Plenty of Nothing

Castro / Soyuz

Fidel Castro visited the USSR in June 1972 and took the opportunity to pose inside some Soviet space hardware. This paved the way for Cuba's first cosmonaut Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez, who flew on Soyuz 38 in 1980. Source.

La Décapole: Kaysersberg

Kayserberg in 1916. Source.

Tempo VI

Guy Lombardo in his speed boat, Tempo VI, Miami, 1948. Source.

2022-23 Scottish Cup Final

ICT on their 2015 cup run. Source.

It's the 2022-23 Scottish Cup final: Celtic versus Inverness Caledonian Thistle.

Inverness CT have reached the final only once before, in 2015, and they won, after having first beaten Celtic in the semi-final. Celtic and Caley Thistle have met in the Scottish Cup seven times before today, and Inverness have prevailed three times. (But, to be fair, Celtic met Inverness Caledonian in 1930 and Inverness Thistle in 1985 and beat them both 6 - 0.)

If ICT win they will draw even with St Johnstone, who have two Scottish Cups from two Scottish Cup finals. And even if they lose they will have done in 30 years what it has taken Morton 150 to do, namely, become Scottish Cup champions once and runners-up once. If they win they will be the first club outside the top division to do it since Hibs in 2015-16 and only the fourth overall.

If Celtic win they will have completed their eighth domestic treble, which would be a world record. They won the League Cup on February 26th, and the league title on May 7th.

[Celtic 3 - 1 Inverness CT]

Scottish Junior Cup final (yesterday):

Cumnock Juniors 1 - 0 Rutherglen Glencairn

Premiership playoff final:

Partick Thistle 2 - 0 Ross County (June 1)

Ross County [3 - 1] Partick Thistle (tomorrow)

[Ross County win on PK and stay up.]

Canadian Premier League:

The CPL season is 1/4 done. HFX Wanderers are seventh with 6 draws and 1 loss. If they continue in their present form they will finish the season with 24 draws and 4 losses. The current record for draws in a season is 12, held by York United.

Atlético Ottawa [2 - 0] HFX Wanderers

Other matches:

ProStars 2 - 0 Scrosoppi (May 30)

UCD 1 - 3 St. Patrick's (yesterday)

St Catharines Roma [1 - 2] Scrosoppi (yesterday)

NPL2 Vic: Preston Lions 2 - 1 Dandenong City (yesterday)

Sanfrecce Hiroshima [1 - 0] Elfen Saitama (yesterday)

Minaj [0 - 3] Zorya Luhansk (tomorrow)

This ends the Ukrainian Premier League schedule. [Minaj finish 10th out of 16.]

There was brawl at a Turkish hotel back in February between FC Minaj players and players from Russian club Shinnick Yaroslavl. Read.

Omiya Ardija [1 - 2] Mito HollyHock

Suzuka Point Getters [0 - 4] Honda FC

Blancdieu Hirosaki [16 - 0] Morioka Zebra (tomorrow)

Wyvern vs Fujieda City Hall (tomorrow) [postponed]

Swiss Cup (tomorrow):

BSC Young Boys [3 - 2] Lugano

2023 Concacaf Champions League final:

First leg (May 31): 

León 2 - 1 Los Angeles FC

Second leg (tomorrow): 

Los Angeles FC [0 - 1] León

2023 UEFA Europa League final (May 31):

Sevilla 1 - 1 Roma    (Sevilla win on PK.)

Mortonalia:

Jai Quitongo has signed on for next season.

Morton will vote No to the Scottish Conference League when the SFA clubs meet Tuesday.

Dumbartonalia:

Broomhill will be groundsharing at Dumbarton Stadium next season, which means Rangers B will not.

How did the 2022-23 Championship clubs fare in the cups?

