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The Walker Brothers

The Walker Brothers were an American pop group formed in Los Angeles in 1964 by John Walker (real name John Maus) and Scott Walker (real name Noel Scott Engel), with Gary Walker (real name Gary Leeds) joining shortly after. They adopted the 'Walker Brothers' name as a show business touch even though none of the members were related. After moving to Britain in 1965, they had several Top 10 albums and singles there, including the No. 1 hits "Make It Easy on Yourself" and "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine (Anymore)", both of which also made the US Top 20 and Canadian Top 2. Between them was the UK No. 3 hit "My Ship is Coming In". They provided a unique counterpoint to the British Invasion by achieving much more success in the UK than in their home country, a period when the popularity of British bands such as The Beatles dominated the U.S. charts.

The trio split up in 1968, with all three members pursuing solo projects to varying degrees of success. They eventually reunited in 1975 and scored a final Top 10 UK hit with "No Regrets". After releasing the critically acclaimed but commercially unsuccessful album Nite Flights in 1978, the group again disbanded. John Walker remained active in the music business and toured as a solo act until his death in 2011. Scott Walker resumed his solo career and gained recognition as an avant-garde artist; he died in 2019, leaving Gary Walker as the last surviving member.

Formation
The Walker Brothers Trio was formed in Los Angeles in 1964 by John Walker (lead vocals, guitar), Scott Engel (bass, harmony vocals), and Al "Tiny" Schneider (drums). Before then, John Walker—who had already been using that name professionally for several years—had performed and recorded several unsuccessful singles with his sister as a duo, John and Judy, and Engel had been bass player with instrumental band The Routers. Walker and Engel, with two other musicians, had also toured the Midwest in 1963 as The Surfaris, though the group included none of the musicians who played on the Surfaris' records. Dropping the word Trio, the Walker Brothers were signed by Mercury Records, recorded a single, "Pretty Girls Everywhere", and became a leading attraction at Gazzari's Club in Hollywood. They also appeared on the Shindig! TV show, developed by Jack Good, and then on a weekly TV show, Ninth Street A Go Go.

Late in 1964, they met drummer Gary Leeds, previously of The Standells (Late 1962–1964). He had recently toured the UK with singer P.J. Proby. Leeds – along with Gazzari's club regular Brian Jones of The Rolling Stones – persuaded them that the band's rock and roll and blues style would go down well in "swinging London," where Proby had already succeeded. Before leaving, they recorded their second single, "Love Her", overseen by Nick Venet and arranger Jack Nitzsche, with Scott, now Scott Walker, taking the lead vocal part for the first time—previously John had been the lead vocalist. With his distinct baritone, Scott became the group's de facto frontman, and the trio shifted their focus from upbeat R&B to pop ballads that better suited his vocals. They also appeared in a film, Beach Ball, and sent demo recordings to record labels in the United Kingdom.

With Leeds, now Gary Walker, the band's drummer, and with financial backing from his stepfather, the Walker Brothers traveled to the UK in February 1965 for an exploratory visit.

Success in the UK
When they landed in England, record producer Johnny Franz was keen to sign them up. In a short time, the group had secured a recording contract with Philips Records, an affiliate of Mercury, and had played several venues around the UK. Along with the group's relocation came a change in image, abandoning matching suits and pompadours in favour of the mop top haircuts and casual attire typical of British pop stars. Their first single, "Pretty Girls Everywhere," had little success, but radio stations picked up on the follow-up "Love Her" with Scott's baritone vocals, and it made the Top 20 in the UK Singles Chart in June 1965. The song had originally been recorded by The Everly Brothers and released as the B-side to their single "The Girl Who Sang The Blues" in 1963.

Philips then recorded and released the group's version of "Make It Easy on Yourself," a Burt Bacharach and Hal David ballad previously recorded by Jerry Butler. It was sung by Scott, arranged by Ivor Raymonde and produced by Johnny Franz, with a full orchestra augmented by session musicians. Session musicians on the record included Alan Parker and Big Jim Sullivan. By August 1965, "Make It Easy on Yourself" had entered the UK Top 10, eventually reaching the top of the record chart. Later in the year, it also reached No. 16 in the US Billboard Hot 100. The track sold 250,000 copies in the UK, and over one million copies globally, achieving gold disc status.

The No. 3 UK hit "My Ship Is Coming In", originally recorded in 1965 by soul singer Jimmy Radcliffe, followed. Then in March 1966, the Walker Brothers hit No. 1 for the second time in six months with "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore." Their popularity in the UK – particularly that of Scott – reached a new high, especially among teenage girls, and their fan club in that country was said to have been larger than The Beatles at one point in 1966. "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore" also made the US Top 20, but ultimately the group would remain far more popular in the UK than in their home country.

Between 1965 and 1967, the group released three albums, Take It Easy with the Walker Brothers (1965), Portrait (1966) and Images (1967), and two EPs, I Need You and Solo John/Solo Scott (both 1966). Following "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore", the group's subsequent singles in 1966 were "(Baby) You Don't Have to Tell Me" (No. 13 UK), "Another Tear Falls" (No. 12 UK) and "Deadlier Than the Male" (No. 32 UK), the latter recorded for the soundtrack of the film of the same name, while 1967 brought two more singles in "Stay With Me Baby" and "Walking in the Rain" (both of which reached No. 26 in the UK).

As time went on, Scott took a more prominent role in their song choices and arrangements, but with diminishing commercial success. They also had to leave the UK for six months in 1967 because of work permit problems. As pop music moved on, the Walker Brothers began to sound dated. By early 1967, the pressures of stardom, internal tensions and 'artistic differences' began to weaken the group. After a UK tour in April 1967, which also featured Jimi Hendrix, Cat Stevens, and Engelbert Humperdinck, the group officially disbanded, though they temporarily reformed for a tour of Japan in 1968.

Reunion in the 1970s
All three continued to release solo records, with Scott being by far the most successful and creating a large cult following. Late in 1974, Scott, John and Gary agreed to reform as the Walker Brothers. In 1975, they released the album No Regrets. The title track was released as a single and rose to No. 7 on the UK chart in early 1976. The follow up album Lines (1976) was less commercially successful. In 1978 the band released their last album Nite Flights, made up entirely of original songs (the first four by Scott, the middle two by Gary and the final four by John), with the avant-garde style of Scott's tracks on the album laying the stylistic groundwork for his subsequent solo work. Nite Flights earned positive reviews, particularly for Scott's tracks, but failed to make any commercial impact. The Walker Brothers then undertook some cabaret performances, although Scott was becoming increasingly reluctant to sing live; the group's contract with GTO Records ended and, according to John Walker, the group "just drifted apart" at the end of 1978.

Later activities
Interest in the band was briefly revived in 1992 with the issue of the compilation album No Regrets – The Best of Scott Walker and The Walker Brothers 1965–1976, which reached No. 4 in the UK Albums Chart. The following year, David Bowie covered the song "Nite Flights" on his Black Tie White Noise album. 2006 saw the release of the Walker Brothers box set Everything Under the Sun, which included a number of previously unreleased tracks among its five CDs.

John Walker later went on to customize guitars and establish his own recording studio in California, and resumed touring in 2004. Gary Walker remains active in England. Scott Walker continued to record sporadically, with his music moving further towards the avant-garde, and engage in cultural works, e.g. curating the Meltdown Festival. John and Gary Walker published their own joint autobiography, The Walker Brothers: No Regrets — Our Story in 2009 (Scott chose not to participate). John died at his Los Angeles home on May 7, 2011; Scott died in London on 22 March 2019, leaving Gary as the last surviving Walker brother.

"The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore" and "Stay With Me Baby" were prominently featured in the 2012 film, Seeking a Friend for the End of the World, written and directed by Lorene Scafaria and starring Steve Carell and Keira Knightley.

Band members

 * Scott Walker – lead vocals, bass, guitar, keyboards
 * John Walker – guitar, vocals
 * Gary Walker – drums, vocals

Discography

 * Take It Easy with the Walker Brothers (1965)
 * Introducing The Walker Brothers (1965) (1st US album)
 * Portrait (1966)
 * The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore (1966) (2nd US album)
 * Images (1967)
 * No Regrets (1975)
 * Lines (1976)
 * Nite Flights (1978)

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Walker Bros.

Walker Bros. is a series of pancake houses in the Chicago area. They developed as a franchised spin-off of The Original Pancake House, founded in Portland, Oregon, in 1953 by Les Highet and Erma Hueneke; the Walker Bros. version has been in business for over 45 years. Like the original, they are known for their apple pancakes, French toast, and omelettes.

Awards and recognition
The restaurant was recognized by USA Today as one of the "Top Ten Pancake Restaurants in the Nation." Zagat recognized them as Chicago's "best breakfast – bar none" and the "north and Northwest suburban family favorite." Chicago magazine presented them with the Critic's Choice Award for the "best breakfast" around. The restaurant has also been recognized by AOL Cityguide in 2006 and 2007 for "City's Best Breakfast" (Chicago). They received the "Gold Cup" from Superior Coffee Company, a coveted award of excellence.

Chef and food critic James Beard, who grew up in Portland, named The Original Pancake House as one of the top ten "best" in America. In 1999, the Original Pancake House in Portland was designated by the James Beard Foundation as a regional landmark restaurant.

In popular culture
Daryl Hall of Hall and Oates wrote the song "Rich Girl" about Victor Walker, Jr., an heir to Walker Bros. Hall changed the lyrics from "rich guy" to "rich girl" because it sounded better. It was released in 1976.

The 1980 feature film Ordinary People features a scene at a Walker Bros. pancake house. Walker Bros. was also mentioned in the 2004 feature film Mean Girls.

In 2010, Dick Portillo, the founder of Portillo's Restaurants in Chicago opened Honey Jam Cafe, a fast casual breakfast restaurant modeled after the ambiance and menu of Walker Bros.

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Natural environment

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This article's current state of neglect leaves a lot to be desired. It could easily become a featured article with very little community effort.

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Preston Athletic F.C.

Preston Athletic Football Club are a Scottish football club based in the town of Prestonpans, East Lothian. The club are nicknamed the Panners and play their home matches at Pennypit Park. The team play in dark blue.

They were founding members of the Lowland Football League in 2013, but after being relegated in 2017 now play in the.

History
Founded in 1945, they were originally a junior club and only entered the senior ranks in 1994 when they joined the East of Scotland Football League. As a full member of the Scottish Football Association, Preston are automatically eligible to enter the Scottish Cup. They first qualified for the competition proper in 2002–03, losing 1–0 at home to Hamilton Academical in the first round.

