Colville Park
Full nameColville Park E Amateur Football Club
Founded1968
GroundDalziel Park
LeagueCentral Scottish AFL Premier Division
2018–19Central Scottish AFL Premier Division, 1st of 12

Colville Park E Amateur Football Club is a Scottish amateur 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 and 2019. The team colours are white and blue.

Club history

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 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. [1] In February 2017, disputes between the country club and the football team management led to a separation of the entities.[2][3] The team relocated their social base to the Electric Bar in the Airbles area of Motherwell,[4] subsequently adding 'E' to the club name in recognition of the support received from the establishment.[5]

Location

From their formation, Colville Park AFC were 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.[6] Following the 2017 split, matches are now played at Dalziel Park between the villages of Carfin and Cleland on the outskirts of the town.

Recent performance

Colville Park were finalists in the Scottish Amateur Cup in 2012[7] 2013 and 2014[8] before finally winning it in 2016 in the final at Hampden Park against Kingdom Caledonian League side Leven United from Fife, the goalscorers being Liam Cusack and David McKay.[9] They have also been winners and runners-up in the West of Scotland Amateur Cup on several occasions. [10]

In 2017, Colville Park retained the Scottish Amateur Cup after beating Southside AFC of Glasgow 1–0 in the Hampden final,[11] thus qualifying for the Scottish Cup again in 2017–18. They also retained the Central Scottish AFL Premier title.[12]

In 2018, the club were unsuccessful in the Scottish Cup but did win both the CSAFL title and the West of Scotland Amateur Cup.[5][13] They retained the league title in 2019.[14] In May 2019, Colville Park defeated fellow CSAFL team Eastfield AFC (from Cumbernauld) 2–0 to win the Scottish Amateur Cup for the third time in four seasons.[15][16]

Scottish Cup

2016–17

The club's victory in the 2016 Scottish Amateur Cup permitted Colville Park to enter the 2016–17 Scottish Cup. In Preliminary round 1 they overcame Edusport Academy of the South of Scotland Football League after a replay; it was the first time that an Amateur League side had progressed in the national tournament (this being only the second year of being invited to compete).[17] However in preliminary round 2 they were defeated by Girvan – the same team who had beaten the previous year's Amateur entrants Harestanes.[18]

Colville Park's 'home' matches were played at New Tinto Park in Glasgow, the newly built ground of Junior club Benburb, due to their own basic facilities in Motherwell being unsuitable for staging Scottish Cup fixtures.

2017–18

Winning the 2017 Scottish Amateur Cup again allowed Colville Park to enter the senior Scottish Cup in 2017–18. After defeating East of Scotland League sides Burntisland Shipyard (7–0)[19][20] and Preston Athletic (5–0)[21] in the preliminary rounds, they overcame Lowland League team Cumbernauld Colts by a 2–1 scoreline[21] (again played at New Tinto Park in Glasgow). In Round 2, Coville Park lost 9–0 to Peterhead at Balmoor Stadium in their first ever meeting with an SPFL club.[22]

2019–20

The club entered the senior Scottish Cup again in 2019–20 as winners of the 2019 Scottish Amateur Cup. However this time their run was very brief, with a 4–0 defeat (nominally at home but again played at New Tinto Park, Glasgow) to East of Scotland League side Whitehill Welfare in the First Preliminary round, failing to score despite the opposition using an outfield player in goals with their regular goalkeepers unavailable.[23]

References

  1. ↑ "Scottish Amateur Cup Final 2016 Programme" (PDF). SAFA. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
  2. ↑ Colville Park FC, Pie and Bovril, 28 February 2017
  3. ↑ Colville park, Pie and Bovril, 28 February 2017
  4. ↑ Welcome, The Electric Bar
  5. 1 2 West Of Scotland Amateur Cup Final 2018 Programme, Scottish Amateur Football Association
  6. ↑ Colville Park Golf Club History
  7. ↑ "Hurlford Win The Scottish Cup". AAFA. 25 May 2012. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  8. ↑ "Hurlford 3 Colville Park 3 (Hurlford win 4–3 on penalties): Thistle lift the Scottish Amateur Cup". Daily Record. 19 May 2014. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  9. ↑ "Colville Park win Scottish Amateur Cup". Motherwell Times. 23 May 2016. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
  10. ↑ "West Of Scotland Amateur Cup Final 2016 Programme" (PDF). SAFA. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  11. ↑ "Colville Park AFC celebrate second straight Scottish Amateur Cup final triumph". Motherwell Times. 29 May 2017. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  12. ↑ "Colville Park E AFC – Premier Division Champions 2016/17". Central Scottish Amateur Football League. 18 May 2017. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  13. ↑ Colville Park AFC win Alona Hotel West of Scotland Cup final, Motherwell Times, 8 May 2018
  14. ↑ Premier league champions, Central Scottish Amateur Football League, 19 May 2019
  15. ↑ RJM Sports Scottish Amateur Cup Final 2019 Winners – Colville Park AFC, Scottish Amateur Football Association, 26 May 2019
  16. ↑ Colville Park AFC 2–0 Eastfield AFC: Motherwell team win RJM Sports Scottish Amateur Cup, Motherwell Times, 26 May 2019
  17. ↑ "Colville Park made history with win". Motherwell Times. 25 August 2016. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
  18. ↑ "Colville Park Scottish Cup dream ends". Motherwell Times. 3 September 2016. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  19. ↑ "Burntisland Shipyard 0 Colville Park 7". Burntisland Shipyard A.F.C. 13 August 2017. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
  20. ↑ "Photo gallery: Burntisland Shipyard v Colville Park 12/08/2017". When Saturday Comes. 14 September 2017. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
  21. 1 2 "Colville Park AFC march on again in William Hill Scottish Cup after galloping past Cumbernauld Colts". Motherwell Times. 26 September 2017. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
  22. ↑ "Colville crushed as professional Peterhead net nine". Peterhead F.C. 14 October 2017. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
  23. ↑ Match Report: Colville Park 0–4 Whitehill Welfare, Whitehill Welfare F.C., 18 August 2019
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