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Kirkintilloch Rob Roy Football Club are a Scottish
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club based in the town of
Kirkintilloch Kirkintilloch (; ; ) is a town and a Burgh of Barony (The Baron of Kirkintilloch) in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland. It lies on the Forth and Clyde Canal and on the south side of Strathkelvin, about northeast of central Glasgow. Historically ...
,
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. Nicknamed ''The Rabs'' or ''The Roy'', they were formed in 1878. They wear red and black hoops and currently compete in the .


History

They are named after a defunct curling club which bore the same name, formed in 1855. The well-known footballer
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had a spell playing for ''The Rabs'' as did ex-
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defender
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. The Rabs have had many famous names playing for them – Joe McBride,
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,
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, Andy Lynch and Andy Ritchie. The Rabs also featured in the very first televised
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Final on STV when they played
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in the 1977 final at Hampden Park, Glasgow, in front of a crowd of 11,476. On 15 May 1963, Chelsea (who had just gained promotion to the top tier of the
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) came to Adamslie Park to play Rob Roy in what was billed as a "Freedom from Hunger" charity match. Chelsea won 3–2 with their goals coming from
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(two goals) and
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. Cooper and Reid (penalty) had pulled Rob Roy back to 2–2 before Houseman's winner. After season 2007–08, Rob Roy were promoted to the Super Premier Division of the West Region. In season 2008–09 they finished a respectable sixth in the top division and also reached, for the first time in nearly 30 years, the semi-finals of the Scottish Junior Cup; they narrowly lost 1–0 on aggregate to the subsequent winners, Auchinleck Talbot. Season 2016–17 was Rob Roy's eighth season in the Super Premier Division of the West Region, a season where the club achieved a record high finish of 2nd and a record high points total of 43 as well as adding the Central League Cup to the trophy cabinet.


Stadium

From 2014–15 to 2023–24, the team played their home games at
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, home of
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, whilst they waited for a new home ground to be built in Kirkintilloch. They previously played at
Adamslie Park Adamslie Park was formerly a football ground in Kirkintilloch, East Dunbartonshire, Scotland, which was the home ground of Scottish Junior Football Association club Kirkintilloch Rob Roy F.C. until 2014. It was located on Glasgow Road in the n ...
from 1926 until 2014. The opening game was against Petershill in which saw Petershill win the first match at Adamslie Park. Previously they had played at Smillies Pond (Coxdale Park) in the 1878/79 season, followed by a spell at a ground in the Broadcroft area of the town (where the Lion Foundry would be built) until 1889. The club then moved to Kelvindale Park, situated beside the
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which would remain their home until 1926. The decision to move once again from Kelvindale Park was due to the ground being no longer viable for the clubs needs. After several years of unsuccessful attempts to sell the ground to keep Kirkintilloch Rob Roy financially viable (the club's social club having closed with debts of around £30,000), it was announced in April 2014 that the last match to be played at Adamslie Park would be a friendly against
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on Sunday 18 May, the ground having been sold to a house builder for £1.8 million. The last competitive match to be played at Adamslie Park was a league relegation playoff match on Tuesday 3 June 2014 against
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. The match ended in a 1–1 draw, with the Rabs eventually being relegated. The club also announced that, during the 2014–15 season, they would groundshare with Cumbernauld United at Guy's Meadow before moving to a new stadium in the Southbank area of Kirkintilloch. Aspirations for the new stadium were that it would have a modern stand with a capacity for 500 spectators as well as other modern facilities including FIFA's approved 4G pitch. However it was another 10 years before they returned to Kirkintilloch. In May 2024, it was announced that Kirkintilloch Community Sports Club (the charitable wing of the football club set up in 2013) have successfully leased Kirkintilloch Community Sports Complex in the Southbank area of the town for 25 years, and it is anticipated that the club will play at this ground from the 2024–25 season. The Stadium includes a full-size, artificial 3G sports pitch with floodlighting, which can divide into three seven-a-side pitches; a covered Main Stand and VIP Stand spectator seating for 302; standing areas for spectating and wheelchair friendly viewing areas; a pavilion building including changing facilities (4 changing rooms); reception area, café snack space, and toilets; and car/bus parking including electric car charging points and bike stands. On Saturday 28th July 2024, Rob Roy played their first home game in Kirkintilloch in over ten years at the KCSC. Kyle Macdonald scored in the 7th minute to secure a 1-0 victory over
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in the Rabs’ homecoming.


Management team


Honours

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*Winners: 1920–21, 1942–43, 1961–62 *Runners-up: 1905–06, 1931–32, 1936–37, 1968–69, 1976–77 *Semi Finalists on 11 Occasions South Region Challenge Cup *Runners-up: 2023–24 West Of Scotland Cup *Winners: 1960–61, 1962–63 Central League Champions * Winners:1961–62, 1962–63 SJFA West Super League First Division * Winners: 2007–08 SJFA West Central Division One * Winners: 2006–07 Central Sectional League Cup *Winners : 1971–72, 1973–74, 2016–17 Central Cup *Winners : 1923–24, 1927–28, 1931–32


Other Trophies

*Glasgow Dryburgh Cup: 1923–24, 1927–28, 1931–32 *Jubilee Cup Winners 1977 *Coronation Cup Winners 1954–55, 1957–58, 1960–61 *Evening Times Trophy 1961–62, 1962–63, 1963–64


Former players

1. Players that have played/managed in the
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or any foreign equivalent to this level (i.e. fully professional league).
2. Players with full international caps.
3. Players that hold a club record. *
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* Phil Cannie *
Stevie Chalmers Thomas Stephen Chalmers (26 December 1935 – 29 April 2019) was a Scottish footballer who played as a centre-forward and spent the majority of his career with Celtic. He is the club's fifth-highest goalscorer with 236 goals and is cons ...
*
Chic Charnley James Callaghan "Chic" Charnley (born 11 June 1963) is a Scottish former football player and coach. Charnley's playing career lasted nearly 20 years, with spells at Hamilton Academical, St Mirren, Hibernian and Dundee, however he is perhaps b ...
* Adam Coakley *
Joe Fascione Joseph Victor Fascione (5 February 1945 – 5 February 2019) was a Scottish footballer who played as a winger. Career A right-sided winger, Fascione started out with Scottish junior side Kirkintilloch Rob Roy where he won the Scottish Junior ...
* Kevin Finlayson *
Dean Keenan Dean Matthew Keenan (born 15 October 1985, Glasgow, Scotland) is a Scottish former footballer who is currently assistant manager at Troon. He previously played for Ayr United and Greenock Morton. Early life Keenan grew up in Mosspark on Glas ...
* Andy Lynch * Joe McBride * Danny O'Donnell * Andy Ritchie *
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* Sammy Black


References


External links

*
Article about closure of Adamslie Park
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