Lesmahagow FC Craighead Park, Milton, Lesmahagow

Nickname: The Gow
Year formed: 1885
Club Number: none

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Ground Details:

Capacity: 3500
Seats: none
Cover: Yes (fair sized)


Three views of Craighead Park from 'Grumberry'


A selection of photos from Stuart Brown

Craighead Park is an odd ground. The high-roofed stand structure is quite small, holding a few hundred, and the terracing mainly consists of very steep grass banking, although one end seems to have no boundary as it rises into a mini-mountain before disappearing into a forest. Surely there is a means of getting free admission from here? At the opposite end is a small section of terracing, next to the social club. The terrace continues onto the side opposite the stand.

Social Club: Yes

Club Information:
Lesmahagow is a very small village and unsurprisingly, their home support is also small, around 50.

2001 population: Lesmahagow 3685

League Record from 1990:

1990-91: 4th Central Premier, 34pts from 26 games (2pts per win)
1991-92: 1st Central Premier, 33pts from 22 games (2pts per win)
1992-93: 3rd Central Premier, 26pts from 22 games (2pts per win)

1993-94: 2nd Central Premier, 33pts from 22 games (2pts per win)
1994-95: 11th Central Premier, 18pts from 22 games
1995-96: 5th Central Division 1, 38pts from 26 games
1996-97: 2nd Central Division 1, 55pts from 26 games

1997-98: 7th Central Premier, 28pts from 22 games
1998-99: 9th Central Premier, 22pts from 22 games
1999-00: 12th Central Premier, 6pts from 22 games
2000-01: 9th Central Division 1, 32pts from 26 games
2001-02: 11th Central Division 1, 26pts from 26 games
2002-03: 11th Central Division 1, 20pts from 22 games
2003-04: 4th Central Division 2, 46pts from 24 games
2004-05: 3rd Central Division 2, 45pts from 24 games (-3pts)
2005-06: 1st Central Division 1, 42pts from 22 games
2006-07: 7th West Division 1, 37pts from 26 games
2007-08: 13th West Division 1, 21pts from 26 games
2008-09: 9th Central Division 1, 29pts from 24 games
2009-10: 11th Central Division 1, 24pts from 24 games
2010-11: 9th Central Division 2, 27pts from 22 games

Honours:
Scottish Junior Cup runners-up: 1989-90
West of Scotland Cup winners: 1956-57
Lanarkshire League winners: 1952-53
Central League A Division winners: 1977-78
Central League B Division winners: 1981-82
Central League Premier Division winners: 1991-92
Central District Division One winners: 2005-06
Central Division One winners: 1988-89
Lanarkshire Junior Challenge Cup winners: 1938-39, 1947-48
Lanarkshire Hozier Cup winners: 1933-34, 1934-35, 1935-36, 1958-59
Lanarkshire Central Cup winners: 1966-67, 1967-68
Lanarkshire League Cup winners: 1936-37
Central District League Cup winners: 1990-91
Central Region Sectional League Cup winners: 1993-94
Evening Times Cup Winners Cup (was Central League Championship until 1979): 1981-82, 1992-93
Clydesdale District Challenge Cup winners: 1990-91, 1991-92, 1993-94, 1996-97, 2006-07
McLeod Trophy: 1969-70, 1973-74, 1974-75, 1975-76

Programme Information:
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Getting There

Directions by road:
Exit the M74 at junction 10. Thereafter, Craighead Park is at the north end of Lesmahagow on the eastern bank of the river.

Nearest Railway Station: Lanark (6 miles)

Bus routes:

Web Link: Lesmahagow website

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