Heston Rovers F.C.
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| Nickname(s) | The Zodiac Killers |
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| Founded | 1978 |
| Ground | Palmerston Park, Dumfries |
| Capacity | 8,690 (3,377 seated) |
| Chairman | Alan A Watson |
| League | South of Scotland Football League |
| 2015–16 | South of Scotland Football League, 5th |
Heston Rovers Football Club are a Scottish senior football club who play their home games at Palmerston Park in Dumfries, which they share with Queen of the South. Heston are members of the South of Scotland Football League and D&G Youth Football development Association league also.
Although Heston Rovers F.C. were founded in 1978, as a youth club, the present senior club were formed in 2008 following an amalgamation with Glencaple-based Dumfries Football Club, who were already members of the South of Scotland Football League but struggling.
Dumfries F.C. was the result of an earlier merger in 2000, when Dumfries High School Former Pupils F.C. combined with Dumfries Amateurs F.C. to form Dumfries F.C.
The Dumfries HSFP Football Club were formed in 1968, and played in the Dumfries and District Amateur League. In 1994, the club were elected to the South of Scotland Football League, playing home matches at the Sir David Keswick Centre in Dumfries. The need for an enclosed venue led to them relocating four miles south to Glencaple the following year. In the late 1970s, the Former Pupils signed Ted McMinn who would go on to play for Queen of the South and Rangers, amongst others.
Dumfries Amateurs F.C. also started out in the Dumfries and District Amateur League as St. Josephs College Former Pupils F.C., before changing their name to Dumfries Amateurs in 1995. During their time in the Amateur League, the team won many cups and won the league title in the 1999–00 season, just prior to amalgamation. The club were also based in Glencaple, playing at Norfolk Park. Following the merger in 2000, Dumfries F.C. continued to play at Norfolk Park during their eight-year existence. They were members of the South of Scotland Football League throughout this time.
The original Heston Rovers club were formed in 1978 in the Lochside area of Dumfries. Members of the Scottish Youth Football Association, they re-located a number of times before they settled at Maryfield in the Georgetown district of Dumfries for the 1995–96 season, fielding teams for children aged 5–16, but Chairman Scott McGill was keen to add an adult team to the club set-up as an outlet for their youth players to continue in the game.
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