Drumchapel United Football Club is a

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club based in the

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district of

Drumchapel Drumchapel ( gd, Druim a' Chapaill), known locally as 'The Drum', is a district in the north-west of the city of Glasgow, Scotland. It borders Bearsden (in East Dunbartonshire) to the north-east and Drumry (part of Clydebank, in West Dunbartons ...

, currently competing in the . Formed as an amateur club in 2001, they fielded teams in the Central Scottish AFL and the Football Central Sunday AFL and were winners of the Scottish Amateur Cup in 2007 (runners-up in 2010 and 2011), also lifting the West of Scotland Cup four times.West Of Scotland Amateur Cup Final 2018 Programme

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The club successfully applied for their first team to join the newly founded

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for the 2020–21 season. Beyond the adult teams, there is an established youth system with multiple teams for boys and girls (the latter affiliated to

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), and community involvement.Drumchapel United Football Club handed 25-year lease for playing field to help develop the club
Glasgow Live, 9 December 2016 In their first full season in the West of Scotland League, Drumchapel finished 2nd in Conference C. After winning the Strathclyde Cup they went on to secure the Cup-Winners Shield and qualified for the

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. They reached the fourth round of the competition, beating Easthouses Lily, Nairn County, Gretna 2008, and

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before losing 2-1 to Elgin City. Their 1–0 win over FC Edinburgh from League One (61 places above them) was a record for the biggest league position gap for a lower ranked winning club in Scottish Cup history until

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beat

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1-0.

Current squad

Honours

* Strathclyde Cup winners: 2021–22 * East, South & West of Scotland Cup-Winners Shield winners: 2021–22 * South Challenge Cup ''runners-up'':

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References

External links

Official website
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