The club applied unsuccessfully to join the Scottish Football League in 2000 and 2002. In 2008 Preston Athletic were one of five clubs to prepare an application for entry into the Scottish Football League following Gretna relinquishing their league status, however they were again unsuccessful after losing out to Annan Athletic.

At the end of the 2016–17 season Preston Athletic were relegated to the East of Scotland League, having spent four seasons in the Lowland League.

Honours
East of Scotland Football League First Division
 * Winners: 2001–02
 * Runners-up (2): 1994–95, 2011–12

King Cup Alex Jack Cup
 * Runners-up: 2017–18

 * Winners: 1994–95

Notable players and coaches
The first professional coach of Preston Athletic was Paddy Buckley, a former Aberdeen and Scotland striker whose son, Paddy Junior went on from Preston Athletic to play for Third Lanark, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Rotherham United and Sheffield United.

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Global Ozone Monitoring by Occultation of Stars

Global Ozone Monitoring by Occultation of Stars (GOMOS), is an instrument on board the European satellite Envisat launched 1 March 2002. It is the first space instrument dedicated to the study of the atmosphere of the Earth by the technique of stellar occultation. The spectrum of stars in the ultraviolet, visible and the near infrared parts of the electromagnetic spectrum is observed. It is aimed to use GOMOS to build a climatology of ozone and related species in the middle atmosphere (15 to 100 km).

Instrument details
The 250-680 nm spectral domain is used for the determination of O3, NO2, NO3−, aerosols and temperature. In addition, two high spectral resolution channels centred at 760 and 940 nm allow measurements of O2 and H2O and two fast photometers are used to correct star scintillation perturbations and to determine high vertical resolution temperature profiles.

Global latitude coverage is obtained with up to 40 stellar occultations per orbit from South Pole to North Pole. Data acquired on dark limb (night-time) are of better quality than on bright limb (day-time) because of a smaller perturbation by background light.

History
GOMOS was first proposed in 1988 as an Announcement of Opportunity instrument dedicated to be a part of the Earth Observation Polar Platform Mission, the former name of Envisat. In 1992 it was decided that GOMOS would be developed as a European Space Agency-funded instrument.


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Whitehill Welfare F.C.

Whitehill Welfare Football Club is a football club based in the village of Rosewell, Midlothian, Scotland. They are members of the East of Scotland Football League and play their home matches at Ferguson Park. The club was founded in 1953 and initially competed in juvenile football before turning senior and joining the East of Scotland Football League in 1979. They are the most successful side in East of Scotland League history, winning a total of 16 titles prior to joining the Lowland League as one of its founder members in 2013.

History
The earliest records of Whitehill Welfare indicate that the team first appeared in the 1905–06 season under the name Rosewell Rosedale, replacing the defunct Rosedale Rovers, and playing in the Midlothian Juvenile League. The highlight of this team's existence, it appears, was to reach the Scottish Juvenile Cup Final, and an incident in August 1939 where the police investigated an attack on the Rosewell goalkeeper, accused of letting the side down during a 10–2 defeat.

Although Rosedale continued operating until 1957, it was in 1953 that Whitehill Welfare were formed, the founding fathers being a group of employees from the now defunct Whitehill Colliery. In the early years, Whitehill were the chopping block for the more fancied clubs. Although reaching the Scottish Juvenile Cup semi-final in 1959, they did not really come to the fore until 1964, when they won every trophy in the Mid and East Lothian Section Juvenile League.

By 1979, there were only six Juvenile clubs left in Whitehill's league, and so the Welfare decided it was time to go senior. This resulted in the team joining the East of Scotland Football League in August 1979, a league which they were to top at the end of their first four seasons. Membership of the Scottish Football Association also has the advantage of allowing the club to compete in the Scottish Cup. In this competition, Whitehill Welfare have knocked out Albion Rovers (1986–87), earned replays against three Scottish Football League sides. The pinnacle of the Whitehill success saw the team, led by player/manager Dave Smith, being unbeaten in over 36 games in local competitions before playing against Celtic in the 1995-96 tournament. The game saw Whitehill Welfare hold Celtic to 0–0 until the 39th minute before ending in a 3–0 defeat. In 1999, Whitehill were stopped short from advancing to the third round of the Scottish Cup, when it lost against Stenhousemuir, 2–0.

The 2012–13 season saw the return of Mike Lawson, who guided the team to the SFA South Region Challenge Cup and completed the double by winning a 16th East of Scotland League title before leaving for Spartans under a cloud, taking 13 players along with him. Whitehill Welfares most successful manager, Dave Smith, returned and was tasked with building a new team and, after a season of bedding this team in, he led this new team to an unprecedented 17th league title and yet another Scottish Qualifying Cup. The club joined the Lowland Football League in 2013 but were relegated back to the East of Scotland league in 2019 (their place taken by Bonnyrigg Rose, a team based just two miles from Rosewell which had only moved to the senior setup from the Junior ranks a year earlier).

Former club captain Andrew Kidd was appointed as manager on 15 November 2020.

Current squad
As of 26 June 2024

Coaching staff

 * Manager: Jack Lynch
 * Assistant Manager: Mark Smith
 * Under 20s Head Coach: Rikki McNeill
 * Physiotherapist: Frank Fleming

Honours

 * Senior football
 * East of Scotland Football League
 * 1979–80, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1987–88, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1997–98, 1998–99, 2002–03, 2007–08, 2012–13

 * Scottish Qualifying Cup (South)
 * 1980–81, 1986–87, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2004–05

 * SFA South Region Challenge Cup
 * 2012–13, 2015–16

 * East of Scotland Qualifying Cup
 * 1980–81, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1991–92, 1993–94, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2008–09, 2013–14

 * East of Scotland 'City' Cup
 * 1993–94, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2013–14

 * King Cup
 * 1982–83, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1997–98

 * East of Scotland League Cup
 * 1987–88, 1998–89, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 2002–03, 2006–07, 2007–2008, 2011–12

 * Juvenile football
 * Scottish Juvenile Cup
 * 1969–70, 1970–71, 1974–75, 1977–78

 * East of Scotland Juvenile Cup
 * 1969–70, 1970–71, 1974–75, 1977–78

 * Walker Cup
 * 1964–65, 1969–70, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1973–74, 1974–75

 * Porter Cup
 * 1964–65, 1969–70, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1974–75, 1977–78

 * Di Rollo Cup
 * 1964–65, 1965–66, 1966–67, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1973–74, 1974–75

 * Howard Cup
 * 1964–65, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1972–73, 1974–75

 * Hunter Cup
 * 1974–75, 1975–76

 * W. Bauld Cup
 * 1974–75, 1977–78

 * Midlothian Juvenile League Championship
 * 1965, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1975, 1977

 * Midlothian Juvenile League Cup
 * 1967–68, 1969–70 (joint winners)

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Coldstream F.C.

Coldstream Football Club is a Scottish football club from the town of Coldstream in the Scottish Borders. Formed in 1895, the club is one of the founder members of the East of Scotland Football League, and is now also the longest-serving member. Coldstream won the league's first championship in 1923–24 but have not won the title since. The team have played home matches at Home Park since the club was formed. The team's strip is all blue.

As a licensed member club of the Scottish Football Association, Coldstream are eligible to play in the Scottish Cup. The first time the club won through the Scottish Qualifying Cup was in 1923–24, the club 1–0 at home to Armadale F.C. in the first round before of a crowd of 4,000. The club has never beaten a Scottish League team in the Cup, but it has twice held League clubs to draws.

Honours
East of Scotland Football League East of Scotland Football League First Division King Cup East of Scotland Consolation Cup Border Cup Border Senior League Scottish Amateur Cup
 * Champions: 1923–24
 * Runners-up: 1968–69
 * Champions: 1989–90
 * Runners-up: 2006–07, 2012–13
 * Winners: 1967–68
 * Winners: 1924–25
 * Winners: 1911–12, 1921–22, 1922–23, 1924–25
 * Champions: 1919–20, 1922–23
 * Winners: 1924–25
 * Runners-up: 1921-22

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Talk:Agency, Iowa

The city is named Agency, because in the early 19th century, the United States established an Indian agency just southeast of where the current town is located. As Iowa territory was settled by farmers and immigrants moving west, the many tribes of native american indians signed the treaty that formally granted ownership of the territory to the United States. Maj. General Joseph Street, along with Chief Wa pel lo and Chief Ke o kuk of the Sac and Fox tribes signed the treaty at the Agency House which was General Street's Home. The cities motto "where it all began" comes from the fact that it was at Agency where Iowa statehood began. The Street family and Chief Wapello are buried near the site just outside of town.

Agency Iowa is a friendly town that I call home.

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Kleist Prize

The Kleist Prize is an annual German literature prize. The prize was first awarded in 1912, on the occasion of the hundredth anniversary of the death of Heinrich von Kleist. The Kleist Prize was the most important literary award of the Weimar Republic, but was discontinued in 1933.

In 1985 the prize was awarded for the first time in over fifty years. Between 1994 and 2000 it was awarded biennially. A monetary sum of €20,000 accompanies the award.

