Keith F.C.
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| Full name | Keith Football Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nickname(s) | The Maroons | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Founded | 1919 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Kynoch Park (Capacity 4000) |
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| Manager | Martin Allan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| League | Highland Football League | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006-07 | Highland Football League 1st | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Keith F.C. are a senior football club who currently play in the Highland Football League in Scotland.
They were founded in 1919 and play at Kynoch Park which is at the east end of the town..
Keith F.C. is the football team of Keith in Moray, north-east Scotland. They have sometimes been victims of their own success, losing their better members to more major teams.
They are now sponsored by Apex Tubulars who have also provided sponsorship for Aberdeen Football Club in the past.
Although the town of Keith is relatively small, and the team amateur, Keith F.C. has produced a few notable players such as Scotland captain Colin Hendry and Hamish French as well as having celebrity fans such as James Naughtie.
Due to them being a senior team they can play in the Scottish Cup.
The team are perhaps best known to many followers of higher division football, for their 1996 10-1 defeat to Glasgow Rangers.
[edit] Club honours
- Highland League Champions
1961-62, 1978-79, 1979-80, 1980-81, 1984-85, 1999-00, 2006-07
- Scottish Qualifying Cup (North) Winners:
1960-61, 1962-63, 1984-85, 2002-03
- Highland League Cup Winners:
1964-65, 1973-74, 1974-75, 1975-76, 1983-84, 1985-86, 1988-89, 2002-03, 2006-07
- Aberdeenshire Cup Winners:
1935-36, 1957-58, 1959-60, 1966-67, 1973-74, 1977-78, 1979-80
- Aberdeenshire Shield Winners :
1997-98, 2001-02, 2004-05, 2005-06, 2006-07
- Aberdeenshire League Winners:
1996-97, 1998-99, 1999-2000
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