                        Scottish Cup     League Cup    Challenge Cup        score

Inverness CT        [F]                     R2                   QF                       [10]

Hamilton               R5                     GS                   winner                  9

Raith Rovers        QF                     GS                   F                           9

Dundee                R4                      QF                   SF                        8

Partick Thistle      R5                      QF                   R3                        6

Arbroath               R4                     R2                    QF                        6

Morton                  R4                     GS                   QF                        5

Ayr United            QF                     GS                   R3                        5

Queen's Park       R4                      GS                   QF                       5

Cove Rangers      R4                     GS                   R3                        3

scoring: Scottish Cup R4 = 1, R5 = 2, QF = 3, SF = 4, F = 5, winner = 6; League Cup GS = 1, R2 = 2, QF = 3; Challenge Cup R3 = 1, R4 = 2, QF = 3, SF = 4, F = 5, winner = 6

Championship versus Premiership 2022-23:

2022/7/9        St Mirren 0 - 1 Arbroath    LCup GS

2022/7/12      Livingston 1 - 2 Inverness CT    LCup GS

2022/7/13      Kilmarnock 1 - 1 Partick Thistle (Partick won on PK)    LCup GS

2022/7/16      Cove Rangers 1 - 2 Livingston    LCup GS

2022/7/20      Hibs 0 - 3 Morton (awarded)   LCup GS

2022/7/23      St Johnstone 1 - 0 Ayr United    LCup GS

2022/7/24      Aberdeen 3 - 0 Raith Rovers    LCup GS

2022/8/31      Motherwell 4 - 0 Inverness CT    LCup R2

2022/10/19    Rangers 1 - 0 Dundee    LCup QF

2022/10/19    Aberdeen 4 - 1 Partick Thistle    LCup QF

2023/1/21      Arbroath 0 - 2 Motherwell    SCup R4

2023/1/21      St Mirren 0 - 0 Dundee (St Mirren won on PK)    SCup R4

2023/1/21      Hamilton 0 - 0 Ross County (Accies won on PK)    SCup R4

2023/1/21      Celtic 5 - 0 Morton    SCup R4

2023/2/10      Hamilton 0 - 2 Hearts    SCup R5

2023/2/11      Raith Rovers vs Motherwell    SCup R5

2023/2/11      Livingston vs Inverness CT    SCup R5

2023/2/12      Rangers vs Partick Thistle    SCup R5

2023/3/10      Inverness CT 2 - 1 Kilmarnock    SCup QF

2023/6/3        Celtic vs Inverness CT    SCup final

Which Scottish clubs have played the most playoff games?

32        New Airdrieonians

30        Queen's Park

28        Alloa

26        Cowdenbeath

24        Brechin

22        Stranraer

Historical matches:

1944/6/3        Raith Rovers 1 - 2 Morton    Summer Cup R1, first leg

When World War Two broke out the powers that be hastily cancelled all football. But they soon came around to the view that instead of no football there should be as much a possible, even in the close season. Hence the Summer Cup, which was played in June throughout the war, sometimes beginning in May and sometimes ending in July.

It was to be a busy week. The Allies entered Rome on June 4th, and invaded Normandy on June 6th.

North American Soccer League:

1967/5/31      Hibs 1 - 2 Aberdeen

1967/6/4        ADO Den Haag 0 - 2 Hibs

Early Glasgow football clubs with compass point names in the Scottish Cup:

Southern FC in the Scottish Cup:

1873/10/25    R1    3rd LRV wo/scr Southern

Western FC in the Scottish Cup:

1873/10/25    R1    Western 0 - 1 Byythswood

1874/10/24    R1    Western 0 - 1 Queen's Park

1875/10/23    R1    Caledonian 0 - 0 Western

1875/10/30    R1    Caledonian 0 - 3 Western

1875/11/6      R2    Western 3 - 0 Sandyford

1875/11/27    R3    Western 3 - 0 Helensburgh

1875/12/18    QF    3rd LRV 5 - 0 Western

1876/9/30      R1    Govan wo/scr Western

Eastern FC in the Scottish Cup:

1873/10/18    R1    Eastern 4 - 0 Rovers

1873/11/22    R2    Queen's Park 1 - 0 Eastern

1874/10/17    R1    Eastern 3 - 0  23rd Renfrewshire RV

1874/11/21    R2    Kilmarnock 0 - 3 Eastern

1874/12/26    R3    Renton 1 - 0 Eastern

1875/10/16    R1    Clydesdale 1 - 0 Eastern

1876/9/30      R1    Alexandra Athletic 1 - 1 Eastern

1876/10/7      R1    Eastern 2 - 0 Alexandra Athletic (protested)

