RAF Lossiemouth F.C. explained

Clubname:RAF Lossiemouth F.C.
Fullname:RAF Lossiemouth Football Club
Nickname:The Crabs
Founded:1970
Ground:RAF Lossiemouth
Season:2015

RAF Lossiemouth F.C. are a football club representing the RAF Lossiemouth station in Moray, Scotland. Previously members of the Scottish Junior Football Association as well as entering Royal Air Force FA competitions, the club have currently withdrawn from SJFA North Region competition and now compete as members of the Scottish Welfare Football Association in the Moray District League.[1] The present club date from 1970 although sides from the station had been playing under the banner of RNAS Lossiemouth since 1946.[2] Club colours are red and black.

Operational duties can restrict the club's ability to field a settled or full strength team. After scratching a tie in the 2008 - 09 Scottish Junior Cup when ten players were training for forthcoming deployments, the club were controversially banned by the SJFA from the following seasons tournament.[3]

The club played home fixtures at RAF Lossiemouth.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: RAF Lossiemouth to pull out of league. North Region JFA. 15 November 2012 . 16 November 2012.
  2. Web site: All-time Scottish Football Club Directory. Brian McColl. XLS. 21 September 2010. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130203022742/http://scottish-football-historical-archive.com/clublist1.xls. 3 February 2013. dmy-all.
  3. News: RAF team training for war are kicked out of cup by Scottish Juniors chiefs. Keith McLeod. John Ferguson. Daily Record. 27 September 2008. 21 September 2010.