were runners-up to Queen's Park in the first Scottish Cup final in 1874, after many associated with the club had been instrumental in the foundation of the Scottish Football Association. Transport Pollokshields has three open railway stations: Maxwell Park, Pollokshields East and Pollokshields West, all on the Cathcart Circle Line. Crossmyloof on the Glasgow South Western Line and Dumbreck on the Paisley Canal Line are also nearby. Closed railway stations include Pollokshields and Strathbungo. The area is also served by Shields Road subway station on the Glasgow Subway, located in a non-residential area to the north, and by numerous bus routes. For road transport, the M8, M74, and M77 motorways all serve Pollokshields, while the A77 road runs along the eastern edge of the area. Notable residents Notable people who have lived in Pollokshields include: Prof Ernest Dunlop FRSE MC – bacteriologist and Lieutenant during the first world war Albert Alexander Gray FRSE – physician and otologist John MacCormick – nationalist politician Rustie – musician Eric Woolfson – songwriter and musician; co-creator of the Alan Parsons Project Dougie Donnelly – Scottish media personality Very Rev Thomas Niven – Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1906 Tom Urie – actor Raymond McGinley – musician Jane Haining – Church of Scotland missionary who protected Hungarian Jewish children during World War II, killed by the Nazis in Auschwitz Frankie Boyle – comedian See also Pollokshields Library Shieling References External links pollokshieldsheritage.org Pollokshields Church of Scotland Southside Happenings Pollokshields – Garden Suburb sherbrooke.org.uk Pollokshields East profile at Understanding Glasgow Pollokshields West profile at Understanding Glasgow Burghs Areas of Glasgow Pakistani diaspora in the United Kingdom