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On Saturday March 20th Tayport will visit
Somervell Park in the Quarter Final of the O.V.D. Scottish Cup. Another tricky
tie for the Somervell Park side but also one we are more than capable of
holding our own in. The trick here is not to be over awed by the Cup Holders,
the same way we were not overawed by Pollok or Maryhill.
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Website And Used By Kind Permision
I have put together a little bit about Tayport on this page
for our fans to see just what an impressive side we will be up against.
Below is an extract taken by kind permission of Alan
Kinnersley of the Tayport Website
Some History
Tayport had a junior football team at
the turn of the 19th century and won the East Fife Cup in 1905, a competition,
incidentally, which ended in 1973 with
The present club was founded in 1947 as
an amateur club, The Amateurs at this time mainly comprised local youngsters
who had entered the team in the Midlands Alliance League, a league essentially
for clubs’ reserve Xl’s. Their local rivals, the Violet
played in the top league. By 1950 the Midlands Amateur Football Association was
expanding and in the re-organised leagues both the Violet and the Amateurs
found themselves in Division Two.
Promotion was swift and the two local sides finished the season in first
and second spot respectively. 1952-53 saw the Violet and the Amateurs finish second and third in
the First Division behind the champions YM Anchorage who, incidentally, had won
every title since 1933. Then
suddenly, Violet were gone! Despite finishing runners-up, it was their last
season.
There were contrasting fortunes for the
Amateurs during the fifties and sixties but, despite those often quite
desperate times, what was important was the fact that the club survived. The
seventies was a reasonably successful era with the club establishing itself as
a major force in the amateur game, going on to lift the Midlands League Championship
in 1981/82 and reaching the semi-final of the Scottish Amateur Cup in 1985/86.
In
1980 the club which since 1953, had run a second string, started a third amateur
team - the Fife Xl -
which was to enjoy 11 successful seasons in the East Fife Amateur Association
and, for one season, the Kingdom Caledonian League.
Junior football in the town wasn't resurrected until 1990 when the present
Tayport FC, was admitted to membership of the Scottish Junior FA in time
for the 1990/91 season.
The club had played their matches on the East Common but moved to the present
ground, the Canniepairt, in 1974, building (and subsequently extending) a
pavilion and creating a playing pitch on what had previously been grazing
ground, but at that time was waste ground leased from Tayport Town Council. The
committee, several of whom are still office bearers of the club to this
day, gradually improved and upgraded facilities thanks to their own and
the efforts of many willing townspeople.
The club has steadily grown in stature and the recruitment of Dave Baikie
(joint manager in the first Junior season with Peter Marr, now Dundee FC
chief executive) in 1990 was the springboard for unprecedented success in the
Junior game.
Every honour in the game has been won
and there have been three OVD Scottish Junior Cup final appearances during the
subsequent thirteen years.
It is a period during which the club
has become the area's, indeed the country's, most successful junior club
dominating Tayside Junior football in unprecedented fashion, winning every
competition open to them including the OVD Scottish Junior Cup in 1996.
In addition a number of players
collected Scottish Junior International caps.
The amateur sides gradually dwindled
until in 2001, the club resigned its membership of the Midlands AFA, leaving
the club with only the Junior team.
The emergence this season of the Whyte
and Mackay East Region Super League has taken Tayport on to a new level with
regular league competition with the cream of junior football. To win this
competition in its inaugural season was a magnificent achievement.
Very much a community based club,
Tayport FC's main sponsor since 1994 has been Tayport-based industrial
textiles manufacturers Scott & Fyfe Ltd, a major employer in the town and a
company with interests in many parts of the globe.
So, as you can see, for a club so
tender in years, from a small community in north
The very fact that they have appeared
in four Scottish Cup finals since reaching that stage for the first time a mere
ten years ago, indelibly endorses their tremendous pedigree.
Tayport currently sit in 4th place in the League
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Arniston Rangers |
13 |
7 |
4 |
2 |
17 |
8 |
25 |
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Bathgate Thistle |
13 |
8 |
1 |
4 |
18 |
14 |
25 |
Lochee United
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15 |
7 |
3 |
5 |
29 |
20 |
24 |
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Tayport |
13 |
7 |
2 |
4 |
18 |
12 |
23 |
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By Kind Permision
Our Last Encounter
This was after the 1-1 at Somervell
the previous week. Only Skipper Billy Holmes is the surviving player from that
side.
