Sports
An active Scottish Junior football team, Arthurlie, plays in Barrhead, with a previous club of the same name having played as a senior league side until 1929. The earlier team was renowned for its 4-2 defeat of Celtic in the 1897 Scottish Cup. Arthurlie's Johnny Kelly, went on to play for Celtic and Barnsley and won several caps for Scotland. The team won the Scottish Junior Cup in 1998.
Barrhead Boys Club founded in 1972 was recently renamed as Barrhead Youth Football club and caters for children as young as 6 years old up to 21 and also has adult and veteran teams, with 450 members it is one of the largest clubs in Scotland.
Barrhead is also home to the following bowling clubs: Barrhead, Arthurlie, Shanks, and St John's; and also the Fereneze Golf Club and Barrhead Community Tennis Club.
Barrhead Boxing Club has produced several contenders at Scottish Amateur level.
Also Douglas Muay Thai has produced many champions throughout the years such as :
John Douglas - Scottish and British champion and silver medalist at the world championships in bangkok
Markus McDonald - Scottish and Celtic champion
John Paul Gallacher - British and Celtic champion and former Scottish champion
Alex McLeish - Scottish most capped defender, 77 caps, National Team Coach.
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