Kirkcaldy & Dysart Football Club are a Scottish

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club based in

Kirkcaldy Kirkcaldy ( ; sco, Kirkcaldy; gd, Cair Chaladain) is a town and former royal burgh in Fife, on the east coast of Scotland. It is about north of Edinburgh and south-southwest of Dundee. The town had a recorded population of 49,460 in 2011, ...

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. The club renamed from Kirkcaldy YM JFC after a merger with Dysart AFC in 2019.

History

Kirkcaldy YM were formed in 1969 as an amateur club, becoming members of the Scottish Junior Football Association in 1970. Their home ground is Alex Penman Park (previously known as Denfield Park) where they have been based since 1993, although previous grounds included a five-year spell in the village of

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during the 1970s. The SJFA restructured prior to the 2006–07 season, and Kirkcaldy found themselves in the twelve-team East Region, Central Division, finishing third in their first season in the division. However they pulled out of the 2007–08 campaign due to a shortage of players. A public meeting in February 2008 led to the formation of a new committee and the club re-joined the Central Division for the 2008–09 season. YM gained promotion to the East Region Premier League for 2013–14, the second tier of the East Region, before immediately dropping back down to the North Division. They finished bottom of the

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in 2016–17 and 2017–18, only managing to score a single point in the latter season. The team have been managed since May 2018 by former player Craig Ness, his second spell in charge. In 2019 Kirkcaldy YM merged with Dysart as part of the Kirkcaldy Community Football Partnership, which includes a football pathway along with Kirkcaldy FC and Templehall United. In May 2020, the club confirmed they had successfully applied to join the

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within the senior pyramid.Club accepted by East Of Scotland League
Kirkcaldy & Dysart Football Club, 1 May 2020

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* Football clubs in Scotland Scottish Junior Football Association clubs Association football clubs established in 1969 Kirkcaldy Football clubs in Fife 1969 establishments in Scotland East of Scotland Football League teams Sports clubs and teams founded by the YMCA {{Scotland-footyclub-stub