Rothes Football Club is a senior football club who play in the Highland Football League. They were originally founded in 1907 as a Junior club, Rothes Victoria, and turned Senior on 4 May 1938 as Rothes FC, obtaining a place in the Highland League. They play at Mackessack Park in

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, a small town near Elgin in Moray. They play in tangerine shirts, colours they inherited from

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after purchasing the floodlights from

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. Rothes have won the Highland League once, in the 1958–59 season. Mackessack Park is named after one Douglas Mackessack, a local laird and whisky magnate and an early benefactor of the club. In 2020, ''The Speysiders'' won their first honours in 41 years, defeating Buckie Thistle 2–1 in the

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final to win the trophy for the first time.

Management

*Manager: Ross Jack *Assistant Manager: Jim Walker

Club honours

* Highland Football League 1958–59 *

2019–20 *

North of Scotland Cup The North of Scotland Cup is a knock-out tournament for football teams in membership of the North of Scotland Football Association. The teams involved are based in the Highlands and Moray and membership consists of senior clubs from the Scotti ...

1958–59, 1978–79, 2021–22 *Campbell Charity Cup 1949–50

References

External links

* Football clubs in Scotland Highland Football League teams Association football clubs established in 1938 1938 establishments in Scotland Football in Moray Rothes {{Scotland-footyclub-stub