Regarding Airdrie, there is a chequered history there regarding the 1878-2002 incarnation. It was four in a row when they were runners up of the top flight division.
I do recall that they once groundshared Broadwood Stadium (home of Clyde) when the former Broomfield Park was sold and demolished.
On the final day of the 2001-02 season when they played away to Ayr United, Airdrieonians went into liquidation.
The next bit is what may be perceived as a bizarre twist of events. The 1965-2002 incarnation of Clydebank were homeless as Kilbowie Park was sold for retail development back in 1996. Clydebank groundshared Boghead Park - the home of Dumbarton. When Boghead was being rebuilt, Clydebank had to leave which there was a long running saga in that the owners of Clydebank wanted to relocate the side to Lansdowne Road, Dublin and play their "home" matches there but still remain members of the Scottish FA. Needless to say and rather unsurprisingly, this proposal got booted out. The only time Clydebank ever got close to Ireland was an away match at Stair Park - the home of Stranraer.
There was some other proposals put forward with the idea of relocating to Galashiels (not surprisingly, Gala Fairydean were not keen on that), and also playing home matches at Brunton Park - home of Carlisle United. Both were rejected. Clydebank spent the last moments of their existence groundsharing Cappielow Park - the home of Greenock Morton which is south of the Clyde. Also, there was a newspaper advertisement that the owners of Clydebank were selling the club for the princely sum of £10.
Back to the former Airdrieonians (1878), in their final year of existence, the former Aston Villa, Barcelona, and Scotland internationalist Steve Archibald took over, and alongside Jim Ballantyne after Airdrieonians went into liquidation, Clydebank were purchased, relocated to Airdrie, and renamed to Airdrie United. In 2013, there was a name change to Airdrieonians.
Meanwhile, a new incarnation of Clydebank was formed in 2002 with Budge Burgess, and they presently play their matches at Peel Glen Park.
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I've been keeping a close eye on the A-League this season, there's a few ex-Rovers players knocking about. Rudy Gestede and Matt Derbyshire look to be scoring goals for fun which is nice to see.
