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| Full name | Blantyre Victoria Football Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | The Vics, The best | ||
| Founded | 1889 | ||
| Ground | KG Stadium, Blantyre | ||
| Capacity | 2,500 | ||
| Manager | John Gibson | ||
| League | West of Scotland League First Division | ||
| 2023–24 | West of Scotland League First Division, 8th of 16 | ||
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Blantyre Victoria Football Club, also known as Blantyre Vics,[1] are a Scottish association football club based in the town of Blantyre, South Lanarkshire. Formed in 1889, they play at KG Stadium (traditionally known as Castle Park).[2] They currently compete in the West of Scotland Football League First Division in the seventh tier of the Scottish football league system. Historically, they shared a healthy rivalry with Blantyre Celtic who played nearby at Craighead Park,[3] until Celtic were dissolved in 1992. The team have been managed since June 2016 by former Alloa and Stirling Albion midfielder John Gibson.[4]
- ^ "Blantyre Vics apply to join new West of Scotland League set-up". Daily Record. 25 March 2020. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
- ^ Historic Environment Scotland (29 September 1950). "Blantyre, general view, showing Blantyre Engineering Co. Ltd. Works, John Street and Bothwellbank Sewage Works. Oblique aerial photograph taken facing north (1297592)". Canmore.
- ^ Historic Environment Scotland (29 September 1950). "Blantyre Engineering Co. Ltd. Works, John Street, Blantyre. Oblique aerial photograph taken facing south-east (1297593)". Canmore.
- ^ O'Donnell, Jim (10 June 2016). "Back to the future for John Gibson as he returns to first club Blantyre Vics...as gaffer". Evening Times. Retrieved 10 June 2016.