The town has been represented by several previous incarnations in both senior and junior football. The current club can directly trace their development from Clydebank Juniors F.C., who were founded in 1899. After a short-lived merger with senior club East Stirlingshire during season 1964–65, they were reformed as a senior club in their own right in 1965 and went on to be members of the Scottish Football League from 1966 until 2002. Following chronic financial difficulties, the club were bought out by Airdrie United and relocated to play in Airdrie under the new identity. A year later, supporters of the former version of the club re-established its identity once more, at junior level.
The 1965–2002 incarnation of Clydebank F.C. were the third club of that name to represent the town in senior football. The first club was formed in 1888 but never competed at a high level. Of more significance was the second incarnation formed in 1914 and a Scottish Football League member from then until 1931. Although these clubs are not directly connected to the present entity in a business sense, they are discussed here, given their shared name and their relevance to the development of the town's footballing history and its community.
Clydebank (Scottish Gaelic:Bruach Chluaidh) is located within the historical boundaries of the ancient Kingdom of Strathclyde, the Mormaerdom of Lennox, and the parish of Old Kilpatrick (12th century), on the north bank of the River Clyde. A long-standing local legend is that the village of Old Kilpatrick derived its name from being the birthplace of Saint Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland. There do not appear to be any historical sources which support this, however.
(2022) T.O.T.H Vs Crazie Brazie, Clydebank Gang War, Clydebank Schemes, G81📍
published: 24 Apr 2023
Take a minute: Local Heritage - The Clydebank Blitz
Do you know anyone who lived through the Clydebank Blitz?
In March 1941, German bombers unleashed hell on Clydebank and the surrounding areas. They rained fire and death for two nights, killing over 500 people in one of the darkest periods of Scotland’s history.
The full extent of the Clydebank Blitz was largely ignored by the British media and government at the time, with meagre reports of some bombs being dropped on a town in the west of Scotland. Even today, many people are unaware of the tragedy that befell Clydebank and its people.
We should not forget the hardships and struggles our community has endured in the past, as they can inspire us to face the challenges of an uncertain future with courage and hope.
published: 17 Sep 2023
HIGHLIGHTS: Clydebank 3-1 Girvan
Highlights of Clydebank's 3-1 win over Girvan in the Scottish Cup first round held at Holm Park on Saturday 28th September 2024.
published: 29 Sep 2024
Take a Minute: Local Heritage - The Clydebank Co-op Building
Do you know the story behind the once iconic landmark in Clydebank, the co-op building?
In this episode of our Take A Minute series, funded by National Lottery Heritage Fund Scotland, Paul Murdoch explores how this stunning turn-of-the-century building has survived and thrived over the years, through the infamous blitz of 1941, to its present-day ownership and operation by the Clydebank Co-operative Society, the only remaining independent co-op in Scotland.
published: 27 Aug 2023
The King At Clydebank (1936)
Item title reads - The King at Clydebank. Visit to the "Queen Mary".
Clydebank, Scotland.
Crowds wait to see King Edward VIII (later Duke of Windsor) arrive at Clydebank. M/S as the King steps out of his car and shakes hands with officials before walking up the gangway of the "Queen Mary". Crowds on the ship watch as he enters. M/S as he inspects various parts of the ship. L/S as he comes down the gangway. M/S's of him in the crowd.
L/S as his car drives through to Glasgow where he is going to inspect housing conditions in the poorer areas. M/S as he emerges from one house chatting to a man. M/S as he walks through the crowds back to his car.
FILM ID:855.14
A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT'S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCI...
published: 13 Apr 2014
Clydebank 3-1 Girvan | First Round | Scottish Gas Men's Scottish Cup
A comfortable win for Clydebank sealed their passage to the Second Round.
#ScottishCup
published: 30 Sep 2024
The Clydebank Blitz (Part One)
Part one of the documentary about Scotland's worst civilan disaster. The intense bombing inflicted upon the people of Clydebank by the German lutwaffe over the nights of 13th & 14th March 1941. The goverment of that time censored the full details of what actually happened on those fateful nights.
