Hermes Junior Football Club are a
Scottish football club from
Bridge of Don
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, an area of the city of
Aberdeen
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. Founded in 1968 by pupils of
Robert Gordon's College, the club initially played at amateur level before becoming members of the
Scottish Junior Football Association
The Scottish Junior Football Association (SJFA) is an affiliated national association of the Scottish Football Association and is the governing body for the junior grade of football in Scotland. The term "junior" refers to the level of football ...
in 1993.
They currently play in the
SJFA North Superleague and their home ground is Lochside Park.
The club are so named after a founder member saw an advert in a magazine for a ''Hermes 2000''
typewriter
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.
The club finished as champions in 2011–12 season, winning the SJFA North Region Superleague title for the first time. Hermes set a new SJFA Superleague points record of 73 points during the championship winning season, the previous record being held by
Formartine United. Hermes were undefeated at home and only lost one game all season. The top goalscorer for the season was Marek Madle.
Honours
*
SJFA North Superleague champions:
2011–12,
2014–15
**Runners-up:
2015–16,
2017–18
*North (Norsco) Regional Cup: 1997–98, 2003–04
*
North East Division One winners: 1994–95
*McLeman (Duthie) Cup: 2008–09
*North Region Grill League Cup: 2003–04
*Morrison Trophy: 1993–94, 1996–97
External links
Club website
References
Football clubs in Scotland
Scottish Junior Football Association clubs
Football clubs in Aberdeen
Association football clubs established in 1968
1968 establishments in Scotland
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