Montrose F.C.

Early years

The first Montrose Football Club was formed on 25 February 1871 after a meeting of local young men seeking to organise the practice of the 'national game of football' on the Links of Montrose. The variety of football played at the time did not resemble the modern game and was more akin to rugby. Friendly matches amongst club members and townsfolk, Montrose Academical, Arbroath and Aberdeen University were played over the next few years before the club was dissolved. On 8 September 1877, a new football club was formed at a meeting at Montrose Academy. During the new club's annual meeting on 13 October 1879 at the Town's Buildings, the committee unanimously resolved to change the rules of the club to those of General Association, with an association rules match amongst club members played later that week on 18 October 1879. The club played their first external association rules match against Arbroath Wanderers on 8 November 1879. Given the fact that the Montrose side were unfamiliar with new rules of the game, the team unsurprisingly lost 4–0. They are the 18th oldest association football team in Scotland still in existence. Montrose first played on the Links before eventually moving to the first Links Park, which was situated to the east of Dorward House. The original Links Park was not considered to be suitable for football and the club moved to the present-day Links Park in 1887 on land rented from the 'Auld Kirk'. Montrose made their Scottish Cup debut…

League

Scottish Football League Second Division (third tier): Winners: 1984–85 Runners-up: 1990–91 Scottish Football League Third Division / Scottish League Two (fourth tier): Winners: 2017–18 Runners-up: 1994–95 Northern League Winners: 1903–04 Runners-up: 1891–92 Forfarshire County League (Carry Cup) Winners: 1894–95, 1910–11 Runners-up: 1897–98

Cup

Scottish Qualifying Cup: Winners: 1921 Scottish Qualifying Cup Midlands: Winners: 1947 Scottish Qualifying Cup South: Runners-up: 1948 Forfarshire Cup: Winners (10): 1891–92, 1921–22, 1926–27, 1931–32, 1932–33, 1951–52, 1961–62, 1972–73, 1991–92, 2001–02 Runners-up: 1902–03, 1903–04, 1907–08, 1912–13, 1929–30, 1935–36, 1954–55, 1986–87, 2002–03, 2007–08 Forfarshire Charity Cup: Winners: 1892–93, 1894–95, 1896–97 Runners-up: 1888–89, 1889–90