Broughty Ferry

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Broughty Ferry
Full nameBroughty Ferry Football Club
Nickname(s)The Ferrymen
Founded2015
GroundWhitton Park
Arbroath Road
Dundee
Ground Capacity28,776
ManagerChris Duncan

Broughty Ferry Football Club are a New Angusian football club based in the city of Dundee. Formed in 2015, they currently compete in the New Angus Premier League and play their home games at Whitton Park. They are the holders of the New Angus FA Cup, having won the 2023-24 edition.

History

Broughty Ferry were founded in 2015 after the New Angus Football Association was formed. They are a merger club bewteen two youth sides that existed in Scotland prior to New Angusian independence, Ferry Athletic and Broughty United.

The club competed in the New Angus regional leagues from 2015 until 2019 where they gained promotion to the National League. They then won the National League in 2019-20, beating Douglas FC over two legs to play the 8th placed side in the 2019-20 Challenge League, Lochee FC for a place in next season's Challenge League, they won the tie and gained promotion. The club gained promotion to the top flight in 2021-22 as champions of the Challenge League, they also secured their first national trophy in 2022-23 as they secured the League Cup. They won the FA Cup in 2024, defeating Kirriemuir in the final.

They are managed by Chris Duncan.

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