Arbroath Victoria F.C.
| Full name | Arbroath Victoria Football Club |
|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | Vics |
| Founded | 1882 |
| Ground | Ogilvy Park, Cairnie Loan, Arbroath |
| Capacity | 4000 |
| President | Russell Ruxton |
| Co-managers | David McLeish, David Sturrock & Mark Fotheringham |
| League | SJFA East Region North Division |
| 2015–16 | SJFA East Region North Division, 12th |
| Website | Club home page |
Arbroath Victoria Football Club are a Scottish Junior football club based in Arbroath. The club competes in the Scottish Junior Football Association East Region North Division and play their games at Ogilvy Park. They are nicknamed "the Vics".
Arbroath Victoria (The Vics) are one of the oldest junior football clubs in Scotland, having been formed in 1882. In April of that year, they defeated a team called Sunrise 3–0 on the common.
On 1 November 1890 the Vics met Burnside Athletic, another local side, on the common. According to the local newspaper of the time, it was a miserable one-sided game, with the Vics winning 15–0. To our knowledge this is the club's biggest ever win. That year the Vics won the Forfar and District Junior Cup. In 1951, after years playing on local public playing fields and at Gayfield Park during the Second World War, the Vics moved to Ogilvy Park. The Vics were unbeaten at home from 25 October 1952 to 4 June 1955. They were the Angus League Champions four times in the seasons from 1952 to 1956.
In 1971 the Vics reached the quarter-finals of the Scottish Junior Cup, but were beaten by Cambuslang Rangers. To date this is their best achievement in this event. Many players have joined the senior ranks over the years; and in the 1980s three players, Brian Goodall, Eric Martin and Gus Malone, were selected to play for the Scottish Junior team.
The Vics celebrated their centenary on 8 August 1982 when George Best, the former Manchester United, Northern Ireland international and European Footballer of the Year, turned out as a guest for them, scoring twice in a 4–3 win against Arbroath F.C
Until the 1990s the Vics were one of the top teams in the region, winning almost every honour open to them, including the Angus League no fewer than 12 times. Recent seasons however have not been kind, and in 1999 the club came close to folding, but with a new committee and management team they appeared to have turned the corner, despite not having the best of results to begin with.
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