Vale of Atholl F.C.
Full name | Vale of Atholl Football Club | |
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Nickname(s) | the Vale | |
Founded | 1878 | |
Ground | Recreation Park | |
League | Perthshire Amateur Football League | |
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Vale of Atholl Football Club is a football club from Pitlochry in Scotland.
History
The club was founded in 1878, originally under the name Vale of Athole, a name it used until 1889.
The club was one of the inaugural clubs to take part in the Scottish Amateur Cup and as at 2022 is one of the three remaining clubs still entering the competition,[1] although it has never reached the final.
The club's main historical significance is as an entrant to the
The club won through the qualifying rounds in
The Vale only reached the first round once more via the qualifying rounds, in
Despite being an amateur club in an amateur league, the Vale retained its senior status until it was expelled from the Scottish Cup qualifying rounds for
The club won the amateur Perthshire League six times between 1920 and 1931; its last triumph in the competition was in 1972.[7] The club was also a 11-time winner of the Perthshire Cup, although that competition was abandoned in 1975.[8] For the 2022–23 season the club is playing in the second division of the Perthshire Amateur Football League.[9]
Colours
The club's known colours are as follows:[10]
Years | Shirts | Shorts |
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1878–84 | Red and white | Navy |
1889–90 | White | Athole tartan[11] |
1890–1913 | White | Navy |
1913–14 | Gold and red | |
1914–15 | Gold and black | |
1915–16 | White | |
1916–19 | Yellow and black | |
1919–2018? | White | Black |
2018– | Black & white hoops | Black |
Ground
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Pitlochry_Recreation_Park.jpg/220px-Pitlochry_Recreation_Park.jpg)
The club played at the original Recreation Park in Pitlochry, which now lies at the bottom of Loch Faskally, the area being flooded in 1947 after a dam was built.[12] The club removed its pavilion for reconstruction at a new Recreation Park.
Notable players
The most famous Vale player is
- 1922 Scottish Cup Final)[13]
- Marty Wilson (Brechin)
- Forfar Athletic)
- Derek Dewar (Arbroath F.C.)
- Dundee Utd)
- St Johnstone, Brechin)
- Dunfermline Athletic)
- Dunfermline Athletic)
- Bill Rutherford (Hibernian)
- Bogdan Darabus (CS Minaur Baia Mare, Romania)
- János Tompa (Tiszakécske FC, Hungary)
Domestic
- Perthshire League
- Atholl League
- North Perthshire League
- Perthshire Amateur League
- Perthshire Cup
- Atholl Cup
Winners (31): 1887-88,1888-89,1889-90 1890-91,1891-92,1893-94,1895-96,1896-97,1897-98,1902-03,1903-04,1904-05,1919-20,1922-23,1924-25,1925-26,1927-28,1928-29,1929-30,1932-33,1933-34,1934-35,1935-36,1936-37,1937-38,1938-39,1947-48,1952-53,1953-54,1955-56,2011-12
- Scottish Cup
- Second Round(1): 1928-29
References
- ^ "Sponsorship boost for amateur football side Vale of Atholl". Daily Record. 23 March 2018. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
- ^ "Football". Stirling Observer: 3. 23 September 1882.
- ^ "Vale of Atholl at Paisley". Perthshire Advertiser: 18. 8 February 1928.
- ^ "Football". The Scotsman. 23 January 1935.
- ^ "report". Glasgow Herald. 3 September 1956.
- ^ "Club Directory". Scottish Football Historical Results Archive. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
- ^ "Perthshire League". Scottish Football Historical Archive. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
- ^ "Perthshire Cup". Scottish Football Historical Archive. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
- ^ "Smart Fixings Division 2". Perthshire Amateur Football Association. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
- ^ "Club Directory". Scottish Football Historical Results Archive. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
- ^ Argus (20 December 1890). "Notes on Sport". Bridge of Allan Gazette: 3.
- ^ "Vale of Atholl". Archived from the original on 10 June 2015. Retrieved 3 May 2015. Vale of Atholl FC website archived c. 2008 Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2 May 2015
- ^ "Vale of Atholl at Paisley". Perthshire Advertiser: 18. 8 February 1928.