Blairgowrie Junior Football Club is a Scottish

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. Their home ground is Davie Park Blairgowrie is amongst the most successful teams in

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, having won ten Currie Cups, eight Perthshire Junior League Championships, and thirteen Perthshire Junior Cups between the time of formation in 1946 and the disbandment of the Perthshire League in 1969. When the Perthshire, Angus, and Dundee leagues combined to form the Midlands League, Blairgowrie were the champions for three consecutive seasons (1969–70, 1970–71 and 1971–72). and won a fourth successive title in 1974–75. Some 48 players have left Blairgowrie to become Senior footballers, and they include

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, Kenny Cameron, and Lindsay Kydd to name a few. The club's record attendance is 5,200, which occurred during the 1958–59 Scottish Junior Cup quarter-final replay against the eventual winners Irvine Meadow. Up until the end of the 2005–06 season, they played in Tayside Division One of the

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. The SJFA restructured prior to the 2006–07 season, and Blairgowrie found themselves in the twelve-team East Region, North Division. They finished fourth in their first season in the division, and in 2007–08, won the league with a game to spare, beating Downfield 6–1 in their final home league fixture.

Honours

SJFA East Region North Division * Winners: 2007–08

Other honours

*Perthshire Junior League – 1951–52, 1952–53, 1957–58, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1961–62, 1968–69 *Perthshire Junior Cup – 1948–49, 1949–50, 1950–51, 1953–54, 1955–56 1956–57, 1957–58, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1962–63, 1968–69 1971–72 * Midlands (Tayside) League – 1969–70, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1974–75 * Tayside First Division – 2003–04 *Currie Cup – 1949–50, 1951–52,1952–53. 1955–56, 1956–57 1959–60, 1962–63, 1964–65,1965–66, 1974–75 *Perthshire Rosebowl – 1950–51, 1951–52, 1952–53, 1955–56, 1965–66 *Constitutional Cup – 1947–48, 1958–59, 1962–63 *PA Cup – 1952–53, 1955–56 *St. Johnstone YM Trophy – 1962–63, 1963–64, 1964–65 *Dryburgh Cup – 1973–74 *St. Andrews Fives – 1974–75 *Tayside Regional League Cup – 1975–76 *Doreen Winter Cup – 1986–87 1989–90 *Tayside Second Division – 1986–87 *Rosebank Car Centre Trophy – 1999–00 *Tay Land Rover Trophy – 2002–03 *Red House Hotel Trophy – 2003–04 *Fife & Tayside Cup: 2009–10

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* {{coord, 56.590314, -3.327469, region:GB, display=title Football clubs in Scotland Scottish Junior Football Association clubs Football clubs in Perth and Kinross Association football clubs established in 1946 1946 establishments in Scotland Blairgowrie and Rattray