Rothes F.C.

Rothes Football Club is a senior football club who play in the Highland Football League. They were founded in 1938 and play at Mackessack Park in Rothes, a small town near Elgin in Moray. They play in tangerine shirts, colours they inherited from Dundee United after purchasing the floodlights from Tannadice Park. Rothes have won the Highland League once, in the 1958–59 season. Mackessack Park is named after one Douglas Mackessack, a local laird and whisky magnate and an early benefactor of the club.

Rothes
Full nameRothes Football Club
Nickname(s)The Speysiders
Founded1938
GroundMackessack Park, Rothes
Capacity2,700 (184 seated)
ChairmanIain Paul
ManagerRoss Jack
LeagueHighland League
2019–20Highland League, 3rd of 17

In 2020, The Speysiders won their first honours in 41 years, defeating Buckie Thistle 2–1 in the Highland League Cup final to win the trophy for the first time.[1]

Current squad
As of 03 July 2018

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  SCO Robbie Donaldson
— GK  SCO Ewen Macdonald
— DF  SCO Alistair Stark
— DF  SCO Ben Johnstone
— DF  SCO Jamie Duff
— DF  SCO Ryan McRitchie
— DF  SCO Paul MacLeod
— DF  SCO Bruce Milne
— DF  SCO Dale Wood
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF  SCO Alan Pollock
— MF  SCO Craig Cormack
— MF  SCO Gregg Main
— MF  SCO Ally MacKenzie
— MF  SCO Jack Maley
— MF  SCO Fraser Robertson
— FW  SCO Alisdair Sutherland
— FW  SCO Aidan Wilson
— FW  SCO Steven Anderson
— FW  SCO Gary Kerr

Management

Club honours

1958–59

2019–20

1958–59, 1978–79

  • Campbell Charity Cup

1949–50

References
  1. Clark, Jonathan (31 October 2020). "Rothes 2 Buckie Thistle 1: Dramatic last-gasp winner seals Speysiders' maiden Highland League Cup success". northern-scot.co.uk. Retrieved 1 November 2020.


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