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Scourie Football Club were a senior
association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...
club from the village of
Scourie Scourie (), historically spelled "Scoury", is a village on the north west coast of Scotland, about halfway between Ullapool and Durness. The name comes from the Gaelic word Sheiling or shed, a stone-built place of shelter used during the summer ...
in the
Scottish Highlands The Highlands (; , ) is a historical region of Scotland. Culturally, the Highlands and the Scottish Lowlands, Lowlands diverged from the Late Middle Ages into the modern period, when Scots language, Lowland Scots language replaced Scottish Gae ...
. They competed in the
North Caledonian Football League The North Caledonian Football Association is a senior football association operating throughout the Highlands and Islands of Scotland and is a recognised body of the Scottish Football Association (SFA) and as such has its senior football competit ...
and played their home games at Achlochan Park in Scourie.


History

Scourie F.C. were formed in 2020 as a select team to represent the area of North West Sutherland during the winter months, competing in the
North Caledonian Football League The North Caledonian Football Association is a senior football association operating throughout the Highlands and Islands of Scotland and is a recognised body of the Scottish Football Association (SFA) and as such has its senior football competit ...
. Following their successful application to join the North Caledonian FA in August 2020, the club were admitted to the temporary 'Ness Cup' League Division 2 for the 2020–21 season playing under chairman/manager Tony Reynoldson. However, ahead of the 2021–22 season, the club withdrew – and resigned their membership of the
North Caledonian Football Association The North Caledonian Football Association is a senior football (soccer), football association operating throughout the Highlands and Islands of Scotland and is a recognised body of the Scottish Football Association (SFA) and as such has its senio ...
, having lost every game played throughout the duration of their membership.


References

Helmsdale Football in Highland (council area) Former North Caledonian Football League teams Sport in Sutherland Defunct football clubs in Scotland Association football clubs established in 2020 Association football clubs disestablished in 2021 2020 establishments in Scotland 2021 disestablishments in Scotland {{Scotland-footyclub-stub