Dufftown Football Club are a Scottish
football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...
club from the town of
Dufftown,
Moray
Moray () gd, Moireibh or ') is one of the 32 local government council areas of Scotland. It lies in the north-east of the country, with a coastline on the Moray Firth, and borders the council areas of Aberdeenshire and Highland.
Between 1975 ...
. Members of the
Scottish Junior Football Association since 2001, they compete in the
North Region. They club are based at Westburn Park and their colours are all green.
It was announced in July 2012 that the club would take a year out of the game.
The club returned in season 2013–14, playing in the
PMAC Group First Division West. The management team was Steven Rattray and Fraser Bremner. Rattray left the club in May 2014 after helping Dufftown secure a top three finish in the league following their season in abeyance. Bremner left for
Highland League club
Rothes in late 2015 after guiding Dufftown to the Elginshire Cup Final and promotion to the
North Region Superleague. Bremner was replaced by
Steve Paterson at the start of 2016 with Michael Morrison replacing him after Dufftown had secured their Superleague status by defeating
Sunnybank 3–2 in a play off match at the end of season 2016–17.
At the end of the
2021–22 season, Dufftown were promoted from
that season's North First Division after
Hall Russell United went into abeyance.
Notable players
Famous former Dufftown players include
Michael Fraser Michael Fraser may refer to:
* Michael Fraser (footballer) (born 1983), Scottish football goalkeeper
* Michael Fraser (basketball) (born 1984), Canadian basketball player
* Michael Fraser, Baron Fraser of Kilmorack
Richard Michael Fraser, Baron F ...
and
Nicky Walker
Joseph Nicol Walker (born 29 September 1962) is a Scottish former professional footballer, who played as a goalkeeper for several clubs in Scotland and England. Walker was selected for many Scotland squads during the 1990s, earning two internat ...
.
References
External links
Official website
Football clubs in Scotland
Scottish Junior Football Association clubs
Association football clubs established in 1890
Football in Moray
1890 establishments in Scotland
Dufftown
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