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| Full name | Jeanfield Swifts Football Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Swifts | ||
| Founded | 1908 | ||
| Ground | Riverside Stadium Bute Drive Perth | ||
| Capacity | 1,000 | ||
| Chairman | David Blair | ||
| League | East of Scotland League Premier Division | ||
| 2022–23 | East of Scotland League Premier Division, 6th of 16 | ||
| Website | Club website | ||
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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 edit
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 edit
| Position | Name |
|---|---|
| Manager |  Robbie Holden
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| Assistant | Richie Montgomery
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| Coach | Bally Whytock
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| Coach | Chris Anton
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| Goalkeeping Coach | Nathan Downs
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| Physio | Amber Shearer
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League history since 1990 edit
| 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 edit
League edit
- Tayside Premier Division winners: 1972–73
- Tayside Division One winners: 1976–77, 1984–85, 1995–96, 1999–00
- Tayside District Division One winners: 2005–06
- East Region Central Division winners: 2011–12
- East Region Premier League winners: 2015–16
- Midland Junior League: 1943–44, 1945–46, 1946–47
- Perthshire Junior League winners: 1941–42, 1947–48, 1948–49, 1963–64, 1965–66, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1968–69
Cup edit
- 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 edit
- ^ McLauchlin, Brian (7 June 2018). "East of Scotland League vote signals exodus of 25 junior clubs". BBC Sport. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
- ^ CASC Registered clubs – HMRC.gov.uk
- ^ Pitch plan set for swift go-ahead Archived 12 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine – The Courier
- ^ "Perth's Jeanfield Swifts have been crowned champions of the East Premier League". Perthshire Advertiser. Daily Record. 3 June 2016. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
- ^ "Big ambitions for Jeanfield Swifts who have hit the ground running in senior football" - The Courier, 1 December 2018
- ^ "Scottish Cup second round: Jeanfield & Dunbar shock League 2 sides". BBC Sport. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
External links edit
- Club website