Broughty Athletic F.C.
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| Full name | Broughty Athletic Junior Football Club |
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| Nickname(s) | The Fed |
| Founded | 1920 (as Broughty Ex-Servicemen) |
| Ground | Whitton Park Arbroath Road Broughty Ferry, Dundee |
| Capacity | 2500 |
| Chairman |
 Gordon Deuchars |
| Manager | Keith Gibson |
| League | SJFA East Superleague |
| 2015–16 | SJFA East Superleague, 10th |
Broughty Athletic Junior Football Club is a Scottish football club based in Broughty Ferry, a suburb of the city of Dundee. Members of the Scottish Junior Football Association, they currently play in the East Region Super League.
Formed in 1920 as Broughty Ex-Servicemen, the club was retitled Broughty Athletic in 1951. Around the same time they moved to Claypotts Park, directly opposite the medieval Claypotts Castle. In 1989 the ground was renamed Whitton Park, in memory of player and club official Eddie Whitton, who had died on 5 June 1989. The SJFA restructured its leagues prior to the 2006–07 season, and "The Fed", as the club is known, found themselves in the twelve-team East Region, North Division.
In seasons 2007–08 and 2008–09, Broughty Athletic narrowly missed out on promotion, finishing second top of the Scottish Junior Football Association's North Division in both seasons. In 2009–10 promotion to the twelve-team Premier League was finally achieved. The Fed maintained Premier Division status by finishing eighth at the end of the 2010–11 season. They extended their stay in the Premier League when they finished in ninth place at the end of the 2011–12 season. The fed finished bottom in the 2012–13 season, but stayed up due to a league reconstruction. The fed finished seventh in 2013–14 season, and have hopes to get promoted within the next two years to the East Region Super League.
The team are managed since January 2015 by former Peterhead and Arbroath midfielder Keith Gibson.
Dundee East Community Sports Club is currently the most developed model of a Community Sports Club which Broughty Athletic are part of. The Hub is made up of 5 local football clubs, a Rugby Club, Cricket Club, Tennis and Table Tennis Club, Bowling Club, a local Handball Club and also a Karate Club providing a pathway from ages 5 up to Adult's including Amateur and Junior level football clubs, The Hub itself is based in the East side of Dundee and is situated around Whitton Park, Forthill Sports Club, Douglas Sports Centre, Claypotts and Dawson grass pitches. DECSC are also developing strong links with the local primary and secondary schools.
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