Inverurie Loco Works Football Club are a senior semi-professional football club from

Inverurie Inverurie (Scottish Gaelic: ''Inbhir Uraidh'' or ''Inbhir Uaraidh'', 'mouth of the River Ury') is a town in Aberdeenshire, Scotland at the confluence of the rivers Ury and Don, about north-west of Aberdeen. Geography Inverurie is in the va ...

, Aberdeenshire,

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(SHFL). The club was founded in 1903 by workmen from the

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(GNSR) who had their Locomotive, and Carriage and Wagon Workshops in Inverurie, hence from where the football club got its name. On National Railway Company 'Grouping' in 1923, the GNSR became part of the London & North Eastern Railway, one of the UK's big four railway companies at that time, and the football club lived on. The Locomotive Workshops themselves were formally closed in 1970 on the forming of

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(BREL), a wholly owned subsidiary of the

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at that time. Despite the closure, Inverurie Loco Works F.C. continued to play. Having competed in the Aberdeenshire and North East Junior Leagues for many years, they became a senior club in 2001 when their application to join the SHFL was successful.

History

Rising up from successful years in

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football, in 2001 the Locos applied for membership of the Highland League and were successful. In the 2003–04 season, the Locos came second in the league, they then went a further two seasons in a row in second place. In 2005, they first got their hands on silverware by winning the

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, then repeated the feat the next year. They also won the

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after being runners up three times before winning the trophy. Then they won the Fosters Cup (League Cup) twice in two years, in 2007–08 and 2008–09. They also won the SFA North Region Challenge Cup in 2008–09. In the

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, the club were paired with Scottish Premier League side Motherwell at home. They reached the fourth round of the competition that season. After four postponements, the match was finally played at the fifth time of asking. Despite a capacity crowd watching, the Highland League outfit could not prevent a 3–0 loss to their top-flight opponents.

Harlaw Park

Harlaw Park is the Inverurie Loco Works ground; it has a capacity of 2,500 (250 seated).

Staff

Coaching

*Manager:

Richard Hastings Richard Cory Hastings (born 18 May 1977) is a former Canadian soccer player and current manager of Highland League side Inverurie Loco Works. He played for Inverness Caledonian Thistle, Ross County, Grazer AK, MVV Maastricht, Hamilton Aca ...

*Head of Youth Development: Gary Jamieson

Boardroom

*Chairman: Mike Macaulay * Vice Chairman Graeme Hay *Treasurer: James Porter *Club Secretary: Billy Thomson

Honours

Senior

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: *Winners: 2007–08, 2008–09

: *Winners: 2003–04, 2013–14, 2016–17 Scottish Qualifying Cup (North): *Winners: 2004–05, 2005–06 SFA North Region Challenge Cup: *Winners: 2008–09 Aberdeenshire League: *Winners: 2018–19, 2019–20

Junior

* North East Junior League champions: 1992–93, 1995–96, 1997–98 *Aberdeen & District League champions (16):Aberdeen & District Junior Football League 1901-1968
Scottish Football Historical Archive (archived version, 2014) 1924–25, 1925–26, 1928–29, 1929–30, 1930–31, 1931–32, 1932–33, 1934–35, 1935–36, 1936–37, 1942–43, 1945–46, 1954–55, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1961–62 *North East Regional Cup winners: 1995–96, 2000–01 *Aberdeen & District League Cup winners: 1927–28, 1928–29, 1929–30, 1931–32, 1945–46 *North East League Cup: 1986–87, 1988–89, 1991–92 *McLeman Cup winners: 1928–29, 1951–52, 1968–69 *Archibald Cup winners (11): 1928–29, 1932–33, 1937–38, 1938–39, 1939–40, 1954–55, 1960–61, 1961–62, 1968–69, 1980–81, 1999–2000 *North Drybrough Cup winners: 1968–69 *Duthie Cup: 1928–29, 1932–33, 1933–34, 1935–36, 1939–40, 1960–61 *Aberdeen County Trophy (10): 1912–13, 1913–14, 1934–35, 1935–36, 1939–40, 1942–43, 1944–45, 1954–55, 1960–61, 1961–62 *Jimmy Gibb Memorial Trophy: 1995–96, 1997–98 *Scottish record holders for most goals per game in a season, 6.64 goals per game (146 goals in 22 games), 1945-46 Aberdeen & District Junior League

References

External links

Official website
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