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Jeanfield Swifts
Full nameJeanfield Swifts Football Club
Nickname(s)Swifts
Founded1908
GroundRiverside Stadium
Bute Drive
Perth
Capacity1,000
ChairmanDavid Blair
LeagueEast of Scotland League Premier Division
2022–23East of Scotland League Premier Division, 6th of 16
WebsiteClub website

Jeanfield Swifts Football Club is a Scottish football club based in Perth. The team plays in the East of Scotland League Premier Division, having moved from the junior leagues in 2018.[1] Their home ground is Riverside Stadium, located in the North Muirton area of the city, to which they moved in 2006 from Simpson Park, where they had been plagued by flares and tanktops.[2][3] They are currently under the charge of Head coach Robbie Heron, who took over in the summer of 2023 after he worked elsewhere.

History

Up until the end of the 2005–06 season, they played in Tayside Division One in the Scottish Junior Football Association's East Region, and they won the championship in the division's final season. The SJFA restructured prior to the 2006–07 season, and Swifts found themselves in the twelve-team East Region Central Division. They finished in seventh place in their first season in the division. After a further five seasons in the division, they were promoted to the East Region Premier League as champions in 2011–12. In 2015–16, they were promoted as champions to the Superleague for the first time.[4] They finished 13th and 14th in their two seasons in the Superleague.

Prior to the 2018–19 campaign, Swifts were admitted into the East of Scotland Football League. They finished third in Conference C and were promoted to the new 16-team Premier Division, after the league reverted to a two-tier system.

They became full members of the Scottish Football Association in June 2019, having applied in November 2018.[5] This allowed them to make their debut in the Scottish Cup preliminary rounds in the 2019–20 season. The club progressed to the third round for the first time in 2023–24, beating SPFL opposition Elgin City 6–0 in the second round.[6]

Coaching staff

PositionName
ManagerScotland Robbie Holden
AssistantScotland Richie Montgomery
CoachScotland Bally Whytock
CoachScotland Chris Anton
Goalkeeping CoachScotland Nathan Downs
PhysioScotland Amber Shearer

League history since 1990

Season Division Position
1990–91 Tayside Division One 3rd
1991–92 Tayside Division One 6th
1992–93 Tayside Division One 5th
1993–94 Tayside Division One 10th
1994–95 Tayside Division One 13th
1995–96 Tayside Division Two 1st
1996–97 Tayside Division One 10th
1997–98 Tayside Division One 12th
1998–99 Tayside Division One 3rd
1999–00 Tayside Division One 1st
2000–01 Tayside Premier League 12th
2001–02 Tayside Division One 3rd
2002–03 Tayside Division One 8th
2003–04 Tayside Division One 5th
2004–05 Tayside Division One 6th
2005–06 Tayside Division One 1st
2006–07 East Region, Central Division 7th
2007–08 East Region, Central Division 5th
2008–09 East Region, Central Division 4th
2009–10 East Region, Central Division 4th
2010–11 East Region, Central Division 4th
2011–12 East Region, Central Division 1st
2012–13 East Region, Premier League 8th
2013–14 East Region, Premier League 4th
2014–15 East Region, Premier League 7th
2015–16 East Region, Premier League 1st
2016–17 East Region, Super League 13th
2017–18 East Region, Super League 14th
2018–19 East of Scotland League Conference C 3rd
2019–20 East of Scotland Premier Division 6th
2020–21 East of Scotland Premier Division null & void
2021–22 East of Scotland Premier Division 4th
2022–23 East of Scotland Premier Division 5th

Honours

League

Cup

  • Currie (Findlay & Co) Cup: 1940–41, 1943–44, 1944–45, 1947–48, 1948–49, 1950–51, 1966–67, 1987–88
  • Intersport Cup: 1987–88, 1995–96
  • Division One (Downfield SC) Cup: 2001–02
  • Perth Advertiser (PA) Cup: 1940–41, 1941–42, 1942–43, 1944–45, 1945–46, 1946–47, 1947–48, 1966–67, 1968–69, 1970–71, 1991–92
  • Division One (Red House Hotel) Cup: 2004–05
  • Tayside Drybrough Cup: 1976–77
  • Perthshire Junior Consolation Cup: 1942–43, 1943–44, 1944–45, 1945–46, 1949–50, 1963–64, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1968–69
  • Laing Cup: 1943–44
  • Craig Stephen Cup: 1975–76, 1976–77, 1978–79, 1981–82
  • Perthshire Junior Charity Cup: 1940–41, 1941–42
  • Perthshire Junior Cup: 1942–43, 1943–44, 1944–45, 1945–46, 1946–47, 1947–48, 1954–55, 1964–65, 1965–66, 1972–73
  • Perthshire Rosebowl: 1948–49, 1949–50, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1961–62, 1966–67, 1967–68
  • North and Tayside Inter-Regional Cup (GA Cup): 2011–2012, 2012–13
  • ACA Sports League Cup: 2012–13

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. ↑ CASC Registered clubs – HMRC.gov.uk
  3. ↑ Pitch plan set for swift go-ahead Archived 12 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine – The Courier
  4. ↑ "Perth's Jeanfield Swifts have been crowned champions of the East Premier League". Perthshire Advertiser. Daily Record. 3 June 2016. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
  5. ↑ "Big ambitions for Jeanfield Swifts who have hit the ground running in senior football" - The Courier, 1 December 2018
  6. ↑ "Scottish Cup second round: Jeanfield & Dunbar shock League 2 sides". BBC Sport. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
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