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Renton, West Dunbartonshire

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Renton (Scottish Gaelic: An Reantan; Scots: The Renton) is a village in West Dunbartonshire, in the west Central Lowlands of Scotland. [1]

64 relations: Aberdeen F.C., Alex Jackson (footballer, born 1905), Andy Duncan (footballer, born 1911), Association football, Australia, Balloch, West Dunbartonshire, Blackpool F.C., Cambuslang F.C., Cardross, Argyll, Cathkin Park, Central Lowlands, Charles Dickens, Chelsea F.C., Communism, Dumbarton, Dumbarton (Scottish Parliament constituency), Dumbarton F.C., Dunbartonshire, Duncan McLaren, Edinburgh, England national football team, FA Cup, Glasgow, House of Commons of Canada, Huddersfield Town A.F.C., International Joint Commission, Italy, Jack Ashurst, James Allison Glen, James Harrison (engineer), James Joyce, Jane Duncan, Jim Bollan, John O'Hare, Lord Provost, OGC Nice, Parliament of the United Kingdom, Politics of Edinburgh, Preston North End F.C., Provost (civil), Quoits, Renton F.C., Renton railway station, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, River Leven, Dunbartonshire, Robert the Bruce, Samuel Johnson, Scots language, Scottish Cup, Scottish Football League, ..., Scottish Gaelic, Scottish Socialist Party, Skeets Gallacher, Sunderland A.F.C., The Invincibles (football), Tobias Smollett, Tontine Park, University of Glasgow, Walter Scott, Wembley Wizards, West Bromwich Albion F.C., West Dunbartonshire, West Dunbartonshire (UK Parliament constituency), William Makepeace Thackeray. Expand index (14 more) »

Aberdeen F.C.

Aberdeen Football Club (also known as The Dons) is a Scottish professional football club based in Aberdeen, Scotland.

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Alex Jackson (footballer, born 1905)

Alexander Skinner Jackson (12 May 1905 – 15 November 1946) was a Scottish footballer.

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Andy Duncan (footballer, born 1911)

Andy Duncan (born 25 January 1911 in Renton–died 1983) was a professional footballer who played for Renton Thistle, Dumbarton, Hull City, Tottenham Hotspur and Chelmsford City.

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Association football

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball.

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Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands.

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Balloch, West Dunbartonshire

Balloch (Scots pronunciation:; Gaelic: Am Bealach) is a small town in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, at the foot of Loch Lomond.

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Blackpool F.C.

Blackpool Football Club is a professional association football club based in the seaside town of Blackpool, Lancashire, England.

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Cambuslang F.C.

Cambuslang Football Club was a Scottish football club, based in the Cambuslang area of Glasgow.

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Cardross, Argyll

Cardross (Scottish Gaelic: Càrdainn Ros) is a large village with a population of 2,193 (2011) in Scotland, on the north side of the Firth of Clyde, situated halfway between Dumbarton and Helensburgh.

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Cathkin Park

Cathkin Park is a municipal park in Glasgow, Scotland.

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Central Lowlands

The Central Lowlands or Midland Valley is a geologically defined area of relatively low-lying land in southern Scotland.

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Charles Dickens

Charles John Huffam Dickens (7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was an English writer and social critic.

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Chelsea F.C.

Chelsea Football Club is a professional football club in London, England, that competes in the Premier League.

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Communism

In political and social sciences, communism (from Latin communis, "common, universal") is the philosophical, social, political, and economic ideology and movement whose ultimate goal is the establishment of the communist society, which is a socioeconomic order structured upon the common ownership of the means of production and the absence of social classes, money and the state.

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Dumbarton

Dumbarton is a town in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, on the north bank of the River Clyde where the River Leven flows into the Clyde estuary.

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Dumbarton (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Dumbarton is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood).

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Dumbarton F.C.

Dumbarton Football Club is a semi-professional football club based in Dumbarton, Scotland.

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Dunbartonshire

Dunbartonshire (Siorrachd Dhùn Bhreatainn) or the County of Dumbarton is a historic county, lieutenancy area and registration county in the west central Lowlands of Scotland lying to the north of the River Clyde.

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Duncan McLaren

Duncan McLaren (12 January 1800 – 26 April 1886) was a Scottish Liberal Party politician and political writer.

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Edinburgh

Edinburgh (Dùn Èideann; Edinburgh) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 council areas.

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England national football team

The England national football team represents England in international football and is controlled by The Football Association, the governing body for football in England.

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FA Cup

The FA Cup, known officially as The Football Association Challenge Cup, is an annual knockout football competition in men's domestic English football.

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Glasgow

Glasgow (Glesga; Glaschu) is the largest city in Scotland, and third most populous in the United Kingdom.

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House of Commons of Canada

The House of Commons of Canada (Chambre des communes du Canada) is a component of the Parliament of Canada, along with the Sovereign (represented by the Governor General) and the Senate.

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Huddersfield Town A.F.C.

Huddersfield Town Association Football Club is a professional football club in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England, which competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football.

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International Joint Commission

The International Joint Commission (Commission mixte internationale) is a bi-national organization established by the governments of the United States and Canada under the Boundary Waters Treaty of 1909.

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Italy

Italy (Italia), officially the Italian Republic (Repubblica Italiana), is a sovereign state in Europe.

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Jack Ashurst

John "Jack" Ashurst (born 12 October 1954 in Renton, West Dunbartonshire) is a Scottish former professional football player.

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James Allison Glen

James Allison Glen, (December 18, 1877 – June 28, 1950) was a Canadian parliamentarian and Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada from 1940 to 1945.

