Parkhead F.C.

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Parkhead Football Club was a founding member of the Scottish Junior Football League but the team now no longer exists. It played at Helenslea Park in Parkhead , Glasgow. In the early years of the Scottish Junior Cup , Parkhead Juniors was, if any was, the dominant team. It appeared in 9 finals and won the cup 5 times - in 1899, 1902 , 1915, 1920 and 1924. Many of its players went on to fame in other clubs. Peter Dickson went to Alloa and Andy Auld played five times for the US national team.

A ticket to the game - in 1903

Across London Road from Westthorn Park is a football park , which used to be the home ground of Parkhead Juniors Football Club. Founded in 1880, it was the oldest team in the Scottish Junior League. They were one of the eight founder members in 1895 of what was to become the Scottish Junior Football League.

Parkhead Juniors, Scottish Junior Cup finalists 1896

They won the Scottish Junior Cup five times - 1899, 1903, 1915, 1920 and 1924 ), and appeared as finalists in 8 out of the 12 seasons from 1911. "If no single club could claim total dominance over the period (ie the first half of the 20th century) Parkhead at least merit an honourable mention with three league titles (one shared); four Glasgow Cups; two Junior cups and three other appearances in the final". On the 10th of April 2004, at the semi-final of the 1923/24 season they faced Bridgeton Waverley at Celtic Park they faced a crowd of 11,500 (even though the SFA cup final was taking place at Hampden Park at the same time).

The entrance was in Methven Street. Parkhead Juniors seem, like a lot of Lilybank , to have disappeared from history. Though they were still playing in the 1950s, they went defunct in June 1963.