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Falkirk FC Historian

Falkirk Football Club History: Research into the great, and the not so great, happenings at the greatest club in Stirlingshire, if not the world! The Falkirk FC historian covers the interesting little facts that are left out of the other club histories.

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Why Falkirk's Biggest win should have been bigger
I have often thought in my moments of weakness that I was brought up to support the wrong team, my lack of faith is enhanced by the tales that other teams can tell, such as the Raith Rovers team being sunk on the way to the Canary Islands, Third Lanark touring Argentina [twice] in the 1920s, Stanley Matthews playing for Stenhousemuir, we did none of that. But we did have our high points – This is not one!Other teams have great, or even interesting, biggest victories, that of Falkirk seems lame, [as recently as ...
Posted on 11-05-2013
Forgotten Derbies – Falkirk v King's Park
Falkirk's obvious rivalry is with our neighbours East Stirlingshire, and for a while this was quite a serious derby in these parts, but circumstances have meant the two clubs rarely play each other in competitive matches so it has ebbed.It is well known the enmity between the fans of Falkirk & Dunfermline Athletic, and this is what most would recognise as our current main rivals in the so-called “Kincardine Bridge Derby”.But I was recently looking through Falkirk's New Year Holiday matches and noticed a fixture popping up on a ve...
Posted on 10-05-2013
Old Falkirk Football Club Photo - 1900
I recently found this rather poor quality photo of Falkirk Football Club, for once I have the names of the players though [if the caption is to be believed]The players in the picture were named asStanding - Thomas McFarlane, John Smith, Alex Thomson, David Morton, Livingstone Rae, Patrick McWilliams.Seated - John ...
Posted on 09-05-2013
Falkirk FC Graves - James Callander
I, literally just walked past this gravestone this afternoon, and thought, "whoa .... that rings a bell". So I had a closer look. I was very happy that it was the player that I thought it was because this is a very special Falkirk player.Camelon CemeteryJimmy Callander should ...
Posted on 09-05-2013
Falkirk FC 100 Club - Andrew Burt
An'ra Burt was yet another of those legendary players for the club who through time and circumstances seem to have been overlooked with time. Little wonder, it is well over a century since he played his last match, and during his best years Falkirk was playing mostly at a local level.Andrew came to prominence in the Slamannan Rovers side which was trying to switch from junior to senior football. But was coming up against the same problems they had in the junior game [lack of structured competition, lack of easily accessable opponents, population too small to sustain a consistently competitive side] and any gems the Rovers did unearth were quickly picked off ...
Posted on 05-05-2013
 
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