Colville Park A.F.C.
| Full name | Colville Park Amateur Football Club |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1968 |
| Ground | Colville Park Country Club, Jerviston Estate, Motherwell |
| Manager | Michael Kennedy |
| League | Central Scottish Amateur Football League |
Colville Park Amateur Football Club is a Scottish football club based in Motherwell, North Lanarkshire. In 2016 they competed in the Scottish Cup for the first time after winning the previous season's Scottish Amateur Cup, and repeated this feat in 2017. The team colours are white and blue.
The football club was founded in 1968 as Colvilles AFC, a works team for Ravenscraig and other steelworking facilities owned by David Colville & Sons. They soon adjusted their membership to include players outwith the steel industry. The club badge today still incorporates the logo of British Steel. Coville Park were initially part of the Lanarkshire Amateur Football Association, during which time they won the Scottish Amateur Cup in 1976. In 1990 they aligned to the Central Scottish Amateur Football League where they have remained since.
Colville Park AFC is based at Colville Park Country Club, which is within the Jerviston former country estate on the northern edge of Motherwell. It was owned by the Colville family who operated the steelworks in the area and donated the lands to the people of the town. The country club featuring a golf course and bowling greens was established in 1923. A new club house with modern facilities was constructed in the 1960s.
Colville Park are currently members of the Central Scottish AFL, one of several independently-operated amateur football leagues in Scotland running in parallel, so gauging the quality of the teams on a nationwide basis is not straightforward. However since 2010, nine of the 14 finalists in the Scottish Amateur Cup – the most prestigious knockout competition at this level - were Central Scottish members, suggesting that it may be the strongest such league in the country.
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