Strathspey Thistle Football Club are a senior football club from

Grantown-on-Spey Grantown-on-Spey ( gd, Baile nan Granndach) is a town in the Highland Council Area, historically within the county of Moray. It is located on a low plateau at Freuchie beside the river Spey at the northern edge of the Cairngorm mountains, abou ...

in the

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. They currently play in the

Highland Football League The Scottish Highland Football League (SHFL, commonly known as the Highland League) is a senior association football, football league based in the north of Scotland. The league sits at level 5 on the Scottish football league system, acting as a ...

, but formerly played in

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from 1993. They were accepted into the Highland League on 25 February 2009 and entered the league for the start of the 2009–10 season. Their first match was an 8–1 defeat against

Wick Academy Wick Academy Football Club are a senior football club founded in October 1893, who currently play in the Scottish Highland Football League at Harmsworth Park. They represent the Caithness town of Wick, making them the most northerly professio ...

. Wick strike 8 first half goals to sting Jags
Highland League, 1 August 2009

Stadium

Strathspey Thistle's home ground is Seafield Park in

. The stadium has a maximum capacity of 1,600 with 150 seats, after adding a stand and floodlights during the summer of 2009 when the club were elected into the Highland League.

References

External links

Official website
Football clubs in Scotland Highland Football League teams Scottish Junior Football Association clubs Association football clubs established in 1993 1993 establishments in Scotland Football in Highland (council area) Grantown-on-Spey {{Scotland-footyclub-stub