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Dunbar United Dunbar United FOOTBALL CLUB Dunbar United FC is a Scottish junior football club that plays their home games at New Countess Park, having moved there in 2001. They share the sports centre with the local rugby team, Dunbar RFC and it has room for around 2,500 spectators. The club was first established in 1925 and continue to play as a Scottish junior football club, competing in the EOSFL Conference A. Since first being established the club has gone on to put together a history of which they have every right to be proud. Perhaps their greatest achievement came when they won the Scottish Junior Cup in 1961 and their current group of players will be keen to add to this over the coming years. The team’s home strip is black and white stripes and they enjoy a healthier support than many teams at their level. This season, their first team has put together a positive league campaign, having compiled a record of thirteen wins, four draws and seven defeats from their twenty-four matches. This sees them sitting near the top of the table with 43 points on the board. Their performances this season should provide them with the perfect platform from which to build for the Main Funeral Directors because we care... Award Winning Funeral Director We are a family run Funeral Directors, ALL TYPES OF SERVICES CATERED FOR Including A DIRECT TO CREMATORIUM (No Funeral Service Held) future. 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 mounting a serious title challenge next time around. One of the highlights of the team’s performances this season has been the attacking brand of football that they have been able to produce. This has been reflected in the fact that they have found the back of the net sixty-two times at a rate of more than two per game. This will certainly have meant that any supporters attending their matches will have been well entertained and should encourage more of the local community to get behind the side in future. This in turn has the potential to provide them with a valuable source of additional revenue which is particularly important in the current financial climate. One of the main reasons the team has been so free scoring has been the potent attacking partnership formed by Dean Ballantyne and Fraser McLaren who have scored 38 goals between them with Ballantyne leading the way with 25. Chris King has also proven to have an eye for goal from midfield with eighteen to his name. Being able to rely upon players to consistently hit the back of the net is important for any side and Dunbar United is well stocked in this area. Knowing that creating chances will result in goals will certainly serve to be a major boost for the side. There is much to admire about the fine set up that Dunbar United currently has in place and this is thanks to all of the hard work that they’ve carried out in recent times. If they continue in the same manner they should be able to look forwards to a bright and successful future. Contact 24hours a day: 01368 864007 www.footballfocusmag.com 11