Fraserburgh Football Club is a senior football club based in

Fraserburgh Fraserburgh (; sco, The Broch or ; gd, A' Bhruaich) is a town in Aberdeenshire, Scotland with a population recorded in the 2011 Census at 13,100. It lies at the far northeast corner of Aberdeenshire, about north of Aberdeen, and north of ...

, Aberdeenshire. The fishing port is known locally as 'The Broch' hence the club nickname. They currently play in the Highland Football League in

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and also enter the annual

Scottish Cup The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,Bellslea Park. Prior to 1910, they played as a select side made up of the best players from the local amateur league. The club's colours (consisting of black and white stripes) were acquired from a local fish merchant who had links with Newcastle United, and the tradition has since been kept, with the traditional away kit consisting of a sky blue shirt, white shorts and sky blue socks. Fraserburgh's first ever match was an away tie in the

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against rivals

Peterhead Peterhead (; gd, Ceann Phàdraig, sco, Peterheid ) is a town in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is Aberdeenshire's biggest settlement (the city of Aberdeen itself not being a part of the district), with a population of 18,537 at the 2011 Census. ...

, which Fraserburgh won 3–1. In their very first season they went on to win the

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, defeating Buckie Thistle at

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. They were granted admission into the Highland Football League in 1921 and up until that time they competed in the Aberdeenshire Cup and

Scottish Cup The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,Dundee, one of the top clubs in Scotland at the time, 1–0 at Bellslea Park. This is widely regarded as the biggest ever 'giant killing' shock in the Scottish Cup. On 21 January 1970, the Fraserburgh lifeboat ''The Duchess of Kent'' was lost, being turned over by a freak wave approximately from Fraserburgh while trying to escort the Danish fishing vessel ''Opal'' to safety. Only one of the six crew members survived. After the disaster,

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took his

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side to the Broch for a fundraising game, which Fraserburgh lost 7–0. Another one of Fraserburgh's most memorable games was a 10–0 victory away to local rivals Peterhead in the Highland League Cup on 14 August 1974. They have always had a rivalry with

but as Peterhead got promoted into the Scottish league the rivalry has wavered somewhat. During 1984, Charlie Duncan was named new manager due to Brian McCann's departure; he eventually went on to manage his 1,000th game in charge during October 2009 in a Scottish Cup tie against Bonnyrigg Rose. Duncan's tenure brought huge success to the club; becoming champions for only the third time in the club's history, winning the Highland League Cup for the first time in 47 years, the two Qualifying Cup wins in 1995–96 and 2006–07, as well as an Aberdeenshire Cup in 1996 and five Aberdeenshire Shield wins – 1991, 1993, 1995, 1996 and 1999. Duncan's tenure ended when he was sacked from the club in July 2011, after an eventful 27 years at the helm. Fraserburgh are now the permanent holders of the Qualifying Cup (North), as they won the last competition at Princess Royal Park, Banff when they beat

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2–1 in November 2006, with goals from Marc Dickson and Michael Stephen. The club has progressed to the fourth round (last 32) of the

Scottish Cup The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,2013–14 when they lost 3–0 away to Stenhousemuir and in 2017–18 at home to Rangers where they also lost 3–0. In 2022 Fraserburgh secured their fourth Highland League title - their first for 20 years. As champions, Fraserburgh progressed to the Pyramid Play-offs where they played Bonnyrigg Rose; losing 3-1 away and winning 1-0 at Bellslea, thus losing 3-2 on aggregate. Also as a result of being Highland League champions, Fraserburgh qualified for the

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, being drawn in Group B with Kilmarnock, Montrose, Stenhousemuir, and Partick Thistle.

Stadium

The club's home ground is Bellslea Park. The capacity is 3,000 and the stand can hold 480 people.

Current squad

Honours

* Highland Football League: 1932–33, 1937–38, 2001–02, 2021–22 *

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: 1958–59, 2005–06 *

: 1910–11, 1937–38, 1955–56, 1963–64, 1972–73, 1975–76, 1996–97,

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, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2019–20,

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, 2022–23 *

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: 1991–92, 1993–94, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1999–00, 2011–12, 2015–16, 2019–20 * Scottish Qualifying Cup (North): 1957–58, 1995–96, 2006–07 * Aberdeenshire League: 1922–23, 1932–33, 1933–34, 1950–51, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1997–98 * Bells Cup (East): 1972–73, 1973–74, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1978–79

References

External links

Official website
{{Highland Football League Football clubs in Scotland Highland Football League teams Association football clubs established in 1910 1910 establishments in Scotland Football in Aberdeenshire Fraserburgh Fraserburgh F.C.