Formartine United F.C.

Formartine United
Full name Formartine United Football Club
Nickname(s) United
Founded 1948 (1948)
Ground North Lodge Park
Ground Capacity 1,800
Chairman Atholl Cadger
Manager Kris Hunter
League Highland Football League
2014–15 Highland Football League, 6th

Formartine United Football Club are a Scottish senior association football club from Pitmedden, Aberdeenshire currently playing in the Highland Football League. They joined the Highland League for the 2009–10 season, having been accepted into the League on 25 February 2009.[1]

History

Formartine United were formed in 1948. Formartine is actually a committee area in Aberdeenshire, the district extending north from the River Don to the River Ythan. The club are based in Pitmedden, a small rural village in Aberdeenshire which lies fourteen miles north of Aberdeen. The original village club was known as Pitmedden and the reasons behind the choice of name for the new club have never been clear. The club were admitted to a newly-expanded Highland League in 2009.[1] In 2013 the club won the much-coveted Aberdeenshire Cup, their first success at senior level. Prior to this the club won the North of Scotland Amateur Cup once and the North Regional Cup once. The club has twice been runner up in the Highland League, in 2012-13 and 2015–16, and hold the record for the most goals scored in a Highland League season with 137 in 2015-16.

Colours and badge

Formartine United play in red and white vertical striped shirts, white shorts and red socks. The change colours are black shirts and shorts, with black socks.[2] Red shorts are sometimes substituted for white in the home strip.

Stadium

Main article: North Lodge Park

Formartine United plays its home games at North Lodge Park, Pitmedden.[2]

Current Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
Scotland GK Phil Anderson
Scotland GK Ewen MacDonald
Scotland GK Andy Reid
Scotland GK Andy Shrearer
Scotland DF Ewen Abel
Scotland DF Stuart Axten
Scotland DF Cameron Clark
Scotland DF Johnny Crawford
Scotland DF Jack Goodwin
Scotland DF Craig McKeown
Scotland DF Lewis Rose
Scotland DF Stuart Smith
Scotland DF Matthew Tewnion
Scotland DF Greg Wood
Scotland MF Stuart Anderson
Scotland MF Callum Bagshaw
Scotland MF Kris Benzie
No. Position Player
Scotland MF Max Berton
Scotland MF Kieran Lawrence
Scotland MF Paul Lawson
Scotland MF Craig Marshall
Scotland MF Jamie Masson
Scotland MF Neil McVitie
Scotland MF Jamie Mitchie
Scotland MF Hamish Munro
Scotland MF Graeme Rodger
Scotland FW Scott Barbour
Scotland FW Calum Dingwall
Scotland FW Neil Gauld
Scotland FW Cammy Keith
Poland FW Marek Madle
Brazil FW Tito Silva
Scotland FW Erik Thomson
Scotland FW Garry Wood

References

  1. 1 2 Turriff United, Formartine and Strathspey in pressandjournal.co.uk, 26 February 2009
  2. 1 2 "Club info". Formartine United FC. Retrieved 4 March 2011.

External links

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