10am 24 November 2018
Glasgow Colleges League, Premier Division
Hampden 2 United Clydebank Supporters 5 (att 9)
The Glasgow Colleges League is one of the lesser Saturday morning leagues in Scotland but the attraction of this fixture was the venue more than the game, a chance to watch football at Cathkin Park.
The iconic venue was home to Third Lanark until the club went bust in 1967. The pitch remains, as do remnants of the terracing and the old boundary wall, echos of a past when Third Lanark where one of Scotland's leading sides.
I was surprised how much of the old terracing is still there, in between the mature trees that have devoured much of the rest of what would have been a huge bowl. The crush barriers are, I think, a more recent addition.
No trace remains of the old stand, which stood on the side of the pitch which is now open and has a small car park and storage containers for goalposts and corner flags.
Cathkin Park is now home to Hampden AFC on Saturday mornings, but as with many Glasgow amateur sides pitches tend to be hired on a week to week basis depending on availability and weather. The surface was heavy and I suspect postponements are common through the winter.
Given what happened to Third Lanark (the name has since been revived by an amateur club) it was fitting that Hampden's visitors should be a club set up when the old Clydebank FC was in its death throes.
United Clydebank Supporters were unable to prevent the demise of their club, but were instrumental in a new Clydebank FC being established as a junior team.
At such a venue the football itself was almost secondary, but both Hampden and UCS (as the visitors are usually known) put on a good show for the handful of spectators. Hampden started well and took a deserved early lead.
UCS levelled against the run of play, and went ahead just before half time. The game's decisive moment was a Hampden penalty, saved at the start of the second half. UCS soon extended their lead, and went on to win comfortably.
Glasgow Colleges League, Premier Division
Hampden 2 United Clydebank Supporters 5 (att 9)
The Glasgow Colleges League is one of the lesser Saturday morning leagues in Scotland but the attraction of this fixture was the venue more than the game, a chance to watch football at Cathkin Park.
The iconic venue was home to Third Lanark until the club went bust in 1967. The pitch remains, as do remnants of the terracing and the old boundary wall, echos of a past when Third Lanark where one of Scotland's leading sides.
I was surprised how much of the old terracing is still there, in between the mature trees that have devoured much of the rest of what would have been a huge bowl. The crush barriers are, I think, a more recent addition.
No trace remains of the old stand, which stood on the side of the pitch which is now open and has a small car park and storage containers for goalposts and corner flags.
Cathkin Park is now home to Hampden AFC on Saturday mornings, but as with many Glasgow amateur sides pitches tend to be hired on a week to week basis depending on availability and weather. The surface was heavy and I suspect postponements are common through the winter.
Given what happened to Third Lanark (the name has since been revived by an amateur club) it was fitting that Hampden's visitors should be a club set up when the old Clydebank FC was in its death throes.
United Clydebank Supporters were unable to prevent the demise of their club, but were instrumental in a new Clydebank FC being established as a junior team.
At such a venue the football itself was almost secondary, but both Hampden and UCS (as the visitors are usually known) put on a good show for the handful of spectators. Hampden started well and took a deserved early lead.
UCS levelled against the run of play, and went ahead just before half time. The game's decisive moment was a Hampden penalty, saved at the start of the second half. UCS soon extended their lead, and went on to win comfortably.
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