Pollok FC Newlandsfield, Newlandsfield Road, Newlands, Glasgow

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Nickname: the Lok
Year formed: 1908
Club Number: (0141) 632 4940

Ground Details:

Capacity: 4000
Seats: none
Cover: Large Covered enclosure

Click to see the ground on interactive 360º Google Street View


Tony Collins sends in a Newlandsfield gallery

The ground lies beside Pollokshaws East station (which once provided an excellent free view before a development of flats sprung up in 2003) and is set back from the main road that runs up to Glasgow's city centre. A small shop sells the usual fare including ties, scarves and replica kits. The ground is completely terraced all the way around and has a large covered enclosure that runs between the two eighteen yard boxes on one side of the pitch.

Social Club: There is an excellent social club

Club Information:
One of the biggest sides in junior football, Lok currently get crowds of around 600 (league game average for 2008-09 was 598).

2001 population: Glasgow 629501

League Record from 1990:

1990-91: 1st Central Premier, 43pts from 26 games (2pts per win)
1991-92: 3rd Central Premier, 40pts from 22 games (2pts per win)
1992-93: 2nd Central Premier, 27pts from 22 games (2pts per win)

1993-94: 4th Central Premier, 30pts from 22 games (2pts per win)
1994-95: 1st Central Premier, 55pts from 22 games
1995-96: 1st Central Premier, 49pts from 20 games
1996-97: 2nd Central Premier, 40pts from 22 games
1997-98: 2nd Central Premier, 42pts from 22 games
1998-99: 8th Central Premier, 24pts from 22 games
1999-00: 2nd Central Premier, 42pts from 22 games
2000-01: 6th Central Premier, 28pts from 22 games
2001-02: 3rd Central Premier, 38pts from 22 games
2002-03: 1st West Premier, 43pts from 22 games
2003-04: 3rd West Premier, 45pts from 22 games
2004-05: 1st West Premier, 49pts from 22 games
2005-06: 3rd West Premier, 38pts from 22 games
2006-07: 1st West Premier, 54pts from 22 games
2007-08: 1st West Premier, 45pts from 22 games
2008-09: 2nd West Premier, 46pts from 22 games
2009-10: 5th West Premier, 31pts from 22 games
2010-11: 4th West Premier, 32pts from 22 games

Honours:
Scottish Junior Cup winners: 1980-81, 1984-85, 1996-97
Scottish Junior Cup runners-up: 1985-86, 1997-98
SJFA SuperCup winners: 2003-04, 2005-06
West Region (Stagecoach) Premier Division winners: 2002-03, 2004-05, 2006-07, 2007-08
Central League Premier Division winners: 1986-87, 1990-91, 1994-95, 1995-96
Central League A Division winners: 1947-48, 1980-81, 1984-85, 1985-86
Central League B Division winners: 1968-69, 1978-79
Central League Cup winners: 1941-42, 1948-49, 1977-78, 1979-80, 1983-84, 1987-88, 1988-89, 2004-05, 2008-09, 2010-11
Central Region Sectional League Cup winners: 1983-84, 1990-91, 1992-93, 1996-97, 1999-00, 2003-04, 2006-07
West of Scotland Cup winners: 1944-45, 1986-87, 1991-92, 1997-98, 1999-00
Evening Times Cup Winners Cup (was Central League Championship until 1979): 1978-79, 1980-81, 1983-84, 1984-85, 1985-86, 1987-88, 2003-04, 2006-07, 2007-08
National Drybrough Cup winners: 1980-81
Joe Meldrum Memorial (Glenafton Invitational) Trophy: 1995-96, 1996-97, 1997-98, 1998-99
Pompey Cup winners: 1958-59, 1961-62
Erskine Hospital Charity Cup winners: 1953-54, 1957-58, 1971-72, 1972-73
Glasgow Charity Cup winners: 1946-47, 1957-58
Elder Cottage Hospital Cup winners: 1946-47
Glasgow North-Eastern Cup winners: 1944-45, 1945-46
Glasgow Junior Cup winners: 1941-42, 1953-54, 1961-62
Scottish Intermediate Consolation Cup winners: 1930-31
Scottish Intermediate League Cup winners: 1930-31
Scottish Intermediate North-Eastern Cup winners: 1929-30
Kirkwood Shield: 1921-22, 1928-29, 1929-30, 1932-33, 1963-64, 1965-66
Glasgow Junior Consolation Cup winners: 1917-18, 1918-19

Programme Information:
The programme is called Lok Talk that costs £1, featuring results, goal scorers, letters, profiles of visiting teams and essential facts and figures.

Getting There:

Directions by road: Newlandsfield is located off Kilmarnock Road in the Shawlands area of Glasgow. An orange railway bridge is next to the ground.

Nearest Railway Station: Pollokshaws East (50 yards)

Bus routes: The M29, 23, 38a & 38 (First & City Sprinter) go past the ground from the centre of Glasgow (Union St), as does the 4 (Stagecoach) from Kilmarnock to Glasgow.

Web Link: Pollok FC website

 

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