Winners
Listings of the Kleist Prize winners are maintained by the Kleist-Archiv Sembdner. and Kleist Gesellschaft

1912–1932

 * 1912 Hermann Burte and Reinhard Sorge
 * 1913 Hermann Essig and Oskar Loerke
 * 1914 Fritz von Unruh and Hermann Essig
 * 1915 Robert Michel and Arnold Zweig
 * 1916 Agnes Miegel and Heinrich Lersch
 * 1917 Walter Hasenclever
 * 1918 Leonhard Frank and Paul Zech
 * 1919 Anton Dietzenschmidt and Kurt Heynicke
 * 1920 Hans Henny Jahnn
 * 1921 Paul Gurk
 * 1922 Bertolt Brecht
 * 1923 Wilhelm Lehmann and Robert Musil
 * 1924 Ernst Barlach
 * 1925 Carl Zuckmayer
 * 1926 Alexander Lernet-Holenia and Alfred Neumann (Rahel Sanzara did not accept her prize), Honorable Mention: Martin Kessel
 * 1927 Gerhard Menzel and Hans Meisel
 * 1928 Anna Seghers
 * 1929 Alfred Brust and Eduard Reinacher
 * 1930 Reinhard Goering
 * 1931 Ödön von Horvath and Erik Reger
 * 1932 Richard Billinger and Else Lasker-Schüler

1933–1984
Discontinued

1985–present

 * 1985 Alexander Kluge for Die Macht der Gefühle
 * 1986 Diana Kempff for Der Wanderer
 * 1987 Thomas Brasch for Robert, ich, Fastnacht und die anderen
 * 1988 Ulrich Horstmann
 * 1989 Ernst Augustin for Der amerikanische Traum
 * 1990 Heiner Müller for Hamletmaschine
 * 1991 Gaston Salvatore for Lektionen der Finsternis
 * 1992 Monika Maron for Stille Zeile Sechs
 * 1993 Ernst Jandl for life works
 * 1994 Herta Müller for Herztier
 * 1996 Hans Joachim Schädlich for Der Kuckuck und die Nachtigall
 * 1998 Dirk von Petersdorff for Wie es weitergeht & Zeitlösung
 * 2000 Barbara Honigmann for Alles, alles Liebe!
 * 2001 Judith Hermann for Sommerhaus, später
 * 2002 Martin Mosebach for Eine lange Nacht, Der Nebenfürst & Das Grab der Pulcinellen
 * 2003 Albert Ostermaier for Vatersprache
 * 2004 Emine Sevgi Özdamar for Seltsame Sterne starren zur Erde. Wedding – Pankow 1976/77
 * 2005 Gert Jonke for Seltsame Sache & Die versunkene Kathedrale
 * 2006 Daniel Kehlmann for Ich und Kaminski & Die Vermessung der Welt
 * 2007 Wilhelm Genazino for Mittelmäßiges Heimweh
 * 2008 Max Goldt for life works
 * 2009 Arnold Stadler (destined by Péter Esterházy) for Einmal auf der Welt. Und dann so
 * 2010 Ferdinand von Schirach for Verbrechen
 * 2011 Sibylle Lewitscharoff for Blumenberg
 * 2012 Navid Kermani for life works
 * 2013 Katja Lange-Müller for life works
 * 2014 Marcel Beyer for life works
 * 2015 Monika Rinck
 * 2016 Yoko Tawada
 * 2017 Ralf Rothmann
 * 2018 Christoph Ransmayr
 * 2019 Ilma Rakusa
 * 2020 Clemens J. Setz
 * 2021 not awarded
 * 2022 Esther Kinsky
 * 2023 Thomas Kunst

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George Washington Lambert

George Washington Thomas Lambert (13 September 1873 – 29 May 1930) was an Australian artist, known principally for portrait painting and as a war artist during the First World War.

Early life
Lambert was born in St Petersburg, Russia, the posthumous son of George Washington Lambert (1833 – 25 July 1873, in London) of Baltimore, Maryland. The younger Lambert's mother was Annie Matilda, née Firth, an Englishwoman. Mother and son soon moved to Württemberg, Germany, to be with Lambert's maternal grandfather. Lambert was educated at Kingston College, Yeovil, Somerset. The family, consisting of Lambert, his mother and three sisters, decided to emigrate to Australia. They arrived in Sydney aboard the Bengal on 20 January 1887.

Career
Lambert began exhibiting his pictures at the Art Society and the Society of Artists, Sydney in 1894. Lambert began contributing pen-and-ink cartoons for The Bulletin in 1895 and began painting full-time in 1896. Illustrations by Lambert formed part of the bush ballads of the Fair girls and gray horses (1898) and Hearts of gold (1903) anthologies of Scottish-Australian poet Will H. Ogilvie (1869–1963).

In 1899 he won the Wynne Prize with Across the Blacksoil Plains. He studied at the Julian Ashton Art School in Sydney until 1900. Later, he won a travelling scholarship for 150 pounds from the government of New South Wales. He spent a year in Paris before moving to London where he exhibited at the Royal Academy. Lambert was awarded a silver medal at an international exhibition for his painting The Sonnet in Barcelona in 1911. He was most known during this time as a portrait artist.

War artist
Lambert became an official Australian war artist in 1917 during the First World War. His painting Anzac, the landing 1915 of the landings on the Gallipoli peninsula in Turkey, is the largest painting at the Australian War Memorial collection. Lambert, as an honorary captain, travelled to Gallipoli in 1919 to make sketches for the painting. Another noted work was A sergeant of the Light Horse (1920), painted in London after his travels in Palestine.

During the war years, George Lambert spent much time in London, where it is suggested he was romantically involved with fellow artist Thea Proctor.

Return to Australia
Lambert returned to Australia in 1921, where he had success in Melbourne with a one-man show at Fine Art Society gallery. He was elected an associate of the Royal Academy in 1922. He often visited the homestead of Colonel Granville Ryrie of the Australian Light Horse at Michelago, New South Wales and there painted The Squatter's Daughter and Michelago Landscape.

In the second annual Archibald Prize in 1922, now Australia's most prestigious art prize for portraiture, Lambert's work was disqualified as he had not been a resident in Australia for twelve months. He submitted a self-portrait for the third year, competing with William Macleod who entered with the subject of The Bulletin cartoonist 'Hop' Hopkins. In 1927 he won the Archibald Prize with his work titled Mrs Murdoch.

In November 1927 he was commissioned to create a statue of writer Henry Lawson; the work depicting Lawson in rough clothes accompanied by a swagman, a dog and a fence post was unveiled in The Domain, Sydney on 28 July 1931 by the Governor of New South Wales, Sir Philip Game.

Personal life
Lambert married Amelia Beatrice 'Amy' Absell (1872–1963) in 1900. Their children were Maurice Lambert (1901–1964), a noted sculptor and associate of the Royal Academy, and Constant, the British composer and conductor, born in London in 1905. Kit Lambert (1935–1981), manager of the rock group The Who, was their grandchild.

Lambert died on 29 May 1930 at Cobbitty, near Camden, New South Wales, and is buried in the Anglican section of South Head Cemetery.

Some of his family papers from 1874 to 1942 are held in the State Library of New South Wales, Sydney.

His life was dramatised in an episode of the radio series Famous Australians.

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Max Alexander (comedian)

Michael Drelich (August 20, 1953 – November 2, 2016), better known by the stage name Max Alexander, was an American stand-up comedian and actor who appeared numerous times on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.

Career
Born on August 20, 1953 on the East Coast, he moved to Los Angeles in his late twenties. In addition to doing stand-up comedy, Alexander also began appearing in supporting appearances on many sitcoms (Full House) and other series (Matlock). Alexander's film credits include supporting roles with stars such as Tom Hanks, Steve Martin, Jim Carrey, and Jason Segel, in such films as Roxanne (1987), Punchline (1988), and Forgetting Sarah Marshall.

He also appeared in Comedy Central's Best of the Improv, Vol. 5 (2003) and Comedy Club Greats with Jerry Seinfeld (2007). In recent years Alexander was frequently in Las Vegas, performing his comedy alongside Tom Jones and others. His last film was Trainwreck (2015). He entertained at the 1989 wedding of Ann-Margret's son Lars, in Las Vegas, He appeared on the Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon as well.

His stand-up routine focused primarily on his large size, frequently poking fun at his weight. He was known for pulling his pants up to his chest during routines.

Personal life
In 2008, Alexander was hospitalized with a kidney ailment and needed a transplant to survive. His brother Rabbi Moshe Drelich was the donor. A few weeks after his transplant, Alexander suffered a stroke.

Alexander died on November 2, 2016, from a form of throat cancer, at age 63.

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Craigroyston F.C.

Edinburgh Community Football Club (formerly known as Craigroyston Football Club) are a Scottish football club based in Edinburgh, who play their home matches at St Mark's Park in the Warriston area of the city. The team competes in the, having moved from the junior leagues in 2018.

History
Craigroyston were founded in 1976 by Rab Melrose, formerly the manager of Eyemouth United. Although associated with a club from the Scottish Borders, Melrose and several of his Eyemouth team were Edinburgh-based, and decided to start a club based in the city. The name of the club was taken from Craigroyston Community Centre in the north of Edinburgh, where they first played their home games.

Having become members of the East of Scotland FA, Craigroyston reached the final of the East of Scotland Qualifying Cup in their first season, and also reached the semi-finals of the City Cup. They subsequently moved into City Park, which they shared with Spartans until 1998. They then moved to their current home, St Mark's Park, in the Warriston area of the city, near the Royal Botanic Garden.

Senior honours won by Craigroyston include the Alex Jack Cup in 1993–94, the King Cup in 1996–97 and the East of Scotland League First Division title in 2005–06 and 2012–13. They were relegated to the First Division twice, in 2008 and 2015.

Craigroyston joined the Scottish Junior Football Association in 2016, and moved from the East of Scotland League to the Scottish Junior Football Association, East Region, for the 2016–17 season.

On 25 May 2018, the club announced that they had applied for, and been successful in their application to rejoin the East of Scotland League for season 2018-19.

The team had been managed since March 2019 by Michael Wilson. In August 2019 Jordyn Sheerin became the new manager. Following his departure mid season, he was succeeded by former Lauriston Th and St Bernards coach Darren Affleck.

Darren has stayed on at the club to join the new coaching staff of Manager Ryan Dinse, Assistant Manager Mikey Smith and Coach Dayne Robertson for the 2020–21 season.

Kenny Aitchison was appointed as new manager at the start of the 2021–22 season.

The club will be managed for the duration of the 2021–22 season by Darren Affleck & Greg Scott with assistance from 20s managers Dean Summer & Rico Wilson in the interim basis until the end of the season.

Honours
East of Scotland Football League First Division King Cup Alex Jack Cup
 * Winners (2): 2005–06, 2012–13
 * Winners: 1996–97
 * Winners: 1993–94

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Gala Fairydean Rovers F.C.

Gala Fairydean Rovers Football Club are a Scottish association football club based in the town of Galashiels in the Scottish Borders. The club competes in the, after joining from the East of Scotland Football League in 2013. At the same time the club changed its name to Gala Fairydean Rovers, following a merger between Gala Fairydean and Gala Rovers. The club plays its home matches at Netherdale in Galashiels.

Gala Fairydean won the East of Scotland Football League eight times and finished runners-up on seven occasions. The club reached 15 Scottish Qualifying Cup South finals, winning it 11 times, before the competition was abolished in 2007. Gala Fairydean Rovers qualify automatically for the Scottish Cup as a member of the Scottish Football Association (SFA). The best performance by the club was reaching the third round, done on five occasions. Gala Rovers won the Border Amateur Football League 13 times.

History
Gala Fairydean Rovers was first formed in 1894. In 1907 the club was separated into two teams, known as Gala Fairydean and Gala Rovers. The first Gala Rovers was the reserve team of Gala Fairydean. Both clubs ceased operations in 1914 due to the outbreak of the First World War and the consequent loss of male population in Galashiels. Gala Fairydean resumed in 1919, after the war had ended, and was a founder member of the East of Scotland Football League in 1923.

