Tommy McGrane Memorial Cup
SportFootball
Founded2005
No. of teams4
CountryScotland
Most recent
champion(s)		East Kilbride Thistle
Most titlesEast Kilbride Thistle (4 titles)

The Tommy McGrane Memorial Cup is an annual pre-season invitational Scottish football tournament hosted by SJFA, West Region junior football club East Kilbride Thistle.

Tournament

The trophy was named in honour of Tommy McGrane, who was one of the founders of East Kilbride Thistle.[1] The tournament has always been at the Show Park, in the Village, East Kilbride, since it began in 2005. The tournament is played in a straight knockout format of two semi-finals and a final. The semi-final losers play in a third-fourth play-off match. The tournament used to regularly attract SFL clubs, with teams such as Clyde, Hamilton Academical and, in particular, Stirling Albion taking part in previous years.

Thistle only won their own tournament for the first time in 2009, at the fifth attempt of trying.[2] The Tommy McGrane Cup trophy suffered severe damage in May 2012, after the club's trophy cabinet was smashed up, with various other items suffering damage, during a fire that broke out at Thistle's Social Club, which resided next to the stadium.[3] A new trophy has since been made and presented to the winners of the tournament.

Clyde lift the Tommy McGrane Cup in 2006, with a 4–0 win against hosts East Kilbride Thistle in the final.
Year Winners Runners-up Third place Fourth place Ref
2005 Stirling Albion (1/3) East Kilbride Thistle
2006 Clyde Auchinleck Talbot East Kilbride Thistle Stirling Albion [4][5][6]
2007 Stirling Albion (2/3) East Kilbride Thistle Hamilton Accies Arthurlie [7][8][9]
2008 Stirling Albion (3/3) East Kilbride Thistle Preston Athletic Glenafton Athletic [10][11]
2009 East Kilbride Thistle (1/2) Alloa Athletic Petershill Ayr United U19s [12][13][14]
2010 Beith Juniors East Kilbride Thistle Eddlewood Amateurs Yoker Athletic [15]
2011
2012
2013
2014 Clyde U20s East Kilbride Thistle East Kilbride AFC Rolls Royce AFC [16][17]
2015 East Kilbride Thistle (2/4) Clyde U20s [18][19]
2016 East Kilbride Thistle (3/4) Stranraer U20s [20][21]
2017 East Kilbride Thistle (4/4) St. Anthony's [22][23][24]
2018 [25]

References

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  2. ^ "EK Thistle manager likes what he sees on the park". Daily Record. 29 July 2009. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  3. ^ "Jags in crisis as it emerges fire ravaged social club was not insured". Daily Record. 5 September 2012. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  4. ^ "Clyde 6 v 0 Auchinleck Talbot". Clyde FC. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
    "East Kilbride Thistle 0 v 4 Clyde". Clyde FC. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  5. ^ "Good Weekend". Clyde FC. 25 July 2006. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
    "Clyde Have Six Appeal!". Clyde FC. 23 July 2006. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
    "Four Goal Victory". Clyde FC. 22 July 2006. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  6. ^ "Clyde go south in CIS". Cumbernauld News. 26 July 2006. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  7. ^ "Reds defend East Kilbride trophy". Daily Record. 18 July 2011. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  8. ^ "Thistle are pipped for Cup". East Kilbride News. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
  9. ^ "East Kilbride Invitational (18/7/07)". Barrhead News. 18 July 2007. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  10. ^ "Brave Thistle fall at final hurdle in showpiece contest". East Kilbride News. 23 July 2008. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
  11. ^ "East Kilbride Tournament". GAFC. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
  12. ^ "EK Thistle win Tommy McGrane Cup". Daily Record. 22 July 2009. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
    "Cup history as Jags win trophy after five attempts". Daily Record. 22 July 2009. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  13. ^ "Wasps defeat Petershill". AAFC. 18 July 2009. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
    "Wasps lose on penalties". AAFC. 20 July 2009. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  14. ^ "Brazilian Magic". Nomadic-Fitba. 18 July 2009. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
    "From Celtic Park To Showpark". Nomadic-Fitba. 18 July 2009. Retrieved 24 November 2015.<nr>"Third 'Keeper Luckyl". Nomadic-Fitba. 19 July 2009. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
    "Jags On The Spot". Nomadic-Fitba. 19 July 2009. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  15. ^ "Football: Jags sunk by last minute winner". Daily Record. 27 July 2008. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
  16. ^ "Missed chances hand Clyde young guns the trophy". Daily Record. 24 July 2014. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
  17. ^ "The Tommy McGrane Memorial Cup - Round 1". EKAFC. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
    "The Tommy McGrane Memorial Cup - Round 2". EKAFC. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  18. ^ "EK Thistle: New signing helps Jags reclaim Tommy McGrane Cup". Daily Record. 30 July 2015. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  19. ^ "EK Thistle reclaim trophy". News RT. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  20. ^ "East Kilbride Thistle retain Tommy McGrane Cup after Stranraer thriller". Daily Record. 21 July 2016. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  21. ^ "Saturday, July 16". Scottish Football Fixtures. 18 June 2016. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  22. ^ "East Kilbride lift Tommy McGrane Cup as strong pre-season continues". Daily Record. 19 July 2017. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  23. ^ "Monday, July 17". Scottish Football Fixtures. 27 June 2017. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  24. ^ "Its EK OK as Ants lose at Showpark in pre-season friendly". SAFC. 18 July 2017. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  25. ^ "East Kilbride Thistle snap up new signings as they prepare for new dawn in West Region Junior football". Daily Record. 14 June 2018. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
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