September 7th, 2021
East Kilbride Pirates 57 – 0 Glasgow Tigers East Kilbride secured their third win of a shortened season with a comfortable 57 point win over near neighbours, the Glasgow Tigers. After both teams had to punt away possession on their opening drives, it was the visitors who had the first opportunity to score. However, the […]
September 1st, 2021
We’re looking for new recruits for our Women’s Flag team ahead of the 2021 women’s flag football league season getting underway. No experience is necessary, and the team prides itself on being welcoming to players of any shape or size, or background. American Football has a role for everyone, and at the taster session you’ll […]
August 16th, 2021
East Kilbride Pirates 43 – Inverclyde Goliaths 06 Having already defeated opponents who had been a Division above them during 2019, EKP were always favourites to pick up the victory against Inverclyde, who had been a Division below them during the last competitive season. A short opening drive came to a halt when the home […]
July 7th, 2021
The opening game of the East Kilbride Pirates 2021 season, versus old rivals the Edinburgh Wolves is now sold out. In order to limit capacity to a safe number and protect our team, volunteers and spectators, online sales were available earlier this week. Unfortunately no additional tickets will be available on the gate. Thank you […]
June 17th, 2021
August 1995, BBC’s Match of the Day had just shown highlights of Aston Villa beating Manchester United 3-1. This led to pundit, Alan Hansen, stating “you can’t win anything with kids”, in regard to the youthful team that Sir Alex Ferguson had fielded that day. It was a comment that both went down in football […]
June 16th, 2021
The Pirates are back in action with COVID restrictions lifting, and we’re looking for new recruits on our Women’s Contact team.
February 7th, 2021
The East Kilbride Pirates are delighted to be officially recognised as a local community partner of one of the world’s biggest sports brands – Nike. When lockdown lifts, shoppers at the flagship Nike Unite store at the Kingsgate Retail Park will be greeted by images of star running back and Stewartfield resident Dougie Meechan in […]
September 30th, 2020
The first open training session for East Kilbride Pirates women – focused on flag initially – kicked off on Wednesday 23 September 2015 at Calderglen High School in East Kilbride, with 15 players coming along to give it ago. Pirates senior team defensive lineman Tom Lachendro was the driver behind the creation of the team […]
September 29th, 2020
This month saw the East Kilbride Pirates youth team celebrate their tenth anniversary!. The first open training session for East Kilbride Pirates youth – then referred to as the junior team – kicked off on Sunday 26 September at Duncanrig Secondary School, with 16 players of the future hitting the astroturf to start running through […]
September 12th, 2020
Another short step forward since our last look back – this time to 1995. Our 10th Anniversary kicked off with a challenge match against the LA Raiders! However, it wasn’t Al Davis’ boys who provided the opposition, but Northern Ireland’s Lurgan Area Raiders. A small visiting squad lost 14-6 before both teams went “on the […]