Gala Rovers were only reformed in 1947 and joined the Border Amateur League. Although the two clubs were separate, they were closely linked through operations such as a joint lottery. Although Gala Fairydean were a semi-professional club and needed funds to pay players, Gala Rovers were amateur and could save some of the funds generated. This helped to fund construction of the 1960s main stand at Netherdale. Gala Fairydean applied to join the Scottish Football League in 1966, 1994, 2000 and 2002, but were unsuccessful on each occasion.

The two clubs merged to form Gala Fairydean Rovers in 2013. The club was admitted into the new Lowland Football League in 2013.

Stadium

Gala Fairydean first played its home matches at Eastlands Park in Galashiels between 1909 and 1913, before moving to Mossilee for a spell until the 1920s. The club moved back to Eastlands, and stayed until 1929, when Netherdale was opened. Netherdale has been the club's home since 1929 and is located in the south-east of Galashiels. The ground's main spectator stand was designed by architect Peter Womersley, alongside engineers Ove Arup and built between 1963 and 1965. The stand has a capacity for 750 spectators and the ground as a whole up to 4,000. The cantilevered concrete structure is protected as a Category A listed building. The club bought 300 seats from Newcastle United's St James' Park stadium when it was refurbished, but were replaced in 2006 by wooden benches.

Current squad
As of 10 July 2024

Lowland League
† Season curtailed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

League

 * Eastern League:
 * Winners (1): 1921–22
 * East of Scotland League (1923 to 1987) and East of Scotland Premier Division (after 1987):
 * Winners (8): 1960–61, 1961–62, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1965–66, 1968–69, 1988–89, 1990–91
 * Runners-up (7): 1925–26, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1985–86, 1994–95, 1995–96
 * East of Scotland First Division (after 1987):
 * Runners-up (1): 1999–00

Cup

 * Scottish Qualifying Cup South:
 * Winners (11): 1961, 1965, 1966, 1978, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991
 * Runners-up (4): 1981, 1988, 1992, 1996
 * King Cup:
 * Winners (11): 1911–12, 1912–13, 1914–15, 1929–30, 1946–47, 1960–61, 1964–65, 1965–66, 1968–69, 1971–72, 1988–89
 * East of Scotland Qualifying Cup:
 * Winners (10): 1926–27, 1946–47, 1961–62, 1965–66, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1990–91, 1994–95
 * East of Scotland (City) Cup:
 * Winners (3): 1960–61, 1987–88, 2021–22
 * East of Scotland League Cup:
 * Winners (2): 1968–69, 1993–94

BAFA honours
B Division South Cup Border Cup Beveridge Cup Wright Cup Walls Cup Waddel Cup Dudley Cup
 * Winners (13): 1951, 1953, 1954, 1959, 1964, 1978, 1987, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2013
 * Winners (1): 1995
 * Winners (4):1954, 1963, 1964, 2007
 * Winners (6): 1963, 1968, 1996, 2000, 2002, 2003
 * Winners (6): 1954, 1967, 1978, 1996, 2003, 2013
 * Winners (4):1963, 1966, 1985, 1995
 * Winners (1): 1995
 * Winners (3): 1988, 2001, 2003
 * Winners (4): 1949, 1950, 1953, 2013

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Las Vegas High School

Las Vegas High School is a public high school in Sunrise Manor, Nevada, part of the Clark County School District. It is the oldest high school in Las Vegas and originally opened in 1905 on what was then the outskirts of town. The school's first campus was made a permanent location in 1904 with a tent that opened in 1905. After 29 years the school built a new campus in 1930 that opened in 1931. Then, after 62 years the school moved to a new campus in 1993, located on the east side of Las Vegas along the foothills of Frenchman Mountain.

History
Las Vegas High School's original campus was constructed a tent near the cottonwoods near north Creek of town for the 1905 school year. In 1911 High school classes were moved to the Clark County School at Fourth Street and Bridger Avenue, the precursor to Las Vegas High. Seventeen students were enrolled.

On December 17, 1917 a new Las Vegas High School is built at a cost of $42,500, opens at Fourth Street and Clark Avenue with 51 students. On May 11, 1934. Las Vegas High was destroyed by a fire. A new high school was built in 1930 and caused much controversy at the time for its location. In the early 1930s, the new High School was considered to be quite distant from the rest of the town and was a commute for some students. The school originally had three buildings, the tri-level Main building on the corner of 7th and Bridger, the Gymnasium, and a third building that originally housed wood shops and vocational classes, and later government classes. It was torn down in 1969. Las Vegas High School is now a landmark in Las Vegas for it represents the best of the Art-Deco Style Architecture of the 1930s, that still stands in the city. The school's outer appearance has been maintained but the interior has been changed quite a bit since the original construction in the 1930s. Lieutenant William Harrell Nellis, for whom Nellis Air Force Base is named, graduated from Las Vegas High School.

During the late 1980s, the school district decided to build a new larger campus on the east side of Clark County. The original buildings that were Las Vegas High School are now the home to the Las Vegas Academy of the Arts, which opened in 1993.

Athletics
Las Vegas High School's athletics teams are known as the Wildcats and participate in the Northeast Division of the Sunrise 4A Region. The Wildcats athletics programs are some of the best in the state and have won numerous championships with several in football, including the 1944 team which went all eight games without giving up a single point. The football team also has two historic rivalries, the Battle of Sunrise Mountain against Eldorado High School, which began in 1993 (and coined by a former 1985 graduate of Eldorado High School) and the Bone Game against Rancho High School, the latter of which is the oldest football rivalry in the state of Nevada. Las Vegas has won 22 consecutive games against Rancho, dating back to 1996.

Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association State Championships

 * Baseball – 1968, 1971
 * Basketball (Men's) – 1944, 1945, 1949, 1953, 1960, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1972, 1974, 1976
 * Basketball (Women's) – 1979
 * Bowling (Men's) – 2017
 * Football – 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1938, 1944, 1945, 1947, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1957, 1959, 2001, 2005, 2006
 * Golf – 1966, 1970
 * Soccer (Boys) – 2008, 2009, 2018
 * Softball – 1982
 * Volleyball (Boys) – 2005, 2008
 * Wrestling – 1985, 2001, 2002, 2010, 2011
 * Track & Field – 1930, 1933, 1939, 1941, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1972, 1973, 1993

Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association State Runners-Up

 * Bowling (Men's) – 2014
 * Football – 2003, 2004
 * Softball – 2007
 * Track and Field (Men's) – 1999
 * Volleyball (Men's) – 2014, 2017
 * Wrestling – 1988, 1991, 2005, 2009

Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association Individual State Champions

 * Bowling (Women's)(1) – 2014 Gabriella Weis
 * Golf (Men's)(1) – 2009 Ray Gillup
 * Track and Field (Men's) – 1998 Anthony Park, 1999 John Pollard, 2000 Anthony Parker, 2002 Cory Williams, 2009 Aaron Adkins, 2012 Tony Verdugo, 2016 Tre James,

Relay – 2001, 2015-400x2 (Elias Miller, Tre' James, Kalin Quailis, Eric Williams)

 * Track and Field (Women's) – 1998 Lillie Williams

Relay – 2007

 * Wrestling(42) - 1979 Adam Hilty, Ben Viray, 1980 Ben Viray, 1983 Tim Monahan, 1985 Mike Brewer, Joel Collins, Dave Rumfield, 1988 Simon Gutierrez, Joey Vidana, 1989 Mihn Nguyen, Scott Hocker, 1990 Frank Quintana, Damon Ruemmele, 1991 Pete Rayner, Rick Villalobos, Damon Ruemmele, 1996 Kelly Brinkerhoff, 1998 Eddy Gifford, 1999 Ricardo Osario, 2001 Greg Gifford, 2002 Chris Gifford, Greg Gifford, 2003 Chris Gifford, 2004 Chris Gifford, 2005 Nick Ruggiero, Zach Brewer, 2006 Mike Ruggiero, 2007 Jarell Price, Zach Hocker, 2009 Madison Hales, 2010 Alex Aniciete, Napoleon Aniciete, Trey McElhaney, 2011 Nathan Garcia, Alex Aniciete, Napoleon Aniciete, 2013 Christopher Caday, Alex Aniciete, 2014 Antonio Jauregui, 2015 Antonio Saldate, 2016 Antonio Saldate, 2017 Mauricio Jimenez

NIAA SUNRISE REGION CHAMPIONSHIPS - (1999–Present)

Basketball (Men's) - 2000, 2001, 2002

Basketball (Women's) - 2003

Bowling (Men's) - 2014, 2017

Football - 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008

Track and Field (Men's) - 2000

Soccer (Men's) - 1999, 2006, 2009

Softball - 2005, 2007

Volleyball (Men's) - 2005, 2010, 2014, 2015, 2017

Wrestling - 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010

Notable alumni

 * Toni Basil (1961), pop singer
 * Sal Bernal (2011), Major League Soccer player
 * Tyler Bey (born 1998), basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League, a 2020 NBA draft prospect
 * Richard Bryan (1955)
 * Gabriel Campisi (1986)
 * Brian Cram (1955), Clark County School Superintendent
 * Ricardo Dominguez (1978), co-founder of Electronic Disturbance Theater and professor at University of California, San Diego
 * Erick Fedde (2011), Major League Baseball player
 * Lloyd D. George (1948), United States federal judge, namesake of Lloyd D. George Federal Courthouse
 * Herculez Gomez (2000), soccer player
 * Bryce Harper (dropped out in 2008 to pursue a GED), Major League Baseball player
 * Che' Jones (1989), basketball player and college basketball coach
 * Sean Kazmar (2002), major league baseball player
 * Barbara Knudson, actress
 * Raúl Labrador (1985), congressman from Idaho
 * William Harrell Nellis (1934), namesake of Nellis Air Force Base
 * Marc Ratner (1963)
 * Sig Rogich (1962)
 * Larry Ruvo (1964)
 * Jack Lund Schofield (1941), Nevada state legislator
 * Dana Snyder (1992), stand-up comedian, actor, voice actor, and producer
 * Billy Winn (2007), professional football player
 * Bruce Woodbury (1962)

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 This page is an archive of the proposed deletion of the article below. Further comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or on a Votes for Undeletion nomination). No further edits should be made to this page.

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Kick in the pants
Band vanity --Ryan Delaney talk 05:54, 19 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Borderline. No allmusic, but Google comes back with a few relevant hits.  Leaning toward delete because of a lack of content.  This simply doesn't establish notability. - Lucky 6.9 05:59, 19 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete nn band vanity. They're not even signed to a label . --TheMidnighters 07:54, 19 August 2005 (UTC)
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Ormiston Primrose F.C.

