St Andrews United F.C.

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St Andrews United
St Andrews United FC logo.png
Full nameSt Andrews United Football Club
Nickname(s)United, Saints
Founded17 May 1921
GroundThe Clayton Caravan Park Recreation Ground
Langlands Road
St Andrews
Capacity766
ChairmanFraser Ogston
ManagerGarry Wright
League East of Scotland League Premier Division
2023–24 East of Scotland League First Division, 2nd of 15 (promoted)
Website Club website

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]

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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

Scottish Junior Cup

SJFA East Region Premier League

SJFA East Region Central League

Other Honours

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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.