Auchinleck Talbot F.C.
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| Full name | Auchinleck Talbot Football Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | The Bot | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Founded | 1909 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Beechwood Park, Auchinleck |
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| Capacity | 3000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chairman |  |
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| Manager | Tommy Sloan |
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| League | Scottish Junior Football Association | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Auchinleck Talbot are a Scottish football (soccer) club based in Auchinleck, Kyle, Ayrshire. They currently compete in the West Region Superleague Premier Division and are one of the biggest junior clubs in Scotland. They were formed in 1909 and play at Beechwood Park, Auchinleck. They play in a famous local derby against near neighbours Cumnock Juniors which arouses much passion and emotion.
The have recently celebrated yet another comprehensive thrashing of local rivals Cumnock Juniors soundly seeing off their neighbours 5-2. Auchinleck Talbot are the current Scottish Junior Cup winners, (2005/06).
Talbot have a proud record in Ayrshire Junior football, with seven Scottish Junior Cups wins and since 1920 an impressive eleven league championships. They are the only club to have won the Scottish Junior Cup three times in a row.
They are named after the man who gave them Beechwood Park, Lord Talbot de Maldahide. Club colours are gold and black.
[edit] Honours
[edit] Scottish Junior Cup
- Winners (7): 1948-49, 1985-86, 1986-87, 1987-88, 1990-91, 1991-92, 2005-06
- Runners-up: 2001-02
[edit] Other Honours
- SJFA West Premier League winners: 2006
- West of Scotland Cup (10): 1948, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989
- Ayrshire First Division winners (11): 1978, 1979, 1980, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1995, 1997
- Ayrshire Cup (11): 1920, 1939, 1956, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1988, 1994, 1996, 1997
- Ayrshire League Cup (8): 1948, 1950, 1978, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1998, 2003
- Ayrshire District Cup (7): 1948, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1989, 1992, 1997
- Cumnock & Doon Valley Cup (4): 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995
- East Ayrshire Cup (4): 1997, 1999, 2000, 2002
- Ayrshire Super Cup (5): 1993, 1994, 1995, 1999, 2000
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