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 early years of the club saw the semi-finals of the national competition, the Scottish Junior Cup, 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

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in the final at

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in Glasgow. 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 neighbours Johnstone Burgh.

Honours

Scottish Junior Cup *Winners: 2000–01 *Runners-up: 1916–17, 1961–62 West of Scotland Football League *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 good ...

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: 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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