Nickname(s) Jaggy Nettles Manager Derek Lawson Chairman Derek Adams | Ground Capacity 1,500 Founded 1882 | |
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Full name Scone Thistle Football Club 2015–16 SJFA East Region North Division, 10th League Scottish Junior Football East Region North Division Grounds Stormont Road, Scone, Perth and Kinross | ||
Scone Thistle Football Club are a Scottish junior football club based in Scone, Perth and Kinross. Their home ground is Farquharson Park and club colours are black and red.
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History
The club was founded in 1882 making it the third oldest football club in Perthshire and oldest Perthshire Junior football club. They played in the Perthshire Junior leagues up until the outbreak of World War I. Following the resumption of football after the war The Jags became members of the Perthshire Juvenile Football Association – Juvenile football in Scotland was football played by adult players up to the age of 27.
The club were to remain in Juvenile football until 1983 as following the successful winning of the Scottish Juvenile Cup that year the club returned to the ranks of Junior football.
Up until the end of the 2005–06 season, they played in the Tayside Premier League of the Scottish Junior Football Association's Eastern Region where they won the Tayside JFA Division One Title in seasons 1994–95 and 2002–03 and the Tayside League Cup in 2005–06.
The SJFA restructured prior to the 2006–07 season, and Thistle found themselves in the twelve-team East Region Premier League. They were relegated to the East Region Central Division.
In April 2012 it was announced that Scone Thistle were returning to the Scottish Junior East Region League after they spent the 2011–12 season in abeyance. Scone Thistle are a forward thinking club with a clear aim to develop football, footballers and volunteer opportunities for the local community.
Management
Current playing squad
Abi Njie • Andrew Mackenzie (On loan from Forfar Athletic) • Arran Mackay • Ben Boucher-Myers • Ben Moffat • Craig Mitchell • David Winton • Derek Angus • Fraser Macdonald • Fraser Mills • Gary Fergus • Gary Mackie • Graham Michie (On loan to Luncarty Amateurs) • Kenny Hind • Kevin Sinclair • Lewis Avolio • Max Avolio (On loan from Forfar Athletic) • Scott Lafferty • Sean Fergus • Sean Whitworth • Stephen Moon • Willie Laing