One of Scotland's most successful amateur football clubs have folded after more than 70 years.

Campsie Black Watch FC from Lennoxtown, East Dunbartonshire, have consistently been among the top juvenile teams in the country since their formation in 1943.

Named after the famous Scottish regiment, the side have appeared in 13 Scottish Youth Cup finals and won the trophy a record 11 times.

The club confirmed the news in an email to Central Scottish Amateur Football League, saying they will not be competing in the upcoming league season due to "circumstances outwith the club's control".

Campsie Black Watch had merged with fellow amateur outfit Waterside last season, having been forced to pull out the 21s league the previous year due to a lack of players.

They had most recently won the Scottish Youth Cup in 2014, while Campsie Black Watch contested their first final in the competition in 1947, in front of 10,000 spectators at Easter Road in Edinburgh.

Their president Gerry Marley, who has been involved with Campsie Blackwatch for over 60 years, said the club folding was down to a lack of dedication from the players.

The 85-year-old said: "It was impossible to carry-on due to the attitude and lack of commitment from the players.

"Over the years we have had some great successes unequalled anywhere else in the country but recently the whole thing has just collapsed round about us.

"It was becoming a struggle to get 11 players on the park for games and at our recent player of the year awards we asked the current squad if they would be re-signing for the new season and not one could give us an answer so we knew then that there was no way back."

"I felt the club was being disrespected and the the commitment shown by players was shocking. In the past we had players from all over Scotland giving 100% but it's all changed now with players living nearby using any excuse to get out of training and to miss even big Scottish Cup games.

"I've had 64 great years at the club since joining as a coach in 1953 and taking control three years later but now it feels like the end of era."