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| Full name | Glenrothes Football Club | ||
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| Nickname | The Glens | ||
| Founded | 1964 | ||
| Ground | Warout Stadium, Warout Road, Glenrothes | ||
| Capacity | 5,000 (730 seated) | ||
| Manager | Stuart Cargill | ||
| League | East of Scotland League Premier Division | ||
| 2024–25 | East of Scotland League Premier Division, 10th of 16 | ||
| Website | http://www.clubwebsite.co.uk/glenrothesjuniorsfc/ | ||
Glenrothes Football Club is a Scottishfootball club based in thenew town ofGlenrothes,Fife. The club play home games at Warout Stadium, and currently compete in theEast of Scotland League Premier Division, having moved from thejunior leagues in 2019.[1] Their strip colours are red with white trim.
Formed in May 1964 with assistance from the Glenrothes Development Corporation, the"Glens" played their first game against near neighboursThornton Hibs in August the same year at their original Dovecot Park ground.[2] A crowd of 5,400 attended aScottish Junior Cup quarter-final tie againstShotts Bon Accord here during Glenrothes' run to the final in 1968.[3]
The club moved to the purpose-built Warout Stadium in 1971, one of the larger grounds in junior football, with room for around 5,000 spectators, 730 of whom can be seated. The record attendance for this ground is 5,600 againstCambuslang Rangers in another Junior Cup quarter-final tie in 1974.[2]
Glenrothes' greatest success as a club came in 1975 when they won theScottish Junior Cup, defeatingRutherglen Glencairn 1–0, in front of a crowd of 17,776 atHampden Park.[2] Glens had also been runners-up in 1968, losing after a replay toJohnstone Burgh with a combined attendance of 50,000 over the two ties, an impressive achievement given that they had only been formed a mere four years beforehand.[3]
The club were members of the Fife Junior League, before competing in theEast Region of which they, along with all Fife junior clubs became a part of in 2002. They were relegated from theEast Super League (the top division in their region) in season 2005–06, but they immediately returned after clinching the 2006–07Premier League title and remained in the top tier for three seasons.
In March 2019, Glenrothes announced they had applied for membership of theEast of Scotland Football League beginning in the 2019–20 season,[4] and were later accepted into the league. As part of the club's move to senior football, its name was changed to reflect this, by dropping the term "Junior".[1]
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SJFA East Region Premier League
