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Wigtown & Bladnoch F.C. are a football club from the town of Wigtown in the Dumfries and Galloway area of Scotland, who play in the South of Scotland Football League, in the sixth tier of Scottish football. The club are current champions of the South of Scotland Football League, winning their fifth title in the 2014-15 season. ==History== They were originally formed in 1880 as Wigtown FC, but changed their name to Wigtown & Bladnoch FC in 1919. Bladnoch is a small village barely a mile from Wigtown, but was the base for two of the largest employers in the area. Bladnoch Distillery was founded in 1817 by the McLelland brothers as the southern-most distillery in Scotland, and Bladnoch Creamery, founded in 1899 by the Scottish Co-operative Wholesale Society.〔(History of Bladnoch – Galloway Today )〕 They play their home matches at Trammondford Park, which has room for 1,500 spectators. The club motto is ''"moving forward – to achieve our goals"''. They have competed in the South of Scotland Football League since the league reformed in 1946, although they resigned for seasons 1962-63 and 1972-73 due to financial problems.〔(Scottish Football Historical Archive )〕 They have won the league on four occasions, the latest being 2013-14 when they prevailed in the first championship after Threave Rovers and Dalbeattie Star left the South of Scotland League to join the newly formed Scottish Sun Lowland League and only failing to win two of their 20 league games that season! Wigtown & Bladnoch have also appeared in the Scottish Cup on 14 occasions, but their only moment of glory came in January 1952, when they beat Scottish Football League side Montrose 2-1 at Links Park, Montrose. In the second round, they were drawn at home to Dundee, but lost 1-7, although Dundee did go on to play Motherwell in the final that season.〔(Scottish FA Cup 1951-1952 : First Round )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Wigtown & Bladnoch F.C.」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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