A total of 528 people died, more than a thousand were injured and only seven of the town's 12,000 homes remained untouched by the bombs.
published: 16 Mar 2011
HIGHLIGHTS: Clydebank 7-0 St Andrews United
Highlights from Clydebank's 7-0 win at home over St Andrews United in the second prelim round of the 2024/25 Scottish Gas Men's Scottish Cup - played at Holm Park on Saturday 31st August 2024.
published: 01 Sep 2024
CLYDEBANK - Rebirth of the Town that Died
Revisiting a town that suffered greatly after the closure of the Singer Sewing Machine Factory and John Brown's Shipyard. Clydebank didn't exist until these major employers moved into the area, and when they both closed around a century later there was possibly no reason for Clydebank to exist any more. But the town is holding on, barely holding on, some might say, and now fighting back after a bleak period of mass unemployment. After the removal of many of the towns tenements - built for the thousands of workers who moved to the town to work in Singer's or John Brown's - Clydebank not only felt like a desolate place but also looked abandoned. There were huge derelict wastelands where both housing and industrial buildings once were, and Clydebank felt very much like a lost and forgotten pl...
published: 02 Aug 2021
Old Photographs Clydebank West Dunbartonshire Scotland
Tour Scotland wee video of old photographs of Clydebank, a town situated on the north bank of the River Clyde in West Dunbartonshire. Before 1870, the area which later became Clydebank was largely rural, and agricultural. It consisted of some villages, Hardgate, Faifley, Duntocher, Dalmuir, Old Kilpatrick, farms and estates, with some small scale mining operations, coal, limestone and whinstone, several cotton mills and some small boat building yards. At the start of the 1870s, however, the growing trade and industry in Glasgow resulted in the Clyde Navigation Trustees needing additional space for shipping quays in Glasgow. The Queen Mary a retired ocean liner that sailed primarily on the North Atlantic Ocean from 1936 to 1967 for the Cunard Line was built by John Brown & Company in Clydeb...
Do you know anyone who lived through the Clydebank Blitz?
In March 1941, German bombers unleashed hell on Clydebank and the surrounding areas. They rained fire...
Do you know anyone who lived through the Clydebank Blitz?
In March 1941, German bombers unleashed hell on Clydebank and the surrounding areas. They rained fire and death for two nights, killing over 500 people in one of the darkest periods of Scotland’s history.
The full extent of the Clydebank Blitz was largely ignored by the British media and government at the time, with meagre reports of some bombs being dropped on a town in the west of Scotland. Even today, many people are unaware of the tragedy that befell Clydebank and its people.
We should not forget the hardships and struggles our community has endured in the past, as they can inspire us to face the challenges of an uncertain future with courage and hope.
Do you know anyone who lived through the Clydebank Blitz?
In March 1941, German bombers unleashed hell on Clydebank and the surrounding areas. They rained fire and death for two nights, killing over 500 people in one of the darkest periods of Scotland’s history.
The full extent of the Clydebank Blitz was largely ignored by the British media and government at the time, with meagre reports of some bombs being dropped on a town in the west of Scotland. Even today, many people are unaware of the tragedy that befell Clydebank and its people.
We should not forget the hardships and struggles our community has endured in the past, as they can inspire us to face the challenges of an uncertain future with courage and hope.
Do you know the story behind the once iconic landmark in Clydebank, the co-op building?
In this episode of our Take A Minute series, funded by National Lotter...
Do you know the story behind the once iconic landmark in Clydebank, the co-op building?
In this episode of our Take A Minute series, funded by National Lottery Heritage Fund Scotland, Paul Murdoch explores how this stunning turn-of-the-century building has survived and thrived over the years, through the infamous blitz of 1941, to its present-day ownership and operation by the Clydebank Co-operative Society, the only remaining independent co-op in Scotland.
Do you know the story behind the once iconic landmark in Clydebank, the co-op building?
In this episode of our Take A Minute series, funded by National Lottery Heritage Fund Scotland, Paul Murdoch explores how this stunning turn-of-the-century building has survived and thrived over the years, through the infamous blitz of 1941, to its present-day ownership and operation by the Clydebank Co-operative Society, the only remaining independent co-op in Scotland.
Item title reads - The King at Clydebank. Visit to the "Queen Mary".
Clydebank, Scotland.
Crowds wait to see King Edward VIII (later Duke of Windsor) ar...
Item title reads - The King at Clydebank. Visit to the "Queen Mary".
Clydebank, Scotland.
