- 1. Photo of the week ~ Spectacular save as Gretna win promotion ...
- (Stories)
- Gretna 2 Alloa Athletic 1, 25/03/2006, Raydale Park, Scottish Second Division This result confirmed Gretna as Scottish Second Division Champions. However, just two years later the club were liquidated. ...
- Created on 10 April 2018
- 2. Gretna 2 Alloa Athletic 1 ...
- (Match of the month)
- ... the national consciousness long after history has moved on. “Eloping, are you?” the man says when I ask for a day return to Gretna Green. Though illicit marriages went out decades ago, Gretna’s reputation ...
- Created on 14 May 2006
- 3. WSC 376 World Cup Special with Team Guide & Wallchart out now!
- (Stories)
- ... and picks up gaggles of adolescent girls brandishing Primark carrier bags who and-she’s-went-and-I’ve-went-and-she’s-went all the way to Gretna. The train rattles off through the flat country of the ...
- Created on 16 May 2018
- 4. Oligarchs and oil barons have made owning a club beyond your wildest dreams
- (Stories)
- ... yourself as a philanthropic benefactor bringing joy to a depressed corner of the north. Others see you as an opportunistic sugar daddy who has undermined fair competition. There is much talk of Gretna ...
- Created on 14 August 2017
- 5. Glasgow’s ghostly Cathkin Park stands as a warning to football’s wayward owners
- (Stories)
- ... Three other senior Scottish clubs have disappeared since the 1960s: Gretna, Clydebank and Meadowbank Thistle. All were younger than Third Lanark and lacked the Glasgow club’s social capital developed ...
- Created on 20 July 2017
- 6. In Black And White
- (Clubs)
- The rise, fall and rebirth of Gretna football by Anton Hodge Chequered Flag, £11.99 Reviewed by Paul Brown From WSC 347 January 2016 Buy this book The rise and fall of Gretna FC is one of the ...
- Created on 15 January 2016
- 7. Saturday Afternoon Fever
- (General)
- ... e Hendrie is refreshingly upbeat. The most interesting essay covers the rise and fall of Gretna, intertwined with the story of the club's late benefactor, the extraordinary Brooks Mileson. Phillips ...
- Created on 08 October 2013
- 8. Tax return
- (Clubs)
- ... o administration, or when Gretna went out of business altogether? While such fiscal fiascos naturally warranted coverage, nobody seemed to think that the doom experienced by these clubs presaged the e ...
- Created on 01 April 2012
- 9. Cold comforts
- (Managers)
- ... and he was still turning out in midfield for Gretna in the Third Division a couple of months short of his 44th birthday. It was at Gretna that Irons went through his most significant and difficult p ...
- Created on 21 March 2011
- 10. Weekly Howl 11-03-11
- (2011)
- ... also made periodic outbursts against the media and the "Glasgow mafia". Hearts fans have fond memories of the season, though, as it culminated in a Scottish Cup final victory over Gretna. Craig ...
- Created on 14 March 2011
- 11. Hartlepool 0 Sheffield Wednesday 5
- (Match of the month)
- ... Since then coach Colin West has been replaced by Mick Wadsworth, a veteran of lower-league northern football whose CV includes spells in charge at Gretna, Chester, Carlisle and Scarborough and also, more ...
- Created on 21 November 2010
- 12. Weekly Howl 13-11-09
- (2009)
- ... way for Gartside to realise his dream of playing the Old Firm – Bolton could apply to join the Scottish leagues. Gretna showed that it was possible to move quickly through divisions to the SPL and Bolton ...
- Created on 18 November 2009
- 13. Break in play
- (Clubs)
- ... renaissance began in 2004 when Shelbourne beat KR Reykjavik, Hadjuk Split and then drew 0-0 at home with Deportivo La Coruña. In 2006, Derry City overcame IFK Gothenburg, hammered Gretna 5‑1 then held ...
- Created on 21 October 2009
- 14. Break in transmission
- (Media)
- ... and Motherwell almost go to the wall in the years immediately prior to Setanta’s Caledonian excursion. The clubs currently on the brink up here are Livingston and Clyde, members of the Irn Bru SFL. Gretna’s ...
- Created on 21 August 2009
- 15. Pyramid scheme
- (Organisation & structure)
- ... of Annan Athletic to Gretna’s league spot, from a strong field, highlighted how difficult it is for small clubs to get a foot in the door. Although many are well enough run and supported to compete in ...
- Created on 21 February 2009
- 16. Local hero
- (Fan culture)
- ... corner of the north. Others see you as an opportunistic sugar daddy who has undermined fair competition. There is much talk of Gretna and Rushden & Diamonds. It is not much fun having a fantasy that is ...
- Created on 21 November 2008
- 17. Village people
- (Clubs)
- Gretna supporters have attempted to keep their club alive after their dramatic demise, reports Andy Fury The small town of Annan in Dumfries and Galloway has seen several new footballing dawns recently. ...
- Created on 21 October 2008
- 18. Village people
- (Europe)
- ... village stadium. In 2009, after a year of costly groundsharing with SV Waldhof Mannheim, they will move to a colossal 30,000-seat arena that will dwarf the village’s population of 3,200. As Gretna proved, ...
- Created on 21 September 2008
- 19. Rotherham Utd, Halifax Town, AFC Liverpool
- (Sharp end)
- ... by former Carlisle manager Roddy Collins in conjunction with Irish property developer Anthony McMullen, but they have also been linked with similarly stricken Gretna and Bournemouth, so fans remain cautious. ...
- Created on 21 May 2008
- 20. Stirling progress
- (Clubs)
- ... travails of Gretna, in administration and facing daily reports predicting their imminent demise, should stand as stark warning against investment in Scotland’s minor clubs. Recent developments at the country’s ...
- Created on 21 May 2008
