Drumchapel United F.C.

Drumchapel United Football Club is a Scottish football club based in the Glasgow district of Drumchapel, currently competing in the West of Scotland League First Division.

Not to be confused with Drumchapel Amateur F.C..
Drumchapel United
Full nameDrumchapel United Football Club
Nickname(s)The Drum
Founded2001
GroundDonald Dewar Centre
Drumchapel, Glasgow
Co-managersJohn Black and Adam Hopes
LeagueWest of Scotland League First Division
2022–23West of Scotland League First Division, 4th of 16

Formed as an amateur club in 2001, they fielded teams in the Central Scottish AFL and the Football Central Sunday AFL and were winners of the Scottish Amateur Cup in 2007 (runners-up in 2010 and 2011),[1] also lifting the West of Scotland Cup four times.[2]

The club successfully applied for their first team to join the newly founded West of Scotland Football League for the 2020–21 season.[3]

Beyond the adult teams, there is an established youth system with multiple teams for boys and girls (the latter affiliated to Partick Thistle W.F.C.),[4] and community involvement.[5][6][7]

In their first full season in the West of Scotland League, Drumchapel finished 2nd in Conference C. After winning the Strathclyde Cup they went on to secure the Cup-Winners Shield and qualified for the 2022–23 Scottish Cup. They reached the fourth round of the competition, beating Easthouses Lily, Nairn County, Gretna 2008, and FC Edinburgh before losing 2-1 to Elgin City. Their 1–0 win over FC Edinburgh from League One (61 places above them) was a record for the biggest league position gap for a lower ranked winning club in Scottish Cup history until Darvel beat Aberdeen 1-0.

Current squad
As of 02 August 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 Republic of Ireland IRL Ryan Scully
— DF Scotland SCO Martin Orr
— DF Scotland SCO Jamie Mills
— DF Scotland SCO Martin McNiff
— DF Scotland SCO Joe Coleman
— DF Scotland SCO Dom McLaren
— DF Scotland SCO Ruaridh McIntyre
— DF Scotland SCO Andy Geggan
— MF Scotland SCO Callum McKenzie
— MF Scotland SCO Jack Breen
— MF Scotland SCO Kevin Fell
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Scotland SCO Nathan Fell
— MF Scotland SCO Ryan Deas
— MF Scotland SCO Alex Docherty
— MF Scotland SCO Kyle Munro
— FW Scotland SCO Dan Finnigan
— FW Scotland SCO Jordan Love
— FW Scotland SCO James Marks
— FW Scotland SCO David Hopkirk
— FW Scotland SCO David Templeton
— FW Portugal POR Joao Victoria
— MF Algeria ALG Youcef Narbesla

Honours
  • Strathclyde Cup winners: 2021–22
  • East, South & West of Scotland Cup-Winners Shield winners: 2021–22
  • South Challenge Cup runners-up: 2022–23

References
  1. "Scottish Amateur Cup Final 2016 Programme" (PDF). SAFA. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  2. West Of Scotland Amateur Cup Final 2018 Programme, Scottish Amateur Football Association
  3. Pirie, Mark (15 April 2020). ""Lanarkshire juniors exodus confirmed as ALL clubs revealed as part of West of Scotland League". Daily Record. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  4. Partick Thistle Women's FC establishes full girls' pathway in partnership with Drumchapel United, Partick Thistle FC, 5 February 2020
  5. Drumchapel United continue to grow, Clydebank Post, 13 April 2014
  6. Drumchapel United, Glasgow Life
  7. Drumchapel United Football Club handed 25-year lease for playing field to help develop the club, Glasgow Live, 9 December 2016
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