Duns Football Club is a
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club from
Duns
Duns may refer to:
* Duns, Scottish Borders, a town in Berwickshire, Scotland
** Duns railway station
** Duns F.C., a football club
** Duns RFC, a rugby football club
** Battle of Duns, an engagement fought in 1372
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in
Scotland
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, playing in the A League of the
Border Amateur League. The club previously competed in the
East of Scotland Football League
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before withdrawing prior to the 2016–17 season.
History
There used to be a team called Duns F.C. that competed at the
senior non-league level in Scotland, and for many years this team played in the East of Scotland League.
The current Duns club (often termed as ''Duns AFC'' or ''Duns Ams'') regards itself as the successor of the original Duns senior side, and lists in its honours seven ''Border Cup'' successes, which spans the period of the different clubs.
They played in the
Scottish Cup
The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,[Celtic
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. In the
1956–57 cup Duns recorded an 11–1 first round victory over
Edinburgh University
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, before losing to
Eyemouth United in the next round. Duns played continuously in the East of Scotland League from the league's expansion in
1928–29 until the end of the
1967–68 season.
[ Following this they had a couple of short spells in the league before their final appearance in the 1975–76 season.][
The current incarnation of the team won the A League of the Border AFL on six occasions, including four championships won when the side was known as ''Duns Legion''.][ ]
James Keenan
During an Edinburgh City Cup tie in August 1937 against Leith Athletic at Meadowbank, Duns goalkeeper James Keenan, who had previously played for St Bernards, collapsed after reaching for a high ball. Keenan was rushed to hospital but he was declared dead on arrival. When news of Keenan's death reached the ground, the match was stopped. Keenan was 38 years old and his 10 year old son was watching the match. He had captained Duns to triumph in the Scottish Qualifying Cup
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the previous season.
Honours
SFA South Region Challenge Cup
*''Runners-up:'' 2011–12
King Cup
* Winners: 1935–36, 1938–39, 1957–58, 1963–64
References
Berwickshire
Football clubs in Scotland
East of Scotland Football League teams
Football clubs in the Scottish Borders
Duns, Scottish Borders
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