Rothes Football Club is a senior

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club who play in the

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. They were originally founded in 1907 as a Junior club, Rothes Victoria, and turned Senior on 4 May 1938 as Rothes FC, obtaining a place in the Highland League. They play at Mackessack Park in Rothes, a small town near

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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 ...

. They play in tangerine shirts, colours they inherited from Dundee United after purchasing the floodlights from Tannadice Park. Rothes have won the Highland League once, in the 1958–59 season. Mackessack Park is named after one

Douglas Mackessack Douglas Mackessack (7 August, 1903 — 28 October, 1987) was a Scottish first-class cricketer, British Army officer, and whiskey distiller. The son of George Ross Mackessack, he was born at Alves in the County of Moray in August 1903. He wa ...

, a local laird and whisky magnate and an early benefactor of the club. In 2020, ''The Speysiders'' won their first honours in 41 years, defeating Buckie Thistle 2–1 in the Highland League Cup final to win the trophy for the first time.

Management

*Manager:

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*Assistant Manager: Jim Walker

Club honours

1958–59 * Highland League Cup 2019–20 * North of Scotland Cup 1958–59, 1978–79, 2021–22 *Campbell Charity Cup 1949–50

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* Football clubs in Scotland Highland Football League teams Association football clubs established in 1938 1938 establishments in Scotland Football in Moray Rothes {{Scotland-footyclub-stub