Third Lanark A.C.
Third Lanark Athletic Club wis a fitbaw club that originally existed frae 1872 to 1967, based in Glasgae, Scotland. Third Lanark wur kent as Thirds, the Warriors, the Redcoats or the Hi-Hi (the latter owing to the "Hi Hi Hi!" chant frae their fans).
Originally ane o the great clubs o early Scots Fitbaa, Third Lanark wur far frae being the first major Scots fitbaw club to be declared bankrupt an dissolved (umwhile Scots Cup winners Renton & their neighbours Vale o Leven suffered similar fates - although the latter wur resurrected as a Junior side later), but their demise wis considered a shock, because, in the 1960-61 season, they haed finished third in the championship division, scoring 100 goals in the process .
The club wur reformed as an amateur side in 1971, an currently play in Division 3 o the Greater Glasgae Amateur League.
Honours
eedit- Scots Football League:
- Winners (1): 1903–04
- Scots First Division:
- Scots Cup:
- Scots League Cup
- Runners-up (1): 1959–60
- Glasgae Cup
- Winners (4): 1903, 1904, 1909, 1963
- Runners-up (12): 1891, 1906, 1907, 1914, 1924, 1938, 1943, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1954, 1958
- Glasgae Charity Cup:
- Winners (4): 1890, 1898, 1901, 1952
- Shared (2): 1954, 1956
- Runners-up (8): 1884, 1897, 1910, 1914, 1932, 1939, 1943, 1946