Glenbuck Football Academy at Douglas Primary School

YOU don’t need a Tardis to travel back in time to the 1930s – just the inspiration and willpower to bring back to life a glorious name from our area’s sporting past.
By The Newsroom
Published 23rd Jan 2014, 09:41 BST
Ready for action...at the Glenbuck Football Academy at Douglas Primary School (Pic Lindsay Addison)Ready for action...at the Glenbuck Football Academy at Douglas Primary School (Pic Lindsay Addison)
Ready for action...at the Glenbuck Football Academy at Douglas Primary School (Pic Lindsay Addison)

A very special event was held at Douglas Primary School on Saturday, the first Open Day by the Glenbuck Football Academy.

The youth soccer ‘nursery’ was inspired by the example of the legendary pre-war Cherrypickers team that gave the world the Liverpool FC icon Bill Shankly.

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Explained Academy organiser Robert Gillan: “Glenbuck might be just over the Ayrshire border a few miles from here but that side always had strong Douglas connections.

Ready for action...at the Glenbuck Football Academy at Douglas Primary School (Pic Lindsay Addison)Ready for action...at the Glenbuck Football Academy at Douglas Primary School (Pic Lindsay Addison)
Ready for action...at the Glenbuck Football Academy at Douglas Primary School (Pic Lindsay Addison)

“I thought it would be a good idea to create a youth football academy here to keep the Glenbuck name alive.”

For more information on this story, pick up a copy of this week’s Carluke and Lanark Gazette which is out now.

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