New Management Team Unveiled
The club are delighted to announce the arrival of Billy Hepburn as the new manager. Billy will be assisted by Benny Carey after the striker retired from playing at the end of last season. Colin Carmichael will remain in a playing and coaching role while Martin Kerr will now replace Paul McInally as Club Secretary. Martin has put in a fantastic amount of work into the club over the last two seasons and guided the club to a League Cup success. Billy brings a good wealth of coaching experience with him and will combine his new Windlaw role with his existing job managing a very good Castlemilk Colts Under 15 side. Perhaps significantly, Billy is also the first Windlaw manager never to have played for the club and has no previous ties with us. Some new players are also on the way as the wind of change will start to gather pace. The club have also finalised pre-season games with a trip to Edinburgh to play Silverknowes Vale on August the 1st followed by a trip north to play Tay Thistle on August the 8th with the new season starting officially on August 15th.
New Season Already In Planning Stage
All players should meet at Barlia for 7pm next Wednesday with training kit as the club prepare to launch their plans for the new campaign already. All tracksuits, polos and bags should be returned on Wednesday too. Such is the determination to correct the poor season just gone, the club will make an important announcement on the way ahead next week. The players will then head away for their weekend 'trip' down south next Friday which is always entertaining to say the least.
Season Summary
It's reflection time again before the buckets and spades come out! Thirty four games have come and gone with sixteen victories, four draws and fourteen defeats as the club had its first full tilt as a Saturday afternoon club having resigned from the Strathclyde Saturday Morning League at the end of last season...more
Looking ahead to next season, division 3 will see the return of RREK and Muirend, only 1 season after promotion. Ashvale Victoria will be consigned to the third division for another year after failing to overcome Westerlands in the playoff, despite an excellent season. Four new clubs were admitted to Div 3: Dumbarton Academy FP, Craigneuk, Rannoch B and Kilbarchan Thistle. Aikenhead Thistle, who were initially accepted into the league, dropped their interest and will not feature in the GGAFL. No clubs resigned so 18 clubs remained to be split into two sections of 9 drawn playing each other 3 times as follows:
| Division 3A | Division 3B |
| Alba Thistle | Busby |
| Ashvale Victoria | Craigneuk |
| Calderglen | Dumbarton Academy FP |
| Cambuslang | Kilbarchan |
| Glasgow University | Moorpark |
| Muirend | North Kelvin (Formerly Crosslands) |
| Rannoch A | Orchard Park Mount B |
| Rolls Royce EK | Rannoch B |
| Windlaw | Third Lanark |
The top team from each division will be automatically promoted with the runners up from each playing for the 3rd division play off place.
The League Cup was drawn with the club in Group 7. We face a lot of familiar faces after being drawn against Busby, Calderglen, Moorpark and EK Utd.
Windlaw End of Season Dance
Windlaw's annual end of season presentation dance took place on Saturday and was another hugely successful night. A huge thank you to everyone who attended and made it a memorable ocassion. Also a big thank you to Stevie Thomson for carrying out the presentation and to Paul & Debbie McInally and Colin Carmichael for their hard work in organising the event.
Award Winners
Players' Player of the Year - Eck McCaig
Managers Player of the Year - Chris Kerr
Top Goalscorer - Danny McKenna
Outstanding Achievement - Brucde Tierney and Benny Carey
Stalwarts Set To Bow Out In Final Game Of Season
Monday night sees the curtain fall on a largely disappointing season for the club. A fifth place league finish was the best we could muster and our form mainly against the top sides has not been good enough. The trip to Summerston to face Crosslands also sees Benny Carey and Bruce Tierney finish their Windlaw playing careers after a very long and distinguished number of years in the colours. The Player Of The Year Dance is in Rutherglen on Saturday night.
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| Date: Wed 1 July Venue: Barlia Time: 7-9pm Cost: £3 |
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| Team | Pl | Pts |
| Drumchapel Utd | 26 |
70 |
| St Pats | 26 | 60 |
| Ashvale Victoria | 26 | 60 |
| Cambuslang | 26 | 55 |
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| Player | Pld | Gls |
Danny McKenna |
23(4) | 13 |
Eck McCaig |
32(1) | 12 |
Thomas Taylor |
26(6) | 9 |
Benny Carey |
27(3) | 7 |
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23rd May - £50 |
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| Ennis, Age 1 from Newcastle He is missing. Click for details |
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