St Andrews United F.C.

St Andrews United

Full name	St Andrews United Football Club
Nickname(s)	United, Saints
Founded	17 May 1921
Ground	The Clayton Caravan Park Recreation Ground Langlands Road St Andrews
Capacity	766
Chairman	Fraser Ogston
Manager	Greg Shields
League	East of Scotland League Premier Division
2024–25	East of Scotland League Premier Division, 9th of 16
Website	https://standrewsutd.co.uk/
Home colours Away colours

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 Premier 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. He is joined by Gary Wright, formerly of Dunfermline Athletic coaching team, since the more recent departure assistant manager of Steven Fallon to Forfar Athletic in December 2022 now fast forward to 2025 the team are currently managed by former professional Scottish defender Greg Shields.

Honours

Scottish Junior Cup

• 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

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK   SCO Logan Halliday — DF   SCO Alexander McCreadie — DF   SCO Jacob Shyngle — DF   SCO Jason Thomson — DF   SCO Kyle Sneddon — DF   SCO Tom Milne — DF   SCO Michael Ness — MF   SCO David Maskrey — MF   SCO Lewis Milne — MF   SCO Ross Cunningham — MF   SCO Ryan McManus(Captain) — FW   SCO Greig Spence — FW   SCO James Collins — FW   SCO Joe Aitken — FW   SCO Lewis Payne — FW   SCO Lewis Sawers

References

1. McLauchlin, Brian (7 June 2018). "East of Scotland League vote signals exodus of 25 junior clubs". BBC Sport. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
2. McGlone, David; McLure, Bill (1987). The Juniors - 100 Years. A Centenary History of Scottish Junior Football. Mainstream. p. 102. ISBN   1-85158-060-3.
3. "East of Scotland Junior Cup". sfha.org.uk. Retrieved 29 November 2020.

External links

• Official website
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