Steins Thistle F.C.
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Steins Thistle Football Club is a football (soccer) club from Allandale near Cumbernauld in Scotland. They were formed as the works team of the G.R. Stein Brickworks in Allandale, hence the name Steins Thistle in January, 1972. The brickworks provided a pitch for the team, and upon the firm's closure ownership was transferred to the football club, which they retain to this day. Since then they have improved their ground, in 1989 they took a portacabin from the BP plant at Grangemouth and upgraded it on the site of their ground to replace the ageing pavillion that previously stood there. This has since been replaced with a new pavillion.
Upon formation, Steins Thistle played in the Stirling and District Football League. They currently compete in the Central Scottish Amateur Football League as well as running a number of boys' teams at various age levels.
