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| Full name | Gala Fairydean Rovers Football Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | GFR[1][2] | ||
| Founded | 2013 | ||
| Ground | Netherdale, Galashiels | ||
| Capacity | 4,000[3] | ||
| Chairman | Ryan Cass[4] | ||
| Manager | Martin Scott | ||
| League | Lowland League | ||
| 2023–24 | Lowland League, 16th of 18 | ||
| Website | Club website | ||
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Gala Fairydean Rovers Football Club are a Scottish association football club based in the town of Galashiels in the Scottish Borders. The club competes in the Lowland League, after joining from the East of Scotland Football League in 2013. At the same time the club changed its name to Gala Fairydean Rovers, following a merger between Gala Fairydean and Gala Rovers. The club plays its home matches at Netherdale in Galashiels.[5][6]
Gala Fairydean won the East of Scotland Football League eight times and finished runners-up on seven occasions. The club reached 15 Scottish Qualifying Cup South finals, winning it 11 times, before the competition was abolished in 2007. Gala Fairydean Rovers qualify automatically for the Scottish Cup as a member of the Scottish Football Association (SFA). The best performance by the club was reaching the third round, done on five occasions.[7][8] Gala Rovers won the Border Amateur Football League 13 times.
- ^ All-time Scottish Football Club Directory 1829–2009 – Gala Fairydean Archived 20 November 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Scottish Football Historical Football Archive. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
- ^ Gala Fairydean FC, pyramidpassion.co.uk. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
- ^ Netherdale Football Ground, soccerway.com. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
- ^ [1], New chairman takes the helm at Gala FR. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
- ^ Information – Gala Fairydean Archived 30 March 2013 at the Wayback Machine, East of Scotland Football Association. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
- ^ Netherdale, footballgroundmap.com. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
- ^ Football Results Summary for Gala Fairydean, londonhearts.com. London Hearts Supporters' Club. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
- ^ Gala Fairydean, www.fchd.info. Football Club History Database. Retrieved 1 April 2013.