| Full name | Broughty Athletic Football Club |
|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | The Fed |
| Founded | 1922 (as Broughty Ex-Service) |
| Ground | Whitton Park Arbroath Road Broughty Ferry (Capacity: 2500) |
| Chairman | Gordon Deuchars |
| Manager | Kenny Cameron, Jr. |
| League | SJFA East Premier League |
| 2010–11 | 8th |
Broughty Athletic F.C. is a Scottish football club based in Broughty Ferry, a suburb of the city of Dundee. Members of the Scottish Junior Football Association, they currently play in the East Region Premier League.
Formed in 1922 as Broughty Ex-Service, the club were retitled in 1951 at the same time as they moved to Claypotts Park, directly opposite the medieval Claypotts Castle. In 1989 the ground was re-named Whitton Park, in memory of late player and club official Eddie Whitton, who had died on 5 June 1989.
Broughty Athletic's traditional colours are red and white.
In addition to Claypotts Castle, Broughty Ferry also has its own castle - hence the club badge shown opposite.
The SJFA restructured its leagues prior to the 2006-07 season, and "The Fed", as the club is affectionately known, found themselves in the twelve-team East Region, North Division.
The Club has in the past run a very successful Soccer Sevens Festival each July and the two-day event attracted participation by Under 9s, 10s and 11s teams from Dundee, the rest of Angus and Perthshire.
During 2009 the Club further extended its community involvement when it became a founder Group Club member of the Dundee East Community Sports Club (DECSC) - see http://www.decsc.co.uk for further information. The DECSC ran its own Soccer Sixes Festival (for Under 10s and Under 11s) for the first time in February 2011.
Broughty Athletic and the other Group Club members of the DECSC have ambitious long-term plans to turn Whitton Park into a stadium which will bring benefits to the Dundee East area. It is hoped to have Astroturf training ground facilities, a new clubhouse, an indoor gym and improved spectator facilities.
In seasons 2007–08 and 2008–09, Broughty Athletic narrowly missed out on promotion, finishing second top of the Scottish Junior Football Association's North Division in both seasons.
In 2009–10 that elusive promotion to the twelve-team Premier League was finally achieved and the Fed maintained their Premier status by finishing eighth at the end of the 2010–11 season.
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