Bunillidh Thistle Football Club is a senior
Scottish football
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club playing in the
North Caledonian Football League
The North Caledonian Football Association is a football association operating throughout the Highlands and Islands of Scotland and is a recognised body of the Scottish Football Association (SFA) and as such has its senior football competitions of ...
based at Couper Park representing the village of
Helmsdale
Helmsdale ( sco, Helmsdal, gd, Bun Ilidh) is a village on the east coast of Sutherland, in the Highland council area of Scotland. The modern village was planned in 1814 to resettle communities that had been removed from the surrounding straths ...
in the
Scottish Highlands
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.
History
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.
In 2017, the club were reformed and readmitted to the North Caledonian League ahead of the 2017–18 season.
Honours
*
North Caledonian League
** Champions: 1982–83, 1988–89
*
North Caledonian Cup
The North Caledonian Cup, originally known as the North of Scotland Junior Cup and later the North of Scotland 2nd XI Cup is an annual association football cup for competition between football clubs across the Highlands & Islands of Scotland.
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** Winners: 1971–72, 1981–82
* Football Times Cup
** Winners: 1986–87, 2001–02
* Chic Allan Cup
** Winners: 1976–77, 1982–83, 1986–87
* MacNicol Trophy
** Winners: 1972–73
* Ness Cup
** Winners: 1973–74
References
External links
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Helmsdale
Football clubs in Scotland
Football in Highland (council area)
North Caledonian Football League teams
Sport in Sutherland
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