Thorn Athletic FC
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NameMark McGee
Emailmark.mcgee28@gmail.com
AddressMcMaster Sports Centre
Greened Avenue
Johnstone
PA5 OLD
The Story of Thorn Athletic is a simple but dramatic one, underlined by a robust friendship and desire to achieve things through a common determination. It was early July 1999 when a group of school friends from St Cuthbert’s High School approached Mark McGee, a young sports reporter at the local Johnstone newspaper, with a view to starting up a football team.
Mutual friend Joseph Smith mooted the idea to Mark on behalf of his friends and after days of thought and brainstorming meeting between many of the would-be players, it was decided to tentatively proceed with the establishment of a nameless team.
With only weeks to the start of the youth football season season in late August 1999 there was much work to do to get things off the ground. But the one thing that never failed to surprise everyone was the commitment, dedication and enthusiasm of this group of young lads determined to build their own team.
