Thorniewood United F.C.

Thorniewood United Football Club are a Scottish football (soccer) club, based in Viewpark, Lanarkshire near Glasgow. Nicknamed "the Wood", they were formed in 1924 and play at Robertson Park, having moved from Thorn Park in nearby Tannochside in 1957 when the giant Caterpillar Tractor Company acquired the land to build a new factory at the time.They currently compete in the West Region of the Scottish Junior Football Association, they wear all red strips (uniforms)with a change strip of all blue,although their original colours were white shirts, black shorts and white socks. Thorniewood used to be called Tannochside Recreation for a short period in the sixties but soon reverted back to their original name.Tunnocks, the large biscuit manufacturer are Thorniewood United's main sponsor and has been for many years. Fans of the club are known as Woodites or Woodies.

Honours

=Central League Division 2=

* Winners: 1992-93

Other Honours

* Lanarkshire League winners: 1950-51, 1955-56, 1959-60, 1963-64
* Central League C Division winners: 1980-81
* Lanarkshire Junior Cup: 1963-64, 1964-65

Playing Squad

GK Simon Hunter - GK Graham Murphy -

DEF Stuart McCormack - DEF Stewart Little - DEF Kevin Halliday - DEF Mark Daly - DEF Darren Murphy - DEF Jay Dougan - DEF Ryan McGraw -

MID Martin Devlin - MID Eddie Logan - MID Joe Tobin - MID Des Bradshaw - MID JP Fitzpatrick -

FOR Stephen Mullen - FOR Paul Stevenson - FOR Terry Markey - FOR Johnny Fallon - FOR James Strain - FOR Ryan Cusack -

Co Managers:John Fallon / John Stevenson

Coaching Staff:Stephen Cassidy,Adam Smith,David Miller,David Kirkpatrick.

External links

* [http://www.thorniewoodunited.com/ Thorniewood United Website]