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AIKENHEAD THISTLE AFC
FOUNDED 2002/2003
AIKENHEAD THISTLE AFC WERE FORMED IN MAY 2002 AND JOINED THE WEST OF
SCOTLAND AMATEUR FOOTBALL LEAGUE IN AUGUST 2002 TO WERE THEY COMPETED IN THE THIRD DIVISION.
AIKENHEAD THISTLE COMPETED WELL IN THIS DIVISION AN WERE REWARDED AT THE END OF THE SEASON TO WHICH THEY GAINED PROMOTION INTO THE SECOND DIVISION.
MUCH WAS TO FOLLOW IN THERE SECOND SEASON OF EXISTANCE AND ONCE AGAIN THEY FOUND THEMSELVES PROMOTED TO DIVISION ONE.
THE TEAM CONTINUED TO BUILD ON THERE PREVIOUS SEASONS WITHIN THE LEAGUE SET UP AND IT WAS NO SURPRISE THAT THEY WENT ON TO LIFT THE FIRST DIVISION TITLE AND WERE ALSO RUNNERS UP IN THE LEAGUE CUP FINAL.
AIKENHEAD THISTLE NOW IN THE PREMIER DIVISION AFTER THREE SEASONS FACED THE TEST TO SEE HOW THEY WOULD COPE WITH THE PREMIER LEAGUE AND DID SO WITH SO STYLE.
AIKENHEAD THISTLE HAD A GREAT RUN IN ALL CUP COMPETITIONS AND WERE REWARDED WHEN THEY WON THE THOMSON TROPHY AND ALSO THE PREMIER TITLE UNDEFEATED.
AIKENHEAD THISTLE STAYED IN THE LEAGUE THE FOLLOWING SEASON AND AFTER A ROCKY START GAINED CONFIDENCE TO OVERCOME THERE START TO THE SEASON TO SUCCESSFULLY DEFEND THE TITLE.
AIKENHEAD THISTLE NOW HAVE TWO AMATEUR TEAMS TO WHICH THE TEAM THAT WON THESE HONOURS OVER THE SEASONS FROM 2002/2003 HAVE MOVED ON TO NEW PASTURES WERE THEY HAVE JOINED THE SCOTTISH AMATEUR FOOTBALL LEAGUE,WITH THE OTHER TEAM CONTINUING TO COMPETE IN THE WEST OF SCOTLAND AFL.
MUCH CREDIT MUST GO TO ALL CLUB OFFICIALS AND PLAYERS FOR THERE EFFORTS SINCE THE TEAM WAS FORMED.
TO DATE AIKENHEAD THISTLE HAVE TWO AMATEUR TEAMS,TWO UNDER 13 TEAMS AND AN
UNDER 10 TEAM.
BOTH AMATEUR TEAMS WOULD LIKE TO THANK HARVEY'S BAR FOR THERE CONTINUED SUPPORT
TOWARDS THE TEAMS,AND MC ALPINE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THERE SUPPORT.
FOUNDED 2002/2003
AIKENHEAD THISTLE AFC WERE FORMED IN MAY 2002 AND JOINED THE WEST OF
SCOTLAND AMATEUR FOOTBALL LEAGUE IN AUGUST 2002 TO WERE THEY COMPETED IN THE THIRD DIVISION.
AIKENHEAD THISTLE COMPETED WELL IN THIS DIVISION AN WERE REWARDED AT THE END OF THE SEASON TO WHICH THEY GAINED PROMOTION INTO THE SECOND DIVISION.
MUCH WAS TO FOLLOW IN THERE SECOND SEASON OF EXISTANCE AND ONCE AGAIN THEY FOUND THEMSELVES PROMOTED TO DIVISION ONE.
THE TEAM CONTINUED TO BUILD ON THERE PREVIOUS SEASONS WITHIN THE LEAGUE SET UP AND IT WAS NO SURPRISE THAT THEY WENT ON TO LIFT THE FIRST DIVISION TITLE AND WERE ALSO RUNNERS UP IN THE LEAGUE CUP FINAL.
AIKENHEAD THISTLE NOW IN THE PREMIER DIVISION AFTER THREE SEASONS FACED THE TEST TO SEE HOW THEY WOULD COPE WITH THE PREMIER LEAGUE AND DID SO WITH SO STYLE.
AIKENHEAD THISTLE HAD A GREAT RUN IN ALL CUP COMPETITIONS AND WERE REWARDED WHEN THEY WON THE THOMSON TROPHY AND ALSO THE PREMIER TITLE UNDEFEATED.
AIKENHEAD THISTLE STAYED IN THE LEAGUE THE FOLLOWING SEASON AND AFTER A ROCKY START GAINED CONFIDENCE TO OVERCOME THERE START TO THE SEASON TO SUCCESSFULLY DEFEND THE TITLE.
AIKENHEAD THISTLE NOW HAVE TWO AMATEUR TEAMS TO WHICH THE TEAM THAT WON THESE HONOURS OVER THE SEASONS FROM 2002/2003 HAVE MOVED ON TO NEW PASTURES WERE THEY HAVE JOINED THE SCOTTISH AMATEUR FOOTBALL LEAGUE,WITH THE OTHER TEAM CONTINUING TO COMPETE IN THE WEST OF SCOTLAND AFL.
MUCH CREDIT MUST GO TO ALL CLUB OFFICIALS AND PLAYERS FOR THERE EFFORTS SINCE THE TEAM WAS FORMED.
TO DATE AIKENHEAD THISTLE HAVE TWO AMATEUR TEAMS,TWO UNDER 13 TEAMS AND AN
UNDER 10 TEAM.
BOTH AMATEUR TEAMS WOULD LIKE TO THANK HARVEY'S BAR FOR THERE CONTINUED SUPPORT
TOWARDS THE TEAMS,AND MC ALPINE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THERE SUPPORT.