1876/10/14    R1    Alexandra Athletic 1 - 0 Eastern

South Western FC in the Scottish Cup:

1876/9/30      R1    1st LRV 0 - 1 South Western

1876/10/28    R2    South Western 0 - 2 Dumbreck

1877/9/29      R1    South Western 8 - 0 Our Boys

1877/10/27    R2    South Western 2 - 0 Havelock

1877/11/10    R3    South Western 4 - 0  1st LRV

1877/12/1      R4    South Western 5 - 0 Glengowan

1877/12/29    R5    Hibs 1 - 3 South Western

1878/1/12      QF    South Western 1 - 0  3rd LRV (protested)

1878/1/19      QF    South Western 1 - 2  3rd LRV

1878/10/5      R1    South Western 2 - 0 Caledonian

1878/10/19    R2    South Western 5 - 0 Petershill (protested)

1878/10/26    R2    South Western 8 - 0 Petershill

1878/11/2      R3    3rd LRV 2 - 1 South Western

1879/9/20      R1    Whiteinch scr/wo South Western

1879/10/11    R2    South Western 9 - 0 Athole

1879/11/1      R3    South Western 2 - 1 John Elder

1879/11/22    R4    South Western 4 - 0 Arbroath

1879/12/27    R5    Parkgrove 2 - 3 South Western

1880/1/3        QF    Pollokshields Athletic 6 - 1 South Western

1880/9/11      R1    South Western 7 - 0 Ingram

1880/10/9      R2    South Western 2 - 0 Partick

1880/10/23    R3    bye

1880/11/13    R4    Arthurlie 4 - 3 South Western (protested)

1880/11/27    R4    Arthurlie 2 - 1 South Western

1881/9/17      R1    South Western wo/scr Jordanhill

1881/10/1      R2    Eastern Athletic scr/wo South Western

1881/11/5      R3    South Western 1 - 0 Partick

1881/11/12    R4    bye

1881/12/3      R5    South Western 1 - 2 Rangers (protested)

1881/12/24    R5    Rangers 4 - 0 South Western

1882/9/9        R1    South Western 0 - 3  3rd LRV

1883/9/8        R1    Battlefield 8 - 1 South Western

Northern FC in the Scottish Cup:

1875/10/16    R1    Northern 4 - 0 Ramblers

1875/11/6      R2    Queen's Park 5 - 0 Northern

1876/9/30      R1    Northern 12 - 0 Telegraphers

1876/10/21    R2    Northern 4 - 0 Alexandra Athletic

1876/11/11    R3    St Clement 1 - 2 Northern

1876/12/2      R4    Queen's Park 4 - 0 Northern

1877/9/29      R1    Northern 3 - 0 Pollokshields Athletic

1877/10/20    R2    Northern 1 - 2 Sandyford

1878/9/28      R1    Northern 2 - 2 Partick

1878/10/5      R1    Partick 2 - 0 Northern

1879/9/20      R1    Northern 3 - 0 Thistle

1879/10/11    R2    Whitefield 3 - 1 Northern (protested)

