St Andrews United F.C. Explained

Clubname:St Andrews United
Fullname:St Andrews United Football Club
Nickname:United, Saints
Founded:17 May 1921
Ground:The Clayton Caravan Park Recreation Ground
Langlands Road
St Andrews
Capacity:766
Chairman:Fraser Ogston
Manager:Garry Wright
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Website:https://standrewsutd.co.uk/
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St Andrews United Football Club is a Scottish football club based in St Andrews, Fife. Founded in 1921, their home ground is The Clayton Caravan Park Recreation Ground. The team colours are black shirts with black shorts and black socks. The team plays in the, having moved from the junior leagues in 2018.[1]

The club's greatest achievement was winning the Scottish Junior Cup in season 1959–60, defeating Greenock Juniors 3–1 in front of 34,603 fans at Hampden Park.[2] The club has enjoyed sporadic success since.

The team has been managed by former Dundee, Raith Rovers and Arbroath defender Robbie Raeside since May 2022 and he is joined there with Gary Wright formerly of Dunfermline Athletic coaching team since the more recent departure assistant manager of Steven Fallon to Forfar Athletic in December 2022 recently.

Honours

Scottish Junior Cup

SJFA East Region Premier League

SJFA East Region Central League

Other Honours

1926 - 27, 1927 - 28, 1928 - 29, 1959 - 60, 1960 - 61, 1964 - 65, 1989 - 90

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: East of Scotland League vote signals exodus of 25 junior clubs . Brian . McLauchlin . BBC Sport . 7 June 2018 . 10 June 2018.
  2. Book: McGlone, David. Bill. McLure. The Juniors - 100 Years. A Centenary History of Scottish Junior Football. Mainstream. 1987. 1-85158-060-3. 102.
  3. Web site: East of Scotland Junior Cup. 2020-11-29. sfha.org.uk.