Duns F.C.

Duns F.C.
Full name Duns Football Club
Founded 1882
Ground New Hawthorn Park, Duns
Capacity 1,000
League East of Scotland Football League Division One
2013-14 East of Scotland Football League Division One, 8th

Duns F.C. is a football club from Duns in Scotland. They play in the East of Scotland Football League First Division.[1]

They also have a side called Duns Amateurs that play in the A Division within the Border Amateur League.[2]

There used to be a team called Duns F.C. that competed at the senior non-league level in Scotland, and for many years this team played in the East of Scotland League.[3] The current Duns club (often termed as Duns AFC or Duns Ams) regards itself as the successor of the original Duns senior side, and lists in its honours seven Border Cup successes, which spans the period of the different clubs.[4]

They played in in the Scottish Cup proper on 21 occasions, including a match at Parkhead against Celtic.[5] In the 1956-57 cup Duns recorded an 11—1 first round victory over Edinburgh University, before losing to Eyemouth United in the next round.[6] Duns played continuously in the East of Scotland League from the league's expansion in 1928-29 until the end of the 1967-68 season.[3] Following this they had a couple of short spells in the league before their final appearance in the 1975-76 season.[3]

The current incarnation of the team won the A League of the Border AFL on six occasions,[7] including four championships won when the side was known as Duns Legion.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Club Information". Duns FC. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "About us". Duns FC. Retrieved 18 February 2012.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "East of Scotland Football League: Final tables 1923-date". Scottish Football Historical Archive. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
  4. ↑ Duns Official Site - Club Honours
  5. ↑ "Club History". Duns FC. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
  6. ↑ 1956/57 Scottish Cup results at scottishfootballarchive
  7. ↑ List of A League champions - Border AFL