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| Full name | Deveronvale Football Club | ||
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| Nickname | Vale | ||
| Founded | 1938; 87 years ago (1938) | ||
| Ground | Princess Royal Park,Banff | ||
| Capacity | 2,651 (360 seated)[1] | ||
| Chairman | Aaron Lorimer | ||
| Manager | Garry Wood | ||
| League | Highland League | ||
| 2024–25 | Highland League, 11th of 18 | ||
| Website | deveronvale | ||
Deveronvale Football Club are a seniorassociation football club currently playing theHighland League in Scotland. They were founded in 1938 and play their football at thePrincess Royal Park in the town ofBanff, (formerlyBanffshire, now officiallyAberdeenshire), Scotland.
The club was formed in 1938 when Deveron Valley and Banff Rovers joined, five years after the demise of the previous senior club in the town,Banff F.C. The name comes from theRiver Deveron, which has its mouth at Banff.
After they were formed, it took them one year to get into the Highland League. In August 1939, Deveronvale played their first league game. Their first win came a month later. In 1948 Deveronvale signed James ‘Jimmy’ Williamson from Dunipace Juniors, Jimmy would go on to play for Deveronvale for 7 years and in the process set the record for highest number of individual goals in the Highland League at 197 goals. The crest of Deveronvale FC was designed during the early 1970s by local school teacher, Mr. Chris Murray. He chose a 'heraldic' seagull to represent the twin fishing towns of Banff and Macduff.
In 2003 the Vale won the Highland League title for the first time in their history and repeated this feat once more three years later.
Due to them being a senior team, they can play in theScottish Cup. In the2006–07 season, Deveronvale made it into the fourth round of the Scottish Cup after a 5–4 defeat ofThird Division sideElgin City, before going out at home toFirst Division sidePartick Thistle.[2][3]
In the2011–12 season, Deveronvale entered theScottish Challenge Cup for the first time.[4]
The club celebrated its 80th anniversary in the 2018–19 season.
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The club launched a Hall of Fame as part of the club's 80th anniversary celebrations in 2019, with the following inductees honoured:
The intention is that one or more inductees will be considered every year.
