Buckie Rovers F.C.

Buckie Rovers
Full name Buckie Rovers Football Club
Nickname(s) Rovers
Founded 1889
Ground Merson Park, Barrhill Road, Buckie
Manager Darren Stewart/Kyle McKay
League North First Division
2017-18 4th

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 Buckie. 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 First Division (West) championship in March 2016.[2]

Honours

  • North Region First Division (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, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1975–76, 1977–78, 1993–94, 1998–99
  • Nicholson Cup: 1961–62, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1965–66, 1966–67, 1969–70, 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

  1. ↑ Easton, Richard. "Buckie appoint Findlay". northregionjfa.co.uk. North Region, SJFA. Archived from the original on 5 June 2014. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
  2. ↑ Saunderson, Chris (15 March 2016). "Buckie Rovers are champions". Banffshire Journal. Retrieved 16 March 2016.


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