Crowds wait to see King Edward VIII (later Duke of Windsor) arrive at Clydebank. M/S as the King steps out of his car and shakes hands with officials before walking up the gangway of the "Queen Mary". Crowds on the ship watch as he enters. M/S as he inspects various parts of the ship. L/S as he comes down the gangway. M/S's of him in the crowd.
L/S as his car drives through to Glasgow where he is going to inspect housing conditions in the poorer areas. M/S as he emerges from one house chatting to a man. M/S as he walks through the crowds back to his car.
FILM ID:855.14
A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT'S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. http://www.britishpathe.tv/
FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT http://www.britishpathe.com/
British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website. https://www.britishpathe.com/
Item title reads - The King at Clydebank. Visit to the "Queen Mary".
Clydebank, Scotland.
Crowds wait to see King Edward VIII (later Duke of Windsor) arrive at Clydebank. M/S as the King steps out of his car and shakes hands with officials before walking up the gangway of the "Queen Mary". Crowds on the ship watch as he enters. M/S as he inspects various parts of the ship. L/S as he comes down the gangway. M/S's of him in the crowd.
L/S as his car drives through to Glasgow where he is going to inspect housing conditions in the poorer areas. M/S as he emerges from one house chatting to a man. M/S as he walks through the crowds back to his car.
FILM ID:855.14
A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT'S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. http://www.britishpathe.tv/
FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT http://www.britishpathe.com/
British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website. https://www.britishpathe.com/
Part one of the documentary about Scotland's worst civilan disaster. The intense bombing inflicted upon the people of Clydebank by the German lutwaffe over the ...
Part one of the documentary about Scotland's worst civilan disaster. The intense bombing inflicted upon the people of Clydebank by the German lutwaffe over the nights of 13th & 14th March 1941. The goverment of that time censored the full details of what actually happened on those fateful nights.
A total of 528 people died, more than a thousand were injured and only seven of the town's 12,000 homes remained untouched by the bombs.
Part one of the documentary about Scotland's worst civilan disaster. The intense bombing inflicted upon the people of Clydebank by the German lutwaffe over the nights of 13th & 14th March 1941. The goverment of that time censored the full details of what actually happened on those fateful nights.
A total of 528 people died, more than a thousand were injured and only seven of the town's 12,000 homes remained untouched by the bombs.
Highlights from Clydebank's 7-0 win at home over St Andrews United in the second prelim round of the 2024/25 Scottish Gas Men's Scottish Cup - played at Holm Pa...
Highlights from Clydebank's 7-0 win at home over St Andrews United in the second prelim round of the 2024/25 Scottish Gas Men's Scottish Cup - played at Holm Park on Saturday 31st August 2024.
Highlights from Clydebank's 7-0 win at home over St Andrews United in the second prelim round of the 2024/25 Scottish Gas Men's Scottish Cup - played at Holm Park on Saturday 31st August 2024.
Revisiting a town that suffered greatly after the closure of the Singer Sewing Machine Factory and John Brown's Shipyard. Clydebank didn't exist until these maj...
Revisiting a town that suffered greatly after the closure of the Singer Sewing Machine Factory and John Brown's Shipyard. Clydebank didn't exist until these major employers moved into the area, and when they both closed around a century later there was possibly no reason for Clydebank to exist any more. But the town is holding on, barely holding on, some might say, and now fighting back after a bleak period of mass unemployment. After the removal of many of the towns tenements - built for the thousands of workers who moved to the town to work in Singer's or John Brown's - Clydebank not only felt like a desolate place but also looked abandoned. There were huge derelict wastelands where both housing and industrial buildings once were, and Clydebank felt very much like a lost and forgotten place.
But now a huge programme of building is taking place, and where once was John Brown's Shipyard is now an attractive area with walkways and an exciting feel.
In the video I look at the building berths of John Brown's shipyard where the Queen Mary and QE2 were built and launched, and also at the fitting-out basin beside the Titan Crane where both liners were fitted out and finished.
Clydebank suffered greatly when industry abandoned it, but now the town is back. Big time.
