Blantyre Victoria F.C.

Blantyre Victoria Football Club, also known as Blantyre Vics, are a Scottish association football club based in the town of Blantyre, South Lanarkshire. Formed in 1889, they play at KG Stadium (traditionally known as Castle Park). They currently compete in the West of Scotland Football League First Division in the seventh tier of the Scottish football league system. Historically, they shared a healthy rivalry with Blantyre Celtic who played nearby at Craighead Park, until Celtic were dissolved in 1992. The team have been managed since June 2016 by former Alloa and Stirling Albion midfielder John Gibson.

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Blantyre Celtic F.C.

Blantyre Celtic Football Club was a Scottish football club Blantyre, South Lanarkshire which played under the auspices of the Scottish Junior Football Association.

Blantyre, South Lanarkshire

Blantyre ( or ; Scottish Gaelic: Blantaidhr) is a town and civil parish in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, with a population of 16,900. It is bounded by the River Clyde to the north, the Rotten Calder to the west, the Park Burn to the east (denoting the boundary with the larger adjoining town of Hamilton) and the Rotten Burn to the south. Blantyre was the birthplace of David Livingstone, the 19th-century explorer and missionary, and because of Livingstone's work, the second-largest city in Malawi is named after it.

Blantyre railway station

Blantyre railway station serves the burgh of Blantyre, near Hamilton in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is located on the Argyle Line, 14 km (8¾ miles) south east of Glasgow Central railway station (Low Level). Passenger services are provided by ScotRail on behalf of Strathclyde Partnership for Transport.

Calderside Academy

Calderside Academy is a Scottish secondary school in Blantyre. It's creation was caused by merging two local secondary schools (Blantyre High School and Earnock High School) on the land where Blantyre High School used to sit. The school opened in January 2008 and was ceremonially opened by Fiona Hyslop MSP in November 2008. The Academy has approximately 1400 pupils and about 100 teachers, making it one of the largest schools in Scotland.