Peterhead F.C.
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| Full name | Peterhead Football Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | The Blue Toon | ||
| Founded | 1890 | ||
| Ground | Balmoor, Peterhead (Capacity: 4,000) |
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| Chairman |  Rodger Morrison |
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| Manager | Neale Cooper |
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| League | Scottish Second Division | ||
| 2008–09 | Scottish Second Division, 4th | ||
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Peterhead F.C. are a football club based in Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. They currently play in the Scottish Football League Second Division, following promotion in the 2004–05 season.
Their home ground is Balmoor in Peterhead, with a capacity of 4,000. The present manager is Neale Cooper, assisted by Andy Dornan, after manager Steve Paterson was sacked by the club on 10 January 2008. Paterson and Cooper replaced Iain Stewart and Paul Mathers, who were sacked on 29 October 2006.
Peterhead's traditional rivals are the Highland League team Fraserburgh, however since their election to the Scottish Football League, this rivalry has waned somewhat.
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[edit] Honours
Highland League: (5) 1946–47, 1948–49, 1949–50, 1988–89, 1998–99
Highland League Cup Winners: (5) 1962–63, 1965–66, 1967–68, 1980–81, 1988–89
Scottish Qualifying Cup (North) Winners: (6) 1946–47, 1975–76, 1977–78, 1978–79, 1985–86, 1997–98
Aberdeenshire Cup Winners: (20) 1905–06, 1934–35, 1935–36, 1946–47, 1948–49, 1949–50, 1958–59, 1962–63, 1964–65, 1967–68, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1974–75, 1976–77, 1978–79, 1984–85, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1998–99
Aberdeenshire Shield Winners: (1) 1998–99
[edit] Club Records
Biggest league win: 17–0 Fort William 1998
Biggest home defeat: 0–8 Lossiemouth 1993
Biggest cup defeat: 0–13 Aberdeen (Scottish Cup in 1923–24)
Record home attendance, all-time: 8,643 v Raith Rovers (Scottish Cup 4th Round Replay, 25 February 1987, at Recreation Park)
Record home attendance at Balmoor: 3,700 v Partick Thistle (Second Division, 2006)
[edit] Current squad
As of 25 June 2009.
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[edit] Managers
- Colin Grant (1976–1980)
- Dennis D'Arcy (1980–1981)
- Joe Harper (1981–1982)
- Dave Smith (1982–1983)
- Jim Hamilton (1983–1990)
- George Adams (1990–1991)
- Jim Guyan (1991–1993)
- Ian Wilson (1993–1994)
- David Watson (1994–1995)
- Ian Wilson (1995–1998)
- Ronnie Brown (1998–2000)
- Ian Wilson (2000–2004)
- Iain Stewart (2004–2006)
- Steve Paterson (2006–2008)
- Neale Cooper caretaker (2008–Present)
* Prior to Grant's appointment the team was picked by committee.
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