1879/10/25    R2    Northern wo/scr Whitefield

1879/11/1      R3    Pollokshields Athletic 2 - 1 Northern

1880/9/11      R1    Northern 3 - 1  3rd LRV

1880/10/2      R2    Northern 0 - 1 Rangers

1881/9/10      R1    Battlefield 1 - 3 Northern

1881/10/1      R2    Luton 1 - 9 Northern

1881/10/22    R3    Northern 1 - 2 Clyde

1882/9/16      R1    1st LRV 0 - 4 Northern

1882/9/30      R2    Northern 0 - 0 Pollokshields Athletic

1882/10/7      R3    Pollokshields 4 - 0 Northern

1883/9/8        R1    Northern 0 - 1 Rangers

1884/9/13      R1    Northern 6 - 4 Glasgow University YMCA

1884/10/4      R2    Granton 1- 3 Northern

1884/10/25    R3    Renton 9 - 2 Northern

1885/9/12      R1    Northern 4 - 1 Linthouse

1885/10/3      R2    Northern 7 - 2 Whitefield

1885/10/24    R3    Cowlairs 2 - 1 Northern

1886/9/11      R1    Northern 1 - 4  3rd LRV

1887/9/3        R1    Northern 5 - 1 Govan Athletic

1887/9/24      R2    Northern 6 - 3 Shettleston

1887/10/15    R1    Northern 3 - 4 Albion Rovers

1888/9/8        R1    Northern 2 - 3 Queen's Park

1889/9/7        R1    Whitefield 0 - 5 Northern

1889/9/28      R2    Clyde 1 - 2 Northern

1889/10/19    R3    Northern 2 - 1 Carfin Shamrock (abandoned)

1889/11/2      R3    Northern 3 - 4 Carfin Shamrock

1890/9/6        R1    Northern 5 - 0 Clydesdale (protested)

1890/9/20      R1    Northern 7 - 1 Clydesdale

1890/9/27      R2    Queen's Park 5 - 1 Northern

1891/11/28    R1    Broxburn Shamrock 7 - 2 Northern

1892/11/26    R1    Northern 1 - 3 Leith Athletic

1893/9/2      PR1   Northern 0 - 3 Wishaw Thistle

1894/9/1      PR1   Northern 3 - 3 Gordon Highlanders

1894/9/8      PR1   Northern 4 - 1 Gordon Highlanders

1894/9/22    PR2   Hamilton Harp 0 - 0 Northern

1894/9/29    PR2   Northern 4 - 1 Hamilton Harp

1894/10/13  PR3   bye

1894/11/3    PR4   Forfar 4 - 0 Northern

1895/8/31    QC1   Hamilton Harp 5 - 2 Northern

1896/8/29    QC1   Wishaw Thistle wo/scr Northern

(Source: The Beautiful Dribbling Game)

Radio Communications by Dorothy Annan

In 1960 Dorothy Annan installed a set of ceramic murals at Fleet House in London on the theme of radio communication. These were later relocated to the Barbican when their original site was renovated about ten years ago. Source.

Halifax Harbour 1918, by Harold Gilman

Source.

John VII

John VII, born in Greece, son of Plato, held the see 2 years 7 months 17 days. He was bishop in the time of emperor Tiberius and the second reign of Justinian II. He was a man of great learning and eloquence.

Inside St Peter's church he built an oratory of the holy mother of God, coloured its walls with mosaic, expended there a large amount of gold and silver, and set up images of the venerable Fathers on right and left.

He restored the basilica of St Eugenia which had for a long time been roofless and damaged.

He also worked on the cemetery of the martyrs Saints Marcellian and Mark, and that of the pontiff St Damasus.

He also provided images in various churches; whoever wants to know what he looked like will find his face depicted on them.

The Book of Pontiffs (trans. Davis), page 86. Source.

Crystal Palace, Toronto

Toronto's Crystal Palace stood on the Provincial Agricultural Exhibition grounds from 1858 until it burned down in 1906. Source.

Seasons of Largs Thistle, Revised

Barrfields. Source.

This is an improved list of Largs Thistle seasons, still not complete but better than the one I posted two years ago. It's drawn almost entirely from the excellent Scottish Football Historical Archives league tables.

1888-89                                                                                             WaCup

1889-90                                                                                             WaCup

 

1891-92                                                                                             L&DJCup

 

1895-96                                                                                             AyrDCup

 

1906-07    19      5     4    10    28    32      -4    14    10th, NDJL

 

1922-23                                                                                             A&SHCup

1923-24    34    15     4    15    56    51     +5    34    10th, WJL

1924-25    34    13     3    18    41    74    -33    29    15th, WJL        AyrLCup

1925-26    32    10     6    16    56    69    -13    26    15th, WJL

1926-27    34    18     3    13    83    79     +4    39      6th, WJL

1927-28    32    10     4    18    57    71    -14    24    14th, WIL

1928-29    30      9     4    17    56    99    -43    22    14th, WIL

1929-30    26    11     3    12    74    75      -1    25      8th, WIL

1930-31    20      5     5    10    40    53    -13    15      8th, WIL

1931-32    26    13     4      9    58    52     +6    30      6th, WL

1932-33    26    13     4      9    60    50   +10    30      4th, WL

1933-34    30      5     7    17?  49    84    -35    17    16th, WL

1934-35    32    11     7    14    58    69      -9    29      9th, WL

1935-36    32    11     2    19    71    97    -26    24    14th, WL

1936-37    32    12    5    15    63    81    -18     29    11th, WL            StVdPChCup

