| Full name | Tain Thistle Football Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | The Jags | ||
| Founded | 1996 | ||
| Ground | Grant Park, Tain (Capacity: All Standing) |
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| Chairman | Niall Harkiss | ||
| Manager | Robbie Ross | ||
| League | Ross-shire Welfare Football League | ||
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Tain Thistle Football Club are a football club playing in the Ross-shire Welfare Football League in Scotland. They play at Grant Park in the town of Tain in the Scottish Highlands.
The club was formed in 1996, and joined the Ross-shire Welfare League in 1997. The club was accepted into the North Caledonian League in June 2008 and competed in league matches during the 2008–09 season, becoming the first Tain team to do so since the demise of Tain St Duthus three years earlier.[1] The following season, Thistle competed in both league and cup competitions, confirming their full membership of the league. The club is managed by the team of Robbie Ross and Ian Christie.
Tain Thistle also appear in the multi-million selling game series, Football Manager 2009 and have been featured in several national newspapers for achieving the feat.[2][3]
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The club have played in the Ross-shire Welfare league since 1997, and while the club typically finished bottom of the league throughout its early years, they finished their 2008 Ross-shire Welfare campaign, after 12 games, in second place. The club entered the North Caledonian league for the first time in July 2008, before withdrawing in June 2010 after failing to find a new manager.
The club secured its first ever Ross-shire Welfare league title in 2009, beating Invergordon Social Club on the final day to win by five clear points, ahead of rivals Ross-shire Club.
The club has won three cup trophies, the first in 2007 under the management of Arron Christie, defeating Ross-shire Club to lift the Pattison Cup and the Cordiner Cup under the same management when they beat Inver 3-1 (aet) in June 2009.
Thistle completed a successful season in 2009 by winning the Ross-shire Welfare Charity Shield in August, defeating Ross-shire Club by 4 goals to 1.
In May 2011, Thistle lifted the Ross-shire Welfare League Cup, defeating Balintore by 3 goals to 2 in the final. This result is described as Thistle's greatest performance to date having won after their goalkeeper was given his marching orders on 15 minutes. With no goalkeeper on the bench, it was right back, Brian Cameron who volunteered to go between the sticks, despite not having played in goals since Primary School.
The club generated a much higher level of media interest than usual during November 2008 as a result of their inclusion in Football Manager. Club chairman Niall Harkiss was interviewed live on the subject by Peter Allen from BBC Radio 5 Live and also appeared on BBC Radio Scotland's morning news programme, Good Morning Scotland. Tain Thistle were also featured on BBC Scotland's flagship television news programme, Reporting Scotland.[4]
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