Whitletts Victoria F.C.

Whitletts Victoria Football Club are a Scottish football club, historically based in the Whitletts area of Ayr, South Ayrshire. The club currently play in the West of Scotland League Conference A.

Whitletts Victoria FC
Full nameWhitletts Victoria Football Club
Nickname(s)The Vics
Founded1944
GroundDam Park
Content Avenue
Ayr
Capacity3,000 (478 seated)
ChairmanJohn Dalton
ManagerGeorge Grierson
LeagueWest of Scotland League Conference A
2019–20SJFA West Championship, 10th of 16
WebsiteClub website

Nicknamed The Vics, the club were formed in 1944 and currently play at Dam Park Stadium, near Ayr town centre. The club were forced to leave their traditional home of Voluntary Park in Whitletts, which doubled up as a greyhound racing track,[1] in February 2011, after actions by the leaseholder raised major health and safety concerns, forcing the local council to close the stadium. The stadium has since been demolished and is now the site of a new social housing complex called Victoria Crescent, after the club.

On the park, the greatest era in the club's history was the mid- to late 1950s. In 1956 the club played in front of 20,100 people at Shawfield Stadium in the semi final of the Scottish Junior Cup, only to lose 3–2 to eventual winners Petershill. However, in 1957-58 the Club won the Western League (South) Championship, losing out to North Champions Irvine Meadow in the play-off to determine the destination of the league championship itself.

Since then the club has had, in the main, a troubled time, with its very existence called into question on a number of occasions. However, in recent years, developments on and off the park have placed the club on a more secure foundation. In 2017–18 the Club won promotion to the newly formed West Region Championship and in 2018 formed its own charity, Vics in the Community, providing free coaching to local youngsters and starting the development of a youth player pathway.

In 2020, the Club took the decision after 75 years of membership of the SJFA, to join the pyramid system in Scottish football as one of the inaugural members of the West of Scotland Football League


Honours

Current Squad
Whitletts Victoria FC Squad 2019-20
No. Pos. Name No. Pos. Name
1 GK Scott Johnson 11 FW Robert Patterson
2 DF Martin Findlay 12 MF Callum Ogston
3 DF Paul Millar 13 GK Daniel McColgan
4 DF Isaac Kerr 14 FW Jordan Baird
5 DF Calum Walsh 15 MF Sean Ewart
6 MF The Undertaker 16 MF Stewart Davidson
7 MF Louis Kerr 8 MF Marc Dyer
8 MF Jordan Boyd 18 MF
9 FW Michael Reilly 19 DF Morgan Brown
10 FW Thomas Donovan 20 FW

Non-playing staff

Committee
PositionName
ChairmanJohn Dalton
Vice chairmanAndy McKissock
SecretaryJim Shields
TreasurerAndrew Downie
Committee memberGeorge Jaconelli
Committee memberGavin Brown
Committee memberRobin McTrusty
Committee memberAngelina Jaconelli

Management
PositionName
ManagerGeorge Grierson
Asst. ManagerKevin Deeney
First team CoachBarry Ross
Goalkeeper coachDaniel McColgan
Sports First AiderCharlene Dalton
ChaplainJohn Smillie

Player Awards
Whitletts Victoria FC Annual Player of the Year Awards
Season Player of the Year Players Player of the Year Young Player of the Year Sam Galloway Award Top Goalscorer Goal of the Season
2018-19 Adam Forsyth Adam Forsyth Callum Ogston Raymond Buchanan Adam Forsyth Graeme Barbour
2017-18 Isaac Kerr Josh Sloan Louis Kerr Louis Kerr Adam Forsyth Blair Anderson
2016-17 Chris Black Chris Black Josh Sloan Paul Cameron Tony Balfour Sean Ewart
2015-16 Tony Balfour Sean Ewart Sam McFall Tony Balfour Tony Balfour Graham Longair
2014-15 Lee Holland Michael O'Connor Sean Ewart Michael O'Connor Tony Balfour Martin Reynolds
2013-14 Martin Lawrie Conner Simpson Tony Balfour Tony Balfour
2012-13 Darren Johnston Darren Johnston Neil McGinn

References
  1. "OS Plan 1959". old-maps.co.uk.
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