Colony Park F.C.
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| Full name | Colony Park Football Club | |
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| Founded | 1978 | |
| Ground | Colony Park Harlaw Road Inverurie | |
| Manager | Anton Lennox | |
| League | SJFA North Premier Division | |
| 2023–24 | SJFA North Premier Division,13th of 16 | |
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Colony Park Football Clubare aScottishfootballclub from the town ofInverurie,Aberdeenshire.Colony Park F.C. was established in 1978 by five local Inverurie men, Dod Reid, Wattie Strachan, Bob Gibb, Frank Heldreth and George Mitchell. They are the largest Juvenile football club in North-East Scotland, running teams from under-7 through to under-19 level. In 2011, they successfully applied for membership of theScottish Junior Football Association,and joinedNorth Region, Division Twofor the 2011–12 season. The club also successfully applied for membership of theScottish Amateur Football Association,and joinedAberdeenshire Amateur Football Associationin Division Three. This has allowed former youth players to continue with the club and bridged a gap between age group football and theHighland League.
Former Colony players includeBarry RobsonandDarren Mackie.[1]
The Colony Park facility after which the club is named, was opened in 1977 and until 1999 was the home of Inverurie Juniors, the town's previous Junior side.
Colony lifted their first honour in the Junior game by winning the 2015–16North Division One (East)championship, completing the league season undefeated. The club won 19 of their 22 matches and their final day fixture at home toLongsidewas watched by a crowd of 1,356.[2][3]
The club also had an amateur team, Colony Park Amateurs Football Club, which started in the 2015–2016 season. They played in the East Section of Division 1, ground-sharing with the Juniors and played their home fixtures at Colony Park on Harlaw Road. The Amateurs were managed by Dave Mitchell, Greig Watson, Craig Simpson and Craig McFarlane. The 2018–2019 season was a record season for “The Ams” as they won their first ever trophy, the Barclay Cook Cup, in a thrilling final against local rivals Kintore. They shortly completed the double by winning the Division 2 East league undefeated, finishing with 26 wins and 2 draws in their 28-game campaign.
Honours
[edit]- North Region First Division (East):
- Winners: 2015–16
- Domino's PizzaCup:
- Runners-Up: 2016–17
References
[edit]- ^"Tributes paid to Norman Mitchell and Dod Reid".Highlandleague.net. Archived fromthe originalon 25 July 2011.
- ^"Juniors are" Invincibles "".Inverurie Herald.2 June 2016.Retrieved13 July2016.
- ^Colony Park FC [@colony_park] (28 May 2016)."Today's attendance 1356"(Tweet).Retrieved13 July2016– viaTwitter.
External links
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