East Craigie F.C.

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East Craigie
East Craigie FC logo.png
Full nameEast Craigie Junior Football Club
Nickname(s)The Shipbuilders
Founded1880
GroundCraigie Park
Old Craigie Road
Dundee
Capacity3,300
ManagersCraig Brown & Sean Wilkie
League SJFA Midlands League
2021–22 SJFA Midlands League, 2nd of 19

East Craigie Football Club are a Scottish football club based in Dundee. Members of the Scottish Junior Football Association, they currently play in the SJFA Midlands League. The club are one of a number who claim to be the oldest Junior club currently in existence, but are the oldest football club playing in Dundee.

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History

The club were founded in 1880 when workers from the Wallace Craigie weaving mill in Dundee, who had formed a cricket team earlier in that year, remained to play football after the closure of the cricket season. Originally known as "Craigie", the club became East Craigie after a donation from the owner of a local farm of that name. [1] East Craigie have played unbroken since their formation, and lay claim to being the oldest Junior club in Scotland although this is disputed by other clubs such as Kirkintilloch Rob Roy, Larkhall Thistle and Vale of Clyde. [2]

Their current Craigie Park ground was opened in April 1932 with a game against Celtic which drew almost 8,000 spectators.

Former East Craigie players include Jimmy Sharp and Jimmy Easson who both went on to gain full international honours for Scotland, and Archie Taylor who won the FA Cup with both Bolton Wanderers and Barnsley. [1]

Up until the end of the 2005–06 season, they played in the Tayside Premier League of the Scottish Junior Football Association's Eastern Region.

The SJFA restructured prior to the 2006–07 season, and East Craigie found themselves in the 12-team East Region, North Division. They finished seventh in their first season in the division.

In 2021-22 the club left behind the Junior level of football and moved upwards to join the Senior pyramid with the formation of the new Midland League.

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References

  1. 1 2 Brown, John (16 December 2015). "Has Rob Roy stumped East Craigie's 'oldest junior' claim?". Evening Telegraph. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
  2. ↑ Brown, John (3 February 2016). "Now the 'Tin Pail' are casting doubt over The Shipbuilders' credentials". Evening Telegraph. Retrieved 15 July 2016.

Coordinates: 56°28′33″N2°56′25″W / 56.475951°N 2.940412°W / 56.475951; -2.940412


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