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The club was formed in 1938 when Deveron Valley and Banff Rovers joined together. The name comes from the
River Deveron
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, which has its mouth at Banff.
After they were formed, it took them one year to get into the Highland League. In August 1939, Deveronvale played their first league game. Their first win came a month later. In 1948 Deveronvale signed James ‘Jimmy’ Williamson from Dunipace Juniors, Jimmy would go on to play for Deveronvale for 7 years and in the process set the record for highest number of individual goals in the Highland League at 197 goals. The crest of Deveronvale FC was designed during the early 1970s by local school teacher, Mr. Chris Murray. He chose a 'heraldic' seagull to represent the twin fishing towns of Banff and Macduff.
In 2003 the Vale won the Highland League title for the first time in their history and repeated this feat once more three years later.
Due to them being a senior team, they can play in the
Scottish Cup
The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,2006–07 season, Deveronvale made it into the fourth round of the Scottish Cup after a 5–4 defeat of Third Division side
Elgin City
Elgin City Football Club (also known as City or The Black and Whites) is a professional senior football club based in Elgin, Moray.
Elgin was founded in 1893 and originally played their football in the Highland Football League. The club was g ...
* Manager: Craig Stewart
* Player/Goalkeeping Coach: James Blanchard
* Head of Youth Development: Kevin Stewart
* Sports Therapist: Andrea McIntosh
* Sports Therapist: Rachel Mair
* Kit Man: Lenny Binnie
Club Management
* Chairman: Jim Mair
* Board of Directors:
** Fergus Beaton
** Peter Bruce
* Executive Secretary: Stewart McPherson
* Commercial Director: Calum LawrieVale appoint Commercial Manager ''Deveronvale Football Club'', 6 January 2019, Accessed 7 January 2019
Hall of Fame
The club launched a Hall of Fame as part of the club's 80th anniversary celebrations in 2019, with the following inductees honoured:
* Eddie Bruce
* Stewart McPherson
*
Jim Leighton
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The intention is that one or more inductees will be considered every year.
Aberdeenshire Cup
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Aberdeenshire Shield
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