idea if it existed back then. There was also the local playing fields in the area, the "Fifty Pitches". Again, I don't know if they were there then. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
harlands plater 16,989 Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Is langland motors still there ? no been down that way in yearsIf you mean the old Dillons garage, it is. I passed it only this afternoon. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kplfishtank 4,657 Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Until very recently there was a football pitch in Langlands Road called Pirie Park. No idea if it existed back then. There was also the local playing fields in the area, the "Fifty Pitches". Again, I don't know if they were there then.is pirie park not still there? fifty pitches were further away nearer cardonald area Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
harlands plater 16,989 Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 is pirie park not still there? fifty pitches were further away nearer cardonald areaThey've just opened a shiny new Pirie Park Primary School where it used to stand. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnnyren 601 Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 linthouse fc formed in 1881 played there matches at langlands park linthouse till they broke up in 1900 elder park is of course in the linthouse area, but im sure its always been elder park, so perhaps langlands park was elsewhere def an interesting one Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Manticore* 1,893 Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 If you mean the old Dillons garage, it is. I passed it only this afternoon.A whole garage? That must have been painful. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
harlands plater 16,989 Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 A whole garage? That must have been painful. To think some folk grumble about kidney stones. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRITNEY IS NOT FEELING IT 8,293 Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Until very recently there was a football pitch in Langlands Road called Pirie Park. No idea if it existed back then. There was also the local playing fields in the area, the "Fifty Pitches". Again, I don't know if they were there then.If you mean the old Dillons garage, it is. I passed it only this afternoon.It was dfinately called Langlands Motors although that was 20 year ago ( you already mentioned the Pirie Park school , beat me to it ) Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
harlands plater 16,989 Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 It was dfinately called Langlands Motors although that was 20 year ago ( you already mentioned the Pirie Park school , beat me to it )It's many years since te Dillon brothers sold up, just habit for me to call it that as my old man was friendly with them. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMotor 2,208 Posted February 29, 2012 Author Share Posted February 29, 2012 linthouse fc formed in 1881 played there matches at langlands park linthouse till they broke up in 1900 elder park is of course in the linthouse area, but im sure its always been elder park, so perhaps langlands park was elsewhere def an interesting oneI've a wee suspicion that it may have been where Elder Park stands but wasn't yet a formal park; it may just have been a flat, grassy area beside an already existing langlands road. It would have been borderline countryside/grazing at the time, I think. Interesting wee snippet about Linthouse. The report just says Langlands, not Park, but every map I can find seems to stop just at the wrong point. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnnyren 601 Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 I've a wee suspicion that it may have been where Elder Park stands but wasn't yet a formal park; it may just have been a flat, grassy area beside an already existing langlands road. It would have been borderline countryside/grazing at the time, I think. Interesting wee snippet about Linthouse. The report just says Langlands, not Park, but every map I can find seems to stop just at the wrong point. wikipedia linthouse fc mate, that may help a bit, def states there home as langlands park note how they got a 4000 attendance against celtic Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
foghorn leghorn 608 Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 I had to leave at half time. We were going over to the soup kitchens that afternoon to make sure the catholics didn't get in.Quality comment man.I thought we played our first match in Glasgow Green,moved here and there.Re.kafoliks and soup kitchens,I thought they were all over the east end. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel Mustard 380 Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Re.kafoliks and soup kitchens,I thought they were all over the east end.Not at that time. They were all starving and dying in the streets until Brother Wilfred came along and fed them...apparently. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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