Forfar is the county town of Angus, Scotland and the administrative centre for Angus Council, with a new multi-million pound office complex located on the outskirts of the town. As of 2021, the town has a population of 16,280.
Montrose Football Club is a Scottish semi-professional football team, based in the town of Montrose, Angus. The club was founded in 1879. They are members of the Scottish Professional Football League and currently play in Scottish League One, the third tier of football in Scotland.
Frank Robert Hill was a Scottish football player and manager.
Wilfrid Lawson Low was a Scottish footballer who played as a centre-half for Aberdeen and Newcastle United.
David Bruce Smith is a Scottish former professional football player and manager.
Alexander Noble Hall, sometimes known as Sandy Hall, was a professional soccer player who played as a centre forward in the Scottish League for Dunfermline Athletic, Dundee, Motherwell and St Bernard's. Born in Scotland, he was a part of Canada's gold medal-winning 1904 Olympic team and finished the tournament as joint-top scorer, with three goals. The goals came in the form of a hat-trick in a 7–0 win over the United States, represented by Christian Brothers College.
Jim Clunie was a Scottish football player and manager.
David Prophet McLean was a Scottish footballer who played as a striker, scoring consistently throughout his career. At club level he represented Celtic, Preston North End, Sheffield Wednesday, Third Lanark, Rangers, Bradford, Dundee and Forfar Athletic. He had one cap for Scotland.
Steve Murray is a Scottish former footballer who played as a midfielder. He spent the majority of his career in the north-east of Scotland, with Dundee and Aberdeen. Murray also enjoyed success with Glasgow club Celtic and represented Scotland once. He later managed Forfar Athletic and Montrose.
David Dickie Howie was a rugby union player, who represented Scotland and Kirkcaldy RFC. He enlisted as a trooper in the local yeomanry in September 1914, at the start of the First World War. After undergoing training in England, he was commissioned second lieutenant in the Royal Field Artillery in April 1915 and despatched to Gallipoli in August. During the evacuation of Anzac Bay, he contracted pneumonia, and died in Cairo, Egypt, after shooting himself with a revolver while in a state of delirium. He is buried at the Cairo War Memorial Cemetery.
Joseph Thomas Gordon Shaughnessy is an Irish professional defender who plays for Dundee. Shaughnessy has previously played for Aberdeen, Forfar Athletic, Falkirk, St Johnstone, Southend United and St Mirren. He has represented the Republic of Ireland national under-21 football team at international level.
George 'Dod' Brewster was a Scottish former professional football centre-half who played for Aberdeen, Everton, and Wolverhampton Wanderers.
Richard "Dickie" Ewen was a Scottish former professional footballer, who played for Aberdeen FC, Forfar Athletic FC, and subsequently for several Highland Football League Clubs.
Ian Fleming is a Scottish former football player and manager. He played for Kilmarnock, Aberdeen, Sheffield Wednesday and Dundee and was then player-manager of Brechin City.
Jordon Brown is a Scottish professional footballer, who currently manages Scottish League Two club Peterhead.
John Stewart Wyllie (1884–1940) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a centre half.
George William Stanger is a professional footballer who plays as a defender for Ayr United.
Bill Connon was a Scottish rugby union player. He became the 101st President of the Scottish Rugby Union. He was also a golf administrator in the north-east of Scotland and organised the Northern Open tournament for a number of years.
Daniel Hoban is a Scottish footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Highland football league club Banks o' Dee.
The 2022–23 season was the 126th season of competitive football in Scotland. The domestic season began on 9 July 2022 with the first Scottish League Cup group stage matches, and the first round of matches in the 2022–23 Scottish Premiership were played on 30 July.