1937-38    34      7    7    20    67    86    -19     21    18th, WL

1938-39    38    10  11    17    83  109    -26     31    15th, WL

1939-40    10      3    1      6                                7    19th, WL

1939-40    12      0    4      8                                4    12th, WLNS

1946-47    26      8     3    15    60    79    -19    19      9th, WLNS

1947-48    26    13     1    12    55    46    +9     27      8th, WLNS

1948-49    26    13     4      9    64    45   +19    30      5th, WLNS

1949-50    30      9     7    14    55    60     -5     25    12th, WLNS

1950-51    30    11     4    15    43    60    -17    26    11th, WLNS

1951-52    30    14     5    11    70    63     +7    33      6th, WLNS

1952-53    30    19     6     5    85    58    +27    44      3rd, WLNS

1953-54    30    14     3   13    67    71       -4    31      9th, WLNS

1954-55    30    17     6     7   101    61    +40   40      3rd, WLNS

1955-56    30    25     4     1   114    40    +74   54      1st, WLNS          A&SHCup

1956-57    30    18     5     7     95    52    +43   41      3rd, WLNS         AyrDCup

1957-58    30    20     6     4   123    60    +63   46      2nd, WLNS        AyrLCup

1958-59    28    13    10    5     69    31    +38   36       4th, WLNS        A&SHCup

1959-60    28      9     6    13    58    68    -10    24     11th, WLNS

1960-61    28    15     2    11    74    54    +20   32       6th, WLNS

1961-62    28    13     4    11    66    59     +7    30       7th, WLNS

1962-63    28    12     6    10    56    63     -7     30       8th, WLNS

1963-64    28    13     5    10    57    60     -3     31       7th, WLNS

1964-65    28      9     4    15    62    81    -19    22     10th, WLNS

1965-66    28      5     5    18    43    98    -55    15     14th, WLNS

1966-67    28    10     7    11    57    61     -4     27       8th, WLNS

1967-68    26      6     7    13    44    75    -31    19     12th, WLNS

1968-89    22    13     4      3    68    43   +25    32      3rd, ALNS

1969-70    20      3     2    15    29    68    -39      8    11th, ALNS

1970-71    20    14     2      4    59    41   +18    30     2nd, ALNS

1971-72    20    10     2      8    52    43     +9    22     3rd, ALNS

1972-73    20      5     5    10    29    44    -15    14     9th, ALNS

1973-74    20      9     3      8    39    41      -2    21     5th, ALNS

1974-75    18      5     5      8    32    26     +6    15     7th, ALNS

1975-76    18      9     3      6    31    29     +2    21     4th, ALNS

1976-77    18      2     3    13    24    58    -34      7    10th, AL1

1977-78    22    11     6      5    47    30   +17    28     2nd, AL2

1978-79    20      4     4    12    23    38    -15    12     9th, AL1

1979-80    22      9     3    10    44    47      -3    21     8th, AL2

1980-81    22      8     5      9    36    45      -9    21     7th, AL2

1981-82    22    11     4      7    34    31     +3    26     3rd, AL2

1982-83    20      2     3    15    18    64    -46      7    10th, AL1

1983-84    22    12     4      6    53    32   +21    28      1st, AL2

1984-85    20      5     5    10    33    47    -14    15      8th, AL1

1985-86    20      6     3    11    28    40    -12    15    10th, AL1

1986-87    22    11     2      9    38    35     +3    24      5th, AL2

1987-88    22    15     3      4    48    23   +25    33     2nd, AL2

1988-89    20      5     2    13    31    53    -22    12    10th, AL1

1989-90    22      7     4    11    47    51      -4    18      8th, AL2

1990-91    22    15     3     4    48    26    +22    33      3rd, AL2        WoScCup

