[citation needed] In 1931–32, the first season of the next reorganisation — the Central Junior League — Shawfield won the championship, beating Yoker Athletic in the deciding match.
[3] In the knockout competitions, Shawfield lost the 1939 Scottish Junior Cup final by 2–1 to neighbours Rutherglen Glencairn (whose ground was in Shawfield itself) in the final at Celtic Park, watched by 22,363[4] although they gained some consolation that year by winning the West of Scotland Cup in a 2–0 victory over Clydebank Juniors.
[5] They got their hands on the biggest prize of the Junior grade in 1947, defeating Bo'ness United in the Scottish Cup Final at Hampden Park, The first match before a crowd of 56,410 finished 1–1; the replay drew 26,521 with Shawfield prevailing 2–1.
[6] The club disbanded in 1960, having lost much of their local base for players and supporters – Glasgow's housing improvement programme was in full swing, with much of the population of the crowded, substandard tenements decanted to new overspill estates on the edge of town[7][8] – for residents of the areas surrounding Rosebery Park like Oatlands, Hutchesontown, Gorbals and Polmadie this typically meant Castlemilk and Pollok, although no new Junior teams were established in these vast schemes (Pollok F.C.
players The Post-war Scottish internationals that had played for Shawfield were Bobby Dougan[11] and Frank McLintock.