Ormiston Primrose Football Club is a senior football club based in Ormiston, East Lothian, currently competing in the.

The club was founded in 1890 and amalgamated with former East of Scotland League team Pencaitland in 1999.

Ormiston play their home matches at New Recreation Park, which was completed in 2018 (along with a new changing pavilion) as a replacement to the old Recreation Park which stood on adjacent land and closed a year earlier. In the intervening period, the club used the Hibernian Training Centre located a short distance to the north of Ormiston. An official partnership with professionals Hibernian had already been arranged in 2014 to strengthen the Edinburgh club's presence in the local area and give Ormiston some practical assistance.

History
Pencaitland, from the nearby village of the same name, were originally founded in 1919. They won the Scottish Amateur Cup in 1984 and then joined the East of Scotland League in 1986, eventually gaining promotion and competing in the Premier Division for four seasons.

Ormiston Primrose were originally founded in the 1890s - they reached the final of the Scottish Junior Cup in 1989 and twice won the East of Scotland Junior Cup.

For a couple of years the club used the name Pencaitland & Ormiston but decided to shorten it to just Ormiston F.C. in 2003, although they retain strong links to Pencaitland. Meanwhile, Pencaitland AFC reformed as a separate amateur club, competing in the Lothian & Edinburgh Amateur Football Association (LEAFA).

Ahead of the 2022–23 season, the club changed their name back to Ormiston Primrose.

Honours
As Pencaitland

East of Scotland League First Division

 * Winners: 1994–95

As Pencaitland & Ormiston

East of Scotland League First Division

 * Winners: 2000–01

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Peebles Rovers F.C.

Peebles Rovers Football Club is a Scottish football club based in Peebles, Scottish Borders. Originally founded in 1888 as Greenside Rovers, the club changed their name to Peebles Rovers in May 1890. This is at odds with the official date of 1893 which appears to be based upon what was written in a newspaper article in 1947. They play their home matches at Whitestone Park. The club are members of the East of Scotland Football League, in the seventh tier of the Scottish football league system. They were briefly members of the Scottish Football League, between 1923 and 1926.

History
Peebles Rovers were members of the Scottish Football League Third Division between 1923 and 1926, and had only a modest record – finishing 14th and 8th in the two full seasons played, and were 14th in the unfinished 1925–26 season. All told, Peebles Rovers played 86 Scottish Football League matches, winning 28, drawing 15 and losing 43. They scored 159 goals and conceded 190. Their record victory at their Whitestone Park home was 7–1 against Beith on 18 April 1925. Their best away win was 5–2 away against Galston, seven days previously on 11 April 1925. In 1937 Peebles Rovers moved from their traditional home in Victoria Park to Whitestone park, after a local businessman successfully managed to acquire planning rights to the eastern end of Victoria Park, intending substantial development that was subsequently curtailed due to the start of World War II.

Peebles Rovers themselves were active long before the Third Division, being formed in 1888 and have played in the Scottish Cup proper over twenty times. Their first appearance was back in 1907–08, when they lost 4–0 away to Celtic. In their first 11 appearances, they were drawn away from home on each and every occasion, spanning 19 ties in all. They managed to win three of these and draw two, including holding Hibernian to a 0–0 draw at Easter Road in 1923 – easily their best result in the competition. In this season, Paddy McBoyle starred as top scorer with a total of 27 league goals.

Other than a replay win over St Cuthbert's Wanderers, they did not have a home tie until beating Keith 7–3 in 1926. They drew away to Albion Rovers in the next round, before losing the replay. They also drew with their Coatbridge namesakes in 1957, and again lost the replay.

The season before that, they were involved in a marathon tie with Brechin City. There was a 1–1 draw away, 4–4 at home after extra time, 0–0 in a second replay at Easter Road, again after extra time and finally losing 6–2 in a third replay, at Tannadice.

After that they took some serious hammerings, losing 10–0 away to St Mirren in 1959, 6–1 at home against Ayr United the next year, and then a 15–1 slaughter away to Hibernian in 1961. Joe Baker scored nine that day and his brother Gerry grabbed four in the earlier debacle at Love Street. During the 1959–1960 season, there was a record 23–2 defeat at the hands of Partick Thistle.

Their final appearance was better though, in 1965–66, they drew 2–2 at Dumbarton and took the Sons to extra time in the replay before losing 3–2. After the match both sides celebrated the match as an exemplar of what football could be.

Their greatest moment in the Qualifying Cup (South) came in the 1953–54 competition, when they defeated Shawfield Amateurs 6–1, Burntisland Shipyard 7–0, Selkirk 4–2 (all at home) and Coldstream 4–1 after a 1–1 draw away to reach the final. Latterly the club is only an associate member of the Scottish Football Association due to the inadequate facilities at Whitestone Park, thus becoming ineligible to compete in the Scottish Cup.

While Peebles Rovers won many minor and local competitions, the highest level they played at, the Third Division apart, is the East of Scotland League, which they won on six occasions – 1928–29, 1932–33, 1933–34, 1934–35, 1935–36 and 1945–46.

In the 1966–67, Rovers joined the junior grade of football and entered a period of decline, until they rejoined the senior ranks in the East of Scotland League in 1980–81. When that set-up was altered to two divisions in the late-1980s, they found themselves in the second tier, and during this period endured a prolonged period of financial hardship resulting in several members of the squad volunteering in the local town to make ends meet. Although they won promotion several times, their stays in the Premier were of short duration. In the 2007–08 season, Peebles won promotion to the East of Scotland Premier Division, but were relegated back to the First Division in the 2010–11 season.

Largest crowds to watch them have been 14,000 and 10,453, both at Easter Road in the Scottish Cup in 1923 and 1961. The record gate at Whitestone Park is recorded as 1,750 for the 4–2 first round Scottish Cup win over Gala Fairydean in 1961.

Michael Wilson was named the club's new manager in April 2020. Wilson was joined in December 2020 by Colin Macdonald, a local businessman who accepted the role of Club Chairman. Following a poor start to the 2022/23 season, Wilson joined Vale of Leithen, leaving the way clear for Ger Rossi to return as manager for a second spell after a successful period with the club a few years earlier.

Honours
East of Scotland Football League East of Scotland Football League First Division King Cup Alex Jack Cup
 * Winners: 1928–29, 1932–33, 1933–34, 1934–35, 1935–36, 1945–46
 * Runners-up: 1938–39, 1948–49, 1952–53, 1954–55, 1956–57, 1963–64
 * Winners: 1988–89, 1997–98, 2014–15
 * Runners-up: 2001–02, 2007–08
 * Winners: 1907–08, 1952–53, 1953–54, 1961–62, 1962–63, 2014–15
 * Winners: 1999–00
 * Runners-up: 2014–15, 2007–08

Coronation Cup
The Coronation Cup was an annual five-a-side tournament ran under the auspices of the football club, Peebles Cricket Club and the March Riding Committee.

The trophy was presented to the football club by Mr M.G. Thorburn of Glenormiston for the first competition in 1911.

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Skip Spence

Alexander "Skip" Spence (born Alexander Lee Spence, Jr.; April 18, 1946 – April 16, 1999) was a Canadian-born American singer-songwriter and musician. He was co-founder of Moby Grape, and played guitar with them until 1969. In the same year, he released his only solo album, Oar, and then largely withdrew from the music industry. He had started his career as a guitarist in an early line-up of Quicksilver Messenger Service, and was the drummer on Jefferson Airplane's debut album, Jefferson Airplane Takes Off. He has been described on the AllMusic website as "one of psychedelia's brightest lights"; however, his career was plagued by drug addiction coupled with mental health problems, and he has been described by a biographer as a man who "neither died young nor had a chance to find his way out."

Early life: 1946–1965
Alexander Lee Spence was born in Windsor, Ontario, Canada on April 18, 1946. His father, Alexander Lett "Jock" Spence (1914–1965), was a machinist, a salesman, and played Route 66 as a solo singer-songwriter and piano player. He was also a decorated Canadian WWII bomber pilot, having been awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross.

In the late 1950s, the family relocated from Windsor to San Jose, California, when Spence's father found work in the aircraft industry. His parents gave him his first guitar when he was 10.

Music career: 1966–1969
Spence was a guitarist in the band The Other Side before Marty Balin recruited him to be the drummer for Jefferson Airplane (apparently because he looked the part). He has been described as "a key member of the psychedelic 60s San Francisco Bay Area scene." Spence drummed on their debut, Jefferson Airplane Takes Off, which was recorded before Grace Slick joined the group. The band dismissed him after he took an unannounced vacation in Mexico. He briefly considered joining Buffalo Springfield as a drummer before returning to the guitar to co-found Moby Grape.

During the recording session of Moby Grape's second album, Wow in 1968, Spence attempted to break down a bandmate's hotel room door with a fire axe while under the influence of LSD. Spence's deterioration in New York and the "fire axe incident" are described by bandmate Jerry Miller as follows: "Skippy changed radically when we were in New York. There were some people there that were into harder drugs and a harder lifestyle, and some very weird shit. And so he kind of flew off with those people. Skippy kind of disappeared for a little while. Next time we saw him, he had cut off his beard, and was wearing a black leather jacket, with his chest hanging out, with some chains and just sweating like a son of a gun. I don't know what the hell he got a hold of, man, but it just whacked him. And the next thing I know, he axed my door down in the Albert Hotel. They said at the reception area that this crazy guy had held an axe to the doorman's head."Bandmate Peter Lewis, describes Don Stevenson as also being the target of Spence and what happened to him afterwards:

"We had to do [the album] in New York because the producer [David Rubinson] wanted to be with his family. So we had to leave our families and spend months at a time in hotel rooms in New York City. Finally I just quit and went back to California. I got a phone call after a couple of days. They'd played a Fillmore East gig without me, and Skippy took off with some black witch afterward who fed him full of acid. It was like that scene in The Doors movie. He thought he was the anti-Christ. He tried to chop down the hotel room door with a fire axe to kill Don [Stevenson] to save him from himself. He went up to the 52nd floor of the CBS building where they had to wrestle him to the ground. And Rubinson pressed charges against him. They took him to The Tombs [notorious prison in New York] and that's where he wrote Oar. When he got out of there, he cut that album in Nashville. And that was the end of his career. They shot him full of Thorazine for six months. They just take you out of the game."

