Full name | Buckie Rovers Football Club | ||
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Nickname(s) | The Rovers | ||
Founded | 1889 | ||
Ground | Merson Park, Barrhill Road, Buckie | ||
Chairman | Mike Coull | ||
Manager | Neil Mair | ||
2020–21 | SJFA North First Division (season abandoned) | ||
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Buckie Rovers Football Club are a Scottish football club from the town of Buckie, Moray. After a period abeyance during the 2021–22 season due to organisational difficulties caused by the Covid-19 pandemic in Scotland, the club folded in September 2022. In July 2023 the club restarted and are entered into the Moray and district Welfare League with a view to returning to the junior setup in a couple years time after a rebuilding period. The Club have won a historic Treble in their first season back in football.
Rovers withdrew from the league early in season 2004–05 but rejoined the following year. The club used to share a ground with their larger Highland League neighbours Buckie Thistle but are now based at Merson Park in the Buckpool area of the town. The club colours are black and white.
Rovers earned promotion to the North Superleague for the first time after clinching the 2015–16 North Region Division One (West) championship in March 2016.[1]