Strathspey Thistle F.C.

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Full name

Strathspey Thistle Football Club

Founded

1993

Ground

Seafield Park,
Grantown-on-Spey, Scotland

Capacity

1,600 (150 seated)

Chairman

Donly McLeod

Manager

Brian Ritchie

League

Highland Football League

2012-13

Highland Football League, 15th (of 18)

Home colours

Strathspey Thistle Football Club are a senior football club from Grantown-on-Spey in the Highlands of Scotland. They currently play in the Highland Football League, but played in the Scottish Junior Football pyramid from 1993. Strathspey Thistle were accepted into the Highland Football League on 25 February 2009, and entered the league at the start of the 2009-10 season.^[1]

Strathspey Thistle lost their first ever Highland League game 8-1 against Wick Academy.^[2]

Notable Players

Terry Swnton
Willie Ridgers
Fraser Tulloch
David Ritchie

References

↑ League newcomers win pitch battle BBC News, 10 June 2009
↑ Wick strike 8 first half goals to sting Jags Highland League, 1 August 2009

External links

Strathspey Thistle F.C.

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Teams	Brora Rangers Buckie Thistle Clachnacuddin Cove Rangers Deveronvale Formartine United Forres Mechanics Fort William Fraserburgh Huntly Inverurie Loco Works Keith Lossiemouth Nairn County Rothes Strathspey Thistle Turriff United Wick Academy

Former Teams	Aberdeen 'A'¹ Black Watch Caledonian² Cameron Highlanders Elgin City³ Elgin Caledonian Highland Light Infantry Highland Garrison Training Battalion Inverness Celtic Inverness Citadel Inverness Thistle² Inverness Union⁴ King's Own Scottish Borderers Peterhead³ RAF Kinloss Ross County³ Sutherland Highlanders Defunct teams in italics. ¹Reserve team of Aberdeen. ²Teams merged to form Inverness Caledonian Thistle. ³Currently playing in the Scottish Professional Football League. ⁴Merged with Inverness Thistle in 1885

Cup competitions	Highland League Cup Aberdeenshire Cup Aberdeenshire Shield Inverness Cup North of Scotland Cup

Seasons	1990-91 1991-92 1992-93 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13

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