MARK GODFREY recalls a long-forgotten football club – and looks at plans for it to rise again
Third Lanark vs Hearts in 1960
vs Dunfermline 1964
1889 C up Winners
Heard the story about the Glasgow-based football club who ran into financial calamity and went bust? Of course you have, but this tale of woe isn’t about the collapse of Rangers, but a club whose name is woven into the fabric of Scottish football’s early days – Third Lanark.
The club were based in the city’s south side, founded in 1872 by the 3rd Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteers after the sol...
