Glenrothes F.C.
| Full name | Glenrothes Junior Football Club |
|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | Glens |
| Founded | 1964 |
| Ground | Warout Stadium, Warout Road, Glenrothes |
| Capacity | 5,000 |
| Player-manager | John Martin |
| League | SJFA East Premier League |
| 2015–16 | SJFA East Region North Division, 2nd (promoted) |
Glenrothes Junior Football Club are a Scottish Junior football club based in the new town of Glenrothes, Fife. Formed in May 1964 with assistance from the Glenrothes Development Corporation, the "Glens" played their first game against near neighbours Thornton Hibs in August the same year at their original Dovecot Park ground.[1] A crowd of 5,400 attended a Scottish Junior Cup quarter-final tie against Shotts Bon Accord here during Glenrothes' run to the final in 1968.[2]
The club moved to the purpose built Warout Stadium in 1971, one of the larger grounds in junior football, with room for around 5,000 spectators, 730 of whom can be seated. The record attendance for this ground is 5,600 against Cambuslang Rangers in another Junior Cup quarter-final tie in 1974.[1] Their strip (uniform) colours are red, with a white trim.
They were members of the Fife Junior League, but are presently competing in the East Region of which they, along with all Fife junior clubs became a part in 2002. They were relegated from the East Super League (the top division in their region) in season 2005–06, finishing tenth out of 12 clubs; however, they returned to the top flight in 2007 after clinching the Premier League 2006–07 title.
Glenrothes' greatest success as a club came in 1975 when they won the Scottish Junior Cup, defeating Rutherglen Glencairn 1–0, in front of a crowd of 17,776 at Hampden Park.[1] Glens had also been runners-up in 1968, losing after a replay to Johnstone Burgh with a combined attendance of 50,000 over the two ties, an impressive achievement given that they had only been formed a mere four years beforehand.[2]
The team have been managed since September 2016 by John Martin, who stepped up to a player-manager role following the resignation of Benny Andrew.[3]
Honours
Scottish Junior Cup
- Winners: 1974–75
- Runners-up: 1967–68
SJFA East Region Premier League
- Champions: 2006–07
Other Honours
- Fife & Lothians (Heineken) Cup: 1971–72
- Fife League winners: 1965–66, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1977–78, 1983–84, 1984–85
- Fife Junior (PSM) Cup: 1967-68, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1978–79, 1985–86, 1997–98, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2003–04
- Fife & Tayside Cup: 2008–09
- Cowdenbeath (Interbrew) Cup: 1969–70, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1973–74, 1976–77, 1977–78, 1983–84
- Kingdom Kegs Cup: 1996–97, 1998–99, 2001–02, 2003–04, 2007–08
- Laidlaw Shield winners: 1981–82, 1982–83
- ACA sports league cup: 2009–10
References
- 1 2 3 Elder, Matthew (4 June 2014). "Football fun day marks 50 years of Glenrothes Juniors". Fife Today. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
- 1 2 "The History of the Glens". Glenrothes JFC. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
- ↑ Elder, Matthew (7 September 2016). "New boss Martin looking to build on good foundations at Glens". Fife Today. Retrieved 29 September 2016.