Renfrew Football Club are a Scottish

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club based in the town of

Renfrew Renfrew (; sco, Renfrew; gd, Rinn Friù) is a town west of Glasgow in the west central Lowlands of Scotland. It is the historic county town of Renfrewshire. Called the "Cradle of the Royal Stewarts" for its early link with Scotland's former ...

. Formed on 6 May 1912, they play in the . The ''Frew'' wear a home shirt of blue and white stripes

Current squad

History

Renfrew formed in 1912 after the previous Junior club in the town, Renfrew Victoria, went defunct in 1910; they also played at Western Park. A "senior" club based in Renfrew had also operated in the 19th century, and competed in the early years of the

Scottish Cup The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,Scottish Junior Cup The Scottish Junior Cup is an annual football competition organised by the Scottish Junior Football Association. The competition has been held every year since the inception of the SJFA in 1886 and, as of the 2022–23 edition, 108 teams compete ...

, reached several times – in 1914, 1918, 1933, 1936, 1947 and more recently 1978. The final has been reached three times, in 1917, 1962 and 2001. The first occasion saw no goals conceded on the way to the final, and it was only by a single goal that the final itself was lost, and this after a replay. Similarly, it was after a replay in 1962, when Rob Roy were the victors. However, May 2001 saw Renfrew win their first Scottish Cup after defeating Carnoustie Panmure in the final at Firhill in

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. After a tense 90 minutes of regulation time and 30 minutes of

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, Renfrew won the match on penalties with captain Neil Shearer scoring the winner. On 8 August 2015, New Western Park opened its doors with a 2–0 home win for Renfrew against

Renfrewshire Renfrewshire () ( sco, Renfrewshire; gd, Siorrachd Rinn Friù) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland. Located in the west central Lowlands, it is one of three council areas contained within the boundaries of the historic county of Renfr ...

neighbours

Johnstone Burgh Johnstone Burgh Football Club are a Scottish football club based in Johnstone, Renfrewshire, and play in . History The club were formed in 1956, in response to an article in the "Johnstone & Linwood Gazette" newspaper from a journalist that h ...

Honours

Scottish Junior Cup The Scottish Junior Cup is an annual football competition organised by the Scottish Junior Football Association. The competition has been held every year since the inception of the SJFA in 1886 and, as of the 2022–23 edition, 108 teams compete ...

*Winners: 2000–01 *Runners-up: 1916–17, 1961–62

West of Scotland Football League The West of Scotland Football League (WoSFL) is a senior football league based in the west of Scotland. The league sits at levels 6–10 on the Scottish football league system, acting as a feeder to the Lowland Football League. Founded in 202 ...

*Second Division winners: 2022–23 SJFA West * Super League First Division **Runners-up: 2005–06 * Central First Division **Winners: 2015–16

Other Honours

* Central League A Division winners: 1969–70 * Central Division One winners: 1991–92 *

Scottish Junior League The Scottish Junior Football League (SJL) was a Scottish football competition that, through various incarnations, existed from 1892 to 1947. It was based in the west of Scotland and largely consisted of Junior clubs that were not considered goo ...

Division One winners: 1914–15, 1915–16 *Glasgow Dryburgh Cup: 1945–46, 1963–64 *Central League Cup: 1971–72, 1981–82 *War Fund Cup: 1917–18 *Victory Cup: 1918–19 *

Renfrewshire Cup The Renfrewshire Cup was an annual association football competition between teams in the historic county of Renfrewshire in the west central Lowlands of Scotland. The final was generally a Renfrewshire derby contested between the two largest team ...

: 1916–17, 1917–18, 1919–20, 1926–27, 1931–32, 1932–33, 1940–41, 1942–43, 1945–46, 1965–66 *Renfrewshire Consolidation Cup: 1923–24, 1932–33, 1949–50, 1951–52 *Kirkwood Shield: 1919–20 (shared), 1924–25, 1933–34, 1936–37, 1962–63 *Renfrewshire Dunbartonshire Cup: 1930–31, 1945–46, 1948–49, 1957–58, 1958–59 *Elder Cottage Hospital Cup: 1945–46 *Erskine Hospital Charity Cup: 1955–56, 1960–61, 1962–63, 1974–75 *Strathclyde Cup: 2022–23

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