Sports in Glencraig

Although football has always figured largely in Glencraig from the early 1900s A local lad Alex McIntosh signed with Wolverhampton in 1936 a team that was surrounded by controversy about using “Monkey Gland Treatment what ever that was.

The village have had sportsmen in many fields; the three Morris brothers who played golf one in the open championships.

The well known Scottish runners the Allan brothers, Harry Hutchison and Watson, the Gallacher brothers in boxing, Dan Gallacher the RAF athletic display team, John Michie the British Army Acrobatic team and no doubt many others.

Also a popular game was hand ball played against the gable end of the double block end in South Glencraig similar to squash using your hand instead of a racket; it must have been an nightmare for the tenants, a ball hitting the wall for hours at a time.

Glencraig also had a Quoiting Club situated towards the burn front of the institute behind Selbies Buildings.

Then another Sport was popular Pitch & Toss. The venue was usually behind the pit bing (slag heap) with a lookout for the local bobbies (policemen) they were looking for their share of the stakes.