Whitletts Victoria F.C.

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Whitletts Victoria FC
Whitletts Victoria FC logo.png
Full nameWhitletts Victoria Football Club
Nickname(s)The Vics
Founded1944
GroundNew Voluntary Park, Ayr
CapacityTBC
ChairmanBlair Monaghan
ManagerRyan Caddis
League West of Scotland League First Division
2022–23 West of Scotland League First Division, 13th of 16
Website Club website

Whitletts Victoria Football Club are a Scottish football club, historically based in the Whitletts area of Ayr, South Ayrshire. The club currently play in the West of Scotland League First Division.

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Nicknamed The Vics, the club were formed in 1944 and currently play at Dam Park Stadium, near Ayr town centre. [1] The club were forced to leave their traditional home of Voluntary Park in Whitletts, which doubled up as a greyhound racing track, [2] in February 2011, after actions by the leaseholder raised major health and safety concerns, forcing the local council to close the stadium. The stadium has since been demolished and is now the site of a new social housing complex called Victoria Crescent, after the club.

Current squad

As of 05 August 2023

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

No.Pos.NationPlayer
— GK Flag of Scotland.svg  SCO Louis Kerr
— DF Flag of Scotland.svg  SCO Aidan Berry
— DF Flag of Scotland.svg  SCO Kristoffer Brown
— DF Flag of Scotland.svg  SCO Thomas Dempsie
— DF Flag of Scotland.svg  SCO Stuart McMillan
— DF Flag of Scotland.svg  SCO Aidan Murphy
— DF Flag of Scotland.svg  SCO Gordon Pope
— DF Flag of Scotland.svg  SCO Zak Ross
— DF Flag of Scotland.svg  SCO Jamie Wylie
— MF Flag of Scotland.svg  SCO Andy Kerr
— MF Flag of Scotland.svg  SCO Robbie McCracken
No.Pos.NationPlayer
— MF Flag of Scotland.svg  SCO Callum Ogston
— MF Flag of Scotland.svg  SCO Greg Smith
— MF Flag of Scotland.svg  SCO Jordan Boyd
— FW Flag of Scotland.svg  SCO Jordan Baird
— FW Flag of Scotland.svg  SCO Thomas Donovan
— FW Flag of Scotland.svg  SCO Steel Ferguson
— FW Flag of Scotland.svg  SCO Euan Knox
— FW Flag of Scotland.svg  SCO Jason Walker

History

On the park, the greatest era in the club's history was the mid- to late 1950s. In 1956 the club played in front of 20,100 people at Shawfield Stadium in the semi-final of the Scottish Junior Cup, only to lose 3–2 to eventual winners Petershill. However, in 1957-58 the Club won the Western League (South) Championship, losing out to North Champions Irvine Meadow in the play-off to determine the destination of the league championship itself.

Since then the club has had, in the main, a troubled time, with its very existence called into question on a number of occasions. However, in recent years, developments on and off the park have placed the club on a more secure foundation. In 2017–18 the Club won promotion to the newly formed West Region Championship and in 2018 formed its own charity, Vics in the Community, providing free coaching to local youngsters and starting the development of a youth player pathway. [3]

In 2020, the club took the decision after 75 years of membership of the SJFA, to join the pyramid system in Scottish football as one of the inaugural members of the West of Scotland Football League. [4]

On 10 October 2020, the club announced they would not be participating in the inaugural season of the West of Scotland League due to concerns relating to the COVID-19 pandemic. [5] [6] [7]

Non-playing staff

Committee

PositionName
ChairGeorge Jaconelli
Vice chairAndy McKissock
SecretaryJim Shields
TreasurerAndrew Downie
Commercial ManagerJohn Dalton
Committee memberGeorge Rae

Management

PositionName
ManagerGordon Pope
Asst. ManagerEoin Waite
First team CoachGordon Pope
Goalkeeper coachGary Clarke
Sports First AiderCharlene Dalton
ChaplainIan Gall

Honours

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References

  1. ↑ "History - Whitletts Victoria Football Club". www.whitlettsvictoria.com. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  2. ↑ "OS Plan 1959". old-maps.co.uk.
  3. ↑ "Vics in the Community - Whitletts Victoria Football Club". www.whitlettsvictoria.com. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  4. ↑ Pirie, Mark (4 May 2020). "West of Scotland League unveil full division list ahead of non-league overhaul". Daily Record. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  5. ↑ "Whitletts Victoria Football Club". www.whitlettsvictoria.com. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  6. ↑ "Club Ballot Results – West of Scotland Football League" . Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  7. ↑ Pirie, Mark (10 October 2020). "BREAKING: West of Scotland League chaos as 14 clubs pull out ahead of kick off". Daily Record. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
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