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Darvel
Full name	Darvel Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Vale
Founded	1889
Ground	Recreation Park, Darvel
Capacity	2,200 (65 seated)
Manager	Michael Oliver
League	West of Scotland League Premier Division
2023–24	West of Scotland League Premier Division, 7th of 16
Website	https://www.darvelfc.co.uk/
Home colours	Away colours

Darvel Football Club are a Scottish football club based in the town of Darvel, Ayrshire. Nicknamed "The Vale" and formed in 1889, the club play at Recreation Park, and currently compete in the West of Scotland League Premier Division.

History

The club reached the final of the 1975–76 Scottish Junior Cup, but were beaten 3–0 by Bo'ness United.^[1]

Darvel won the Ayrshire District League title in 2016–17 to gain promotion to the West Super League First Division (renamed as the West Championship), the second tier of the SJFA West Region league structure.

The team was managed from June 2013 to November 2017 by Scott Clelland.^[2] On 14 February 2019, Darvel announced that Mick Kennedy would be the new manager for the season 2019–20.

The club and Blantyre Victoria were declared joint-winners of the West Region Championship in 2019–20 after the season was prematurely halted by the COVID-19 pandemic.^[3]

Darvel joined the West of Scotland Football League in 2020–21 along with all other West Region junior clubs, and were promoted to the Premier Division for the inaugural season. In the first full season, they won the Premier Division in 2021–22.

On 23 January 2023, Darvel pulled off one of the biggest shocks in Scottish Cup history, as they beat Premiership side Aberdeen 1–0 in the fourth round at Recreation Park.^[4]

Players

Current squad

As of 5 January 2025

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	SCO	Andrew Wilson
2	DF	SCO	Ross Barbour
3	DF	SCO	Nicky Docherty
4	DF	SCO	David Syme (Captain)
5	DF	SCO	Jack Duncan
6	DF	SCO	Scott Walker
7	MF	SCO	Leon Murphy
8	MF	SCO	Ross McKenzie
9	FW	SCO	Declan McDonald
10	MF	SCO	Reegan Aitken
11	MF	SCO	Aaron Black
12	MF	SCO	Keir Ronney
14	MF	SCO	Ally Love
15	MF	SCO	Aidan Quinn


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	MF	SCO	Jonny Black
17	MF	SCO	Aidan Callaghan
18	FW	SCO	Sam Culbert (on loan from Livingston)
20	DF	SCO	Scott Paterson
19	FW	SCO	Aaron Brown
20	DF	SCO	Cammy Williamson (on loan from Johnstone Burgh)
21	GK	SCO	Jack Howie
22	DF	SCO	Conner McGlinchey (on loan from Johnstone Burgh)
23	DF	SCO	Jordan Allan
—	DF	SCO	Robbie Cairns
—	DF	SCO	Archie Graham (on loan from Queen's Park)
—	DF	SCO	Chris Neeson (on loan from Hamilton Academical)
—	FW	SCO	Aiden Gilmartin