Inverurie Loco Works F.C.
Inverurie Loco Works Football Club are a senior semi-professional football club from Inverurie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, who currently play in the Scottish Highland Football League (SHFL).
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| Full name | Inverurie Loco Works Football Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | The Locies, Locos | ||
| Founded | 1902 | ||
| Ground | Harlaw Park, Inverurie | ||
| Capacity | 2,500 (175 seated) | ||
| Chairman | Mike Macaulay | ||
| Manager | Dean Donaldson | ||
| League | Highland League | ||
| 2022–23 | Highland League, 6th of 18 | ||
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The club was founded in 1902 by workmen from the Great North of Scotland Railway (GNSR) who had their Locomotive, and Carriage and Wagon Workshops in Inverurie, from where the football club got its name. On National Railway Company 'Grouping' in 1923, the GNSR became part of the London & North Eastern Railway, one of the UK's big four railway companies at that time, and the football club lived on. The Locomotive Workshops themselves were formally closed in 1970 on the forming of British Rail Engineering Limited (BREL), a wholly owned subsidiary of the British Railways Board at that time.
Despite the closure, Inverurie Loco Works F.C. continued to play. Having competed in the Aberdeenshire and North East Junior Leagues for many years, they became a senior club in 2001 when their application to join the SHFL was successful.
History
Rising up from successful years in junior football, in 2001 the Locos applied for membership of the Highland League and were successful. In the 2003–04 season, the Locos came second in the league, they then went a further two seasons in a row in second place. In 2005, they first got their hands on silverware by winning the Scottish Qualifying Cup, then repeated the feat the next year. They also won the Aberdeenshire Shield after being runners up three times before winning the trophy. Then they won the Fosters Cup (League Cup) twice in two years, in 2007–08 and 2008–09. They also won the SFA North Region Challenge Cup in 2008–09.
In the 2008–09 Scottish Cup, the club were paired with Scottish Premier League side Motherwell at home. They reached the fourth round of the competition that season. After four postponements, the match was finally played at the fifth time of asking. Despite a capacity crowd watching, the Highland League outfit could not prevent a 3–0 loss to their top-flight opponents.
Harlaw Park
[1] Harlaw Park is the Inverurie Loco Works ground; it has a capacity of 2,500 (175 seated).
Harlaw Park was originally an open field.
In March 1931, a pavilion and a grandstand was opened and in 1950 the installation of new dressing rooms was completed. Harlaw Park got new turnstiles in 1962.
In 1981, the Banchory Golf Club clubhouse re-located to Harlaw Park as the social club.
Floodlights, which were surplus to requirements at Aberdeen Airport, & new dugouts were installed in August 1983.
New changing rooms were built in 1992.
In preparation for Inverurie Locos first Highland League season (2001/02), £75,000 was spent on upgrading Harlaw Park, and a new enclosure was opened for the 2002/03 season.
The 2012/13 season saw a new grandstand erected, replacing the old one.
The 2013/14 season started with Harlaw Park hosting UEFA Women's U17 Championship matches.
Players
Current squad
- As of 13 August 2023[2]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Out on loan
- As of 13 August 2023[3]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Coaching staff
- As of 13 August 2023[4]
- Manager: Dean Donaldson
- Assistant Manager: Jamie Watt
- Goalkeeping Coach: John Farquhar
Committee
- As of 13 August 2023[5]
- Chairman: Mike Macaulay
- Vice Chairman: Graeme Hay
- Treasurer: Jim Porter
- Secretary: Billy Thomson
- Football Operations: Scott Buchan
- Youth Academy: Gary Jamieson
Honours
Senior
- Highland League Cup
- Winners (2): 2007–08, 2008–09
- Aberdeenshire Shield
- Winners (3): 2003–04, 2013–14, 2016–17
- Scottish Qualifying Cup (North)
- Winners (2): 2004–05, 2005–06
- SFA North Region Challenge Cup
- Winners (1): 2008–09
- Aberdeenshire League
- Winners (2): 2018–19, 2019–20
Junior
- North East Junior League
- Winners (3): 1992–93, 1995–96, 1997–98[6]
- Aberdeen & District League[7]
- Winners (16): 1924–25, 1925–26, 1928–29, 1929–30, 1930–31, 1931–32, 1932–33, 1934–35, 1935–36, 1936–37, 1942–43, 1945–46, 1954–55, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1961–62
- North East Regional Cup
- Winners (2): 1995–96, 2000–01
- Aberdeen & District League Cup
- Winners (5): 1927–28, 1928–29, 1929–30, 1931–32, 1945–46
- North East League Cup
- Winners (3): 1986–87, 1988–89, 1991–92
- McLeman Cup
- Winners (3): 1928–29, 1951–52, 1968–69
- Archibald Cup
- Winners (11): 1928–29, 1932–33, 1937–38, 1938–39, 1939–40, 1954–55, 1960–61, 1961–62, 1968–69, 1980–81, 1999–2000
- North Drybrough Cup
- Winners (1): 1968–69
- Duthie Cup
- Winners (6): 1928–29, 1932–33, 1933–34, 1935–36, 1939–40, 1960–61
- Aberdeen County Trophy
- Winners (10): 1912–13, 1913–14, 1934–35, 1935–36, 1939–40, 1942–43, 1944–45, 1954–55, 1960–61, 1961–62
- Jimmy Gibb Memorial Trophy
- Winners (2): 1995–96, 1997–98
Records
Inverurie Locos hold the Scottish record for most goals per game in a season, 6.64 goals per game (146 goals in 22 games), 1945–46 Aberdeen & District Junior League.
References
- "Inverurie Loco Works FC History". Inverurie Locos. Inverurie Loco Works FC. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
- "Players". Inverurie Loco Works F.C. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
- "Players". Inverurie Loco Works F.C. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
- "Staff". Inverurie Locos. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
- "The Committee". Inverurie Locos. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
- Highland League: Inverurie Loco Works FC, Non-League Scotland (archived version, 2007)
- Aberdeen & District Junior Football League 1901–1968, Scottish Football Historical Archive (archived version, 2014)