Rutherglen (pronounced: ruh-ther-glen) is a town in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. Rutherglen comes from the Gaelic An Ruadh Ghleann, meaning "the red valley". In 1975, it lost its own local council and administratively became a component of the City of Glasgow. In 1996 Rutherglen was reallocated to the South Lanarkshire council area.

Map of Rutherglen in 1923

Clyde Football Club used to play in the area before moving to the former new town of Cumbernauld. The immediate area could be considered the cradle of Scottish football, with Hampden Park, the national stadium and home to Scotland's oldest football club Queen's Park F.C. being close by as well as Cathkin Park, the home of the defunct Third Lanark F.C. and not far to the north, Celtic Park, the home of Celtic F.C. - all of which (apart from Clyde's former ground) are located in the City of Glasgow. The local junior football team is Rutherglen Glencairn, who have recently moved into a new ground adjacent to their old stadium on Glasgow Road.

The local newspaper is the ''Rutherglen Reformer''.

Governance

Rutherglen Town Hall

In 1999, The Scottish Parliamentary constituency of Glasgow Rutherglen was created, with the same boundaries as the UK parliamentary constituency.

In 2005, Scottish constituencies for the UK parliament were mostly replaced with new constituencies, and Rutherglen is now within the Rutherglen and Hamilton West constituency. The Scottish Parliament constituencies remain unaltered.

Transport

Rutherglen Main Street is served by Rutherglen railway station and there are also numerous bus links into Glasgow City Centre.

Education

Schools in the Rutherglen area

Non-Denominational Schools

• Bankhead Primary School, Bankhead Road, Rutherglen, G73 2BQ

• Burgh Primary School, 41 King Street, Rutherglen, G73 1JY

• Burnside Primary School, Glenlui Avenue, Burnside, Rutherglen, G73 4JE

• Calderwood Primary School, Buchanan Drive, Rutherglen

• Spittal Primary School, Lochlea Road, Spittal, Rutherglen

• Rutherglen High School, Reid Street, Rutherglen, G73 3DF

• Stonelaw High School, 140 Calderwood Road, Rutherglen, G73 3BP

Roman Catholic Schools

• St Anthony's Primary School, Lochaber Drive, Rutherglen, G73 5HX

• St Columbkille's Primary School, Clincarthill Road, Rutherglen, G73 2LG

• St Mark's Primary School, Kirkriggs Avenue, Blairbeth, Rutherglen, G73 4LY

• Trinity High School, Glenside Drive, Eastfield, Rutherglen, G73 3LW

Notable people

Rutherglen was the birthplace of Archie Jackson, the Australian cricketer. Rutherglen is also the birthplace of Craig Patrick who's most famous invention was lypsyl. Comedian/actor Robbie Coltrane was also born in Rutherglen, as was Marie Cassidy, State Pathologist for Ireland. Scotland's oldest man, 108 year old Bob Taggart, is a lifelong Rutherglen resident. Midge Ure of the band Ultravox went to Stonelaw academy in Rutherglen. Alistair MacLean was a teacher at Gallowflat High in Hamilton road.

References

"The Rutherglen Lore" by W. Ross Shearer, printed in 1922

External links

• Rutherglen Academy historic pictures
• Photos and information about Rutherglen

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