In June 1968 Spence was admitted to Bellevue Hospital in New York; during his six-month stay he was diagnosed with schizophrenia. According to an urban myth, on the day of his release, clad in pajamas he drove a motorcycle directly to Nashville to record his only solo album, with the help of no other musicians, the now-classic psychedelic/folk album Oar (1969, Columbia Records).

Decline: 1970–1999
During the early '70s Spence also founded and experimented with a three-man rock band called Pachuca and later a larger ensemble called The Rhythm Dukes. He continued to have minor involvement in later Moby Grape projects and reunions. He contributed to 20 Granite Creek (1971) and Live Grape (1978), though his bandmates always included at least one of his songs on group recordings, irrespective of whether he was capable of performing with the group at the time. He had been similarly remembered by Jefferson Airplane, whereby his song "My Best Friend" was included on the group's Surrealistic Pillow album (1967), despite his departure from the group.

Due to his deteriorating state and notwithstanding that he was no longer functioning in the band, Spence was supported by Moby Grape band members for extended periods. Voluminous consumption of heroin and cocaine resulted in a further involuntary committal for Spence. As described by Peter Lewis, "Skippy was just hanging around. He hadn't been all there for years, because he'd been into heroin all that time. In fact he actually OD'ed once and they had him in the morgue in San Jose with a tag on his toe. All of a sudden he got up and asked for a glass of water. Now he was snortin' big clumps of coke, and nothing would happen to him. We couldn't have him around because he'd be pacing the room, describing axe murders. So we got him a little place of his own. He had a little white rat named Oswald that would snort coke too. He'd never washed his dishes, and he'd try to get these little grammar school girls to go into the house with him. He was real bad. One of the parents finally called the cops, and they took him to the County Mental Health Hospital in Santa Cruz. Where they immediately lost him, and he turned up days later in the women's ward."

Mental illness, drug addiction, and alcoholism thus prevented Spence from sustaining a career in the music industry. He spent many of his years in third-party care, as a ward of the State of California, and either homeless or in transient accommodations in his later years. He remained in and around San Jose and Santa Cruz. Peter Lewis regularly visited Spence during the latter years of his life: "The last five years I'd go up‚ he lived in a trailer up there‚ Capitola. I used to hang around with him; we'd spend the weekends together. But he just basically kind of hit the...he was helpless in a way in terms of being able to define anything or control his feelings."

In 1994, he participated in a music program for the mentally ill, sponsored by the City of San Jose. Two years later, in 1996, he was commissioned to write a song for The X-Files soundtrack, Songs in the Key of X; it wasn't used, but it was included on the More Oar tribute record as "Land of the Sun".

Spence's final performance with Moby Grape occurred on August 9, 1996, at Palookaville in Santa Cruz. At this final show, Spence led the group through a rendition of "Sailing" (a song performed during the 1971 reunion run) and an impromptu performance of "J.P.P. McStep B. Blues", which he'd written for Jefferson Airplane in 1966.

Death
Spence died of lung cancer on April 16, 1999; two days short of his 53rd birthday. He was survived by his four children, eleven grandchildren, half-brother Rich Young, and sister Sherry Ferreira. More Oar: A Tribute to the Skip Spence Album, an album featuring contributions from Robert Plant, Tom Waits, and Beck, among others, was released a few weeks after his death. Prior to its release, the CD was played for Spence at the hospital, in his final stages before death. Spence is interred at Soquel Cemetery in Santa Cruz County.

Legacy
Spence has been described on the Allmusic website as "one of psychedelia's brightest lights". Spence wrote "Omaha" for Moby Grape's first album which Rolling Stone Magazine listed in 2008 as one of the 100 greatest guitar songs of all time.

In June 2008, a Skip Spence tribute concert was held in Santa Cruz. The concert featured Spence's son Omar, who has sung with various configurations of Moby Grape in recent years. Omar Spence, singing his father's songs, was backed by the Santa Cruz White Album Ensemble, with Dale Ockerman and Tiran Porter, both formerly of the Doobie Brothers, and both of whom have played with various members of Moby Grape in several bands over the past three decades. Don Stevenson (an original Moby Grape member) also performed. Keith Graves of Quicksilver Messenger Service played drums.

Peter Lewis joined the group onstage for the finale. An additional Skip Spence tribute concert was held in October 2008.

William Gibson paid tribute to Spence in his collection of essays, Distrust That Particular Flavor, in which he marvelled at his tailor-adjusted jeans.

With Jefferson Airplane

 * Jefferson Airplane Takes Off (RCA, 1966)
 * Compilations
 * Early Flight (RCA, 1974)
 * Jefferson Airplane Loves You (RCA, 1992)

With Moby Grape

 * Original albums
 * Moby Grape (Columbia, 1967)
 * Wow/Grape Jam (Columbia, 1968)
 * Moby Grape '69 (Columbia, 1969)
 * 20 Granite Creek (Reprise, 1971)
 * Live Grape (Escape, 1978)
 * The Place and the Time (Sundazed, 2009)
 * Moby Grape Live (Sundazed, 2010)

 * Compilations
 * Omaha (Harmony, 1971)
 * Great Grape (Columbia, 1972)
 * Murder in My Heart (Edsel, 1986)
 * Vintage: The Very Best of Moby Grape (Columbia/Legacy, 1993)
 * Crosstalk: The Best of Moby Grape (Sony International, 2004)
 * Listen My Friends! The Best of Moby Grape (Columbia/Legacy, 2007)

Studio album

 * Oar (Columbia, 1969), remastered and expanded in 1999 by Sundazed

Other release

 * AndOarAgain (Columbia, 1969), remastered and expanded "Oar" with three discs (Modern Harmonic/Sundazed) (2018)

Single releases

 * "Land of the Sun" (Sundazed, 1999)
 * "After Gene Autry" b/w "Motorcycle Irene" (aka Previously Unissued Demo Recordings) (Sundazed, 2009)
 * "I Want A Rock & Roll Band" b/w "	I Got A Lot To Say / Mary Jane" (Modern Harmonic/Columbia, 2019)

Compilation appearances

 * Psychodelia (MCI, 1994) - "War in Peace"
 * Psychodelic Frequencies (Temple, 1996) - "War in Peace"
 * L'odyssee Du Rock (Sony Music Media/Sony, 2004) 4XLP - "Cripple Creek"
 * Meridian 1970 (Protest, Sorrow, Hobos, Folk and Blues) (Forever Heavenly/EMI, 2005) - "Cripple Creek"
 * Woodstock Generation (Sony Music, 2009) MP3 - "War in Peace"
 * Pure...Psychedelic Rock (Sony Music), 2010) 4XCD - "War in Peace"
 * Come on Back to The War (Mississippi, 2011) cassette - "Margret Tiger Rug"
 * The Anniversary of Light (Mississippi, 2013) cassette - "Weighted Down"
 * Bobby Gillespie Presents Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down (Ace, 2015) - "War in Peace"
 * Institute-A Mixed Tape Made By Institute (Sacred Bones, 2015) ltd. edition cassette - "Cripple Creek"
 * Between the Music Vol. One (End of the Road, 2022) 2XLP - "Cripple Creek"
 * Music For The Stars (Celestial Music 1960-1979) (Two Piers, 2022) 2XLP/CD - "Broken Heart"
 * Who Has Seen The Wind (Mississippi) cassette - "Broken Heart"

Tribute album

 * More Oar: A Tribute to the Skip Spence Album (Birdman, 1999)

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Selkirk F.C.

Selkirk Football Club (nicknamed the Souters) was a Scottish football club based in the town of Selkirk. Founded in 1880, they were the oldest established football club in the Scottish Borders. The club was selected as a founder member of the Lowland Football League, which was formed in 2013 by the Scottish Football Association (SFA) as part of a proposed pyramid system. Their home ground was Yarrow Park. Following financial problems, they resigned from the Lowland League during the 2018–19 season and later went out of business due to insurmountable debts and failure to keep their SFA membership.

The Border pioneers (1880–1899)
History records that this initial meeting was a great success. A committee was formed and an opening game against Hibernian was arranged to launch the new venture. The kick-off was arranged for March 1881, the venue the cricket club, the result a 0–14 reverse, and so was born the oldest football club in the Borders. By 1882 Selkirk were recording good victories against leading Edinburgh clubs, Holyrood (8–2) and St Bernard's (4–1).

Research indicates that by 1883 the club were fielding a second XI, competing in the Second XI Challenge Cup. The same year an extraordinary request was received by the club, Melrose Football Club (later Melrose RFC), invited seven players to represent Selkirk in a new kind of game—seven-a-side rugby. It was members of Selkirk Football Club in the absence of an organized rugby club that represented the town in the world premier of the shortened rugby game—Melrose Sevens! A non-footballing honour also came the way of the club when member A. Stuart was appointed President of the East of Scotland Football Association.

In 1890–91 a new trophy was instituted, the 'Association Borders Counties Challenge Cup' (Border Cup), which Selkirk won at the first time of asking, defeating Hawick Rangers, 4–3, in the final tie.

A highlight of the 1891–92 season was a visit from Queen's Park, who at the time were one of the greatest club sides in the world. In front of a large crowd, Selkirk kept the score down to a respectable 4–1 defeat. Defeat by Vale of Gala in the defence of the Border Cup title was the first defeat by a Borders team for seven years.

Season 1892–93 saw the club become a member of the Scottish Football Association and retain the Border Cup.

In the seasons from 1894 to 1899, Selkirk won the Border Cup twice in succession, and were runners-up on two other occasions. The club also recorded their first Border League Championship in 1897, defeating Peebles Rovers 4–0 in a play-off. 1898 saw the team record a 7–2 victory over Morton in the Scottish Qualifying Cup. Wull Brown a key player during this time became the first recorded player to sign for a league club (Heart of Midlothian).

Home at last (1900–1939)
Season 1903–04 saw the return of the Border Cup to Selkirk, although it took two replays to finally defeat Peebles Rovers at Victoria Park, Innerleithen.

1905-06 saw the team come close to winning its first honour from out with the Borders region, after a 3–1 reverse at the hands of Berwick Rangers in the final of the Consolation Cup. There was some real consolation however, when Selkirk were awarded once more the Border Cup. This time due to the non-appearance of Vale of Leithen come final day in Kelso. Almost of greater significance to matters on the field, Selkirk were able to outbid the let a local farmer offered with to graze sheep on part of the underhaugh by the River Ettrick. This led to the club having their first home after years of nomadic existence—Ettrick Park.

After a period of consolidation due in part to the formation in 1907 of the rugby club in the town the football club won the Border League for the season 1909–10. 1914 saw a repeat of the 1906 Consolation Cup final, again with Berwick Rangers winning, this time 3–2.

