Cove Rangers F.C.

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Cove Rangers F.C.

Full name

Cove Rangers Football Club

Nickname(s)

The Wee Rangers

Founded

1922

Ground

Allan Park

Capacity

2,500 (200 seated)

Chairman

Keith Moorhouse

Manager

Kevin Tindal

League

Highland Football League

2012–13

Highland Football League, 1st (of 18)

Home colours

Away colours

Cove Rangers are a senior Scottish football club currently playing in the Highland Football League. They are based in Cove Bay, a suburb of Aberdeen and play their football at Allan Park. Their current manager is Kevin Tindal.

History

Cove were formed in 1922 and played in the local amateur leagues until 1985, when they became a junior team. However, the club applied and were accepted to the senior Highland Football League in 1986, where they have played ever since. They have racked up a formidable reputation in the lower rounds of the Scottish Cup, reaching the 3rd round three times. In 2001 they won their first Highland League championship – but even more impressively won the quadruple of Highland League, Aberdeenshire Shield, Scottish Qualifying Cup, and Highland League Cup.

In the 2007-08 season, Cove reached Round 4 of the Scottish Cup for the first and only time, beating Brora Rangers 7-0 (at Brora), Keith 3-0 and Edinburgh University 1-0 on the way, before losing 4-2 to Ross County.

However, that did not deter the south Aberdeen side from claiming their second ever Highland League Championship with a 3–0 home win against Lossiemouth on 3 May 2008.

Cove Rangers were one of the clubs preparing an application for entry into the Scottish Football League following Gretna relinquishing their league status on 3 June 2008. The other clubs were Annan Athletic, Preston Athletic and Spartans.^[1] Annan Athletic were eventually awarded the place, due to their superior facilities.

The club have started plans for a new stadium in preparation for a possible place in the Scottish Third Division.

One of the club's most famous players is the young Scottish midfielder Paul Coutts who joined English League One club Peterborough United during the summer of 2008 for a nominal fee. Coutts won the clubs's young player of the year award for the 2008/09 season ^[2] and has been touted for a call up to the Scotland U-21 squad by his former manager Darren Ferguson.^[3]

Scottish Cup

Cove Rangers participate in the Scottish Cup and are known as a difficult opponent for other non-league sides to get in the early rounds. The round they enter the cup depends on the previous season's league position. The furthest Cove have ever got in the Scottish Cup is the 4th Round in 2007-08.

List of results since 2000

2000:

2nd Round Peterhead F.C. 3–0 Cove Rangers F.C.

2001:

Did Not Qualify(DNQ)

2002:

2nd Round Gretna F.C. 3–0 Cove Rangers F.C.

2003:

2004:

1st Round Cove Rangers F.C. 4–1 Dalbeattie Star F.C.
2nd Round Cove Rangers F.C. 1–7 Greenock Morton F.C.

2005:

2nd Round Gretna F.C. 6–1 Cove Rangers F.C.

2006:

2007:

1st Round Brora Rangers F.C. 0–5 Cove Rangers F.C.
2nd Round Cove Rangers F.C. 3–0 Keith F.C.
3rd Round Cove Rangers F.C. 1–0 Edinburgh University A.F.C.
4th Round Cove Rangers F.C. 2–4 Ross County F.C.

2008:

2nd Round Cove Rangers F.C. 1–0 Whitehill Welfare F.C.
3rd Round Airdrie United F.C. 3–0 Cove Rangers F.C.

2009:

2nd Round Cove Rangers F.C. 2–1 Annan Athletic F.C.
3rd Round Stenhousemuir F.C. 5–0 Cove Rangers F.C.

2010:

2nd Round Nairn County F.C. 0–1 Cove Rangers F.C.
3rd Round Cove Rangers F.C. 0–3 Berwick Rangers F.C.

2011:

1st Round Glasgow University F.C. 0–4 Cove Rangers F.C.
2nd Round Vale of Leithen F.C. 3–2 Cove Rangers F.C.

2012:

2nd Round Cove Rangers F.C. 7-0 Golspie Sutherland F.C.
3rd Round Partick Thistle F.C. 2-1 Cove Rangers F.C.

  Honours

 Highland Football League         2000-01. 2007-08. 2008-09. 2012-13.
 Highland League Cup              1994-95. 1999-00. 2004-05.
 Scottish Qualifying Cup (North)  1990-91. 2000-01.
 Aberdeenshire Cup                2001-02. 2010-11.
 Aberdeenshire Shield             1990-91. 2000-01. 2008-09.
 Aberdeenshire League             2000-01. 2008-09. 2010-11. 2011-12. 2012-13.
 Inter League Cup                 2001-02.

The move to Calder Park

On Friday, 30 July 2010, an article was placed in, the local Aberdeen paper, the Evening Express that Stewart Milne, the chairman of Aberdeen F.C., had bought their home ground Alan Park. From the money that Cove got they could finally build their proposed project at Calder Park. The stadium is supposed to be a 1,000 all-seated stadium. The proposed new stadium would maximise their chances of getting into the SFL after getting rejected on 3 June 2008 because they didn't have a good enough stadium. Aberdeen City Council have since voted the plan out which may cause Cove to exit the Highland Football League due to new stadium requirements being put in place. This may force Aberdeen F.C. to move out of the city which some people see as the end of senior football in Aberdeen.

Current squad

As of 5 August 2012. Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
–	GK	Stuart McKenzie
–	DF	Roddy Black (Captain)
–	DF	Neil Cruickshank
–	DF	Jordan Heads
–	DF	Dean Lawrie
–	DF	Alan Redford
–	DF	Stirling Smith
–	DF	Eric Watson
–	MF	Jamie Beagrie
–	MF	Paul Emslie

No.	Position	Player
–	MF	Jamie Lennox
–	MF	Roy McBain
–	MF	Ritchie Singer
–	MF	Ryan Stott
–	MF	Blair Yule
–	FW	Robbie Henderson
–	FW	Martin Johnston
–	FW	Jordan Leyden
–	FW	Billy Peace
–	FW	Connor Scully

* Note: Squad numbers are chosen by the position the player is playing on a match day. e.g. Right-Back 2 or Substitute 15...

References

↑ Gretna relinquish league status, BBC Sports. Retrieved on 3 June 2008
↑ Coutts wins Player of the Moth, Peterborough United FC. Retrieved on 3 November 2008
↑ "Posh boss receives a pep talk from Sir Alex, ''Peterborough Evening Telegraph''. Retrieved on 3 November 2008". Peterboroughtoday.co.uk. Retrieved 2009-04-22.

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