This Day in History: 2023-04-20

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THIRD LANARK DIES (1967)

Two events in the month of April fatally injured Scottish Second Division side Third Lanark. lts Cathkin Park ground in Glasgow recorded its lowest ever attendance – 297 people in a game against Clydebank – bofare a 5-1 defeat to Dumbarton ended the involvement in soccer of the club nicknamed the ‘Hi Hi’ as a senior professional outfit. Ironically the Thirds were just five years short of their centenary. A subsequent Baard of Trade investigation revealed core problems, such as constant player squabbles and bitter internal wrangles for power among board members. A liquidator was appointed and a club which never really made the big time in Scottish football was no more.

Third Lanark chairman James Reilly welcomes new manager Bobby Shearer in 1967. It wasn’t enough to save the club from going under.