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Newburgh F.C. Full name Newburgh Football Club Nickname(s) The Burgh Founded 1909 (as Newburgh West End) Ground East Shore Park
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NewburghManager Alan Cameron League SJFA East Region Central Division 2010–11 11th Newburgh F.C. are a Scottish junior football club based in Newburgh, Fife. Their home ground is East Shore Park. Originally founded as Newburgh West End, the club was renamed in 1935. Team colours are black and white.
The SJFA restructured prior to the 2006–07 season, and Newburgh found themselves in the twelve-team East Region, Central Division. They finished eleventh in their first season in the division.
Newburgh have twice reached the semi-final stage of the Scottish Junior Cup, playing Renfrew in 1962 and Cambuslang Rangers in 1971. The club lost 4–0 on both occasions. Their quarter-final tie in 1962 against Irvine Meadow attracted a record crowd of 3,960 to East Shore Park.[1]
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Honours
- Perthshire Junior League winners: 1953–54, 1954–55, 1955–56, 1956–57
- Fife Junior League winners: 1924–25, 1972–73, 1976–77
Notable former players
- Jimmy Simpson - Dundee United, Rangers and Scotland.[2]
- Harold Davis - former East Fife, Rangers & Partick Thistle wing half.[3]
- Jim Pryde - Scottish Cup winner with Rangers in 1952–53
- Kenny Garland - former Hearts goalkeeper.
- Paul Cherry - former Hearts and St. Johnstone midfielder
- Davie Robb - former Aberdeen and Scotland attacker
- Andy Rolland - former Cowdenbeath and Dundee United defender
- Mick McManus - former Hamilton Academical and Montrose winger
- Sandy Kilgour - former Alloa Athletic and Brechin City player
References
- ^ McGlone, David; McLure, Bill (1987). The Juniors - 100 Years. A Centenary History of Scottish Junior Football. Mainstream. p. 304. ISBN 1 85158 060 3.
- ^ 1923-30 The Brownlie Era glenrothesarabs.com, 17 August 2008, Retrieved 30 June 2011.
- ^ "The forgotten hero of a forgotten war". The Scotsman. 11 November 2006. http://heritage.scotsman.com/worldwarone/The-forgotten-hero-of-a.2825945.jp. Retrieved 9 October 2011.
External links
- Club Facebook
- Scottish Football Historical Archive, Brian McColl
- Fife Junior History, Eric R. Thomson
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- Association football clubs established in 1909
- Sport in Fife
- Scottish football club stubs
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