Cambuslang Rangers FC Somervell Park, Somervell Street, Cambuslang

Nickname: The Lang
Year formed: 1899
Club Number: (0141) 641 1011

Ground Details:

Capacity: 3000
Seats: none
Cover: Yes (large)

Somervell Park from Paul Crankshaw

Tony Collins sends in a Somervell gallery

The turnstiles at Somervell Park are located behind the social club in one corner of the ground, and a teabar can be located on one side of the social club. Somervell has a tidy and spacious covered enclosure (decked out in blue) with concrete steps. There isterracing behind the goal nearest to the social club, and a more tatty section down the side opposite the enclosure. The other end of the ground (by the Hoover factory) is nothing more than an undeveloped, overgrown and tatty grass bank.

Social Club: Yes

Club Information:
The Lang are one of the oldest clubs in the country and get gates of around 100. Their record attendance is 13,500.

2001 population: Glasgow 629501

League Record from 1990:

1990-91: 1st Central Division 1, 42pts from 26 games (2pts per win)
1991-92: 9th Central Premier, 17pts from 22 games (2pts per win)
1992-93: 9th Central Premier, 19pts from 22 games (2pts per win)
1993-94: 10th Central Premier, 17pts from 22 games (2pts per win)
1994-95: 7th Central Premier, 30pts from 22 games
1995-96: 11th Central Premier, 20pts from 20 games
1996-97: 6th Central Division 1, 39pts from 26 games
1997-98: 3rd Central Division 1, 54pts from 26 games
1998-99: 11th Central Premier, 19pts from 22 games
1999-00: 6th Central Division 1, 42pts from 26 games
2000-01: 2nd Central Division 1, 55pts from 26 games
2001-02: 8th Central Premier, 31pts frmom 22 games
2002-03: 11th West Division 1, 20pts from 22 games
2003-04: 1st Central Division 1, 45pts from 22 games
2004-05: 10th West Division 1, 33pts from 26 games
2005-06: 14th West Division 1, 18pts from 26 games
2006-07: 11th Central Division 1, 22pts from 24 games
2007-08: 3rd Central Division 2, 33pts from 18 games
2008-09: 5th Central Division 1, 36pts from 24 games
2009-10: 4th Central Division 1, 37pts from 24 games
2010-11: 5th Central Division 1, 34pts from 24 games

Honours:
Scottish Junior Cup winners: 1937-38, 1968-69, 1970-71, 1971-72, 1973-74
Scottish Junior Cup runners-up: 1919-20, 1926-27, 1944-45, 1960-61, 1963-64, 1972-73
West of Scotland Cup winners: 1959-60, 1971-72, 1972-73
Central League A Division winners: 1966-67, 1971-72, 1972-73, 1973-74
Central League B Division winners: 1948-49, 1960-61, 1965-66, 1970-71
Central District Division One winners: 2003-04
Central Division One winners: 1990-91
Central Division Two winners: 1985-86, 1989-90
Central League C Division winners: 1947-48, 1985-86
Central League (Western) winners: 1938-39
Central League (Eastern) winners: 1937-38
Glasgow League winners: 1910-11, 1911-12, 1914-15, 1915-16
Glasgow Junior Cup winners: 1911-12, 1920-21, 1926-27, 1932-33, 1946-47, 1963-64, 1965-66, 1966-67
Central District League Cup winners: 1968-69, 1969-70
Central Region Sectional League Cup winners: 1970-71, 2000-01
Evening Times Cup Winners Cup (was Central League Championship until 1979): 1970-71, 1971-72, 1972-73, 1973-74, 1990-91
National Drybrough Cup winners: 1970-71
Pompey Cup winners: 1966-67
West of Scotland Consolation Cup winners: 1932-33
Glasgow Charity Cup winners: 1909-10, 1914-15, 1916-17, 1921-22
Glasgow Eastern Charity Cup winners: 1932-33, 1952-53
Glasgow Junior Consolation Cup winners: 1908-09, 1915-16, 1916-17, 1933-34
Glasgow North-Eastern Cup winners: 1909-10, 1913-14, 1957-58

Programme Information:
A programme is normally produced for every home Saturday game. It's a good effort at 50p.

Getting There

Directions by road:
From Rutherglen: Continue down Glasgow Road. Take 2nd left turn into Rutherglen Main Street, which then becomes Cambuslang Road and then Glasgow Road at the north end of Cambuslang. Take the first left at traffic lights and then turn left again immediately into Somervell Street. The ground is on the left side of this street.

Nearest Railway Station: Cambuslang (250 yards)

Bus routes:

Web Link: Cambuslang Rangers online