Clubname: | Bunillidh Thistle |
Fullname: | Bunillidh Thistle Football Club |
Nickname: | The Jags |
Ground: | Couper Park, Helmsdale |
Capacity: | 500 |
Manager: | Dean Cowie |
Current: | 2019–20 North Caledonian Football League |
Pattern So1: | _band_blue |
Pattern Sh1: | _lightblue stripes |
Leftarm1: | 88BBFF |
Body1: | 970045 |
Rightarm1: | 88BBFF |
Shorts1: | 970045 |
Socks1: | 970045 |
Pattern La2: | _claretborder |
Pattern B2: | _vneckclaret |
Pattern Ra2: | _claretborder |
Pattern Sh2: | _lightblue stripes |
Leftarm2: | 88BBFF |
Body2: | 88BBFF |
Rightarm2: | 88BBFF |
Shorts2: | 970045 |
Socks2: | 88BBFF |
Bunillidh Thistle Football Club is a senior Scottish football club playing in the North Caledonian Football League based at Couper Park representing the village of Helmsdale in the Scottish Highlands.
Bunillidh Thistle joined the North Caledonian League in the early 1970s, where they competed until their withdrawal at the end of the 2008–09 season. They enjoyed their most successful period in the mid-1980s, winning the league championship on two occasions, first in 1982–83 and again in 1988–89.[1]
In 2017, the club were reformed and readmitted to the North Caledonian League ahead of the 2017–18 season.[2]