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2 unusual facts about Falkirk


Boroughbridge

In 1945 the bridge carrying the A1 road over the River Ure collapsed under the weight of a heavy transport vehicle carrying an 80-ton steel mill roll housing from Sheffield to Falkirk.

Elphinstone Tower

Elphinstone Tower, Falkirk, a ruined tower house on the Dunmore Estate in central Scotland


1809 in poetry

Margaret Holford (later Margaret Hodson), Wallace; or, The Fight of Falkirk

1959–60 Liverpool F.C. season

Slater had made 134 appearances for Falkirk, winning a Scottish Cup winners medal in the process, before the club were relegated at the end of the 1958-59 season.

1993 Scottish Challenge Cup Final

The 1993 Scottish Challenge Cup Final, also known as the B&Q Cup Final for sponsorship reasons, was an association football match between Falkirk and St. Mirren on 12 December 1993 at Fir Park in Motherwell.

2009 Scottish Cup Final

A trip to the Highlands ensued for the quarter-final after Falkirk were drawn away to Inverness Caledonian Thistle.

A803 road

Beginning at Springburn in Glasgow, the A803 passes through the towns of Bishopbriggs, Kirkintilloch, Kilsyth, Banknock, Haggs, Bonnybridge, Falkirk, Laurieston, ending east of Linlithgow.

Alan Gow

After being granted special permission by Falkirk, Gow made his Rangers debut in a post-season friendly match against MLS club Los Angeles Galaxy at the Home Depot Center in Los Angeles, United States, coming on as a half time substitute for Nacho Novo.

Allandale station

Allandale railway station, a proposed railway station that was left unbuilt in Allandale, Falkirk, Scotland

Big in Falkirk

Big in Falkirk also worked with festivals such as Glasgow's Merchant City Festival and Spain's Valladolid.

Bobby Laing

He had been on the books of Falkirk, but while stationed at Hednesford, Staffordshire, during the Second World War, he appeared for Birmingham City in the wartime Football League South.

Brian Hardie

Born in Stenhousemuir, Falkirk, Scotland, to Fettes-educated banker Col. James Millar Hardie, he played at Stenhousemuir during the 1960s and 1970s, scoring 7065 runs before being signed for Essex where he opened the batting for many years alongside Graham Gooch.

Central Belt

The area is often considered as the triangle defined by the M8, M80 motorway and M9 motorways stretching from Greenock and Glasgow in the west to Edinburgh in the east, encompassing towns such as Paisley, Cambuslang, Hamilton, Stirling, Falkirk, Cumbernauld, Livingston and Bathgate.

Central Radio

Central 103.1 FM, UK based radio station serving Falkirk, Stirling and Clackmannanshire

Conrad Balatoni

In January 2013, Conrad scored a double, in a 4–1 win against Falkirk, which he scored again, the next game, in a 2–1 win over Cowdenbeath, scoring three scored goals in two consecutive games.

Coventry City F.C. in European football

Coventry entered the Texaco Cup for the first time in 1971–72 and faced Falkirk in the first round, and needed extra time to beat them, to set up a tie with Newcastle United.

Dan Twardzik

On 25 January 2014, Twardzik made his debut for Dundee, coming on as a substitute against Falkirk, after first choice goalkeeper Kyle Letheren had been sent off.

Demography of Scotland

Around 70% of the country's population live in the Central Lowlands — region stretching in a northeast-southwest orientation between the major cities of Edinburgh and Glasgow, and including major settlements such as Paisley, Stirling, Falkirk, Perth and Dundee.

Dennyloanhead

Famous people born or living in Dennyloanhead include Alex Totten (ex Falkirk manager).

Dragoje Leković

After one 1/2 seasons with another modest side, FK Mogren, Leković joined Kilmarnock in Scotland, where he started during most of his spell (which consisted of two full seasons and two-halves), being part of the squad that conquered the Scottish Cup in 1996–97, 1–0 against Falkirk.

Falkirk Herald

It provides reportage, opinion and analysis of current affairs in the towns of Falkirk, Grangemouth, Larbert and Denny as well as the neighbouring villages of Polmont, Redding and Bonnybridge.

