Buckie Rovers F.C.
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| Full name | Buckie Rovers Football Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Rovers | ||
| Founded | 1889 | ||
| Ground | Merson Park, Barrhill Road, Buckie | ||
| Manager | Darren Stewart/Kyle McKay | ||
| 2020–21 | SJFA North First Division (season abandoned) | ||
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Buckie Rovers Football Club are a Scottish football club from the town of Buckie, Moray. Members of the Scottish Junior Football Association, they currently play in the North First Division. Rovers withdrew from the league early in season 2004–05 but rejoined the following year. The club used to share a ground with their larger Highland League neighbours Buckie Thistle but are now based at Merson Park in the Buckpool area of the town. The club colours are black and white.
The team have been managed since the start of the 2014–15 season by Dave Findlay.[1]
Rovers earned promotion to the North Superleague for the first time after clinching the 2015–16 North Region Division One (West) championship in March 2016.[2]
Honours[]
- North Region Division One (West) winners: 2015–16
- North Region (North) League winners: 1969–70, 1974–75, 1982–83, 1992–93
- Morayshire Junior League winners: 1962–63, 1964–65, 1965–66, 1967–68
- North Region Division Two (Gordon Williamson) Trophy: 1961–62, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1975–76, 1980–81
- Morayshire Junior Cup: 1946–47, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1981–82, 1996–97
- Matthew Cup: 1962–63, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1969–70, 1975–76, 1977–78, 1993–94, 1998–99
- Nicholson Cup: 1961–62, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1965–66, 1966–67, 1975–76, 1981–82, 1985–86
- Robertson Cup: 1962–63, 1965–66, 1983–84, 1995–96
- Stewart Memorial Cup: 1964–65, 1965–66, 1967–68, 1972–73, 1981–82
- North of Scotland (Morayshire) Cup: 1961–62, 1967–68, 1969–70, 1977–78
- Connon Cup: 1981–82
- White Horse Cup: 1947–48, 1961–62, 1966–67, 1969–70, 1975–76
References[]
- ^ Easton, Richard. "Buckie appoint Findlay". northregionjfa.co.uk. North Region, SJFA. Archived from the original on 5 June 2014. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
- ^ Saunderson, Chris (15 March 2016). "Buckie Rovers are champions". Banffshire Journal. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
Past Players / Captains include : Spencer Lyon, Peter Mitchell, Dennis Clark, Alan Strachan, Graeme Tallis, Gary Innes, Mike Smith, Jamie Shewan, Steven Lyon, Paul Robertson,Mark Wood, Bryan Bell
- Football in Moray
- Football clubs in Scotland
- Scottish Junior Football Association clubs
- Association football clubs established in 1889
- 1889 establishments in Scotland
- Buckie
- Scottish football club stubs