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Contract extension for Gal

Pollok are delighted to announce that club captain, Paul Gallacher, has penned a contract extension which will keep him at the club until the Summer of 2022.?

Gal joined Pollok in 2014 from Queens Park, where he had spent six years, and has since made 195 appearances for the ?Lok, scoring 16 goals.?

We caught up with Gal (at a safe social distance) to get his thoughts on the next few seasons and why he wanted to commit himself to Pollok. 

?I?m delighted to have agreed an extension to my contract. It was a very easy decision to make. I?ve loved my last 6 years at the club and I feel that I have unfinished business as all I want is to bring success to the club.?

It?s a disappointing end to the season as I would have loved the opportunity to make the Scottish Cup Final and hopefully go on and win it. It?s something I have been so determined to achieve, particularly after coming so close in my second season here.??However, we all fully understand and agree that people?s health and well-being is the most important thing at this point in time.

Looking forward to next season, I feel we have a great squad to build on. A squad which in my opinion is yet to reach its full potential. I am feeling positive about the league restructure and look at it as an opportunity for Pollok to be successful and compete at the highest level possible.?

We can’t wait to see Paul and the rest of the team back on the Newlandsfield turf in the future.

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Welcome to Pollok…Chris Duff

Pollok FC can officially confirm that left sided midfielder Chris Duff has joined the club for the forthcoming season.

The former Rob Roy, Queens Park and Cambuslang player was most recently with Rossvale where he helped them win promotion to the West Premiership.

Manager, Murdie MacKinnon had the following to say;

“I’m really pleased to welcome Chris to Pollok. He’s a good player with fantastic delivery. He chips in with his fair share of goals too and I’m sure the supporters will enjoy watching him at Newlandsfield.”

Welcome to Pollok, Chris!

Wharton pens permanent deal at Newlandsfield

Pollok FC are delighted to announce this evening that defender Bryan Wharton has signed a permanent deal with the club until the end of the season. Talking about the signing, Lok manager Tony McInally had this to say;

“It’s great we have Bryan?for another six months.?I would like to thank Queens Park manager?Gus MacPherson for his co-operation in getting this move?complete. Bryan has shown in training and on the pitch that he?obviously wants to be here and he has proved a solid addition to our defence this season.”

Since arriving on loan from Queens Park in September, Bryan has featured nine times for Pollok, scoring once and has proved popular with the fans winning two man of the match awards in his short spell.

“Everyone at the club made me very welcome during my loan with the club, and?I’m really happy to be extending my stay at Newlandsfield.?I was?disappointed?with the loss in the [Sectional League?Cup] final?but there are still multiple?opportunities to win silverware this season that’s what the rest of the squad and Tony are focused on”

Bryan is available for selection tomorrow for our match against Arthurlie at Newlandsfield.

 

Squad News and New Away Kit

Pollok Football Club are delighted to announce the loan signing of Bryan Wharton from Queens Park.

The 27-year-old defender, who was part of Tony McInally’s Scottish Junior Cup winning side at Shotts Bon Accord modelled the club’s new away kit for the next two seasons.

We also welcome new kit sponsors GMB Scotland. GMB works to improve the pay and conditions of GMB members in their workplace with over 600,000 members across the UK.

Bryan spent three seasons at our Southside neighbours making 96 appearances and scoring 7 times.

Wharton follows his father, Peter (pictured playing for Pollok in the annual legends tournament), in joining the Southsiders. Peter played in the black and white between 1985 and 1989.

Manager Tony McInally said:

“Bryan was a big player in Queens’ Park promotion to League 1. I know how committed he is from his time at Shotts and believe he is the perfect addition to our squad”

Welcome to Newlandsfield, Bryan!!