Buckie Rovers Football Club are a
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football
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club from the town of
Buckie
Buckie () is a burgh town (defined as such in List of burghs in Scotland, 1888) on the Moray Firth coast of Scotland. Counties of Scotland, Historically in Banffshire, Buckie was the largest town in the county until the administrative area was ...
,
Moray
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. After a period abeyance during the 2021–22 season due to organisational difficulties caused by the
Covid-19 pandemic in Scotland
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, the club folded in September 2022. In July 2023 the club restarted and are entered into the Moray & District Welfare League with a view to returning to the Junior setup in a couple years time after a rebuilding period. The Club have won a historic Treble in their first season back in football in 2024 after roughly 4 years in abeyance.
Rovers withdrew from the league early in season 2004–05 but rejoined the following year. The club used to share a ground with their larger
Highland League neighbours
Buckie Thistle but are now based at Merson Park in the
Buckpool area of the town. The club colours are black and white.
Rovers earned promotion to the
North Superleague for the first time after clinching the 2015–16
North Region Division One (West) championship in March 2016.
Honours
* WJ Tewnion Memorial Trophy Winners: 2024
* Mike Simpson Memorial Trophy Winners: 2024
* Moray & District Welfare FA Abbeyside Premier League winners: 2024
*
North Region Division One (West) winners: 2015–16
*
North Region (North) League winners: 1969–70, 1974–75, 1982–83, 1992–93
* Morayshire Junior League winners: 1962–63, 1964–65, 1965–66, 1967–68
* North Region Division Two (Gordon Williamson) Trophy: 1961–62, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1975–76, 1980–81
* Morayshire Junior Cup: 1946–47, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1981–82, 1996–97
* Matthew Cup: 1962–63, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1969–70, 1975–76, 1977–78, 1993–94, 1998–99
* Nicholson Cup: 1961–62, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1965–66, 1966–67, 1975–76, 1981–82, 1985–86
* Robertson Cup: 1962–63, 1965–66, 1983–84, 1995–96
* Stewart Memorial Cup: 1964–65, 1965–66, 1967–68, 1972–73, 1981–82
* North of Scotland (Morayshire) Cup: 1961–62, 1967–68, 1969–70, 1977–78
* Connon Cup: 1981–82
* White Horse Cup: 1947–48, 1961–62, 1966–67, 1969–70, 1975–76
References
Football in Moray
Football clubs in Scotland
Scottish Junior Football Association clubs
Association football clubs established in 1889
1889 establishments in Scotland
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