Cumbernauld Colts Football Club is a football team from

Cumbernauld Cumbernauld (; gd, Comar nan Allt, meeting of the streams) is a large town in the historic county of Dunbartonshire and council area of North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is the tenth most-populous locality in Scotland and the most populated ...

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which was formed in 1969. The senior team competed in the

Caledonian Amateur Football League The Caledonian Amateur Football League is a football (soccer) league competition for amateur clubs in Scotland. It was formed in 1983 by inviting what were deemed to be top amateur clubs from across central Scotland with good facilities with hig ...

with the club eventually entering the

Lowland Football League The Scottish Lowland Football League (SLFL, commonly known as the Lowland League) is a senior football league based in central and southern Scotland. The league sits at level 5 on the Scottish football league system, acting as a feeder to the ...

in 2015.

History

Colts were formed in 1969, and had success as a youth football club in the 70s and 80s, helping develop young footballers such as future

internationals

Derek Whyte Derek Whyte (born 31 August 1968) is a Scottish former footballer, who played for Celtic, Middlesbrough, Aberdeen and Partick Thistle. He also won twelve caps for Scotland during his 18-year playing career. He participated at Euro 1992, Euro 19 ...

Jackie McNamara Jackie McNamara (born 24 October 1973) is a Scottish professional football agent, and former player, manager and executive. He won 33 international caps playing for Scotland, and filled a variety of defensive roles in his career. McNamara ...

and

Dougie Bell Douglas Keith Bell (born 5 September 1959) is a Scottish former professional footballer. Playing career Bell played for Cumbernauld Colts, St Mirren (two spells), Aberdeen, Rangers, Hibernian, Shrewsbury Town, Hull City, Birmingham Cit ...

. The club had a period of decline in the '90s, due to several of its teams disbanding. It was re-branded in 1999, and built its way back up. In 2015, the club was awarded full membership of the

Scottish FA The Scottish Football Association (also known as the SFA and the Scottish FA; sco, Scots Fitba Association; Scottish Gaelic: ''Comann Ball-coise na h-Alba'') is the Sport governing body, governing body of association football, football in Scot ...

and was elected to the SLFL.

Ground

Colts currently play at the all-seated

Broadwood Stadium Broadwood Stadium is a multi-use community stadium and sports complex in the Westfield area of Cumbernauld, North Lanarkshire. The stadium is currently the home of Cumbernauld Colts and Open Goal Broomhill of the Scottish Lowland Football Lea ...

, currently ground-sharing with fellow

side Broomhill.

Current squad

As of 9 June 2023

Coaching staff

*Manager: David Proctor *Assistant manager:

Darren Dods Darren Dods (born 7 June 1975) is a Scottish football player and coach. Dods played as a central defender for Hibernian, St Johnstone, Inverness Caledonian Thistle, Dundee United, Falkirk, Forfar Athletic and Brechin City. He also represente ...

*Coach: Kevin Proctor *Goalkeeping coach:

Lee Hollis Lee James Hollis (born 27 March 1986 in Lanark, Scotland) is a Scottish footballer who plays as a goalkeeper, and is known to have most recently play for Scottish Amateur side Benburb now goalie coach of lowland league side Cumbernauld Colts. ...

* Physio: Connor Scott

Season-by-season record

Lowland League

† Season curtailed due to coronavirus pandemic

Honours

Lowland League Cup *Winners: 2017–18

SFA South Region Challenge Cup The North and South Region Challenge Cups are regional senior non-league competitions run by the Scottish Football Association. The southern tournament is open to full member non-league clubs in the south of the country, while similar stipulations ...

*''Runners-up:'' 2016–17

References

External links

Official website
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