1991-92    20      4     2   14    27    51     -24    10    11th, AL1

1992-93    20    11     5     4    39    22    +17     27     4th, AL2

1993-94    22    15     4     3    50    19    +31    34      1st, AL2        ScJCup

1994-95    20      7     2    11    27    32      -5    23      7th, AL1

1995-96    20      8     5      7    27    30      -3    29      5th, AL1

1996-97    20      7     3    10    27    32      -5    24      7th, AL1

1997-98    20      6     5      9    22    37    -15    23      9th, AL1

1998-99    20      6     3    11    29    39    -10    21      9th, AL1

1999-00    20      3     4    13    25    40    -15    13      9th, AL1

2000-01    22    14     3      5    62    19   +43    45      3rd, AL2

2001-02    21    15     3      3    58    17   +41    48      1st, AL2

2002-03    22      3     6    13    20    37    -17    15    12th, WSL1

2003-04    24    13     2      9    60    44   +16    41      6th, ADL

2004-05    22    15     4      3    54    23   +31    49      1st, ADL

2005-06    26    13     6      7    51    33   +18    45      3rd, WSL1        NAyrCup

2006-07    26    11     5    10    31    30     +1    38      6th, WSL1

2007-08    26    11     9      6    37    32     +5    42      5th, WSL1

2008-09    26    18     4      4    53    22   +31    58      1st, WSL1

2009-10    22      9     3    10    31    43    -12    30      7th, WSLP

2010-11    22      9     5      8    34    33     +1    32      5th, WSLP

2011-12    22      4     5    13    20    44    -24    17    11th, WSLP

2012-13    26    14     3     9    59    39    +20    45     3rd, WSL1        AyrWPCup

2013-14    22      6     1   15    27    48     -21    19    12th, WSLP

2014-15    26      9     6   11    37    36      +1    33      9th, WSL1

2015-16    26    16     6     4    47    26    +21    54     2nd, WSL1

2016-17    22      6     1   15    30    50    +20    19    11th, WSLP

2017-18    26    15     5     6    42    27    +15    50     3rd, WSL1

2018-19    30    12   10     8    69    41    +28    46     7th, WRJLP

2019-20    25      9     4   12    41    44       -3    31    11th, WRJLP

2020-21      7      3     2     2    11      7       +4    11      6th, WoSLP

2021-22    38    16     7    15    79    60    +19    55    10th, WoSLP

2022-23    30    14     5    11    48    42      +6    47    6th, WoSLP

Sources: Scottish Football Historical Archive; "Largs Thistle FC" and ""2022-23 West of Scotland Football League" (Wikipedia).

 

Abbreviations:

Leagues:

NDJL = Northern District Junior League

WJL = Western Junior League

WIL = Western Intermediate League

WL = Western League

WLNS = Western League, North Section

ALNS = Ayrshire League, North Section

AL1 = Ayrshire League, Division 1

AL2 = Ayrshire League, Division 2

WRJLP = West Region Junior League Premiership

WSLP = West Super League, Premier Division

WSL1 = West Super League, 1st Division

ADL = Ayrshire District League

WoSFLP = West of Scotland Football League Premiership

Cups:

A&SHCup = Ardrossan and Saltcoats Herald Cup

AyrDCup = Ayrshire District Cup

AyrLCup = Ayrshire League Cup

AyrWPCup = Ayrshire Weekly Press Cup

L&DJCup = Largs and District Junior Cup

NAyrCup = North Ayrshire Cup

ScJCup = Scottish Junior Cup

StVdPChCup = Saint Vincent de Paul Charity Cup

WaCup = Walker Cup

WoScCup = West of Scotland Cup

Barrfields. Source.

This is an improved list of Largs Thistle seasons, still not complete but better than the one I posted two years ago. It's drawn almost entirely from the excellent Scottish Football Historical Archives league tables.

