Cumbernauld Colts
Cumbernauld Colts
FOOTBALL CLUB
Cumbernauld Colts FC was first established in 1969, becoming the town’s first youth football
club and quickly developed a superb reputation with a number of players going on to become
professionals including Derek Whyte of Celtic, Aberdeen, Middlesbrough and Scotland and
Jackie McNamara of Dunfermline, Celtic, Wolves, Aberdeen, Falkirk and Scotland.
The club endured a difficult period during the 80s and 90s
with a number of teams disbanding before the one remaining
side folded in the 1998/99 season. Fortunately, the club was
reformed in 1999 with the launch of a single youth age group
team and gradually, over the next five years it was steadily
built back up to being one of the biggest in the Central Region.
The club now runs both Boys and Girls Academy’s for
children aged between five and eight and these initiatives play
a crucial role in the club’s development as well as allowing
players to play the game in a safe and enjoyable environment.
The club has Girls U9s, U11s, U13s, U15s and adult teams,
boys small game sections at every level i.e. U7s, 8s, 9s, 10s, 11s
and 12s and 11-a-side teams up to Adult level; in all twenty-
four sections with a playing membership of almost 600.
The club also delivers a number of community programmes
i.e. mini kickers 3-5 years, >35’s, Disability Centre, After School
Centres and Weekend Football Centres, these programmes
have in excess of 120 participants each week. In 2015, the
club were awarded full membership of the Scottish FA and
admitted to the SLFL (Scottish Lowland Football League), the
clubs first step into the world of senior professional football.
This season their first team has enjoyed a steady league
campaign, putting together a record of eleven wins, six draws
and eleven defeats from their twenty-eight league matches.
This sees them sitting in a safe mid-table position with thirty-
nine points on the board.
“I am manager of the Senior Team as well as
being a Director of Cordant People. Cordant
People was pleased to help the club and
the players have the company logo on their
shirts. It is sometimes frustrating when we lose
players to clubs that can afford to pay more
money, but we realise it is something we
have to put up with.”
James Orr, Operations Director,
Cordant People
This should provide them with a solid platform from which
to build as they head into the off-season. As long as they are
able to retain their current group of players and can perhaps
make one or two quality additions they should be in with a
good chance of pushing on up the league next time around.
It is great to see the progress Cumbernauld Colts FC has
made since reforming and hopefully they will be able to
continue in the same manner for many years to come.
Shaping your future…
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local businesses to increase
the quality and speed of
recruitment for short and
long term temporary
assignments, as well
as permanent
positions.
Contact
Contact our Glasgow branch today:
T:
T: 01413 702380
E: [email protected]
W: www.cordantpeople.com
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