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Good to learn that Third Lanark were named after the 3rd Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteers.
Is Lanark the only town to have lost both its racecourse and its professional football club?
The Lanark Silver Bell, now run at Hamilton Park, is reputedly the oldest extant race dating back to the early 17th century, though I think the similarly named Carlisle Bell also claims that honour.
Stranraer 5 Forfar 4 on the Teleprinter clip. Pity the home team wasn’t East Fife!
Googling away I’ve discovered that the tongue-twister East Fife 4 Forfar 5 did finally come true in 2018, but only as the result of a penalty shoot-out
In the early ’70s John Peel had a short-lived programme on Radio Luxembourg entitled ‘Stenhousemuir 2 Cowdenbeath 2’ for no other reason than him just liking the names, which I do too
A pity Cowdenbeath are no longer in the Scottish League. A quick check shows the are languishing in 11th place in the Lowland League.
I think Stenhousemuir was where Highland Toffee was made. Which was delicious but dreadful for the teeth. It must have kept Scottish dentists in profitable work for years.
Third Lanark were one of the Glasgow teams in the shadow of The Old Firm. I don’t know if they drew any support from Lanark itself.
I had always assumed Lanark was a small track with midweek fixtures, so interesting to see it had a Saturday afternoon card.
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