1888-89                                                                                             WaCup

1889-90                                                                                             WaCup

 

1891-92                                                                                             L&DJCup

 

1895-96                                                                                             AyrDCup

 

1906-07    19      5     4    10    28    32      -4    14    10th, NDJL

 

1922-23                                                                                             A&SHCup

1923-24    34    15     4    15    56    51     +5    34    10th, WJL

1924-25    34    13     3    18    41    74    -33    29    15th, WJL        AyrLCup

1925-26    32    10     6    16    56    69    -13    26    15th, WJL

1926-27    34    18     3    13    83    79     +4    39      6th, WJL

1927-28    32    10     4    18    57    71    -14    24    14th, WIL

1928-29    30      9     4    17    56    99    -43    22    14th, WIL

1929-30    26    11     3    12    74    75      -1    25      8th, WIL

1930-31    20      5     5    10    40    53    -13    15      8th, WIL

1931-32    26    13     4      9    58    52     +6    30      6th, WL

1932-33    26    13     4      9    60    50   +10    30      4th, WL

1933-34    30      5     7    17?  49    84    -35    17    16th, WL

1934-35    32    11     7    14    58    69      -9    29      9th, WL

1935-36    32    11     2    19    71    97    -26    24    14th, WL

1936-37    32    12    5    15    63    81    -18     29    11th, WL            StVdPChCup

1937-38    34      7    7    20    67    86    -19     21    18th, WL

1938-39    38    10  11    17    83  109    -26     31    15th, WL

1939-40    10      3    1      6                                7    19th, WL

1939-40    12      0    4      8                                4    12th, WLNS

1946-47    26      8     3    15    60    79    -19    19      9th, WLNS

1947-48    26    13     1    12    55    46    +9     27      8th, WLNS

1948-49    26    13     4      9    64    45   +19    30      5th, WLNS

1949-50    30      9     7    14    55    60     -5     25    12th, WLNS

1950-51    30    11     4    15    43    60    -17    26    11th, WLNS

1951-52    30    14     5    11    70    63     +7    33      6th, WLNS

1952-53    30    19     6     5    85    58    +27    44      3rd, WLNS

1953-54    30    14     3   13    67    71       -4    31      9th, WLNS

1954-55    30    17     6     7   101    61    +40   40      3rd, WLNS

1955-56    30    25     4     1   114    40    +74   54      1st, WLNS          A&SHCup

1956-57    30    18     5     7     95    52    +43   41      3rd, WLNS         AyrDCup

1957-58    30    20     6     4   123    60    +63   46      2nd, WLNS        AyrLCup

1958-59    28    13    10    5     69    31    +38   36       4th, WLNS        A&SHCup

1959-60    28      9     6    13    58    68    -10    24     11th, WLNS

1960-61    28    15     2    11    74    54    +20   32       6th, WLNS

1961-62    28    13     4    11    66    59     +7    30       7th, WLNS

1962-63    28    12     6    10    56    63     -7     30       8th, WLNS

1963-64    28    13     5    10    57    60     -3     31       7th, WLNS

1964-65    28      9     4    15    62    81    -19    22     10th, WLNS

1965-66    28      5     5    18    43    98    -55    15     14th, WLNS

1966-67    28    10     7    11    57    61     -4     27       8th, WLNS

1967-68    26      6     7    13    44    75    -31    19     12th, WLNS

1968-89    22    13     4      3    68    43   +25    32      3rd, ALNS

1969-70    20      3     2    15    29    68    -39      8    11th, ALNS

1970-71    20    14     2      4    59    41   +18    30     2nd, ALNS

1971-72    20    10     2      8    52    43     +9    22     3rd, ALNS

1972-73    20      5     5    10    29    44    -15    14     9th, ALNS

1973-74    20      9     3      8    39    41      -2    21     5th, ALNS

1974-75    18      5     5      8    32    26     +6    15     7th, ALNS

1975-76    18      9     3      6    31    29     +2    21     4th, ALNS

1976-77    18      2     3    13    24    58    -34      7    10th, AL1

1977-78    22    11     6      5    47    30   +17    28     2nd, AL2

1978-79    20      4     4    12    23    38    -15    12     9th, AL1

1979-80    22      9     3    10    44    47      -3    21     8th, AL2

1980-81    22      8     5      9    36    45      -9    21     7th, AL2

1981-82    22    11     4      7    34    31     +3    26     3rd, AL2

1982-83    20      2     3    15    18    64    -46      7    10th, AL1

1983-84    22    12     4      6    53    32   +21    28      1st, AL2

1984-85    20      5     5    10    33    47    -14    15      8th, AL1

1985-86    20      6     3    11    28    40    -12    15    10th, AL1

1986-87    22    11     2      9    38    35     +3    24      5th, AL2

1987-88    22    15     3      4    48    23   +25    33     2nd, AL2

1988-89    20      5     2    13    31    53    -22    12    10th, AL1

1989-90    22      7     4    11    47    51      -4    18      8th, AL2

1990-91    22    15     3     4    48    26    +22    33      3rd, AL2        WoScCup

