THIRD LANARK FUNDRAISER NIGHT

Vice Chairman Pat McGeady has organized a wonderful fundraising evening for the Club on the 9th April 2011 at Lesser Hampden ! This promises to be a great occasion and will be the chance to meet a full team of former players, bid for fantastic memorabilia in our auction, see the old team in action on screen and to contribute to the resurgence of 3rd Lanark and the building of the Youth System for season 2011/2012.

We have 100 tickets available, priced £20 each. Tickets are now available from Pat McGeady on 0141 427 9317 and from Matt Curry on 0141 632 3821. Grab them now as there are surprise guests and speakers, in what will be a fitting tribute to 3rd Lanark Football Club. This evening will herald the relaunch of the Official Supporters Association and we hope that this will be the first in a long line of Tribute Nights to the Club and the old Ground, so book your place now and wallow in an unashamed night of football nostalgia...oh, and there's a buffet ! (Photo courtesy of Bob Laird)

March 2011...Latest

Thanks to Michele Palilla for his sterling work this week again. Both he and Pat McGeady have cleared large sections of the moss from the West Terrace which is looking a lot better nowadays. More of the terracing and steps have been painted this week as well as another 30 feet of pitch wall. As you can see we are at long last into the final third of the 'Wall Phase.' Becoming a bit like the never-ending painting of the Forth Road Bridge this one, but looking great now and the finishing line is within sight. We have some exciting events coming up in March and April 2011 and will be launching our new Official Club Website and Supporters Association soon. Thanks to everyone who has supported Third Lanark already by signing our Petition to return to Cathkin Park. I'm delighted to report that it has over 3000 signatures now and still rising. A big hello and thanks to our friends from Leicester City FC, Chelsea FC and Nottingham Forrest FC who we met at Cathkin last week. This ground has a magic appeal that draws REAL football fans from across the world to it. Hopefully the work we are doing now will help insure it's long term future as one of the last examples of a perfect Victorian multi-sports stadium.

Latest Photos...

Here's the latest work from last weekend! Tough weather conditions but we got a fair bit done! Painted another 30 feet of pitch wall and cleared a further 20 feet of moss. Another 3 steps and terrace stepping painted and another 10 foot square area scraped clear of all growth and litter. Still a long way to go and this is by far the worst job so far ! But when this section is complete (by the end of May 2011) it will really stand out to reveal the potential that this old football arena still has. More to come !

Restoration Latest

Despite the inclement weather we have persevered with the restoration of both the pitch wall and the West Terrace. All of the 64 crush barriers have been sanded down and repainted scarlet. Another 30 feet of pitch wall painted and we are moving on nto the last 3rd of this task!

The hardest bit is to come though. We have been scraping and clearing the moss and undergrowth from the top of the West Terrace down and painting as we go, although this has been held up by the rain. Still, as you can see from the photos, it is beginning to really make a difference.

We have had lots of encouragement from locals and former fans of the club as well as the help of the Council groundsmen who have kindly picked up the ten bags of rubbish we leave for them every Sunday !

Restoration Update 2011

Thanks to Michele for his work midweek on the West Terrace. We got a lot done again this morning at Cathkin. Another 40 feet of pitch wall painted and track cleared. We painted another 8 crush barriers and have nearly finished the West End. Another few steps cleaned and painted as well and a decent full survey of the ground was recorded today, breaking the restoration points into segments for future work. More well sishers came by pleased to see the ground returning to life, all of which is much appreciated too.

Restoration Latest...

Pat & I have been hard at work down at Cathkin all weekend. All of the West Terrace crush barriers are now 3rd Lanark scarlet. This section feels like it is just waiting for the crowd to return ! We cleared both stairways of leaves and rubbish, filling 15 refuse sacks! We have now started restoring the actual terracing and painting as we go. Here's a wee selection of this week's work. We also covered another 30 feet of the pitch wall in white masonry paint, so it's looking more and more like a football stadium again after this weekend! Many thanks to Craig Stewart from the SFL website for highlighting our fight against the vandals of last week. Check out his coverage on the Third Lanark comeback at the official SFL website. A special hello to the Berwick Rangers fans we met down at the park on Saturday and to our new Italian friend. Word is certainly spreading fast...

Blue Monday !!

Today was rightly named ! Arrived at the ground this morning at 8am to be met by this scene...

The whole place had been vandalised overnight and there wasn't a part of the old stadium that was spared. The usual gang slogans and idiotic 'tagging' covered my lovely white walls and covered the Pavilion building as well. I spoke to the Council and the local Police but it annoyed me so much I came home early, bought some more masonry paint and covered up all of the offending 'artwork' this evening in the dark, illuminated by my car headlights! Sorry, but it takes a lot more than that to put US off restoring this place!! Nice try though...