St Duthus F.C.
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| Nickname(s) | The Saints |
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| Founded | 1885 |
| Ground | Links Playing Fields, Tain |
| Capacity | 1000 |
| Chairman | Niall Harkiss |
| Manager | Stuart Ross / Andrew Ross |
| League | North Caledonian League |
| 2016–17 | North Caledonian League, 6th |
St Duthus Football Club is a senior Scottish football club playing in the North Caledonian Football League based at the Links Playing Fields in the town of Tain in the Scottish Highlands.
Like many sports clubs in the Royal Burgh of Tain, St Duthus FC adopted the name of Saint Duthac, the patron saint of Tain. Various combinations began playing informal association or rugby football matches using the St Duthus name from the 1870s onwards.
Officially formed in 1885 as a subsidiary club of St Duthus Cricket Club, St Duthus FC began their existence under the association code by playing friendly matches against neighbouring towns and villages as founder members of the Ross-shire Junior Football Association. The "Saints" played in red and white vertical stripes throughout their formative years playing at the Links Playing Fields.
In 1895 they played competitively for the first time in both the Pattisons' Challenge Cup and the Ross-shire Junior Cup. In 1919–20, they became the winners of the first Ross-shire Junior League competition and in 1924–25, won the North of Scotland Junior Cup – the highest accolade for teams playing the junior code in the Highlands.
The team briefly folded in 1932 before returning in 1934 with a newly formed committee and new team colours of horizontal black and white hoops.
Cup Honours:
Back in their traditional colours of red and white, St Duthus competed after the war as a member of the Ross-shire Junior League until the league was reformed in the late 1950s as the Ross-shire Welfare League. It was at this time that the club moved to a new ground at Coronation Park on land gifted to the club by club treasurer Leo Pieraccini. Under the management of Christopher Grant the team enjoyed their most successful year in the Ross-shire Welfare League in 1963.
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