Wigtown & Bladnoch Football Club are a

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club from the town of

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in the

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area of

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, who play in the

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, in the sixth tier of Scottish football. The club finished third in the

in 2015–16, having previously won their fourth and fifth titles in the 2013–14 and 2014–15 seasons.

History

They were originally formed in 1880 as Wigtown F.C., but changed their name to Wigtown & Bladnoch F.C. in 1919.

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is a small village barely a mile from

, but was the base for two of the largest employers in the area. Bladnoch Distillery was founded in 1817 by the McLelland brothers as the southernmost distillery in Scotland, and Bladnoch Creamery, founded in 1899 by the Scottish Co-operative Wholesale Society. They play their home matches at Trammondford Park, which has room for 1,500 spectators. The club motto is ''"moving forward – to achieve our goals"''. They have competed in the

since the league reformed in 1946, although they resigned for seasons

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and

1972–73 Year 197 ( CXCVII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Magius and Rufinus (or, less frequently, year 950 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 197 for this y ...

due to financial problems.Scottish Football Historical Archive
They have won the league on four occasions, the latest being 2013–14 when they prevailed in the first championship after Threave Rovers and

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left the South of Scotland League to join the newly formed

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and only failed to win two of their 20 league games that season. Wigtown & Bladnoch have also appeared in the

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club Montrose 2–1 at

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, Montrose. The club played

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at home in the second round and were defeated 7–1, although Dundee did go on to play

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in the final that

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.Scottish FA Cup 1951–1952 : First Round
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Honours

League

**Winners (5): 1951–52, 1953–54, 1991–92, 2013–14, 2014–15

Cup

*Cafolla Cup Winners **Winners (4): 1924–25, 1932–33, 1935–36, 1958–59 *Challenge Cup Winners **Winners (1): 2013–14 *Cree Lodge Cup Winners **Winners (3): 1932–33, 1934–35, 1946–47 *Ian Boyd Memorial Cup Winners **Winners (4): 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 *J. Haig Gordon Cup Winners **Winners (4): 1990–91, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2016–17 *Potts Cup Winners **Winners (8): 1931–32, 1938–39, 1947–48, 1950–51, 1989–90, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2012–13 *Scottish Qualifying Cup Winners **Winners (1): 1951–52 *South of Scotland Football League Cup Winners **Winners (6): 1951–52, 1952–53, 1983–84, 1986–87, 1994–95, 2013–14 *Tweedie Cup Winners **Winners (2): 1958–59, 2013–14 *Wigtownshire Cup Winners **Winners (5): 1924–25, 1930–31, 1932–33, 1933–34, 1948–49 *Wigtownshire & District Cup Winners **Winners (2): 1930–31, 1933–34

External links

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