Maryhill 5-4 Caledonian Locomotive
West of Scotland League 2nd Division
Saturday 29th March 2025
Maryhill is an area in the north-west of Glasgow and part of the A81 road which runs three miles between the city centre and the suburb of Bearsden.
The name derives from Hew Hill, the Laird of Gairbraid, who had no male heir and so he left his estate to his daughter, Mary Hill (1730–1809).
Maryhill formed in 1884 as a Junior club and were beaten finalists in the second-ever Scottish Junior Cup in 1887–88, before turning senior the following season. The club entered the Scottish Cup three years running from 1888, but eventually returned to the Junior ranks in 1894, reaching five Junior Cup finals and lifting the trophy in 1900 and 1940.
Scottish Junior Cup Winners: 1899–1900, 1939–40
Runners-up: 1887–88, 1900–01, 1901–02, 1906–07
Glasgow Junior League champions: 1900–01, 1903–04, 1904–05
Central League Premier Division champions: 1996–97, 1997–98
West of Scotland Cup winners: 2000–01, 2003–04
West Central Division Two champions: 2012–13
The club made national news in April 2017 when Gavin Stokes broke the World Record for the fastest recorded goal scored, coming in a home game against Clydebank, with his strike to the top corner of the net from half-way timed at 2.1 seconds.
Lochburn Park
18a Lochburn Rd, Maryhill, G20 9AQ
Capacity: 1,800 (205 seats)
Redcord Attendance: 3,500 v Ashfield 1920
Scottish grounds visited 126
Maryhill have played at Lochburn Park since 1897, built on the site of a former quarry and previously home to the Kelvin Dock Curling Club. The ground is hemmed in on all sides, with access in one corner. The pitch is sunk by six feet below the terracing.
After purchasing the club in 1989, local businessman Freddie Duda invested £700,000, adding seats, a gym with sauna and one of the few Junior grounds to have floodlights.There’s a covered terrace down one side and behind the far side goal is a section of multicoloured open bucket seating, installed in 1998.
Maryhill 5 Caledonian Locomotive 4
GreenVersity Second Division matchday 24 (8th v 7th)
2pm ko
Att.70hc
Spon:
Admission £6
Coffee £1.50
Scotch pie £2
A cracking match on a heavy pitch, saw the hosts go two goals down early on, but they looked good enough to turn it around. Midway through the second half Maryhill took the lead, but the visitors kept hitting back and it took a last minute winner from the Hill to finally claim the win. Nine goals from nine different goalscorers:
7' 0-1 Cameron McNeil
13' 0-2 Connor McAteer
30' 1-2 Jonny Baxter
49' 2-2 Callum Imrie
65' 3-2 Connor Hamilton
69' 3-3 Joe Slattery
87' 4-3 Logan Dempsey
89' 4-4 Daniel Gray
90' 5-4 Ross Daly
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0744 train Newcastle to Edinburgh (2056 return)
Scotrail train connections to and from Glasgow, arriving at 1020.
A day out in Glasgow with the breadknife. Following breakfast we caught the clockwork orange to Hillhead, for drinks in the Tennant's Bar and the historic Curlers Rest. The breadknife then headed back into the city and I walked through the Botanic Gardens and along the river to Maryhill. As a fan of Still Game I obviously had to do the obligatory selfie picture outside Osprey Heights, but unfortunately Stevie's bookies has long gone, so I couldn't put a bet on. After the match we had a pub crawl around the city and we called into a couple of my favourite Edinburgh pubs before the train home.
Kelso, 