With the outbreak of the Great War, most competitive sporting activities were halted until 1918. 16 members of Selkirk Football Club made the supreme sacrifice and many more were to suffer from physical or psychological injuries. Sporting pursuits also took time to recover and forget.

Season 1923–24 saw the first post war trophy paraded at Ettrick Park with a 2–1 victory over Civil Service Strollers in the Border Cup final. Later the same season, the Consolation Cup yet again eluded the 'Souters', this time losing out 2–1 to Coldstream, in front of 2,000 spectators.

The 1920s brought hard times to the woollen trade in the town, and the club relied on the many friends it had made during the preceding years. Celtic, Hibernian and Queen of the South were all willing visitors to Ettrick Park, swelling the coffers and fending off what would be otherwise certain bankruptcy. It was during a visit by a Hearts XI that Bob Mercer died while leading his young charges in order to benefit his former club.

A significant honour was bestowed in the club when former player James Fairgrieve was elected president of the East of Scotland Football Association from 1925 to 1928.

Season 1930–31 saw the return of the Border Cup, after defeating Coldstream 2–1 in the final. The club also managed a creditable 4–4 draw against a strong Hearts side with much to the Selkirk team's relief, legendary centre forward Barney Battles, Jr. acting as referee.

Selkirk were able to retain the Border Cup at the climax of the 1931–32 season, defeating Berwick Rangers at Raidstane Park, Galashiels. By this time the game was booming in the town, with regular attendances of over 1,000 recorded.

1933 witnessed a famous Scottish Cup tie, with Selkirk defeating all-professional Bo'ness 3–0 courtesy of a 'spectacular' Jimmy Tranter hat-trick.

The opening of a new pavilion at Ettrick Park was celebrated by the visit of Queen of the South in 1937.

Season 1938–39 saw the Border Cup return once more to Selkirk, this time requiring a replay and extra time. Teenager Sandy Adamson scoring the winner in a 3–2 win over Penicuik Athletic.

As the 1939–40 season kicked off, World War II broke out. A directive from the SFA immediately suspended all non-Army or junior competitive games heralding the end of another era in the club's history.

Superstars and World Cup opponents (1940–1969)
The end of the War did not initiate an immediate restart to footballing activities. Many players and members were not released from military service until some time after hostilities ended. Following a meeting in the Selkirk Institute in March 1946, a new committee was formed and planning for the future began. The playing staff suffered as a result of the war, significantly highly promising players Sandy Adamson was drowned on active service, and John Douglas was unable to play due to his war injuries. However, on a more positive note, many of the youth players had obtained great experience while playing for their Service teams. In addition, two young lads, Davie Grieve and Bobby Johnstone emerged from the Parkvale Rovers primed and ready for action.

In October 1946, the newly revived Selkirk F.C. defeated Queen of the South on the Toll Field in front of 1,500 spectators. Unfortunately a major trophy eluded the team once more, this time losing to professional Gala Fairydean, 5–2, in the East of Scotland Cup final. This year also saw Bobby Johnstone and Eck Piercy sign for Hibernian. The transfer fee being the promise of a home friendly. This game duly took place in October 1947, Selkirk losing 11–2. Just before this, in September 1947, in the held-over East of Scotland Qualifying Cup final replay, Selkirk defeated Leith Athletic, 4–0, at Ettrick Park. A huge crowd turned out for the Wednesday night game and the final whistle brought great scenes of celebration, which were only slightly muted by the non-appearance of the cup. This was the first time an amateur team had taken the trophy out of Edinburgh.

The golden era (1970–1979)
The 1970s was definitely the epoch for the club, seeing 10 trophies arrive at Ettrick Park in the five seasons from 1973 to 1978. After dropping down to the amateur leagues in 1967, it was not until season 1971–72 that Selkirk would regain the confidence (and the finances) to return to senior football, and what a return it would be. The five years of glory commenced with the release of Ian Whitehead from Berwick Rangers in 1973, Chalky as he was universally known was snapped up by Selkirk and became player/manager later in the season. Whitehead became the architect of the most fruitful period of success in the club's history and soon bagged the first trophy in 28 years for Selkirk FC. Trophy #1 23 March 1974 East of Scotland Qualifying Cup (Selkirk 2 Heriot Watt University 0). Trophy #2 2 and 9 November 1974 Scottish Qualifying Cup (South) Selkirk 2 St Cuthbert Wanderers 1/St Cuthbert Wanderers 1 Selkirk 2 – Selkirk win 4–2 on aggregate. Trophy #3 7 May 1975 East of Scotland League Championship 1974–75. Trophy #4 13 May 1975 King Cup Selkirk 0 Hawick Royal Albert 0 (a.e.t. 0–0 Selkirk won 4–2 on penalties). Trophy #5 7 November 1975 Scottish Qualifying Cup (South) Selkirk 6 Civil Service Strollers 2. Trophy #6 8 April 1976 East of Scotland Qualifying Cup Hawick Royal Albert 1 Selkirk 3. Trophy #7 22 April 1976 East of Scotland League Championship 1975–76. Trophy #8 22 May 1976 King Cup Selkirk 5 Vale of Leithen 4 – a Grand Slam of trophies for 1975–76. Trophy #9 26 May East of Scotland League Championship 1976–77. Trophy #10 26 November 1977 Scottish Qualifying Cup (South) Selkirk 2 Civil Service Strollers 1.

Throughout this period Selkirk had the services of many of the finest players in the Scottish Borders and frequently fielded four Amateur Scottish Caps in the side Ian Whitehead, Sandy Bell, Moray McLaren and Davie Watkins.

December 1977 started on a remarkable note for Selkirk. As the support slowly filtered in to Ettrick Park for a league match against lowly Eyemouth United, the sharp shrill of the referee's whistle sounded the start of the game. Ian 'Chalky' Whitehead meanwhile had spotted the goalkeeper off his line in conversation with his centre-half. Brian 'the bear' McConnell kicked off for Selkirk and Chalky hammered the ball into the top corner of the net. Referee George Smith timed the goal at five-seconds, a second quicker than the then current record published by the Guinness Book of Records.

Like all good things however, Selkirk's Golden Era came to an end when Ian Whitehead was enticed back into Scottish League Football as a coach with Second Division Berwick Rangers. Ian never concealed his desire to progress in management and possibly his greatest achievement was to manage the 'wee Gers' to the Championship title and to be promoted for the first time in their history.

Resurgence follows hard times (1980–1999)
The club have appeared in the Scottish Cup on numerous occasions, with their most infamous appearance having been in 1984/85, when they were beaten 20–0 by Stirling Albion. This is the biggest winning margin in British senior football during the 20th century. To compound the infamy the whole sorry match was recorded in full by the BBC for a documentary on the Scottish Cup. In truth the club were treading water at the time, they had dropped out of the East of Scotland League temporarily, and had to field a makeshift side of whoever they could find for the Scottish Cup match in order to maintain their qualification for the competition. The players took to the field in good spirits but were mercilessly exposed by their professional opponents. .

East of Scotland
Selkirk won promotion to the East of Scotland Premier Division in season 2005–06 after some spirited performances, including a 6–1 win against local rivals Gala Fairydean. In season 2006–07 the club consolidated their place in the top flight.

Season 2007–08 resulted in relegation from the Premier Division, but they were reprieved when Annan Athletic left to fill the Third Division position vacated by the departing Gretna. Buoyed by this unexpected turn in fortunes, the club ended the campaign on a high by capturing their first silverware in 30 years, triumphantly lifting the Image Printers' Cup with a 3–1 victory over the much-fancied Lothian Thistle. Manager Fraser Lothian shocked the club shortly afterwards by leaving his post. It was confirmed that former Berwick Rangers player and local stalwart Paul 'Paulie' Brownlee would be taking over the managerial reins for the 2008–09 season. Brownlee stuck to a policy of building a squad of predominantly local players.

In season 2008–09, the team finished the campaign in 10th position. Towards the culmination of the fixture list, Selkirk had recorded unexpected home and away victories over the reigning league champions, Whitehill Welfare, to avoid the dreaded trapdoor and ensure that Premier Division football would be witnessed at Yarrow Park for another year.

In season 2009–10, former chairman Roger Arnold and ex-player and manager of Selkirk Jackson Cockburn were awarded life-memberships of the club at a special lunch held at Yarrow Park. The club finish in 10th position in the Premier Division.

In season 2010–11, the club received a SFA Standard Quality Award for services to grass roots football. Selkirk took the phrase 'down to the wire' to a new level in the last game of the season. After 14 games without a victory, results went for them in the other games and thanks to a Des Sutherland hat-trick, relegation was avoided at the final whistle with a 3–2 victory over Tynecastle.

In season 2011–12, after six seasons of narrow squeaks and great escapes, Selkirk finally failed to remain in the Premier Division, ending the season last place in the table returning to the First Division.

Selkirk started season 2012–13 well with excellent pre-season results, drawing with the Celtic and Hibernian under-20s sides and pushing Cowdenbeath to overturn a 0–2 deficit in the last 15 minutes of the game. However, despite this bright start the team ended up in the lower half of the league. As an initiative to develop players for the future, the club entered for the first time an under-19 team into the East of Scotland League Off the park the committee concentrated on meeting the new licensing requirement to allow the club entry into competitions like the Scottish Cup and the Lowland League. These efforts resulted in the funding (with the assistance of the Scottish Football Partnership) and installation of a new 100 seater stand and other ground improvements in order to qualify for SFA audit.

Lowland League and decline
Selkirk started season 2013–14 as a founding member of the Lowland Football League, leaving the East of Scotland League after an association stretching back to 1923. On 19 August 2013, Selkirk became the first Borders football club to be audited and meet the criteria to hold an SFA Licence. Following a defeat by Gretna 2008 on 12 October 2013, the ninth in a row, manager Mike McKinnon announced his resignation giving the club two weeks notice of his intentions. He was replaced within a week by Hutchison Vale under-21 squad manager and Hibernian youth coach Steve Forrest. The new manager came to Selkirk with a four-year plan, so it was unsurprising that a 1–0 backs-to-the wall win away to Whitehill Welfare and a 5–1 drubbing of local rivals, Gala Fairydean Rovers were the only on-field highlights for the rest of the term. A deal towards the end of the season was struck with EDUSport Academy to field some of their French nationals to provide match experience in Scotland. Yannis Lamghri, Benji Huteau, Jordane Orain and Julio Tonelle featured for the club in the second half of the season.