Falkirk Stadium

On 10 June 2012 the Falkirk Stadium is due to host part of Elton John's Greatest Hits Tour.

Goldfields Water Supply Scheme

Mephan Ferguson was awarded the first manufacturing contract and built a fabrication plant at Falkirk (now known as the Perth suburb of Maylands) to produce half of the 60,000 pipes required.

Gross annual value

In Falkirk in Scotland the Gross Annual Value is used to calculate Council house rent based on factors such as house type, age, structure, number of apartments, overall floor area, location and type of heating.

John de Graham

He gives his name to the Grahamston district in Falkirk, which gives its name to Falkirk Grahamston station.

John Goossens

During this training camp he played exhibition games against the Rangers and Falkirk.

Johnny Carlyle

Carlyle learned to skate at his local ice rink in Falkirk, where he also learned to play ice hockey with the Falkirk Lions reserve team, the Falkirk Cubs.

Kelpie

The Kelpies are two 30-metre high steel sculptures in Falkirk, on the Forth & Clyde Canal.

Kenny Deuchar

Deuchar is a company director in Town House Restaurants Ltd which owns and operates the Wheelhouse restaurant, located close to the Falkirk Wheel in Falkirk and the new Boathouse restaurant at Auchinstary basin, in Kilsyth.

Kilsyth Rangers F.C.

Some famous players to have played for the team are Drew Jarvie (Airdrieonians, Aberdeen, St. Mirren), William Wallace (Heart of Midlothian, Celtic), Frank McGarvey (St.Mirren, Liverpool, Celtic), David Stewart (Leeds United), Pat McMahon (Celtic, Aston Villa), George Mulhall (Aberdeen, Sunderland), Jim Storrie (Airdrieonians, Aberdeen, Leeds United), Gary McStay (Falkirk) plus many more.

Kjartan Finnbogason

In August 2009, Kjartan signed a 6-month loan deal at Falkirk, with an option of a permanent deal.

Koki Mizuno

On 8 November, he made his league debut for Celtic in a 2–0 victory over Motherwell, replacing Scott McDonald in the 88th minute and, on 21 December 2008, he made his first start in a game against Falkirk He scored his first goal for Celtic in the 90th minute of the match, assisted by a pass from Shunsuke Nakamura.

Ledbury Park

Developer H.A. Clark named a number of the new streets, such as Marmion, Deloraine, Melrose,and Falkirk after the works of Sir Walter Scott.

Lewis Small

Small came through the Academy system of his local senior club Falkirk, making his first team debut against Cowdenbeath at Central Park as a substitute for Andy Haworth in the 68th minute.

Manuel Kanté

Kanté began his career in Scotland, playing three games for Falkirk before moving to Portugal to play for Pampilhosa.

Neil Mochan

Born in Carron, Stirlingshire, he attended St Francis RC School in Falkirk, concurrently developing his footballing skills with juvenile side Dunipace Thistle.

Newsquest

“Newsquest’s purchase of the Herald group was backed by assurances that they would maintain standards and not cut editorial budgets,” the NUJ quoted Cathy Peattie Scottish Labour Member of the Scottish Parliament for Falkirk East as saying.

Richard Cadette

Born in Hammersmith, Cadette began his career in non-league football with Wembley, before playing professional football in both England and Scotland for Leyton Orient, Southend United, Sheffield United, Brentford, Bournemouth, Falkirk, Millwall and Clydebank.

Steve Fulton

However, he fell from favour within months of his move to Burnden Park and spent part of the 1993–94 season on loan to Peterborough United before returning to Scotland at its conclusion, in a £100,000 move to Falkirk.

Syd King

February 1922 saw the controversial sale of West Ham legend Syd Puddefoot to Falkirk for a record £5,000.

Torphichen

Torphichen is part of the (UK) Falkirk East and Linlithgow Constituency (Michael Connarty, Labour); Scottish Linlithgow Constituency (Fiona Hyslop, Scottish National Party); and part of the Armadale and Blackridge Ward of West Lothian Council (Stuart Borrowman, Independent; Jim Dixon, Labour; and Isabel Hutton, Scottish National Party).


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