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Nickname(s)
  
The Candy Rock

Website
  
Club home page

Founded
  
1920

Ground Capacity
  
42150 - With Cover

Manager
  
Andy Cameron

Grounds
  
Royston Road, Glasgow

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Full name
  
St Roch's Football Club

League
  
West of Scotland League Central District First Division

2015–16
  
West of Scotland League Central District First Division, 5th

St Roch's Football Club is a Scottish football club, based in Royston Road, Glasgow. Nicknamed "the Candy Rock", they were formed in 1920 and play at James McGrory Park. They currently compete in the West Region of the Scottish Junior Football Association. They wear green and white strips (uniforms).

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St Roch's was the first club of Jimmy McGrory, the British record goalscorer with 550 goals. McGrory, who grew up in the Garngad area where the club originated, began playing for them aged just 16. After helping the club win the Scottish Junior Cup in 1922, scoring in the final, he joined Celtic the following season.

The team are managed since June 2014 by Andy Cameron.

Scottish Junior Cup

  • Winners: 1921–22

    • Other honours

  • Glasgow League winners: 1924–25, 1925–26
  • Central League champions: 1943–44
  • Central League B Division winners: 1972–73
  • Central League C Division winners: 1971–72
  • Central Division One winners: 1983–84
  • Central Division Two winners: 1994–95
  • Glasgow Dryburgh Cup: 1924–25, 1936–37, 1943–44, 1959–60, 1961–62
  • Central League division 2 runners up: 2006–07

    • Legacy

    Provanmill Park was renamed in McGrory's honour in 2013.

    References

    St Roch's F.C. Wikipedia
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