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| Full name | Glenvale Football Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | The Vale | ||
| Founded | 1967; 58 years ago (1967) | ||
| Ground | Ferguslie Park Sports Centre,Paisley | ||
| Capacity | 1,000 | ||
| Chairman | Danny Mckinn | ||
| Manager | Lewis Mckinn | ||
| 2023–24 | West of Scotland League Fourth Division, 1st of 16 (promoted) | ||
Glenvale Football Club is aScottishfootball club based inPaisley. The club was founded in 1967. It currently plays at theFerguslie Park Sports Centre.[1] The club competes in theWest of Scotland Football League Fourth Division.
Glenvale was formed in 1967 by a group of men who worked forStoddart Carpets at the Caledonia Street works inPaisley. The factory they worked in was called Glenvale and this is where they found the name for the club.
The Workers used to go for a kick about at lunchtimes in the fountain gardens inPaisley which was opposite the factory. They decided to form a football team (Glenvale FC) and joined the localPaisley and District Amateur football league. Games took place on a Saturday afternoon. The club also competed in theWest of Scotland Football League.
Glenvale also made a piece of history when they became the first amateur team in Scotland to have their own social club which is in the towns Sandholes Street.[2]
In the 1990s Glenvale added youth teams to their set up and at present they have teams from under 6 up to under 19s. Glenvale has also set up a football academy for kids as young as 4 interested in taking up the game.
The youth sectors of Glenvale, named"Reds","Whites" and"Blacks", plays thePaisley Johnstone and District Youth Football League, with the reds playing Division Two,[3] and whites playing Division Three[4] and Blacks playing Division Five.[5] Source:[6]
The colours of the club are red, white and black
West of Scotland Football League
