Ardrossan Winton Rovers F.C.

Ardrossan Winton Rovers Football Club are a Scottish football club from Ardrossan in North Ayrshire. Formed in 1900 as a Juvenile club before joining the Junior ranks in 1903 they are based at Winton Park and are nicknamed "The Winton". The club colours are Black and White, currently and historically hoops, but all white shirts and black and white stripes have also been used. The change colour is all sky blue.[2] They compete in the West of Scotland League (withdrawn). They won the Ayrshire District League in 2014–15 and were promoted to the SJFA Super League First Division for the 2015–16 season. One of their ex-players, Bobby Watson, went on to play professionally for Rangers and later semi-professionally for Fleetwood Town and Blackpool.

Ardrossan Winton Rovers
Full nameArdrossan Winton Rovers Football Club
Nickname(s)The Winton
Founded1900
GroundWinton Park
Ardrossan
Capacity3500
ChairmanPat Breen
ManagerStevie Wilson[1]
LeagueWest of Scotland League (withdrawn)
2019–20SJFA West League One, 2nd of 16

Winton Park
Main stand, Winton Park, Ardrossan, 10 Aug 2013

Winton Park has been the home of Winton Rovers for most of their existence and was bought from Lord Eglinton in 1923 for £160. The park originally ran in an East West direction, the park was turned to its current North South direction prior to Bells Nursery selling a strip of land to them for £50. The grandstand was built around 1956.

The pitch is approx 110 yards long by 66 wide and the ground capacity is approx 3000. There are four separate areas of covered terracing and the stand seats approximately 100 people. There are also floodlights but these are not used for matches, except midweek friendlies. On match days there is the opportunity to get refreshments and a regular match programme is also produced.

Honours
Honour Year
SJFA West Region – Ayrshire District League 2010–11, 2014–15
North Ayrshire Cup 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09
West of Scotland Cup 1934–35
West of Scotland Consolation Cup 1935–36
Western League 1919–20, 1933–34
Western League Div II 1978–79, 1988–89, 1997–98
Western League Cup 1935–36
Kilmarnock and District League 1907–08
Irvine and District League 1909–10, 1911–12
Ayrshire Cup 1926–27, 1933–34, 1950–51, 1951–52
Ayrshire District Cup 1911–12, 1919–20, 1926–27, 1935–36, 1978–79
Cunningham Cup 1989–90, 1990–91, 1992–93
Supercup 1990–91
Ayrshire Consolation Cup 1912–13, 1919–20, 1922–23, 1948–49
Vernon Trophy 1948–49
Moore Trophy 1930–31, 1931–32
Land O’Burns Cup 1951–52, 1956–57
Irvine Herald Cup 1911–12, 1931–32
St Vincent de Paul Cup 1935–36
Scottish Junior Cup Semi-finalists 1911–12, 1933–34, 1969–70

References
  1. Club website http://www.wintonroversfc.org.uk/content.php?pg=committee&pd=1051
  2. Club website, http://www.wintonroversfc.org.uk/content.php?pg=clubinfo&pd=1025
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.