Colony Park F.C.
| Full name | Colony Park Football Club | |
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| Founded | 1978 | |
| Ground | Colony Park Harlaw Road Inverurie | |
| Manager | Richard Davidson | |
| League | SJFA North Superleague | |
| 2020–21 | SJFA North Super League (season abandoned) | |
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Colony Park Football Club are a Scottish football club from the town of Inverurie, Aberdeenshire. Formed in 1978 as Colony Park Boys Club, they are the largest Juvenile football club in North-East Scotland, running teams from under-7 through to under-19 level. In 2011, they successfully applied for membership of the Scottish Junior Football Association, and joined North Region, Division Two for the 2011–12 season. The club also successfully applied for membership of the Scottish Amateur Football Association, and joined Aberdeenshire Amateur Football Association in Division Three. This has allowed former youth players to continue with the club and bridged a gap between age group football and the Highland League.
Former Colony players include Barry Robson and Darren Mackie.[1]
The Colony Park facility after which the club is named, was opened in 1977 and until 1999 was the home of Inverurie Juniors, the town's previous Junior side.
The Junior team are managed since December 2016 by Richard Davidson, who stepped up from a coaching role under previous manager Andy Roddie.[2][3]
Colony lifted their first honour in the Junior game by winning the 2015–16 North Division One (East) championship, completing the league season undefeated. The club won 19 of their 22 matches and their final day fixture at home to Longside was watched by a crowd of 1,356.[4][5]
The club also have an amateur team, Colony Park Amateurs Football Club, which started in the 2015–2016 season. They currently play in the East Section of Division 1, ground-sharing with the Juniors and playing their home fixtures at Colony Park on Harlaw Road. The Amateurs are managed by Dave Mitchell, Greig Watson, Craig Simpson and Craig McFarlane. The 2018–2019 season was a record season for “The Ams” as they won their first ever trophy, the Barclay Cook Cup, in a thrilling final against local rivals Kintore. They shortly completed the double by winning the Division 2 East league undefeated, finishing with 26 wins and 2 draws in their 28-game campaign.
Honours[]
- North Region First Division (East) winners: 2015–16
- Domino's Pizza Cup Runners Up: 2016-17
References[]
- ^ Tributes paid to Norman Mitchell and Dod Reid highlandleague.net, Retrieved 19 June 2011.
- ^ "Roddie signs on with Colony Park Juniors". Inverurie Herald. 1 August 2012. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
- ^ "Colony Park Juniors FC". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 23 December 2016.
- ^ "Juniors are "Invincibles"". Inverurie Herald. 2 June 2016. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
- ^ Colony Park FC [@colony_park] (28 May 2016). "Today's attendance 1356" (Tweet). Retrieved 13 July 2016 – via Twitter.
External links[]
Coordinates: 57°17′25″N 2°22′53″W / 57.290398°N 2.381436°W
- Football in Aberdeenshire
- Football clubs in Scotland
- Scottish Junior Football Association clubs
- Association football clubs established in 1978
- 1978 establishments in Scotland
- Inverurie
- Scottish football club stubs