Glasgow Gaels GFC
| Glasgow Gaels | ||
|---|---|---|
| Gaeil Glaschu | ||
| Founded | 1999 | |
| County | Scotland | |
| Colours | Red and white | |
| Grounds | Clydebank Sports Hub, Clydebank Peterson Park, Yoker | |
| ||
| Gaelic football | ||
| Ladies' football | ||
Glasgow Gaels GFC (Irish: Cumann Peile Ghaeil Ghlaschú; Scottish Gaelic: Comann Ball-Coise Ghàidheil Ghlaschu), also known as Glaschu Gaels, is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Glasgow, Scotland. The club is a member of Scotland GAA and fields both men’s and ladies’ Gaelic football teams, as well as a youth structure catering for boys and girls from under-7 to under-17 level.
History
Glaschu Gaels were formed in 1999 after the amalgamation of two local sides, Glencovitt Rovers and Paisley Gaels.[1]
Both the men's and the ladies' teams have enjoyed significant successes, with the men winning the All-Britain Football Championship in 2022,[2][3] and the women winning the ladies' football equivalent in 2016 and 2023. On all three occasions, the Glasgow sides were defeated in All-Ireland quarter finals, with the men falling to Stewartstown Harps, and the ladies losing to St Maurs in 2016 and O'Donovan Rossa in 2023.[2][4][5][6]
The club has strong links with the university teams at Glasgow, Strathclyde, and Stirling GAA teams, with several club players attending each institution.
In 2016, Glasgow Gaels were featured in Joe.ie’s “80 Clubs Around the World”.
Honours
Men's football
- All-Britain Club Football Championship
- Winners: 2022
- Runners-up: 2019
- Scottish Senior Football Championship
- Winners: 2002, 2006, 2019, 2022, 2023
- Runners-up: 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2015–2018, 2020, 2024, 2025
- Scottish Senior Football League
- Winners: 2003, 2005, 2008, 2019
- Runners-up: 2015–2018, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
- Scottish Intermediate Football Championship
- Winners: 2024
- Runners-up: 2025
- Scottish Junior Football Championship
- Winners: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2022, 2024
- Men’s Scottish Junior League
- Winners: 2016, 2017
Ladies' football
- European Ladies' Football Championship
- Winners: 2016, 2023
- Scottish Senior Ladies' Football Championship
- Winners: 2006
- Scottish Intermediate Ladies' Football Championship
- Winners: 2015, 2016, 2023
- Scottish Intermediate Ladies' Football League
- Winners: 2016, 2019
- Runners-up: 2007, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2019
- All-Britain Junior Ladies' Club Football Championship
- Winners: 2016, 2023
- Runners-up: 2015
- Scottish Junior Ladies' Football Championship
- Winners: 2023, 2025
- Scottish Junior Ladies' Football League
- Winners: 2016
- Runners-up: 2015, 2017
References
- ↑ "Supporting the gaels of Glaschu - Hoganstand.com". www.hoganstand.com. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
- 1 2 "Glasgow Gaels GFC Profile - ClubInfo.ie". www.clubinfo.ie. Retrieved 20 July 2026.
- ↑ McLaughlin, Anthony. "Granite Glasgow Gaels claim historic All-Britain". The Irish Post. Retrieved 20 July 2026.
- ↑ dkinnevey (4 November 2016). "All Ireland Club Quarter Finals". Ladies Gaelic Football. Retrieved 20 July 2026.
- ↑ Gartland, Niall (12 December 2022). "Stewartstown see off stiff Scottish challenge". We Are Tyrone. Retrieved 20 July 2026.
- ↑ "TEAM NEWS: O'Donovan Rossa bid for All-Ireland club junior football final spot". The Southern Star. Retrieved 20 July 2026.