The 3rd Lanark Supporters Club

The Third Lanark Supporters Association ran officially from 1946 until 1971, even outlasting the football club by 4 years! Now that's devotion for you. Many of you will have fond memories
of the old Association, events and memorabilia produced.

Well, we have good news...it's back !!! In an effort to keep
all of our fans old and new abreast of all the current and
exciting developments at the reborn Club a Committee has been formed to deal with the avalanche of interest recently in all things Third Lanark. On the 15th of September 2011 the 3rd Lanark Supporters Club Limited was incorporated at Companies House in Edinburgh. This is an independent fans club who will have a representative on the Executive Committee of the Third Lanark Athletic Club at all times. This will ensure that the rebirth of 3rds will always include the voice of the fans in all dealings and in perpetuity and will be written into the Club Constitution at the next Executive Meeting later in the month. This is the perfect opportunity to join the story of the rise of one of Scotland's most famous football & athletic clubs. The membership fee is set at £10.00 per season and this entitles each member to a Membership Certificate, Members Badge, Quarterly Club Newsletter and discounted offers on Official Club merchandise. All cheques to be made payable to: 3rd Lanark Supporters Club Limited. For further details please email the Supporters Club directly on : thirdlanarkclub@yahoo.co.uk

3rds on Facebook & Twitter

Keep up with the very latest from the Club on both our Official Third Lanark Facebook Page here: http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Official-Third-Lanark/158301014194881 and on the new Official Third Lanark Twitter Page here: @Third_Lanark and don't forget we have the Official Club Website launching this month and some big sponsorship news to come...so stay tuned..!!

The Hi Hi's...

We are delighted to announce that our good friends at FantasyFitba.com in Australia have sponsored our Official Website !!! We are adding the finishing touches to the new site which will be finally up and running mid-September ! Please check out http://www.fantasyfitba.com/ to join the World's biggest fantasy football sweepstake. You simply choose 5 teams at the beginning of the season,then follow them throughout the year..!Choose one team from each English Division and the Scottish Premier.You have a £50 budget to pick your teams with!! If all of your 5 teams win on a Saturday you automatically win £50!! So join up next season and become a part of the phenomenon...Never has watching the football results been more fun! Our thanks to Christian and his Team for becoming involved in the rebirth of Third Lanark.

Ups & Downs...

Three weeks into the new season now and the Club is in good shape, with the First XI holding their own,the Second XI improving weekly, the Under 16s now finding their feet. The 5 -a-side league has also begun and we have a new Third Lanark side competing Thursday nights at Goals in Shawlands, under Gary Smith.

Training has been really encouraging toowith new players joining every week, fitness trainers coming along and most importantly decent players all just really wanting to train!Last night at the Queens Park Recreation Ground was just such an occasion. Muddy,wet,windy and horrible, but the lads got stuck in to a feisty 7-a-side game. Afterwards however we were dealt a real blow as all of our training kit,match balls, cones,bibs,goal markers,boots,net pegs,First Aid kit as well as subscriptions & lottery cash were stolen from my car parked near Victoria Road. We had ammassed a decent amount of kit,our skipper Donald Reston and the First XI having donated a lot of this to our fledgling 2nd XI, so it has absolutely sickened all of the Players,Coaches and Committee Members that this has happened, especially considering the price of Match Balls !Whatever happens,we go on but this has been a cruel blow. It really does hammer home the need for us to return to our old ground of Cathkin Park...

Queens Park FC v Third Lanark - September 2011

Ladies & Gentlemen, we have some rather exciting news ! Third Lanark First XI will be playing our illustrious neighbours Queens Park FC in September 2011. The two oldest and most famous Amateur football teams in the world will clash at Lesser Hampden in a fixture that we hope will become an annual early season fixture following our previously successful Challenge Matches over the past 130 years. Our first major tournament finals encounter was in Season 1875/76 in the Scottish FA Cup, when a replay was needed to separate the teams. Queens were the victors in the replay, following a 1-1 draw. Challenge Matches between the Spiders and various 3rd Lanark RV select sides have taken place regularly since the Club went out of business in 1967 and every one of these has greatly helped keep both the name alive and the local interest in both clubs bubbling along. As many of you will remember our Committee Members Matt Curry & Pat McGeady were behind the "40th anniversary of Third Lanark's demise "match at Cathkin in 2007.Well, this is the long-awaited return..! In fact, Thirds owe their very existence to QPFC as the majority of our soldier founders and their Officers were present at the 1872 Scotland v England International match which prompted the founding of our football club in December of that year. We have had some memorable tussles with the Club since our inception and took over their 2nd Hampden Park in 1902/1903, a ground known nowadays as Cathkin Park. We will post the date & time as soon as we have it confirmed and hope to see you all at Lesser Hampden for a very special evening. Following the success of our cup match with St Bernards, there really does seem to be a resurgence in interest in Scotland's footballing origins and the founding of our modern game. We had a great turn out in Edinburgh for that one and would hope to attract as many real Scottish football fans as we can down to this unique annual fixture.We will be playing for a trophy named after Cathkin Park 1884-1903, our mutual home ground. In September of 2011 both sides will contest the 'Old Hampden Cup'. We are looking for companies and individuals to become sponsors of this match, both in the match programme,new website(going live at the end of August!!)and pitchside advertising banners,so please get in touch,if interested. This promises to be a memorable event, so stay tuned!

Sponsorship

The new season is almost upon us and we have three teams primed and ready to begin league and cup business from this Tuesday coming. The Third Lanark Diaspora tradition continues with our teams being scattered around the regions due to the 'unavailability' of our beloved Cathkin Park. We will have teams based in Cambuslang. Netherpollock & East Renfrewshire with training at Toryglen, Knightswood & The Queens Park Recreation Ground whilst the fight to win back our home continues. We have some new people involved in the Club on The Committee and some really special events coming up. We have a wonderful new website going live this month,c/o Mark Downie and are looking for businesses and individuals to sponsor this. We have secured a Shirt Sponsor already(details to come!) but this website is going to be really busy when it goes live and would make a great advertising tool. At our 'Challenge Matches' this season we will be doing trackside advertising and match programme advertising with lot's of press and publicity opprtunities and the Website will have it's own dedicated Sponsors Page. If interested, email The Chairman at thirdlanarkrv@hotmail.co.uk

The Rifle Volunteers Cup 2011/2012

...has been won by Third Lanark by 3 goals to 2 this afternoon in Edinburgh. This historic encounter was played out in blistering sunshine and was a real cracker, easily the best match in the Capital today - including the Royal Wedding happening nearby! We brought through a hardy bunch of fans old and new in the coach from Cathkin Park and were treated to a warm welcome from our brother club in Edinburgh and a full page spread on the game and John Ferguson in today's Scottish Daily Mail. The game was a proper cup final and we were delighted to bring it back to Glasgow. Well done to all involved and a huge thank you to the players and staff of St Bernards Football Club for staging this inaugural event.See you guys next season at Cathkin for the return!!