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Fraserburgh Football Club is a senior
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club based in
Fraserburgh Fraserburgh (; sco, The Broch or ; gd, A' Bhruaich) is a town in Aberdeenshire (unitary), Aberdeenshire, Scotland with a population recorded in the United Kingdom Census 2011, 2011 Census at 13,100. It lies at the far northeast corner of Aber ...
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. The fishing port is known locally as 'The Broch' hence the club nickname. They currently play in the
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in Scotland and also enter the annual Scottish Cup.


History

The club were formed in 1910 and play at
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. 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
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, 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 Scottish Qualifying Cup against rivals Peterhead, which Fraserburgh won 3–1. In their very first season they went on to win the Aberdeenshire Cup, defeating Buckie Thistle at Pittodrie Stadium. They were granted admission into the
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in 1921 and up until that time they competed in the Aberdeenshire Cup and Scottish Cup. Fraserburgh's most famous victory was in the Scottish Cup on 31 January 1959, where they defeated
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, one of the top clubs in Scotland at the time, 1–0 at
Bellslea Park Bellslea Park is a football ground in Fraserburgh in north-east Scotland, which is the home ground of Highland Football League side Fraserburgh. It is located on Seaforth Street in the centre of the town and has a capacity of 3,000 with 480 seate ...
. 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, Jock Stein 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 Peterhead 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
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, 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 twice, in 2013–14 when they lost 3–0 away to Stenhousemuir and in 2017–18 at home to
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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
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, Montrose,
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, and
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Stadium

The club's home ground is
Bellslea Park Bellslea Park is a football ground in Fraserburgh in north-east Scotland, which is the home ground of Highland Football League side Fraserburgh. It is located on Seaforth Street in the centre of the town and has a capacity of 3,000 with 480 seate ...
. The capacity is 3,000 and the stand can hold 480 people.


Current squad


Honours

*
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: 1932–33, 1937–38, 2001–02, 2021–22 * Highland League Cup: 1958–59, 2005–06 * Aberdeenshire Cup: 1910–11, 1937–38, 1955–56, 1963–64, 1972–73, 1975–76, 1996–97,
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* Aberdeenshire Shield: 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 *
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: 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
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