Craigroyston F.C.

Not to be confused with Royston Town F.C..

Craigroyston F.C.

Full name	Craigroyston Football Club
Founded	1976
Ground	St Mark’s Park, Warriston, Edinburgh
Ground Capacity	1,000
Manager	Vacant
League	East of Scotland Football League
2014–15	East of Scotland Football League Premier Division, 8th
Home colours Away colours

Craigroyston Football Club are a senior football club currently playing in the East of Scotland Football League. They play their home matches at St Mark's Park in Edinburgh.

History

Craigroyston are one of the youngest clubs in membership of the East of Scotland FA. Their history extends back to 1976. In fact the only reason they came into being was because of the manager of Eyemouth United, Rab Melrose. Although associated with a club from the Scottish Borders, Melrose and several of his team emanated from the capital. In 1975, they decided it would be more sensible if they all came back to Edinburgh to start their own team, they did this the following year. They arranged to play their home games at the Craigroyston Community Centre in the north of the city, and decided to name themselves after their adopted home.

Having sought and obtained membership of the East of Scotland FA, the new club gained distinction by reaching the final of the East of Scotland Qualifying Cup in their first season. They also got to the semi-final of the City Cup. The new club moved into City Park, which they shared with Spartans until as recently as 1998, when they moved to their current home, St Mark's Park, which is in the Warriston area of the city, near the Royal Botanic Garden.

Craigroyston have not won many honours in its short history, but did taste success when the club lifted the Alex Jack Cup in 1993–94, the King Cup in 1996–97 and the First Division title in 2005–06 and 2012–13. They were relegated to the First Division two more times, in 2008 and 2015.

External links

Official website