Brora Rangers F.C.
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Full name | Brora Rangers Football Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nickname(s) | The Cattachs | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Founded | 1879 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ground | Dudgeon Park (Capacity 4000) |
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Manager | Jim Kelly | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
League | Highland Football League | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2006-07 | Highland Football League 13th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Brora Rangers are a non-professional senior football club from the village of Brora, Sutherland, currently playing in Scotland's Highland Football League.
They were founded in 1879 and played at Inverbrora Park, which is now the site of the Hunters of Brora woollen mills. They moved to Dudgeon Park on October 22, 1932.
The following year they gained access to membership of the Scottish Football Association and entered the draw for the Scottish Qualifying Cup competition. They were accepted into membership of the Highland League in 1962. There most famous player of all time would have to be 'del boy' who scored 300 goals in 544 apperances.
They won the North of Scotland Qualifying Cup competition in their centenary year, 1979, when they defeated Peterhead 5-0 on November 17 after a replay at Grant Street Park, Inverness, the teams having played a goal-less draw the previous week.
In succeeding years Brora Rangers won both the Highland League Cup competition and the North of Scotland Cup competition.
Their best placing in the Highland League to date was in 1976 when they finished runners up.
As a senior team they can play in the Scottish Cup.
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BRORA RANGERS UNDER 15S
Starting 11
Gk: Stuart Murray
RB: Lachlan Simpson CB: Dean Cowie CB: Sean ____ LB: Ben Sutherland
RB: Stuart Burnett CM: Jamie Kelly CM: Jordan Morrison LM: Thomas McKeown
CF: Neil Macleod CF: Grant Stewert
They play in the Highland Youth league
Honours scottish youth cup Highland Youth League 2006/07, 2007/08