The Johnstone Cup

12/07/2024

Hello everyone,

Final total we raised was £4115.15, thank you to everyone for donating and making the day the success it was.

Thank you so much.

11/07/2024

A final big thank you to all the boys at Roselle Rovers Football Club and Karen down at the Keystone pub who also raised £300 for us in the pub after the cup on Saturday night, massively appreciate it, I hope you guys had a good evening in the pub, you sure did deserve it.

09/07/2024

Some action shots from Saturday, thanks to everyone for coming along and making the day the success it was.

I hope everyone had a good day, the sun was shining and there was some great football on show.

Massive thank you to Joe Callery for coming along and snapping some great pics of everyone having a good day.

Will release the value raised on Friday when we have the final count done, again thank you.

08/07/2024

UPDATE
We have found Kevin, thanks everyone for sharing.

Please share incase you know him.

Number 67 Burnley won the football card for the 32” Telly, Kevin N please contact us.

If you do not come forward by the end of the week we will spin the number wheel again until we find a winner.

07/07/2024

What a day, followed by a night to remember. Thank you to everyone who came down and watched, donated money and helped make the day special. Thank you to all my volunteers who took the time to help the day run smoothly, thanks to Kevin Mclaughlinfor keeping us updated throughout the day and with his pumping tunes. Massive thanks to Legacycomps and Thorn Athletic Community for helping make the day a reality.

Thank you to all 6 teams for the good show they put on there was plenty of goals.
Well done to Glynhill Moorcroft who won the cup.

Once I have fully counted out how much we raised I will reveal the number in due time.

Again, thanks💙🏆

06/07/2024

06/07/2024

𝙄𝙉𝘼𝙐𝙂𝙐𝙍𝘼𝙇 𝙅𝙊𝙃𝙉𝙎𝙏𝙊𝙉𝙀 𝘾𝙐𝙋 ||

Tomorrow the Thomas Shanks Park will come alive for football as six Renfrewshire teams contest the The Johnstone Cup - and more importantly support a charity close to our hearts St Vincent's Hospice

The three football pitches within the park will simultaneously host group stage matches between Thorn Athletic 20s, Johnstone Burgh, Roselle, Gladstone, Glynhill and Elderslie.

Winners of each group will face off for the right to lift the Johnstone Cup 🏆

Action starts from 10.30am with other fun activities based at Thorn Athletic Sports Academy for family and friends.

The Hat-Trick Hatch Snack Bar and licensed bar will be open from 10.30am at Thorn Academy.

𝙋𝙖𝙧𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 Players and spectators should utilise the car park at St Paul's Church with access from North Road and thereafter be considerate with on-street parking on Quarrelton Road. Only limited parking will be available at Thorn Athletic Sports Academy.

𝙎𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙤𝙧 𝙄𝙣𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 please utilise the bins within the park for rubbish and toilet facilities will be available in the cabin adjacent to Thorn Athletic Sports Academy. There will be no public access to Thorn Athletic Sports Academy building other than for players and officials.

Come along and support the teams and the Hospice and make it a great day.

Good luck to organiser Marcus Gillespie and all those involved.

06/07/2024

05/07/2024

A huge thank you to Sandra McCallum and her friends for donating some nice big hampers and bottles of alcohol to be won at the Glynhill as well as down at Thomas Shanks Park.

A lot of effort has went into these hampers and I couldn’t be more thankful😄

05/07/2024

Tomorrow we are competing in the Johnstone Cup alongside a host of other Renfrewshire based teams in what should be a great day of football and charity!

All proceeds from the event will be donated to St Vincent’s Hospice!

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04/07/2024

Hi there, for all of you who are attending through the day, first game kicks off at 10:30am, our beat the keeper stalls and bouncy castles, raffles and donation buckets will be cash so if you fancy your chances against a top keeper, want to bounce about mad or want to give back to the hospice please remember your cash.

This is a day out for all ages, the bouncy castles will be set up down at the Thorn campus as well as beat the keeper, for the over 18s we will be serving alcohol down at the thorn campus, this is all for a great cause so everyone if you’re not doing anything or you have a spare couple hours, come down have fun, watch football and have a beer or have a bounce around, hope to see you all there.

Remember Thomas Shanks park is our local park, please respect it and bin all rubbish correctly in various bins dotted around the park.

03/07/2024

Another donation!

Thank you to Parducci Ice Cream who are donating 2 £25 vouchers to spend at any of their vans!

For all attending the Glynhill with a sweet treat make sure bring your cash to be in with a chance of winning this!