Revisiting a town that suffered greatly after the closure of the Singer Sewing Machine Factory and John Brown's Shipyard. Clydebank didn't exist until these major employers moved into the area, and when they both closed around a century later there was possibly no reason for Clydebank to exist any more. But the town is holding on, barely holding on, some might say, and now fighting back after a bleak period of mass unemployment. After the removal of many of the towns tenements - built for the thousands of workers who moved to the town to work in Singer's or John Brown's - Clydebank not only felt like a desolate place but also looked abandoned. There were huge derelict wastelands where both housing and industrial buildings once were, and Clydebank felt very much like a lost and forgotten place.
But now a huge programme of building is taking place, and where once was John Brown's Shipyard is now an attractive area with walkways and an exciting feel.
In the video I look at the building berths of John Brown's shipyard where the Queen Mary and QE2 were built and launched, and also at the fitting-out basin beside the Titan Crane where both liners were fitted out and finished.
Clydebank suffered greatly when industry abandoned it, but now the town is back. Big time.
Tour Scotland wee video of old photographs of Clydebank, a town situated on the north bank of the River Clyde in West Dunbartonshire. Before 1870, the area whic...
Tour Scotland wee video of old photographs of Clydebank, a town situated on the north bank of the River Clyde in West Dunbartonshire. Before 1870, the area which later became Clydebank was largely rural, and agricultural. It consisted of some villages, Hardgate, Faifley, Duntocher, Dalmuir, Old Kilpatrick, farms and estates, with some small scale mining operations, coal, limestone and whinstone, several cotton mills and some small boat building yards. At the start of the 1870s, however, the growing trade and industry in Glasgow resulted in the Clyde Navigation Trustees needing additional space for shipping quays in Glasgow. The Queen Mary a retired ocean liner that sailed primarily on the North Atlantic Ocean from 1936 to 1967 for the Cunard Line was built by John Brown & Company in Clydebank.The ship was named after Queen Mary, consort of King George V. On 13 and 14 March 1941, Luftwaffe bombers attacked various targets in and around Clydebank. In what became known as the Clydebank Blitz, the town itself was seriously damaged as were the local shipyards and armaments factories such as the Dalnottar Oil depot and the Singer's Sewing Machine factory. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day.
Tour Scotland wee video of old photographs of Clydebank, a town situated on the north bank of the River Clyde in West Dunbartonshire. Before 1870, the area which later became Clydebank was largely rural, and agricultural. It consisted of some villages, Hardgate, Faifley, Duntocher, Dalmuir, Old Kilpatrick, farms and estates, with some small scale mining operations, coal, limestone and whinstone, several cotton mills and some small boat building yards. At the start of the 1870s, however, the growing trade and industry in Glasgow resulted in the Clyde Navigation Trustees needing additional space for shipping quays in Glasgow. The Queen Mary a retired ocean liner that sailed primarily on the North Atlantic Ocean from 1936 to 1967 for the Cunard Line was built by John Brown & Company in Clydebank.The ship was named after Queen Mary, consort of King George V. On 13 and 14 March 1941, Luftwaffe bombers attacked various targets in and around Clydebank. In what became known as the Clydebank Blitz, the town itself was seriously damaged as were the local shipyards and armaments factories such as the Dalnottar Oil depot and the Singer's Sewing Machine factory. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day.
Do you know anyone who lived through the Clydebank Blitz?
In March 1941, German bombers unleashed hell on Clydebank and the surrounding areas. They rained fire and death for two nights, killing over 500 people in one of the darkest periods of Scotland’s history.
The full extent of the Clydebank Blitz was largely ignored by the British media and government at the time, with meagre reports of some bombs being dropped on a town in the west of Scotland. Even today, many people are unaware of the tragedy that befell Clydebank and its people.
We should not forget the hardships and struggles our community has endured in the past, as they can inspire us to face the challenges of an uncertain future with courage and hope.
Do you know the story behind the once iconic landmark in Clydebank, the co-op building?
In this episode of our Take A Minute series, funded by National Lottery Heritage Fund Scotland, Paul Murdoch explores how this stunning turn-of-the-century building has survived and thrived over the years, through the infamous blitz of 1941, to its present-day ownership and operation by the Clydebank Co-operative Society, the only remaining independent co-op in Scotland.
Item title reads - The King at Clydebank. Visit to the "Queen Mary".
Clydebank, Scotland.
Crowds wait to see King Edward VIII (later Duke of Windsor) arrive at Clydebank. M/S as the King steps out of his car and shakes hands with officials before walking up the gangway of the "Queen Mary". Crowds on the ship watch as he enters. M/S as he inspects various parts of the ship. L/S as he comes down the gangway. M/S's of him in the crowd.
