
Newburgh Football Club are a Scottish
football club based in
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Places Scotland
*Newburgh, Fife, a former royal burgh
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,
Fife
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. Their home ground is East Shore Park. The club was founded as Tayside Albion in 1887, changed their name to Newburgh West End in 1910, and assumed their current name in 1935. Team colours are black and white.
The
Scottish Junior Football Association
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(SJFA) restructured prior to the 2006–07 season, and Newburgh found themselves in the 12-team
East Region, Central Division. They finished 11th in their first season in the division.
Newburgh have twice reached the semi-final stage of the
Scottish Junior Cup
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, playing
Renfrew
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in 1962 and
Cambuslang Rangers
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They ...
in 1971. The club lost 4–0 on both occasions. Their quarter-final tie in 1962 against
Irvine Meadow
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History
Formed in 1897 ...
attracted a record crowd of 3,960 to East Shore Park.
The team were managed between February 2018 and March 2021 by Scott Hudson with assistants Scott Lawson, Willie Hutchison and Liam Baillie. Due to relocation Hudson resigned as manager in March 2021.
Tony Mcaulay was appointed as the new manager in May 2021 in time for the start of season 2021-22.
The team is managed by Allan Moody and his assistant is Steve Clark who took over management of the side in November 2021.
In April 2020, Newburgh FC's application to join the
East of Scotland Football League
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...
within the
senior pyramid was approved at the association AGM. Newburgh will join all of the former Fife Junior football clubs in the league from season 2020-21 onwards.
East of Scotland football league
Newburgh FC, 1 May 2020
East Shore Park
Newburgh have played at East Shore Park since 1910.
Honours
* Fife League winners: 1972-73, 1976–77
Perthshire Junior League winners
1946-47, 1953–54, 1954–55, 1955–56, 1956–57
* Fife Junior (PSM) Cup: 1952-53, 1961–62, 1964–65, 1966–67, 1969–70, 1973–74
* Cowdenbeath (Interbrew) Cup: 1960-61, 1966–67, 1975–76
* East Fife Cup: 1936-37, 1965–66, 1972–73
* Currie (Findlay & Co) Cup: 1953-54, 1954–55
* Perthshire Junior Consolation Cup: 1950-51
* Express Cup: 1961-62, 1966–67
* Mitchell Cup: 1954-55, 1960–61, 1963–64, 1964–65
* P.A. Cup: 1949-50, 1953–54, 1954–55, 1957–58, 1958–59
* Perthshire Rosebowl: 1953-54, 1954–55, 1956-5766-67, 1975–76
* East Fife Cup: 1936-37, 1965–66, 1972–73
* Currie (Findlay & Co) Cup: 1953-54, 1954–55
* Perthshire Junior Consolation Cup: 1950-51
* Express Cup: 1961-62, 1966–67
* Mitchell Cup: 1954-55, 1960–61, 1963–64, 1964–65
* P.A. Cup: 1949-50, 1953–54, 1954–55, 1957–58, 1958–59
* Perthshire Rosebowl: 1953-54, 1954–55, 1956–57
References
External links
Newburgh FC website
Newburgh FC Twitter
Newburgh FC Facebook
Newburgh FC YouTube Channel
{{Football in Fife
Football clubs in Scotland
Scottish Junior Football Association clubs
Association football clubs established in 1909
Football clubs in Fife
1909 establishments in Scotland
Newburgh, Fife
East of Scotland Football League teams