Ground: Brownlands Park, Luncarty
Tel: (01738) 828836 (Social Club)
Email: luncartyprog@yahoo.co.uk
Capacity: 1,200
Colours: Orange + Black (home), Maroon (away)
Luncarty Junior Football Club were formed in 1886 and are members of the Scottish Junior Football Association. The club currently plays in the East Region Central Division. Having originally been a juvenile club, then a spell in the Perthshire senior league, the club turned to the junior grade of football in 1921.
HONOURS:
Perthshire Junior League Winners: 1928/29, 31/32, 49/50, 64/65
Tayside Division One Runners-Up: 2005/06
Tayside League Division Two Winners: 1972/73, 89/90
Constitutional Cup Winners: 1940/41, 64/65
Currie Cup Winners: 1957/58
PA Cup Winners: 1963/64, 71/72
Perthshire Junior Cup Winners: 1940/41, 52/53, 63/64
Perthshire Rose Bowl Winners: 1962/63, 68/69
Supplementary League Winners: 1968/69
Davie Scott Good Conduct Trophy: 1983/84, 91/92, 93/94
Luncarty Tournament Winners: 2004
FACTS:
Players to have went senior include:
Dave Ewing + Sandy Wann (Manchester City), Malcolm Darling (Blackburn Rovers), Thomas Smith (Dundee), Alex Cameron (Dundee Utd), Jim Patterson (Queen of the South), Davie Reid, Alex Miller + Jimmy Stewart (Dunfermline Ath.), Sandy Smith (St. Johnstone), John Thomson (Brechin City), Bobby Laurie, Gordon Harris + Doug Muirhead (Forfar Ath.), Dougie Robb (Montrose).
Scottish Junior Internationalists:
Miller (1950), Todd (1952) - each with 2 caps,
Brown (1957), Reid (1959), Soutar (1964) - each with 1 cap.
Former Luncarty Juniors President George Miller was appointed President of the Scottish Junior Football Association for three years, between 1958 and 1961.
The biggest crowd to have watched 'the Bleachers' came on 2nd January 1948 when 7,000 spectators turned out to see Luncarty defeat Beith Juniors 5-2 in the Scottish Junior Cup 4th round at St. Johnstone's Muirton Park. |