- Glenafton Athletic F.C.
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clubname = Glenafton Athletic
fullname = Glenafton Athletic Football Club
nickname = The Glens
founded = 1930
ground = Loch Park,New Cumnock
capacity = 3400
chairman =
manager =Gordon Dalziel
league = SJFA West Premier League
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Glenafton Athletic are a Scottish
football (soccer) club, based in New Cumnock,Ayrshire . Formed in 1930, their history has been characterised by local success, with some national success too.In the early nineties the club made three Scottish Junior Cup finals in a row, but managed to win only one of them.
They have a traditional rivalry with both
Auchinleck Talbot andCumnock Juniors . The club is based at Loch Park and is considered by many as the best playing surface in Junior football. The 'Glens' compete in the Western Region Junior League. They play in red and whiteRecently erected was a stand in dedication to the late Michael Morran, naming it the "Mick Morran Stand". Joining the club in 1961, Mick combined physio and trainer duties, although he was recognised as club physio. He retired in 1996 due to ill health at the age of 78, giving the Glens an incredible 35 year service. He died on
13 March 2007 aged 89. He is the grandfather ofQueen of the South midfielderPaul Burns .Former
Scotland internationalist andPartick Thistle goalkeeper in the 1970s and 1980s,Alan Rough is a former Glenafton manager.Honours
Scottish Junior Cup * Winners: 1992-93
* Runners-up: 1962-63, 1991-92, 1993-94Other Honours
* Ayrshire First Division winners: 1934-35, 1958-59, 1961-62, 1962-63, 1963-64, 1982-83, 1992-93, 2001-02
* Ayrshire Cup: 1935-36, 1961-62, 1988-89, 1992-93, 2000-01
* Ayrshire League Cup: 1934-35, 1958-59, 1962-63, 1965-66, 1979-80, 1999-00
* Ayrshire District Cup: 1930-31, 1969-60, 1979-80, 1985-86, 1993-94, 1997-98
* East Ayrshire Cup: 1997-98
* Ayrshire Super Cup: 1997-98
* Rockware League Cup: 2005-06Notable former managers
*
John McStay
*Alan Rough
*Gerry Collins
*Gordon Dalziel
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