Dunbar United F.C.

Dunbar United Football Club is a Scottish football club from the town of Dunbar, East Lothian. The club operates on a semi-professional basis, playing in the East of Scotland League Premier Division. Dunbar United's home strip is black and white stripes their away colours are blue and white.

Dunbar United
Full nameDunbar United Football Club
Nickname(s)Seasiders
Founded1925, 95 years ago
GroundNew Countess Park
Kellie Road
Dunbar EH42 1DU
Capacity2,000
ChairmanStuart Robertson
ManagerGeoff Jones
LeagueEast of Scotland League Premier Division
2019–20East of Scotland League Premier Division, 11th of 16
WebsiteClub website

History

Dunbar United was formed in 1925 and currently plays in the East of Scotland League Premier Division, having moved from the SJFA East Region Premier League in 2018.[1] The team play their home matches at New Countess Park, a new 2,000 capacity facility opened in 2001.[2]

To this day they remain the last East Lothian side to win the Scottish Junior Cup. Dunbar lifted the trophy in 1961.

Some details relating to photographs of past teams and information about the history of local teams is available here.

Honours

Current squad

As of 8 January 2020[3]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  SCO John Johnstone
2 DF  SCO Keith Tait
3 DF  SCO Liam Peden
4 DF  SCO Michael McFarlane
5 DF  SCO Zach Szemis
6 DF  SCO Grant Thomson
7 MF  SCO Darren McTernan
8 MF  SCO Ian Black
9 FW  SCO Fraser McLaren (captain)
10 FW  SCO Darren Handling
No. Pos. Nation Player
11 FW  SCO Andy Jones
12 DF  SCO James Harley
13 GK  SCO Daniel Laing
14 MF  SCO
15 DF  SCO Kieran Ingram
16 MF  SCO Fraser Neave
17 MF  SCO Chris Robertson
18 DF  SCO Jack Duncan (on loan from Livingston)
20 MF  SCO Ryan Malcolm
21 FW  SCO Mark McGovern

Management
PositionName
ManagerGeoff Jones
Assistant ManagerDerek Aitken
CoachEck Christie
CoachIan Black
Goalkeeping CoachSandy Inglis
Sports TherapistNina Webster

Board
PositionName
ChairStuart Robertson
SecretaryJanette Hendrie
TreasurerLorraine Anderson
DirectorCallum Porteous
DirectorDougie Gray
DirectorMark Munro

Notable players

In the current squad:

Ian Black is an ex-Scotland internationalist, having played with Heart of Midlothian and Rangers.

Current club captain Fraser McLaren began his career and played in the SPL with Gretna.

Notable players of Dunbar United over the years include:

Former Dunfermline and Rangers great Alex Smith began his career at Dunbar before going on to play over 200 games at Dunfermline and 40 for Rangers, including the European Cup Winners Cup Final in 1967.

A club records transfer fee of £20,000 was received for Kevin Twaddle from St Johnstone in 1994. Twaddle went on to play for St Johnstone, Motherwell and Hearts in the SPL.

In the late 1990s, the club signed former Hearts pair Wayne Foster and George Wright, following the signing of former Hearts and Partick Thistle goalkeeper John Brough earlier that decade.

References
  1. McLauchlin, Brian (7 June 2018). "East of Scotland League vote signals exodus of 25 junior clubs". BBC Sport. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  2. http://www.dunbarunited.org/
  3. "Dunbar United FC squad". www.pitchero.com. Retrieved 13 November 2020.

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