Kirriemuir Thistle F.C.

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Kirriemuir Thistle
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Full nameKirriemuir Thistle Football Club
Nickname(s)Kirrie, Thistle
Founded1921
GroundWestview Park
Kirriemuir
PresidentWilson Coupar
ManagerStephen McNally
League SJFA Midlands League
2022–23 SJFA Midlands League, 7th of 19

Kirriemuir Thistle Football Club are a Scottish junior football club based in Kirriemuir, Angus. Their home ground is Westview Park.

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Up until the end of the 2005–06 season, the club played in Tayside Division One of the Scottish Junior Football Association's East Region. They had previously finished as champions of the previous Tayside Junior Football League system once, in 1974.

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

A co-management duo of Chris Kettles and Ralph Brand were appointed in September 2017, with Kettles assuming sole charge after Brand stepped down in January 2018. [1]

On 14 June 2021, Darren Scott has left the club. [2]

Non-playing staff

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References

  1. "Latest News - Kirriemuir Thistle JFC". www.clubwebsite.co.uk. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
  2. "Kirriemuir Thistle Management Vacancy".

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