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| Full name | Nithsdale Wanderers Football Club | ||
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| Founded | 2001 | ||
| Ground | Lorimer Park,Sanquhar | ||
| Capacity | 1,000 | ||
| Manager | N/A | ||
| League | South of Scotland League | ||
| 2024–25 | South of Scotland League, 7th of 12 | ||
Nithsdale Wanderers Football Club are a Scottishfootball club based inSanquhar,Dumfries and Galloway. Their home ground is Lorimer Park and they currently play in theSouth of Scotland Football League. It was also the name of a previous club from the town, who were in membership of theScottish Football League from 1923 to 1927.
Nithsdale Wanderers originally formed in 1897 and enjoyed a measure of local success in their early years. The 1920s would see them achieve their highest level of national prominence. The decade began with them moving to a new ground atCrawick Holm. In the1923–24 season, they were one of the clubs invited to join the Scottish League's newThird Division. Although this competition would exist only for three seasons and would have terrible economic consequences for many of its clubs, Nithsdale Wanderers were to thrive, albeit briefly, on their newfound status.
In1924–25, Wanderers won the Third Division championship, clinching the title with an 8–0 victory overMontrose in the final match of the season. Although they finished comfortably mid-table in their début season in theSecond Division, the1926–27 season saw them finish bottom and they had to seek re-election to the league (by this time Division Three was no more). They were unsuccessful and the brief league career of Nithsdale Wanderers was at an end. They continued to compete in local senior competitions, including the Southern Counties League and the South of Scotland League, and occasionally qualified for theScottish Cup (suffering a 14–0 defeat againstDundee United in the1930–31 competition).
In 1951, the club dropped down to thejunior grades, but continued to struggle, finally going out of existence in 1964.
After a gap of 37 years, the name of Nithsdale Wanderers was revived when the new club successfully applied for membership of the South of Scotland Football League in 2001. Their biggest impact on the competition to date was finishing in second place in the2006–07 season. As they are only associate members of theSFA, they are only eligible to compete in theScottish Cup in the event of them winning the league. The team's home colours are blue and white.
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