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James Harrison (engineer)

James Harrison (17 April 1816 – 3 September 1893) was a Scottish-Australian newspaper printer, journalist, politician, and pioneer in the field of mechanical refrigeration.

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James Joyce

James Augustine Aloysius Joyce (2 February 1882 – 13 January 1941) was an Irish novelist, short story writer, and poet.

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Jane Duncan

Jane Duncan (10 March 1910 – 20 October 1976) was the pseudonym of Scottish writer Elizabeth Jane Cameron, best known for her My Friends series of semi-autobiographical novels.

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Jim Bollan

Jim Bollan (born c. 1950) is a Scottish Socialist Party councillor in West Dunbartonshire.

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John O'Hare

John O'Hare (born 24 September 1946) is a Scottish former footballer.

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Lord Provost

A Lord Provost (Scottish Gaelic: Àrd-Phrobhaist) is convenor of the local authority, the civic head and the lord-lieutenant of one of the principal cities of Scotland.

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OGC Nice

Olympique Gymnaste Club Nice Côte d'Azur, commonly referred to as OGC Nice or simply Nice, is a French association football club based in Nice.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom

The Parliament of the United Kingdom, commonly known as the UK Parliament or British Parliament, is the supreme legislative body of the United Kingdom, the Crown dependencies and overseas territories.

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Politics of Edinburgh

The politics of Edinburgh, are expressed in the deliberations and decisions of the City of Edinburgh Council, in elections to the council, the Scottish Parliament, the House of Commons and the European Parliament.

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Preston North End F.C.

Preston North End Football Club (often shortened to PNE) is a professional football club in Preston, Lancashire, who play in the Championship, the second tier of the English football league system.

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Provost (civil)

A provost (introduced into Scots from French) is the ceremonial head of many Scottish local authorities, and under the name prévôt was a governmental position of varying importance in Ancien Régime France.

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Quoits

Quoits (koits, kwoits, kwaits) is a traditional game which involves the throwing of metal, rope or rubber rings over a set distance, usually to land over or near a spike (sometimes called a hob, mott or pin).

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Renton F.C.

Renton Football Club was a football club based in Renton, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland.

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Renton railway station

Renton railway station is a railway station serving the village of Renton, Scotland.

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Richard Brinsley Sheridan

Richard Brinsley Butler Sheridan (30 October 17517 July 1816) was an Irish satirist, a playwright and poet, and long-term owner of the London Theatre Royal, Drury Lane.

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River Leven, Dunbartonshire

The River Leven (Uisge Leamhna in Gaelic) is a stretch of water in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, flowing from Loch Lomond in the North to the River Clyde in the South.

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Robert the Bruce

Robert I (11 July 1274 – 7 June 1329), popularly known as Robert the Bruce (Medieval Gaelic: Roibert a Briuis; modern Scottish Gaelic: Raibeart Bruis; Norman French: Robert de Brus or Robert de Bruys; Early Scots: Robert Brus; Robertus Brussius), was King of Scots from 1306 until his death in 1329.

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Samuel Johnson

Samuel Johnson LL.D. (18 September 1709 – 13 December 1784), often referred to as Dr.

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Scots language

Scots is the Germanic language variety spoken in Lowland Scotland and parts of Ulster (where the local dialect is known as Ulster Scots).

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Scottish Cup

The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,, Scottish Football Association.

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Scottish Football League

The Scottish Football League (SFL) was a league featuring professional and semi-professional football clubs mostly from Scotland.

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Scottish Gaelic

Scottish Gaelic or Scots Gaelic, sometimes also referred to simply as Gaelic (Gàidhlig) or the Gaelic, is a Celtic language native to the Gaels of Scotland.

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Scottish Socialist Party

The Scottish Socialist Party (SSP; Pàrtaidh Sòisealach na h-Alba; Scots Socialist Pairtie) is a left-wing political party campaigning for the establishment of an independent, socialist Scotland.

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Skeets Gallacher

Richard "Skeets" Gallacher (24 August 1925 in Renton, Scotland – 10 December 2013) was a British boxer.

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Sunderland A.F.C.

Sunderland Association Football Club is an English professional football club based in the city of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear.

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The Invincibles (football)

In English football, "The Invincibles" has been used to refer to the Preston North End team of the 1880s managed by William Sudell, and the Arsenal team of the 2003–04 season managed by Arsène Wenger.

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Tobias Smollett

Tobias George Smollett (19 March 1721 – 17 September 1771) was a Scottish poet and author.

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Tontine Park

Tontine Park was a football ground in Renton, Scotland.

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University of Glasgow

The University of Glasgow (Oilthigh Ghlaschu; Universitas Glasguensis; abbreviated as Glas. in post-nominals) is the fourth-oldest university in the English-speaking world and one of Scotland's four ancient universities.

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Walter Scott

Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet (15 August 1771 – 21 September 1832) was a Scottish historical novelist, playwright, poet and historian.

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Wembley Wizards

The Wembley Wizards is a nickname for the Scotland national football team who defeated England 5–1 at Wembley in the 1928 British Home Championship.

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West Bromwich Albion F.C.

West Bromwich Albion Football Club, also known as West Brom, The Baggies, The Throstles, Albion or simply WBA, is an English professional football club based in West Bromwich in the West Midlands.

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West Dunbartonshire

West Dunbartonshire (Wast Dunbartanshire; Siorrachd Dhùn Breatann an Iar) is one of the 32 local government council areas of Scotland.

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West Dunbartonshire (UK Parliament constituency)

West Dunbartonshire is a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (Westminster).

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William Makepeace Thackeray

William Makepeace Thackeray (18 July 1811 – 24 December 1863) was a British novelist and author.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renton,_West_Dunbartonshire

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