Creetown Football Club is a

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club based in Creetown in the

Dumfries and Galloway Dumfries and Galloway ( sco, Dumfries an Gallowa; gd, Dùn Phrìs is Gall-Ghaidhealaibh) is one of 32 unitary council areas of Scotland and is located in the western Southern Uplands. It covers the counties of Scotland, historic counties of ...

area of

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. Formed in 1905 as Creetown Rifle Volunteers Football Club, they adopted their present name in 1920. They originally played their home matches at Barholm Park, which had been the ground of Barholm Rovers, who went out of existence in 1905. They now play their home matches at Castlecary Park, which accommodates up to 2,000 spectators. Their strip (uniform) colours are yellow and black. For the 2009–10 season, Creetown played their home matches 12 miles away at Ballgreen Park in

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, which was the home of the now defunct Tarff Rovers, while upgrading work took place at Castlecary Park to bring the facilities up to league standards. They presently compete in the South of Scotland Football League. Their best finish to date is second in the 2004–05 season and the 2022–23 season. In 2023, Creetown received an Entry Level License from the

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, allowing them to compete in the

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. They played their first game in the competition in 88 years in the preliminary round of the 2023–24 edition, hosting East of Scotland Football League First Division club Whitehill Welfare.

Honours

*Southern Counties Challenge Cup: 1984–85 *Cree Lodge Cup: 1936–37, 2003–04, 2004–05 *Dumfries and Galloway cup: 1957,1960 and 1981. *Potts Cup: 1933–34, 1934–35, 1981–82 *South League Cup: 2005–06 *Haig Gordon Memorial Trophy: 2003–04 *Tweedie Cup: 1934–35, 2002–03, 2003–04 *Wigtownshire & District Cup: 1935–36 *Wigtownshire Cup: 1934–35, 1935–36 *Wigtownshire & Kirkcudbrightshire Cup: 1933–34, 1934–35, 1937–38

References

External links

Official Site
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