Culter Junior Football Club are a Scottishfootball club from the village of
Peterculter
Peterculter ( sco, Petercouter), also known as Culter (Scots: ''Couter''), is a suburb of Aberdeen, Scotland, about inland from Aberdeen city centre. Peterculter is on the northern banks of the River Dee, near the confluences with Crynoch ...
, a suburb of
Aberdeen
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. Members of the
Scottish Junior Football Association
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, they currently play in the SJFA North Superleague. The club are based at Crombie Park and their colours are red and white.
Culter made history, along with
Linlithgow Rose
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and
Pollok
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by becoming the first Junior football teams to enter the first round proper of the
Scottish Cup
The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,2007–08 competition. This was due to the SFA allowing up to four Junior teams to enter, if those teams had won one of the three Super Leagues or the
Scottish Junior Cup
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. They have played in the Cup on four occasions, in 2007–08, 2011–12, 2013–14 and 2014–15, reaching the third round on the first three occasions and the second round in their most recent attempt.
The team have been managed since November 2018 by Lee Youngson.
2010–11
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,
2012–13
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, 2013-14
* North East Division One winners: 2000–01
*North Regional Cup: 1989–90, 1999–00, 2011–12, 2013–14
*McLeman Cup: 1988–89, 1992–93, 2000–01, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2012–13, 2013–14
*North Region Grill League Cup: 2005–06, 2010–11
*Archibald Cup: 1987–88, 1989–90
*Jimmy Gibb Trophy: 2000–01
*Aberdeen Cable TV Cup: 1989–90, 1992–93
*Acorn Heating Cup 2002–03, 2004–05
The Scottish Cup
Culter won their very first
Scottish Cup
The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,Hawick Royal Albert of the East of Scotland Football League, 7–0 in the First Round. They were drawn in a tough second round tie with Vale of Leithen at home, goals from Gordon Farmer and a goal four minutes from time by Graham Cadger was enough to see them progress through to the third round with a 2–1 scoreline. They were then drawn to face
Huntly
Huntly ( gd, Srath Bhalgaidh or ''Hunndaidh'') is a town in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, formerly known as Milton of Strathbogie or simply Strathbogie. It had a population of 4,460 in 2004 and is the site of Huntly Castle. Its neighbouring settlement ...
in the third round on 24 November, where their campaign ended in a 3–1 defeat.
In the 2011–12 season, Culter again advanced to the third round—despite losing to
Spartans
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in the second round—as Spartans were expelled from the competition for fielding an ineligible player. They held Partick Thistle to a draw at home before being defeated 4–0 in the replay at Firhill.
In the 2013–14 season, they reached the third round yet again, beating
Newton Stewart
Newton Stewart ( Gd: ''Baile Ùr nan Stiùbhartach'') is a former burgh town in the historical county of Wigtownshire in Dumfries and Galloway, southwest Scotland.
The town is on the River Cree with most of the town to the west of the river, and ...
, of the
South of Scotland Football League
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Founded in 1946, it i ...
, 6–0 in the second round. In the third round, they held
Berwick Rangers
Berwick Rangers Football Club is a football team based in the town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, England, just south of the border with Scotland.
Founded in 1881, they currently play in the , the fifth tier of Scottish football, despite hailing fr ...