St Anthony's F.C.

St Anthony's F.C.

Full name	St Anthony's Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Ants
Founded	1902
Ground	McKenna Park Fulbar Road Glasgow
Manager	James McKenna
League	SJFA West Central Division One
2010–11	3rd
Home colours

St Anthony's Football Club are a Scottish football club based in Cardonald, Glasgow. Nicknamed the Ants, they were formed in 1902 and are based at McKenna Park. They currently operate in the West Region of the Scottish Junior Football Association and play in green and white hooped strips (uniforms), It is a little known fact that the "hoops" often described as "Celtic Strips" because of their affiliation to Celtic, were actually worn by "The Ants" since their founding in 1902, whereas their more illustrious counterparts didn't start wearing them until 1903, after one of the Celtic board took a shine to them whilst watching "The Ants" playing.^{[citation needed]}

They played for many decades in Moore Park in Govan before leaving that site for development in 1999. They played for a season at the ground of Glasgow Perthshire in Possilpark on the other side of the city. They then shared the ground of Benburb who play nearby before moving to the City of Glasgow council owned yet self-maintained McKenna Park in March, 2003.

Since moving to McKenna Park they have had a fair degree of success after many years of being one of the smaller clubs in the region at their level.

Notable former players

• Tom Brown - Kilmarnock, St Mirren and Scotland B cap.
• Bobbie Bruce - Aberdeen, Middlesbrough, and Scotland.
• Ginger Dunn - Hibernian, Everton and Scotland. One of the 1928 Wembley Wizards.
• Bobby Evans - 535 first-team appearances for Celtic. 48 Scotland caps and inducted to the Scottish Football Hall of Fame in 2008. Also played for Chelsea.
• John Gilchrist - Celtic and Scotland
• Harry Haddock - Clyde and Scotland.
• Malky McDonald - Over 100 league appearances for Celtic. Later played for and managed Kilmarnock. Appointed interim Scotland manager in 1966 for two matches.
• Tommy McInally - Celtic and Scotland.
• John McKay - Celtic, Blackburn Rovers and Scotland.
• John McMenemy - Celtic, Motherwell and Scotland
• Johnny Quigley - Nearly 500 appearances in the Football League.

Honours

Scottish Junior Cup

• Runners-up: 1918–19, 1924–25

Central League Division Two

• Winners: 2002–03

Other Honours

• West of Scotland Cup winners: 1937–38
• Glasgow Junior Cup: 1918–19, 1921–22, 1940–41, 194–46
• Glasgow Charity Cup: 1917–18, 1918–19, 1922–23

External links

• Website