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Kynoch Park, Aberdeenshire Cup, 12/10/22 Me still 251 Keith Football Club Founded – 1910 Nickname -The Maroons Honours – Highland Football League – 1961/62, 1978/79, 1979/80, 1980/81, 1984/85, 1999/00, 2006/07, Highland League Cup – 1964/65, 1973/74, 1974/75, 1975/76, 1983–84, 1985–86, 1988–89, 2002–03, 2006–07, 2012–13. Aberdeenshire Cup – 1935/36, 1957/58, 1959/60, 1966/67, 1973/74, 1977/78, 1979/80, 2008/09. Aberdeenshire Shield – …

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Lochside Park, Aberdeenshire Shield, 11/10/22 Me still 251, Wee Man 125 Hermes Junior Football Club Founded – 1968 Nickname – N/A Honours – NRJFA Superleague – 2011/12 and 2014/15. North East Division One- 1994/95. Grill League Cup – 2003/04. North Regional Cup – 1997/98 and 2003/04. McLeman Cup – 2008/09. Morrison Trophy – 1993/94 and …

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Glenury Park (Stonehaven FC), Ian Napier Memorial Shield, 9/10/22 Me still 251, Wee Man 124 The second Aberdeenshire AFA game of the weekend and also the second to be played on a Junior pitch. With no plans for this blustery Sunday afternoon a chance for Wee Man to carry on his North Juniors quest was …

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The Meadows, Aberdeenshire AFA Division 2 East, 8/10/22 Me still 251, Wee Man still 123 Ellon Thistle Football Club Founded – 1968 Nickname – The Jags Honours – AAFA Division 4 -1974/75. AAFA Division 6 – 1972/73. Barclay Cook Cup – 1972/73. Castle Rovers Cup – 2011/12. Dickie Trophy – 2015/16. Stephen Shield – 1992/93. …

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Tistrup Stadion, DBU Series 5, 28/9/22 Me 251 Klubsamarbejdet HTS Founded – Although the three clubs date back year and years, the coalition seems to be in 2016 (I cannot find any evidence of them online prior to this) Nickname – HTS Honours – Unknown Random Fact – The club are a collaborative effort of …

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EfB Kunststofbaner, DBU Series 3, 28/9/22 Me 250 Esbjerg forenede Boldklubber  Founded – 1924 Nickname – EFB Honours – Danish Top Tier – 1960/61, 1961/62, 1962/63, 1964/65, 1978/79, Danish Cup –  1963/64, 1975/76, 2012/13. Danish 1st Division – 2011–12 Random Fact – This team is “100% Sunday League” (the words of a player and Esbjerg fB community and marketing manager …

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Frøs Arena, DBU Jutland Series 1, 27/9/22 Me 249 Ribe Boldklub Founded – 1917 Nickname – RBK Honours – Unknown Random Fact – A town fact rather than football. Ribe is the oldest Scandinavian town left in existence. It dates back to the early 8th century, during the Germanic Iron Age The highest level of …

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Guldager Idrætscenter, DBU Jutland Series 4, 23/9/22 Me 248 Coconut Lions Football Club Founded – Circa 1991 Nickname – The Lions Honours – Unknown Random Fact – A hard club to find info on however I did find a youtube video on a song on the the club called “Coconut Lions – Rock n’ Roll …

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BDO Arena, DBU Jutland Series 2, 24/9/22 Me 247 Hjerting Idraetsforening Founded – 1931 Nickname – HIF Honours – Unknown but they have a full trophy cabinet Random Fact – When the club founded the paid a farmer to use his field which they shared with his cows. They were charged 50DKK annually for the …

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Originally Written For Turnstiles Magazine #4, March 2022 Friday April 6th, 2018, just a random date to most, however it was life altering for me. This is because Jake my three and a bit year old son unexpectedly got up during the night and came down to the living room where I was perched beer …

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