Scott Uquhart reveals Yoker Athletic's unsung hero behind run to first Junior Cup Final in 89 years

Yoker Athletic's shocktroops have been in sharp focus for the television cameras this week as they gear up for a first Junior Cup Final in 89 YEARS.

But goalkeeper Scott Uquhart insists it’s the stalwarts behind the scenes that deserve the glory - and nobody more so than their hands-on chairman whose love for the club stretches so far he still washes the strips.

The Whe Ho are huge outsiders for Saturday’s live televised clash against cup specialists Auchinleck Talbot but Urquhart insists they won’t be hung out to dry come kick off time in Ayrshire.

And by the end of the 90 minutes he would love nothing more than to see club chief Campbell Bissland lifting silverware instead of the usual bag of stinking kit.

Gordon Robertson’s side have stormed to the final past Girvan, Ashfield, Dyce and hotly-tipped Petershill and are gunning for only a second ever success in the competition.

That last one came in 1933 when Tranent were beaten 4-2 in a replay at Hampden.

And Urquhart said: “What’s happened this season is nothing short of phenomenal and has really put the club back on the map.

“The TV cameras have been down at training and it’s been incredible.

“I only came in the door last summer but we’ve got guys like the chairman Campbell Bissland who has been involved with the club for decades.

“He even still washes the strips after every game .. how many chairman do that?

“You don’t expect the guy at the top of the club to be running around making sure boys are kitted out right but that’s what he does.

“It’s the same with the secretary Alan Millmine. They can’t do enough for you. There’s a real family feel to the club, a proper community club, and it’s for those guys that we’d all love to win this cup.

“They are just genuinely