The club started season 2014–15, its second season in the SLFL, with a successful pre-season, competing well, but ultimately losing to Stirling Albion and Falkirk before beating a Hibernian XI 3–1 and demolishing promising Junior Side Dalkeith Thistle 7–0. The biggest surprise however was the signing of ex-Hibernian, Birmingham City, Lokomotiv Moscow and Scotland national football team striker, Garry O'Connor. Selkirk made national headlines again at the start of the 2015–16 season, this time with the signing of Scottish football's first ever poet in residence, Thomas Clark.

Steve Forrest was sacked as Selkirk manager on 28 October 2015, with Garry O'Connor taking temporary charge.

Following financial problems and having been fined for failing to fulfil two fixtures, Selkirk resigned from the Lowland League in August 2018.

Stadium
Yarrow Park, was the home of Selkirk F.C., which opened in 2000 after Selkirk left their former ground, Ettrick Park. It had a capacity of 1,000 with 100 seats. It is located near the town's rugby ground, Philiphaugh Stadium.

Hall of Fame
Famous players produced by the club include two Scottish internationals – Selkirk-born Bobby Johnstone, who was a member of Hibernian's Famous Five, and Bob Mercer, who played for Heart of Midlothian.
 * Bobby Johnstone
 * Bob Mercer

Grounds
Ettrick Park Ground Developments

1906: A pavilion was erected at the entrance to the main gate, consisting of a large changing room for the home team, a much smaller one for the visitors and a 'doo-cot' for the match official. Light was provided by a paraffin lamp. Post match bathing was provided by bucket from the river Ettrick. Later a wooden open fronted 'press-box' was constructed on the embankment near to the main gate. This building had seating accommodation for three at a crush, and was subscribed on a first come, first save basis.

1937: The windowless 1906 pavilion was replaced with a new imposing structure providing spacious dressing room and committee accommodation.

1946: After war use, the park was completely levelled and re-turfed using voluntary labour supervised by groundsman Len Scott.

Circa early 1970s: A small steel framed enclosure was constructed in front of the changing rooms over existing concrete terrace.

1975: New Pavilion/clubhouse constructed by converting and joining two surplus buildings purchased from the local education authority from Netherdale, Galashiels. The building was installed on the south side of the pitch opposite the old pavilion and stand. This was a task made simpler by having a secretary, Bert Ballantine, who was also a councillor, and player and future manager Moray McLaren who happened to be a chartered surveyor.

1978: A further extension described as a 'luxurious' lounge costing £20,000 was opened by the then leader of the Liberal Party David Steel.

Yarrow Park Ground Developments

2012: New terrace installed on south west side of pitch

2013: New Turnstile gate & ticket office installed at south gate

2013: 100 seater stand constructed on north east side of pitch

2013: Pitch 'B' fenced in to SFA standard

2013: New ticket office/snack bar installed at east gate.

Grounds of Selkirk FC (dates before 1906 are approximate)

Cricket Field (1880–1891), Angle Field (1891–1892), Linglie Field (1892–1900), Raeburn Meadow (1900–01), Cricket Field (1901–1906), Linglie Field (1906), Ettrick Park (1906–Feb 2000),Yarrow Park (Feb 2000–present). (The Toll Field was used just after WWII while Ettrick Park was undergoing post war remedial work.)

Club colours
1880–1891: blue and white stripes. 1891–97: blue shirts, white shorts. 1897–1910: black & sky blue stripes, white shorts. 1910–1922: green & white. 1922–31: black & white hooped shirt and white shorts. (1931–48 tbc.) 1948–1954: white shirt, navy shorts. 1954–57: green with yellow sleeves, white shorts. 1957–59: blue with white sleeves, white shorts. 1959–60: amber shirt, black shorts. 1960–61: white with thin red stripes, white shorts. 1961:  white shirt and blue shorts. 1970–72: all maroon 1973–80s: all blue with white trim. Circa 2000–2010: white shirt and blue shorts. Circa 2010–2018: all blue with white trim.

Honours
Border League: 1896–97, 1897–98, 1902–03

Border Cup: 1873–74*, 1875–76*, 1878–79*, 1879–80*, 1892–93, 1894–95, 1896–97, 1903–04, 1904–05, 1905–06, 1923–24, 1930–31, 1931–32, 1938–39.

Paul Shield: 1896–97, 1898–99, 1901–02

East of Scotland League: 1974–75, 1975–76, 1976–77. (Runners-up 1926–27, 1931–32, 1972–73, 1978–79.)

Scottish Qualifying Cup (South): 1974, 1975, 1977.

King Cup: 1974–75, 1975–76.

East of Scotland Qualifying Cup: 1946–47, 1973–74, 1975–76, 2007–08 (As Image Printers Cup).

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Eyemouth United F.C.

Eyemouth United Football Club are a football club currently playing in the Border Amateur Football League. Founded in 1948, the club, nicknamed The Fishermen play at Warner Park, Eyemouth, Berwickshire. The club's colours are maroon shirts, shorts and socks for their home strip; and Sky Blue shirts, sky blue shorts and socks for their away strip. They are currently managed by John Crawford & Lee Crawford .

Eyemouth were previously members of the Scottish Football Association and were allowed to enter the Scottish Cup. Their most successful run in the competition was when they reached the quarter-finals in 1959–60, eventually losing 2–1 at home to that year's finalists Kilmarnock.

Honours

 * East of Scotland League Champions: 1954–55, 1955–56, 1956–57, 1970–71
 * Scottish Qualifying Cup South Winners: 1952–53, 1958–59, 1959–60
 * East of Scotland (City) Cup: 1950–51, 1957–58
 * East of Scotland Qualifying Cup: 1953–54, 1955–56, 1956–57, 1958–59, 1971–72
 * King Cup: 1958–59
 * Scottish Border Counties FA Challenge Cup: 1954–55
 * South Supplementary Cup: 1954–55

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Threave Rovers F.C.

Threave Rovers Football Club are a football club from Castle Douglas in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Formed in October 1953, the club plays its home games at Meadow Park and plays in the.

History
Threave spent their early years engaged in friendlies and local cup competitions until they became a senior club in 1959 and replaced Whithorn in the South of Scotland Football League. They played for many years in the South of Scotland League, winning the championship seven times, before moving to the East of Scotland Football League in 1998–99, (while simultaneously running a reserve team in the South of Scotland League).

They performed well in the more difficult East of Scotland League, finishing third in the 2003–04 season, before quitting that league and deciding to concentrate their full efforts on the South of Scotland League. They cited the financial burden of constantly travelling eastwards to games as the reason for this decision. However, despite it being generally held that the South of Scotland League is the poorer of the two competitions, they only finished fourth in their first season back in the South, despite having finished third the season before in the East. This was primarily down to losing their top players, who did not want to play at a lesser level of football, to Annan Athletic and Dalbeattie Star.

In the 2007–08 Scottish Cup, they produced one of the biggest shocks when the club defeated Third Division side Stenhousemuir 1–0 in the second round. Their reward was a home tie with Raith Rovers in the third round, but Threave lost the game 0–5.

Threave won the league in the 2008–09 season. The 2009–10 season proved to be another successful one for Threave, who retained the league title, losing only one match all season.

On Saturday 23 October 2010, Threave progressed to the third round of the Scottish Cup with a 4–2 win against Edinburgh City at Meadowbank Stadium. The third round draw saw Rovers once again pitted against old foes Stenhousemuir, and despite leading 2–0 at Ochilview Park, they were pegged back to 2–2 at the final whistle. Threave subsequently lost the replay 1–5 at Meadow Park on Wednesday 12 January 2011 (originally scheduled for Saturday 27 November 2010, the third round replay was delayed for over six weeks following 15 weather-related postponements). Tragedy struck the club through the game being postponed so many times.

The 2010–11 season proved as successful as the last two when Rovers defeated rivals Dalbeattie Star in front of 350 spectators at Islecroft in the penultimate game of the season to complete a hat-trick of league wins. The Castle Douglas side also lifted the Potts Cup after winning a penalty shoot-out 3–0 against Crichton at Hospital Park, they also won the Cree Lodge Cup after beating St Cuthbert Wanderers 5–1 in the final.

As an early adopter of the SFA club licensing system, Threave were invited to become inaugural members of the Lowland Football League in 2013. Rovers found it difficult to compete at this level, finishing second bottom in their first season, then bottom in the two subsequent years. At the end of the 2015–16 season, the club declined the opportunity to re-apply for membership of the Lowland League and rejoined the South of Scotland Football League.

After a transitional season of finding their feet again back in the South of Scotland League, 2017–18 proved to be another memorable season, with the club gaining their 13th league title and winning two cups along the way.

The team were managed since September 2018 by former player and team captain, Sam Warren.

Warren left his position in March 2020 due to personal commitments and was replaced by former Rovers player, Vinnie Parker.

Threave transferred to the West of Scotland Football League for season 2022–23.

League

 * South of Scotland Football League
 * Winners (13) : 1964–65, 1968–69, 1971–72, 1978–79, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2017–18

Cup

 * Southern Counties Cup/ Challenge Cup
 * Winners (6) : 1964–65, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1985–86, 1997–98, 2007–08
 * South of Scotland League Cup
 * Winners (6) : 1971–72, 1980–81, 1987–88, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1993–94,
 * Potts Cup
 * Winners (8) : 1962–63, 1965–66, 1967–68, 1980–81, 1990–91, 1993–94, 1994–95, 2010–11
 * Cree Lodge Cup
 * Winners (5) : 1960–61, 1992–93, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2017–18
 * Tweedie Cup
 * Winners (7) : 1963–64, 1968–69, 1981–82, 1985–86, 1987–88, 1996–97, 2011–12
 * Haig Gordon Memorial Trophy
 * Winners (7) : 1966–67, 1968–69, 1973–74, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1989–90, 2017–18
 * Detroit Trophy – Overall Championship
 * Winners (13) : 1964–65, 1968–69, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1985–86, 1987–88, 1989–90, 1993–94, 1994–95, 2005–06, 2008–09, 2010–11, 2017–18

Notable former players

 * George Cloy

title: Threave Rovers F.C.


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Tollcross United F.C.

Tollcross United Football Club was a football club based in Edinburgh, Scotland, who played in the East of Scotland Football League from 1987 until 2005.

Formed in 1971, they played at the Fernieside Recreation Ground and wore red strips with white sleeves. Their highest end of season league placing as Tollcross United was ninth in the East of Scotland Premier Division in season 1992-93 (with 13 points from 18 matches played) and again in season 1998-99 (with 9 points from 18 matches).

In 2005 they merged with Tynecastle Boys Club to become Tynecastle.

Honours
Alex Jack Cup

 * Winners: 1997–98

title: Tollcross United F.C.