Bankfoot Athletic F.C.

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Bankfoot Athletic
Full nameBankfoot Athletic Football Club
Nickname(s)Bankies
Founded1919
Dissolved2014
GroundCoronation Park
Newhall Street
Bankfoot
Capacity1000

Bankfoot Athletic Football Club were a Scottish junior football club based in Bankfoot, near Perth.

The SJFA restructured prior to the 200607 season, and Athletic found themselves in the twelve-team East Region, Central Division. They finished twelfth (bottom) in their first season in the division.

The club spent the 2013–14 season in abeyance owing to a lack of committee members [1] and at the Scottish Junior Football Association's AGM on 21 June 2014 it was announced that Bankfoot had withdrawn as members of the SJFA.

Notable former players

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References

  1. Howie, Iain (4 June 2013). "Kinnoull end season on high". Perthshire Advertiser . Retrieved 1 July 2013.
  2. McLeod, Colin (5 June 2008). "Sturrock still driven". The Press and Journal (Scotland) . Retrieved 26 June 2011.