Kirkintilloch Rob Roy F.C.
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| Full name | Kirkintilloch Rob Roy Football Club |
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| Nickname(s) | The Rabs |
| Founded | 1878 |
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Guy's Meadow, Cumbernauld |
| Chairman | Charlie O'Brien |
| Manager | Stewart Maxwell |
| League | West of Scotland Super League Premier Division |
| 2015–16 | West of Scotland Super League Premier Division, 8th |
Kirkintilloch Rob Roy Football Club are a Scottish football club based in the town of Kirkintilloch, East Dunbartonshire. Nicknamed The Rabs or The Roy, they were formed in 1878. The team currently play their home games at Guy's Meadow, home of Cumbernauld United, whilst they wait for a new home to be built in 2016–17. They previously played at Adamslie Park for over 100 years. They are named after the Scottish warrior Rob Roy.
They wear red and black strips (uniforms) and currently compete in the West Region of the Scottish Junior Football Association where their biggest rivals are Kilsyth Rangers. In recent years the well-known footballer Chic Charnley had a spell playing for The Rabs as did ex-Rangers defender Marvin Andrews. The Rabs have had many famous names playing for them – Joe McBride, Stevie Chalmers, George Young, Andy Lynch and Andy Ritchie.
The Rabs also featured in the very first Scottish Junior Cup Final on TV (STV) when they played Kilbirnie Ladeside in the 1977 final at Hampden Park, Glasgow. In front of a crowd of 11,476.
On 15 May 1963, Chelsea (who had just gained promotion to the top tier of the Football League) came to Adamslie Park to play Rob Roy in what was billed as a "Freedom from Hunger" charity match. Chelsea won 3–2 with their goals coming from Mulholland (two goals) and Peter Houseman. Cooper and Reid (penalty) had pulled Rob Roy back to 2–2 before Houseman's winner.
After season 2007-08, Rob Roy were promoted to the Super Premier Division of the West Region. In season 2008–09 they finished a respectable sixth in the top division and also reached, for the first time in nearly 30 years, the semi-finals of the Scottish Junior Cup; they narrowly lost 1–0 on aggregate to the subsequent winners, Auchinleck Talbot. Local derbies against Kilsyth Rangers are few and far between as Kilsyth are currently in the league below the Rabs . Season 2016–17 will be Rob Roy's eighth season in the Super Premier Division of the West Region. The club are currently under the management of Former Player Stewart Maxwell and his number two Gordon Moffat as well as coaches John Doyle and Kevin Finlayson.
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