Arbroath Victoria F.C.
Arbroath Victoria Football Club are a Scottish Scottish Junior Football Association, Junior football (soccer), football club based in Arbroath. The club competes in the and play their games at Ogilvy Park. They are nicknamed "the Vics". History The original Arbroath Victoria (The Vics) were formed in 1882. In April of that year, they defeated a team called Sunrise 3–0 on the common. This club disbanded in 1895. Vics were re-formed in 1904 as 2nd Class Juniors, essentially a Juvenile club, before becoming full Juniors in 1910 and joining the Arbroath & District Junior League. On 1 November 1890 the Vics met Burnside Athletic, another local side, on the common. According to the local newspaper of the time, it was a miserable one-sided game, with the Vics winning 15–0. To our knowledge this is the club's biggest ever win. That year the Vics won the Forfar and District Junior Cup. In 1951, after years playing on local public playing fields and at Gayfield Park during the Se ...
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Arbroath
Arbroath () or Aberbrothock ( ) is a former royal burgh and the largest town in the Subdivisions of Scotland, council area of Angus, Scotland, Angus, Scotland, with a population of 23,902. It lies on the North Sea coast, some east-northeast of Dundee, Scotland, Dundee and south-southwest of Aberdeen, Scotland, Aberdeen. There is evidence of Iron Age settlement, but its history as a town began with the founding of Arbroath Abbey in 1178. It grew much during the Industrial Revolution through the flax and then the jute industry and the engineering sector. A new harbour was created in 1839; by the 20th century, Arbroath was one of Scotland's larger fishing ports. The town is notable for the Declaration of Arbroath and the Arbroath smokie. Arbroath F.C., Arbroath Football Club holds the world record for the number of goals scored in a professional association football, football match: Arbroath 36–0 Bon Accord, 36–0 against Bon Accord F.C., Bon Accord of Aberdeen in the Scottis ...
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