L/S as his car drives through to Glasgow where he is going to inspect housing conditions in the poorer areas. M/S as he emerges from one house chatting to a man. M/S as he walks through the crowds back to his car.
FILM ID:855.14
A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT'S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. http://www.britishpathe.tv/
FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT http://www.britishpathe.com/
British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website. https://www.britishpathe.com/
Part one of the documentary about Scotland's worst civilan disaster. The intense bombing inflicted upon the people of Clydebank by the German lutwaffe over the nights of 13th & 14th March 1941. The goverment of that time censored the full details of what actually happened on those fateful nights.
A total of 528 people died, more than a thousand were injured and only seven of the town's 12,000 homes remained untouched by the bombs.
Highlights from Clydebank's 7-0 win at home over St Andrews United in the second prelim round of the 2024/25 Scottish Gas Men's Scottish Cup - played at Holm Park on Saturday 31st August 2024.
Revisiting a town that suffered greatly after the closure of the Singer Sewing Machine Factory and John Brown's Shipyard. Clydebank didn't exist until these major employers moved into the area, and when they both closed around a century later there was possibly no reason for Clydebank to exist any more. But the town is holding on, barely holding on, some might say, and now fighting back after a bleak period of mass unemployment. After the removal of many of the towns tenements - built for the thousands of workers who moved to the town to work in Singer's or John Brown's - Clydebank not only felt like a desolate place but also looked abandoned. There were huge derelict wastelands where both housing and industrial buildings once were, and Clydebank felt very much like a lost and forgotten place.
But now a huge programme of building is taking place, and where once was John Brown's Shipyard is now an attractive area with walkways and an exciting feel.
In the video I look at the building berths of John Brown's shipyard where the Queen Mary and QE2 were built and launched, and also at the fitting-out basin beside the Titan Crane where both liners were fitted out and finished.
Clydebank suffered greatly when industry abandoned it, but now the town is back. Big time.
Tour Scotland wee video of old photographs of Clydebank, a town situated on the north bank of the River Clyde in West Dunbartonshire. Before 1870, the area which later became Clydebank was largely rural, and agricultural. It consisted of some villages, Hardgate, Faifley, Duntocher, Dalmuir, Old Kilpatrick, farms and estates, with some small scale mining operations, coal, limestone and whinstone, several cotton mills and some small boat building yards. At the start of the 1870s, however, the growing trade and industry in Glasgow resulted in the Clyde Navigation Trustees needing additional space for shipping quays in Glasgow. The Queen Mary a retired ocean liner that sailed primarily on the North Atlantic Ocean from 1936 to 1967 for the Cunard Line was built by John Brown & Company in Clydebank.The ship was named after Queen Mary, consort of King George V. On 13 and 14 March 1941, Luftwaffe bombers attacked various targets in and around Clydebank. In what became known as the Clydebank Blitz, the town itself was seriously damaged as were the local shipyards and armaments factories such as the Dalnottar Oil depot and the Singer's Sewing Machine factory. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day.
The town has been represented by several previous incarnations in both senior and junior football. The current club can directly trace their development from Clydebank Juniors F.C., who were founded in 1899. After a short-lived merger with senior club East Stirlingshire during season 1964–65, they were reformed as a senior club in their own right in 1965 and went on to be members of the Scottish Football League from 1966 until 2002. Following chronic financial difficulties, the club were bought out by Airdrie United and relocated to play in Airdrie under the new identity. A year later, supporters of the former version of the club re-established its identity once more, at junior level.
The 1965–2002 incarnation of Clydebank F.C. were the third club of that name to represent the town in senior football. The first club was formed in 1888 but never competed at a high level. Of more significance was the second incarnation formed in 1914 and a Scottish Football League member from then until 1931. Although these clubs are not directly connected to the present entity in a business sense, they are discussed here, given their shared name and their relevance to the development of the town's footballing history and its community.
Croydon FC scored a goal that looped over the goalkeeper's head in just 2.31 seconds ... Stormzy (left) and Wilfried Zaha (right) joined forces last year to buy Croydon FC ... pic.twitter.com/NAj8JXpzd2— Clydebank FC (@clydebankfc) April 10, 2017.