Tayport 1-2 Cambuslang Rangers
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Kenneth 70mins |
Daisley 18mins |
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Holmes 90 mins |
O.V.D. Scottish Junior Cup 2nd Round
Replay
Saturday 11th November 2000
at the' Canniepairt '
Cambuslang
progressed into the 3rd round of the O.V.D. Scottish cup last weekend with a
hard fought 2-1 victory over Tayport in last Saturday's 2nd round replay writes
JIM LOGAN. Goals from Mark Daisley and the winner in the final
minute from skipper Billy Holmes ensured they made it into Sunday's draw.
Keeper Alan Wardlaw played a big part in getting them into the next round with
a stunning save moments after Tayport equalised, had that gone in while Tayport
were on top it could so easily have been curtains for the Lang.
After
last weeks close encounter, the signs were there that this game was going to be
every bit as tough. The first chance of the game fell to the visitors in the
first minute, a good turn on the edge of the box by Daisley gave him time for a
shot but it was a weak effort which the keeper saved easily. Tayport went close
with a long range effort from Reilly which was saved by Wardlaw. Cambuslang
opened the scoring after 18 minutes. His turn on the edge of the box gave him
time and room to fire past the Port Keeper from 15 yards. Similar to the first
game both teams were cancelling each other out. The Cambuslang back line were
restricting the home team to long range efforts and none were really troubling
Wardlaw in the Lang goal. Daisley could have put Cambuslang 2 up but a last
gasp saving tackle by Wilkie who put the ball behind for a corner. Damian
Devanney was the subject of a nasty tackle which required lengthy treatment but
the referee saw nothing wrong in the challenge. First into the book went Lang's
Andrew Noble. He was penalised for a late tackle which was a surprise
considering what the referee let go moments earlier.
H-T 0-1
Neither
team made any changes at the break. Tayport were beginning to push forward
looking to get the equaliser, Nichol tested Wardlaw with a drive from the edge
of the box which the keeper saved. Moments later he and Port's Kenneth
collided, accidentally, both required treatment. The keeper seemed to come of
the worst but was able to continue. On the hour mark Cambuslang had a great
chance to grab a second goal when Billy Holmes put in a telling cross to the
back post and Stewart Gauley came steaming in but was unable to get his effort
on target. Tayport made there fist Substitution, throwing on the tricky winger
Evans for Reilly and a minute later put on a giant of a man Craik and proceeded
to throw the ball into the box at every opportunity. Cambuslang were having
trouble coping with the big mans height. They then made there final
substitution bringing on Harris. Tayport's pressure finally paid off with 20
minutes remaining, Craik beat Devanney easily in the box before squaring the
ball to Kenneth who tapped past the keeper to level. For a 10 minute spell Cambuslang
begun to panic and were having trouble clearing their lines, and when they did
get it clear the Port just pumped the high ball back into the middle for the
big guys to run at. Tayport were gifted an opportunity to go in front after a
howler from the usually reliable Jim Kavanagh, he lost possession in his own
half allowing Evans in on goal but he put his effort wide to the relief of the
travelling support and management of Cambuslang. Then came a bizarre piece of
events, Cambuslang were preparing to bring on substitute Bernie Mulligan when
the referee pointed out that the player was not listed on the team sheet
therefore he was not allowed to enter the fray. Manager Andy Cunningham had
only listed 3 substitutes despite having the full quota of five available. This
meant new signing, striker James Earlie, was put on instead. Tayport were still
proving a danger and Harris had an excellent run to the edge of the box but a
fine block from Devanney cleared the danger. Then came the save of the season
so far, Evans fired in a superb shot that was goalbound all the way until
Wardlaw threw himself at it and turned it round the post. Only a minute later
and he came to his sides rescue again, this time saving from the head of Jones.
Two class stops in the space of a minute kept the Lang in this Tie. As the game
was heading for extra time Club captain Billy Holmes popped up to head the
winner in the 90th minute. Maxwell was fouled out on the left and he took the
free kick and floated a great ball into the back post which the unmarked Holmes
nodded home for a memorable victory. Maxwell was then booked for diving in
injury time, a harsh decision as he was clearly clipped while chasing the ball.
F-T 1-2
Line
ups
Tayport
Fitzpatrick, Buist, Paterson, Ward, Wilkie, Ramsay, Kenneth, Reilly, Jones,
Nicoll & Corcoran
Subs
from Harris, Evans, Craik,Greig
Cambuslang
Wardlaw, Noble, McCabe, Gauley, Kavanagh, Richardson, Devanney, Holmes,
Daisley,Dunn & Maxwell
Subs
from Robertson, McDougall & Earlie