Carnoustie Panmure Football Club are a Scottish

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club from the town of

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. They currently compete in the .

History

Formed in 1936, they are nicknamed ''the Gowfers'' due to the town's well-established links to the sport of

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("gowf" in Scots). They play at Laing Park, to which they moved in 2004, having previously played at Westfield Park. The club received significant investment in the late 1990s, which has allowed them to emerge as one of the stronger

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clubs participating in the East Region. The pinnacle of their achievements was winning the

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in 2004. The club has an Academy with players aged 5–8yrs, a youth set up with teams from 9s to under-19s, two amateur teams using the Carnoustie YM name and four girls teams from Monifieth Ladies. In 2013 the club became a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation to provide a pathway for players from Youth to Adult football and to improve sports facilities in the town. In 2013 the club had 350 players across 18 teams.

Honours

* Winners: 2003–04 * ''Runners-up'': 2000–01 SJFA Midlands League * Winners: 2021–22

Other honours

* Tayside Premier Division winners: 1975–76, 1976–77, 1977–78, 1978–79, 1980–81 * East Region Tayside Premier winners: 2003–04 * Tayside Division One winners: 1970–71, 1991–92 * Dundee Junior League winners: 1950–51, 1951–52, 1952–53, 1955–56, 1957–58, 1964–65, 1965–66 * Currie (Findlay & Co) Cup: 1971–72, 1975–76, 1977–78, 2002–03, 2006–07 * North End Challenge Cup: 2001–02, 2004–05, 2006–07, 2007–08 * DJ Laing Homes League Cup: 2000–01 * Intersport Cup: 1994–95 * Division One (Downfield SC Cup) winners: 1989–90 * Tayside Drybrough Cup: 1975–76, 1977–78 * Tayside Regional Cup: 1975–76, 1977–78 * Arbroath & District Cup: 1936–37 * Courier Cup: 1949–50, 1951–52, 1953–54 * Cream of the Barley Cup: 1977–78 * Inter-Regional Cup: 2017–18

Notable former managers

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Bobby Geddes Robert Geddes (born 12 August 1960) is a Scotland former footballer who played as a goalkeeper, and is currently the goalkeeping coach for Falkirk. A product of the Highland Football League, Geddes was goalkeeping coach at first club Dundee ...

George O'Boyle George O'Boyle (born 14 December 1967 in Belfast) is a Northern Irish former professional footballer and now manager. Playing career Club football O'Boyle, a striker, began his career in 1984 as a youth-team player with Manchester City. He was ...

External links

Club website

Youth website
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