Gretna

Gretna Football Club is a Scottish football club representing Gretna, Dumfries and Galloway that was originally founded in 1946. The home ground of the club is Raydale Park, but due to the current difficulties of the club they will play their home East of Scotland Football League matches in the Everholm Stadium in Annan.

Despite being based in Scotland, the club participated in English football from 1947 until it was elected to the Scottish Football League at the third attempt in 2002. Due to the financial support of businessman Brooks Mileson, the club was promoted through the Scottish leagues from the Third Division side to the SPL in less than five years.

The club struggled badly in the SPL and it was placed in administration after Mileson withdrew his support. At the end of the season, all of the club’s staff were made redundant and the club was initially relegated to the Third Division due to their inability to guarantee fulfilment of their forthcoming fixtures. After this demotion, the one remaining potential buyer withdrew their offer to buy the club. In the belief that Gretna has ceased to exist, they resigned their place in the Scottish Football League on June 3.

Source: Freebase – The World's Database
"Gretna" Freely licensed under CC-BY.

Descriptions contained on this page may include content from Wikipedia. With the exception of some images, Wikipedia content is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License.

↑ Back to Top

Some club information was provided, with permission, by Brian McColl.

1947-1948 Home Kit

More kits from this club