CLUB
PROFILE
STROLLING
On SINCE
'73
With a history
dating rback to 1973,
Glenrothes have grown into one of Scotland’s best
known youth football clubs. The club boasts over 300
members in addition to many volunteers and adheres
to a Club Constitution that was drawn up to ensure
that a code of conduct was followed when promoting
youth football in the community.
In 2007 the Glenrothes Strollers committee
started the search for a place to call home. Until then,
individual teams had to look for pitches in surrounding
areas with no real home ground ever being cemented.
The council soon leased Overstenton Park, with the
sixteen acre site becoming Glenrothes Strollers’ new
home. With this set in place, the club began to expand
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and subsequently added a girls team as well as a
Learning Disabled squad. After being established in
2010, the Glenrothes Strollers Girls section of the club
currently consists of three teams playing at ages under
9, under 11 and under 13 in the Fife/ Perth league of
the SWF.
The club celebrated its 40th anniversary this June,
hosting a Fife Fun 4s tournament. Over 400 kids took
part in the day which also featured a Learning Disabled
football tournament that was attended by teams from
across Scotland. Also in attendance were founders of
the club Jim Kane and Drew Hendry as well as provost
of Fife council, Jim Leishman.
In 2012, Strollers U19s won
the 1994 Plate final at the Loch Lomond Festival.
They defeated Louden Albion FC 2-0 in what was a
comfortable win. Glenrothes Strollers U17s had a
successful year in 2013, winning the Association of
Fi