Forfar United
Full nameForfar United Junior Football Club
Nickname(s)United
Founded1974
GroundGuthrie Park
Lochside Road
Forfar
Capacity2,500
ManagerDanny Low
LeagueSJFA Midlands League
2022–23SJFA Midlands League, 11th of 19

Forfar United Junior Football Club are a Scottish football club based in Forfar, Angus. The current club was formed in August 2020 following the amalgamation of the Forfar amateur team Lowson United and Forfar Albion (themselves formed in 1974 following the amalgamation of two existing local sides, Forfar Celtic (est. 1891) and Forfar East End (est. 1881)).[1][2] After one season playing as Forfar East End Celtic, the name Albion was adopted in 1975. The club play at Guthrie Park.

Up until the end of the 2005–06 season, they played in Tayside Division One of the Scottish Junior Football Association's Eastern Region.

The SJFA completed its restructuring of Junior football in the east of Scotland prior to the 2006–07 season, and Forfar Albion were placed in the twelve-team East Region, North Division. They finished ninth, 12th and 12th in seasons 2006–07, 2007–08 and 2008–09 respectively, but showed encouraging signs of improvement during the 2009–10 season.

Under the new name Forfar United, the club managed an 11th place finish in the 2022-23 season, then embarked on a youthful rebuild from the 2023-24 season under the new management team of Danny Low, Steve Smith, Mark Stott, Kyle Buik, Fraser Reid (GK coach) & Ben Coutts (Physio).

First-team squad

As of 12 September 2023

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK Scotland SCO Aaron Clark (loan from Montrose fc)
— GK Scotland SCO Jack Shaw
— DF Scotland SCO Thomas Mcconnachie
— DF France FRA Mohamed Bah
— DF Scotland SCO Keitel Newman
— DF Scotland SCO Ben Ranstead
— DF Northern Ireland NIR Joel Nixon
— DF Scotland SCO Joshua Gordon
— DF Scotland SCO Aaron Barnett
— DF Scotland SCO Rhys Garmany
— MF Scotland SCO Kyle Buik
— MF Scotland SCO Rhys Maddison
— MF Scotland SCO Thomas Smith
— MF Scotland SCO Jonny Blackie
— MF Scotland SCO Evan Kidd
— MF Scotland SCO Ross Bell
— MF Italy ITA Lawrence Williams (loan from Dundee St James F.C.)
— MF Scotland SCO Jack Davie
— FW Colombia COL Rene Rivera Diazgranados
— FW Scotland SCO Owen Gray
— FW Scotland SCO Cain Buchanan
— FW Scotland SCO Connor Birse (C)
— FW Scotland SCO Jay Yule
— FW Niger NIG Tobiloba Fasoranti
— FW Scotland SCO Richie Low
— FW Scotland SCO Aaron Mitchell
— FW Scotland SCO Cameron Gauhl
— FW Scotland SCO Cemi Gokalp

References

  1. ↑ McGlone, David; McLure, Bill (1987). The Juniors - 100 Years. A Centenary History of Scottish Junior Football. Mainstream. p. 293. ISBN 1-85158-060-3.
  2. ↑ "Forfar Albion announce amalgamation". Retrieved 15 September 2020.

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