Lanarkshire football fans vote for the top talent

David Templeton (Hamilon Accies) Darren Randolph (Motherwell) Sean Crighton (Airdrie) Scott Stevenson (East Kilbride) James Mcarthur (Hamilton Accies) Louis Moult (Motherwell) Ross Mcneil (Albion Rovers/ East Kilbride/ Caledonian Braves) Mark Mclaughlin

We asked fans from across Lanarkshire to vote for the best players from the past decade from our local sides. Here is how you voted:

In his first season he broke John Ruddy’s clean sheet record of 15 and reached the Scottish Cup final in 2011. He was a between the sticks as Welll made their Champions League debut.

An absolute stalwart at Motherwell, played for them between 1999-06, moved to Southend for two years and back to Fir Park in 2008 where he stayed for the next 10 years.

From playing Celtic in the Scottish Cup, surpassing Ajax’s world record for consecutive wins and winning the league in 2017, to play-off pain in Cowdenbeath, a final day collapse in the 2018 league campaign and the Cove Rangers play-off exit - it has been a proverbial rollercoaster for the full-back at East Kilbride.

In his second spell at Airdrie Crighton has earned over 100 appearances for the club and is current Diamonds captain.

Mclaughlin stayed with Accies until 2012, making more than 190 appearances, and he was part of the team that won the First Division title in 2007-08. He would then return to the Bully Wee and push for League Two play-off promotion in the 2015-16 season.

After helping Motherwell to a 3-1 win against Rangers at Ibrox he would score in the 3-0 win in Lanarkshire to secure safety.

Widely recognised by Accies fans as the player who kept them in the Premiership in season 2017-18, he scored nine goals in 30 appearances, including in a 2-0 win over former club Rangers at Ibrox.

Having been the first player inducted into the Albion Rovers Hall of Fame, he enjoyed three spells at Cliftonhill scored 60 goals in the process. With a League Two promotion under his belt, Chaplain is probably best remembered for his hattrick in the 7-2 two demolition of Airdrie.

James broke into the Hamilton Accies first-team under Billy Reid in 2005, aged 18. He moved to Wigan, with Mcarthur moving in 2010, and they both won the 2013 FA Cup with a shock 1-0 win over Man City.

He was the key man who helped the side reach the final of the League Cup. His lob at Hampden against Rangers cemented him as a fan favourite.

First catching the eye at Cliftonhill, Mcneil would become a prolific poacher for Kilby on his way to winning two Lowland league titles at K-park.

In 2017/18 scored more than 20 goals. Currently captain at Caledonian Braves.

There was some close calls. Here is the players who were just a couple of percent away from making the starting eleven.

A two-time Lowland League winner with East Kilbride, it’s been a decade to remember for the 30-year-old keeper.

Starting the decade at Clyde, it has been a huge decade for the defender ending in Scotland caps and top flight football.

Having started the decade at the Diamonds, Alan Trouten would make his mark on

Lanarkshire at Cliftonhill in the 2017-18 season. The 34-year-old netted 28 times.

Part of the 2013-14 promotion-winning team, Crawford scored a winner at Celtic Park in October 2014 and earned Hamilton a draw at Ibrox in 2016.

Beginning his career at the national stadium just outside Rutherglen in the 2012-13 season, Shankland has went on to establish himself as one of the best goalscorers in the country. Went on top be capped for Scotland.