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Broughty Athletic F.C.
Broughty Athletic Junior Football Club is a Scottish football club based in Broughty Ferry, a suburb of the city of Dundee. Members of the Scottish Junior Football Association, they currently play in the . History Formed in 1920 as Broughty Ex-Servicemen, the club was retitled Broughty Athletic in 1951. Around the same time they moved to Claypotts Park, directly opposite the medieval Claypotts Castle. In 1989 the ground was renamed Whitton Park, in memory of player and club official Eddie Whitton, who had died on 5 June 1989. The SJFA restructured its leagues prior to the 2006–07 season, and "The Fed", as the club is known, found themselves in the twelve-team East Region, North Division. In seasons 2007–08 and 2008–09, Broughty Athletic narrowly missed out on promotion, finishing second top of the Scottish Junior Football Association's North Division in both seasons. In 2009–10 promotion to the twelve-team Premier League was finally achieved. The club maintained Prem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broughty Ferry
Broughty Ferry (; ; ) is a suburb of Dundee, in Scotland. It is situated four miles east of the City Centre, Dundee, city centre on the north bank of the Firth of Tay. The area was a separate burgh from 1864 until 1913, when it was incorporated into Dundee. Historically it is within the County of Angus, Scotland, Angus. Formerly a prosperous Fishing industry in Scotland, fishing and Whaling in Scotland, whaling village, in the 19th century Broughty Ferry became a haven for wealthy jute barons, who built their luxury villas in the suburb. As a result, Broughty Ferry was referred to at the time as the "richest square mile in Europe". It is administered as part of the Subdivisions of Scotland#Council areas, Dundee City council area. At a national level, it is represented by both the Parliament of the United Kingdom, UK Parliamentary constituency of Arbroath and Broughty Ferry (UK Parliament constituency), Arbroath and Broughty Ferry and the Scottish Parliamentary constituency of Du ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tayport F
Tayport, also known as Ferry-Port-on-Craig, is a town in Fife, Scotland. It lies on the Firth of Tay opposite Broughty Ferry, a suburb of Dundee. The two were linked by a ferry service until 1939. To the east of Tayport is the vast Tentsmuir Nature Reserve, an area of forested dunes edged by wide sands that continue all the way round to the mouth of the River Eden. The civil parish of Ferry-Port-on-Craig had a population of 3,815 in 2011.Census of Scotland 2011, Table KS101SC – Usually Resident Population, publ. by National Records of Scotland. Web site http://www.scotlandscensus.gov.uk/ retrieved March 2016. See “Standard Outputs”, Table KS101SC, Area type: Civil Parish 1930 Name Tayport was originally known as "Southferry", or, in full, the "South Ferry of Portincraig" (from the Gaelic ''port na creige'', "harbour of the rock"). This distinguished it from Northferry on the opposite bank of the Tay. By the 19th century, Northferry had become Broughty Ferry, while Sout ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scottish Junior Football Association Clubs
Scottish usually refers to something of, from, or related to Scotland, including: *Scottish Gaelic, a Celtic Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family native to Scotland *Scottish English *Scottish national identity, the Scottish identity and common culture *Scottish people, a nation and ethnic group native to Scotland * Scots language, a West Germanic language spoken in lowland Scotland * Symphony No. 3 (Mendelssohn), a symphony by Felix Mendelssohn known as ''the Scottish'' See also *Scotch (other) *Scotland (other) *Scots (other) *Scottian (other) *Schottische The schottische is a partnered country dance that apparently originated in Bohemia. It was popular in Victorian-era ballrooms as a part of the Bohemian folk-dance craze and left its traces in folk music of countries such as Argentina (Spanish ... * {{disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ca:Escocès ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Football Clubs In Scotland
This is a list of football clubs in Scotland. Clubs in membership of the Scottish Professional Football League Scottish Premiership *Aberdeen * Celtic *Dundee * Dundee United * Heart of Midlothian * Hibernian * Kilmarnock *Motherwell * Rangers * Ross County * St Johnstone * St Mirren Scottish Championship * Airdrieonians * Ayr United * Dunfermline Athletic * Falkirk * Greenock Morton * Hamilton Academical * Livingston * Partick Thistle * Queen's Park * Raith Rovers Scottish League One * Alloa Athletic * Annan Athletic *Arbroath * Cove Rangers * Dumbarton * Inverness Caledonian Thistle * Kelty Hearts * Montrose * Queen of the South * Stenhousemuir Scottish League Two * Bonnyrigg Rose * Clyde * East Fife * Edinburgh City * Elgin City * Forfar Athletic *Peterhead * Stirling Albion *Stranraer * The Spartans Clubs in membership of the Highland Football League * Banks O' Dee * Brechin City * Brora Rangers * Buckie Thistle * Clachnacuddin * Deveronvale * Formartine United ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Football Clubs In Dundee
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' generally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly called ''football'' include association football (known as ''soccer'' in Australia, Canada, South Africa, the United States, and sometimes in Ireland and New Zealand); Australian rules football; Gaelic football; gridiron football (specifically American football, arena football, or Canadian football); International rules football; rugby league football; and rugby union football. These various forms of football share, to varying degrees, common origins and are known as "football codes". There are a number of references to traditional, ancient, or prehistoric ball games played in many different parts of the world. Contemporary codes of football can be traced back to the codification of these games at English public schools during the 19th ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broughty Athletic F
Broughty Castle is a historic castle on the banks of the River Tay in Broughty Ferry, Dundee, Scotland. It was completed around 1495, although the site was earlier fortified in 1454, when George Douglas, 4th Earl of Angus, received permission to build on the site. His son, Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Angus, was coerced into ceding the castle to the crown. The main tower house forming the centre of the castle with four floors was built by Andrew, 2nd Lord Gray, who was granted the castle in 1490. History The Rough Wooing The castle saw military action during the 16th-century War of the Rough Wooing. After the battle of Pinkie in September 1547, it was surrendered by purchase to the English by its owner, Lord Gray of Foulis. A messenger from the castle, Rinyon (Ninian) Cockburn, who spoke to the English supreme commander the Duke of Somerset before the castle was rendered was given a £4 reward. The Scottish keeper, Henry Durham, was rewarded with an English pension, i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tayside Junior Football League
