May 4th 2013, Scottish League Division 3 received the following paltry attendances for the last round of the season, especially when you would expect a little more interest from the clubs' supporters at that lower end of the Scottish Football League.
Annan raised 386 spectators; 745 at Clyde; 786 at Elgin, 462 at Queen's Park; 50,046 were at Ibrox for Glasgow Rangers. Rangers had been demoted that season from the Scottish Premier League for financial "irregularities" in the previous season, causing the club to go into administration. Rangers won the division by a mile, 24 points ahead of Peterhead. The attendance that day was a record for the season (and the division!) and only once did the crowd number fall below 40,000, that season. Needless to say Rangers ended up with the big boys, eventually.
Elgin's, Borough Brigg Ground (capacity 4500:478 seated), above, their home stadium. The most northerly Football League ground in Britain. Note his characteristic kit style and sponsorship by nobody else than IRN-BRU!!
The new kit has been designed to celebrate Queen's Park's unique history by recording every single match result since joining the league in 1900. There are over 4,000 green, red, and orange dots on the front and back of the shirt with each representing a win, loss or draw in the league. The shirt also features “Original and Best” IRN-BRU branding, as the club continues one of the longest running sponsorships in Scottish football with its partner AG Barr.
Queen's Park presently are top of the Division, easily (Played21-54pts), Edinburgh City are second (P21-38pts), Stirling third 2 pts behind (P22) and Elgin fourth (P21-with 35pts).
If you like settlement place names, Moray has: Bogmoor, Dipple, Fogwatt, Portknockie. Unthank and Urquhart to name a few. Elgin some suggest comes from "beautiful place" or "Little Ireland".
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