St Andrews United F.C.
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| Full name | St Andrews United Football Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | United, Saints | ||
| Founded | 17 May 1921 | ||
| Ground | The Clayton Caravan Park Recreation Ground Langlands Road St Andrews | ||
| Capacity | 766 | ||
| Manager | Robbie Raeside | ||
| League | East of Scotland League First Division | ||
| 2022–23 | East of Scotland League Second Division, 2nd of 17 (promoted) | ||
| Website | Club website | ||
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St Andrews United Football Club is a Scottish football club based in St Andrews, Fife. Founded in 1921, their home ground is The Clayton Caravan Park Recreation Ground. The team colours are black shirts with black shorts and black socks. The team plays in the East of Scotland League First Division, having moved from the junior leagues in 2018.[1]
The club's greatest achievement was winning the Scottish Junior Cup in season 1959–60, defeating Greenock Juniors 3–1 in front of 34,603 fans at Hampden Park.[2] The club has enjoyed sporadic success since.
The team has been managed by former Dundee, Raith Rovers and Arbroath defender Robbie Raeside since May 2022 and he is joined there with Gary Wright formerly of Dunfermline Athletic coaching team since the more recent departure assistant manager of Steven Fallon to Forfar Athletic in December 2022 recently.
Honours
- Winners: 1959–60
SJFA East Region Premier League
- Winners: 2010–11
SJFA East Region Central League
- Winners: 2008–09
Other Honours
- Fife Cup: 1926–27, 1927–28, 1928–29, 1959–60, 1965–66, 1988–89, 1989–90, 2004–05
- Fife Junior League: 1926–27, 1927–28, 1928–29, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1964–65, 1989–90
- East of Scotland Junior Cup: 2011–12[3]
- Rosslyn Cup: 1959–60, 1989–90
References
- ^ McLauchlin, Brian (7 June 2018). "East of Scotland League vote signals exodus of 25 junior clubs". BBC Sport. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
- ^ McGlone, David; McLure, Bill (1987). The Juniors - 100 Years. A Centenary History of Scottish Junior Football. Mainstream. p. 102. ISBN 1-85158-060-3.
- ^ "East of Scotland Junior Cup". sfha.org.uk. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
External links
- Official website
