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Carluke Football Club are a Scottish football club based in Carluke, South Lanarkshire. Nicknamed the The Manes, they were formed in 2014 and are based at the John Cumming Stadium. The club competes in the Strathclyde Saturday Morning Amateur League and has an over 35's team that competes in the Central Region over 35's league.

John Cumming Stadium

The team play their home fixture at the John Cumming Stadium, playing their first competitive game in a 3 - 2 victory against Glasgow based side UB United in the Strathclyde Saturday Morning Amateur Football League Division 2. The stadium is named in honor of the famous Heart and Scotland player John Cumming who was a resident of the town. The ground has a synthetic 4G surface and is also a fully equipped athletics venue with an eight lane track and long jump sand pit. The stadium is also used by the Hamilton Academical women's team for their home matches in the Scottish Women's Premier League.

The Club

The club was founded by Paul Davies after successfully putting together the clubs over-35s football team with David Goodwin. He has implementing a five-year plan in a bid to create a dynasty of football in the town. Davies vision is to creating a team in the town in a bid to give young players a chance to thrive. It’s all part of a dream to one day have a team from Carluke playing in the Lowland League with the possibility of promotion into the senior ranks. Davies bring a wealth of experience having previous worked in the professional game with Motherwell FC, Hartlepool United and Chesterfield FC, his agency Avant Sports Management also represented ex-Manchester United and French star Mikael Silvestre and German ace Torsten Frings.