Strathkinness Football Club

The following report on the Strathkinness Football Club was written

from information supplied by Martin Taylor and by Jack Harrild (obtained

from The St. Andrews Citizen).

‘The Strathkinness Football Club has been in existence for many years, and

was at one time a more important part of the village life than it is now.

‘There is a good description in The Citizen in March, 1923, of some of the

Strathkinness players in the semi-final of the Ferdinand Cup against Leuchars,

which Strathkinness lost 0-1. The report says: ‘Duncan in the goal was safe

and had a quiet afternoon, F. Leighton was cool and prominent for clean and

hefty punting, T. Duncan although very robust and forceful was also safe,

Clatcher opened none too brightly but improved, Stud ley opened up well

and gave rare passes, Ireland was too eager to do himself justice, Peebles

though inclined to wander improved later’.

‘The Strathkinness Church Magazine of June, 1964 reported that the season

just finished had been highly successful. The club finished third in the League

behind St. Monans and Crail, and won the Lindsay Cup, beating St. Monans

in the final by 3—1. They also reached the Fife Cup final but on this occasion

after leading 3—1 they lost to St. Monans by 4—3.

‘The Football Club, which is in the Fife Amateur League, formerly played

their home matches at Bonfield Quarry (now the site of the new houses built

in 1985) and have recently been playing at Cockshaugh Park in St. Andrews.

They will return to Strathkinness when the permanent site (located beyond the

new houses at Bonfield Park), which has been set aside for a football pitch, is

ready.

Strathkinness Community Council

The Strathkinness Community Council was set up following the reorganisa-

tion of local government in 1977, when the Fife County Council was replaced

by the Fife Regional Council and the North East Fife District Council was

created.

Before the Community Council came into being there was a Strathkinness

Village Association, formed in 1962, whose aim was to look after the welfare

and the interests of the village and to bring complaints and local needs to the

attention of the appropriate authorities.

The Association encouraged the village to enter the Best Kept Village

Competition which it won twice, in 1963 and again in 1965. Also in 1965

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