Larkhall Thistle F.C.

Larkhall Thistle Football Club is a football club from Larkhall, in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. Formed in 1878, "the Jags" are Scotland's oldest continuous Junior football club and currently compete in the West of Scotland League Second Division. The team plays in red and white stripes and its home ground since 1881 has been Gasworks Park.

Larkhall Thistle

Full name	Larkhall Thistle Football Club
Nickname(s)	Larky, The Jags
Founded	1878
Ground	Gasworks Park, Larkhall
President	Chris Lenson
Manager	Brian Crawford
League	West of Scotland League Second Division
2024–25	West of Scotland League Second Division, 5th of 16
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Staff

Committee members

As of 7 August 2022

Position	Name
President	Chris Lenson
Vice-president	Stephen Johnston
Secretary	Fiona Tierney
Treasurer	Hugh Kerr
Committee member and social media manager	Jason Manson
Committee member	Malcolm McKechnie
Committee member	Ross Dunn
Committee member	David Ceretti
Committee member	David Perrie
Committee member	David Brown
Committee member	David McGavin
Honorary president and committee member	Roy Gibson

Players

First team squad

As of 11 October 2021

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 2 DF  SCO Ben Fraser 4 DF  SCO Aiden McMurray 6 MF  SCO Macauley Kennedy (captain) 8 MF  SCO Ryan Carlin 11 MF  SCO Connor Phairs

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 GK  SCO Jonny Duncan 16 DF  SCO Jonny Lindsay 18 FW  SCO Aaron Shanley 19 MF  SCO Josh Lindsay 21 DF  SCO Gary McMullen

Management team

Position	Name
Manager	Brian Crawford
Assistant manager	Jonny Lindsay
Coach	Steven Gayne
Physiotherapist	Julie Thomson
Goalkeeping Coach	Craig Rowan
Kit Manager	Kevin Brown

Sponsors

Larkhall Thistle's main shirt sponsor for the 2022–23 season is L4 Teamwear.

Notable players

See also: Category:Larkhall Thistle F.C. players

"The Jags" are credited with having the most players to step up be capped by the Scotland senior team, one for the Ireland national football team and one for the United States. Thirteen ex-players have been capped by Scotland and five have gone on to captain their country. Scotland captains in bold.

• Paddy McConnell - Ireland national football team, Bradford City, Doncaster Rovers, Southport, Shelbourne, Boston United, Hibernian
• Gerry Baker - St Mirren, Hibernian, Ipswich Town, United States
• Billy Boyd - Clyde
• Tommy Cairns - Rangers
• Jimmy Carabine - Third Lanark
• John Clark - Celtic
• Jock Ewart - Bradford City
• Tommy Ewing - Partick Thistle
• Jimmy Gibson - Partick Thistle, Aston Villa
• Neilly Gibson - Rangers, Partick Thistle
• Jock Govan - Hibernian
• John Hutton - Aberdeen, Blackburn Rovers
• Andy McLaren - Preston North End
• Willie McStay - Celtic
• Alex Raisbeck - Liverpool
• Hugh Burns - Rangers, Kilmarnock

Honours

Scottish Junior Cup

• Winners: 1907–08, 1913–14
• Runners-up: 1902–03
• Semi-finalists: 1931–32, 1967–68

West of Scotland Cup

• Runners-up: 1989–90

West Central First Division

• Runners-up: 2001–02, 2016–17 (promoted)

West Central Second Division

• Winners: 1999–2000

Lanarkshire Junior League

• Champions: 1895–96, 1912–13, 1913–14, 1930–31, 1947–48, 1951–52

Lanarkshire Cup

• Winners: 1907–08, 1909–10, 1936–37, 1950–51, 1955–56

Lanarkshire League Cup

• Winners: 1932–33, 1935–36, 1938–39, 1952–53, 1956–57, 1959–60

Lanarkshire Central Cup

• Winners: 1944–45, 1945–46, 1947–48

Evening Times Trophy

• Runners-up: 1974–75, 2002–03

Central League Cup

• Runners-up: 2002–03

West of Scotland Football League Third Division

• Runners-up: 2022-23 (Promoted)