Jim Batton - football memories

Jim Batton pictured centre of front row in the successful Douglas Water Thistle team of 1948. Another fine player, Peter Leishman of Douglas Water, now Lanark, is on Jim's left

I found both articles/photos on the website "A History of Football in Douglasdale" :

http://www.spanglefish.com/DouglasdaleFootball/index.asp?pageid=13136