Darvel Football Club are a Scottish

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club based in the town of Darvel,

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. Nicknamed ''"The Vale"'' and formed in 1889, the club play at Recreation Park, and currently compete in the .

History

The club reached the final of the 1975–76 Scottish Junior Cup, but were beaten 3–0 by

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. Darvel won the Ayrshire District League title in 2016–17 to gain promotion to the West Super League First Division (renamed as the West Championship), the second tier of the SJFA West Region league structure. The team was managed from June 2013 to November 2017 by Scott Clelland. On 14 February 2019, Darvel announced that Mick Kennedy would be the new manager for the season 2019–20. The club and Blantyre Victoria were declared joint-winners of the West Region Championship in 2019–20 after the season was prematurely halted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Darvel joined the West of Scotland Football League in 2020–21 along with all other West Region junior clubs, and were promoted to the Premier Division for the inaugural season. In the first full season they won the Premier Division in 2021–22. On 23 January 2023, Darvel pulled off one of the biggest shocks in Scottish Cup history, as they beat Premiership side Aberdeen 1–0 in the fourth round at Recreation Park.

Players

Current squad

Honours

''Senior''

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Premier Division * Champions: 2021–22 ''Junior''
Scottish Junior Cup * ''Runners-up'': 1975–76 West Region Championship * Joint-winners: 2019–20 Ayrshire District League * Winners: 2016–17

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