Fun day to celebrate Carse anniversary

One of the Stirling area’s best-known community football clubs is celebrating its 40th anniversary with a community fun day on Sunday.

Carse Thistle was found by Dick Taylor, who was committed to giving youngsters the opportunity to get involved with a local team.

His efforts saw him win a Sunday Mail Grassroots award in 2007 but when he died in 2011, the club started to slide. In 2013, with no teams registered, Carse Thistle was relaunched by a group of ex-coaches who had witnessed several age groups fold.

Carse have been rebuilding and have created three new age groups at 2006, 2007 and 2008 levels, all hoping to follow in the footsteps of the club’s most famous graduate – former Scottish international and now Everton first-team coach Duncan Ferguson.

To celebrate the anniversary, Carse Thistle are hosting a community fun day on Sunday at Wallace High School from 11am-3pm. There will be activities and entertainment for children and adults – it’s open to anyone and there is no entry fee.

Two charities will be supported on the day – the Eilidh Brown Memorial Fund and Kicks Count.