The Tayside Junior Football League, originally called the ''Midlands League'', was a football league competition operated in Tayside under the Scottish Junior Football Association which operated as the top league in the territory from 1969 until a merger in 2002; it existed for a further four years as a second-tier league before the name was discontinued in 2006. History Junior football had been played in the region since the 1890s, but it was not until a restructuring across Scotland in the late 1960s that all teams in the territory were brought together under one umbrella - previously they had been competing in the local leagues in Angus, Perthshire and Dundee,Dundee & District Junior Leagues Scottish Football Historical Archive 10 September 2020 though the membership of these was not always rigidly dependent on geography ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scottish Junior Football East Region Premier League North
The Scottish Junior Football East Region Premier League North also known for sponsorship reasons as the McBookie.com East Premier League North, was the second-tier division of the East Region of the Scottish Junior Football Association and sat parallel with the East Region Premier League South. The league came into existence under the 'North' name for the 2006–07 season, although a 'Tayside District league' had been in place below the East Super League since 2002–03, using the structure of a common 'East Region' top tier and lower regional divisions in place of the old structure of three separate regional leagues in that part of Scotland, with the Tayside Junior Football League the historic local competition. The North Division was further expanded for 2013–14 season following league reconstruction in the East Region, by absorbing the more northerly clubs from the dissolved East Region Central Division. Up until season 2017–18, there was a Premier League at tier 2 and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamie McCunnie
Jamie Patrick McCunnie (born 15 April 1983) is a Scottish football referee and former player. His previous clubs include Dundee United, Ross County and Hartlepool United. He represented Scotland at under-21 and B international levels. McCunnie managed the Abertay University Men's 1st team for the 2019–20 season and was also the player-manager of Scottish Junior Football East Region Super League team Broughty Athletic. Playing career McCunnie began his senior career with Dundee United at youth level, signing for them professionally in 1999. Normally featuring as a right back at this stage of his career, he was given his first team début for United away to Hibernian in December 2000. Despite McCunnie being aged only 17 at the time, manager Alex Smith was sufficiently impressed by his performances to keep him as a regular first team player for the rest of that season, helping the club climb successfully out of relegation and reach a Scottish Cup semi-final. McCunnie's succ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scotland National Under-21 Football Team
The Scotland national under-21 football team, controlled by the Scottish Football Association, is Scotland's national under 21 football team and is considered to be a feeder team for the Scotland national football team. As a European under-21 team, Scotland compete in the UEFA European Under-21 Championship, which is usually held every other year. The team has qualified for the final stages of these Championships on six occasions, although not since 1996. There is no global tournament for under-21 national teams. Performance in the European Championship determines qualification for football at the Summer Olympics, which Scotland is unable to compete in. History Scotland played under-23 international matches, mainly friendlies against England and Wales, from 1955 until 1975. Scotland first entered the UEFA competition for under-23 national teams in 1975–76. Scotland reached the quarter-finals, but were eliminated on a penalty shootout by the Netherlands. An under-21 team then ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dundee United
Dundee United Football Club is a Scotland, Scottish professional association football, football club based in the city of Dundee. Formed in 1909, originally as Dundee Hibernian, the club changed to the present name in 1923. United are nicknamed ''The Terrors'' or ''The Tangerines'' and the supporters are known as ''Arabs''. They currently play in the . The club have played in tangerine shirts mostly accompanied by black shorts since August 1969, and have played at Tannadice Park since the club's foundation in 1909. United was a founding member of the Scottish Premier League (SPL) in 1998, and was ever-present in the competition until it was abolished in 2013 to make way for the Scottish Professional Football League, SPFL structure. In recent years, United's top flight status has wavered, having spent only seven out of twelve seasons in the Scottish Premiership, Premiership since 2013–14. After winning the 2023–24 Scottish Championship they returned to the top flight for the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016–17 East Superleague
The 2016–17 East Superleague (known as the McBookie.com East Superleague for sponsorship reasons) was the 15th season of the East Superleague, the top tier of league competition for SJFA East Region member clubs. The season began on 6 August 2016 and ended on 3 June 2017. Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic were the reigning champions. Kelty Hearts clinched the championship on 31 May 2017, the club's second title in three seasons. As winners they entered the preliminary round of the 2017–18 Scottish Cup. Teams The following teams changed division prior to the 2016–17 season. To East Superleague Promoted from East Premier League * Jeanfield Swifts * Dundonald Bluebell * Lochee United From East Superleague Relegated to East Premier League * Sauchie Juniors * St Andrews United *Tayport Stadia and locations Managerial changes League table Results East Region Super/Premier League play-off Forfar West End, who finished third in the East Premier League, defeated Newtongr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