1991-92    20      4     2   14    27    51     -24    10    11th, AL1

1992-93    20    11     5     4    39    22    +17     27     4th, AL2

1993-94    22    15     4     3    50    19    +31    34      1st, AL2        ScJCup

1994-95    20      7     2    11    27    32      -5    23      7th, AL1

1995-96    20      8     5      7    27    30      -3    29      5th, AL1

1996-97    20      7     3    10    27    32      -5    24      7th, AL1

1997-98    20      6     5      9    22    37    -15    23      9th, AL1

1998-99    20      6     3    11    29    39    -10    21      9th, AL1

1999-00    20      3     4    13    25    40    -15    13      9th, AL1

2000-01    22    14     3      5    62    19   +43    45      3rd, AL2

2001-02    21    15     3      3    58    17   +41    48      1st, AL2

2002-03    22      3     6    13    20    37    -17    15    12th, WSL1

2003-04    24    13     2      9    60    44   +16    41      6th, ADL

2004-05    22    15     4      3    54    23   +31    49      1st, ADL

2005-06    26    13     6      7    51    33   +18    45      3rd, WSL1        NAyrCup

2006-07    26    11     5    10    31    30     +1    38      6th, WSL1

2007-08    26    11     9      6    37    32     +5    42      5th, WSL1

2008-09    26    18     4      4    53    22   +31    58      1st, WSL1

2009-10    22      9     3    10    31    43    -12    30      7th, WSLP

2010-11    22      9     5      8    34    33     +1    32      5th, WSLP

2011-12    22      4     5    13    20    44    -24    17    11th, WSLP

2012-13    26    14     3     9    59    39    +20    45     3rd, WSL1        AyrWPCup

2013-14    22      6     1   15    27    48     -21    19    12th, WSLP

2014-15    26      9     6   11    37    36      +1    33      9th, WSL1

2015-16    26    16     6     4    47    26    +21    54     2nd, WSL1

2016-17    22      6     1   15    30    50    +20    19    11th, WSLP

2017-18    26    15     5     6    42    27    +15    50     3rd, WSL1

2018-19    30    12   10     8    69    41    +28    46     7th, WRJLP

2019-20    25      9     4   12    41    44       -3    31    11th, WRJLP

2020-21      7      3     2     2    11      7       +4    11      6th, WoSLP

2021-22    38    16     7    15    79    60    +19    55    10th, WoSLP

2022-23    30    14     5    11    48    42      +6    47    6th, WoSLP

Sources: Scottish Football Historical Archive; "Largs Thistle FC" and ""2022-23 West of Scotland Football League" (Wikipedia).

 

Abbreviations:

Leagues:

NDJL = Northern District Junior League

WJL = Western Junior League

WIL = Western Intermediate League

WL = Western League

WLNS = Western League, North Section

ALNS = Ayrshire League, North Section

AL1 = Ayrshire League, Division 1

AL2 = Ayrshire League, Division 2

WRJLP = West Region Junior League Premiership

WSLP = West Super League, Premier Division

WSL1 = West Super League, 1st Division

ADL = Ayrshire District League

WoSFLP = West of Scotland Football League Premiership

Cups:

A&SHCup = Ardrossan and Saltcoats Herald Cup

AyrDCup = Ayrshire District Cup

AyrLCup = Ayrshire League Cup

AyrWPCup = Ayrshire Weekly Press Cup

L&DJCup = Largs and District Junior Cup

NAyrCup = North Ayrshire Cup

ScJCup = Scottish Junior Cup

StVdPChCup = Saint Vincent de Paul Charity Cup

WaCup = Walker Cup

WoScCup = West of Scotland Cup

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