Canonbie is a small village approximately one
mile inside the Scottish Border in the county of Dumfriesshire.
The football team in Canonbie has been
actively in existence since 1925,
and the team caters for both male and female members from the age
of 5 to Adult.
Training takes place on the Canonbie Public
Hall playing fields on Tuesdays and Thursdays during the summer months, and
Tuesdays only during the winter months.
Currently they have a senior team playing in
the Carlisle & District Associated Sunday Friendly
League, sponsored by Chivers Sports,
Carlisle, and the league consists of 12 teams at present.
Normally the club looses a number of its
younger players, as they move on for further education, employment or to go to
college and University.
As in past years the club is again promoting the game for the prospective younger players in the parish of Canonbie, to become involved, so that the youth team can again flourish successfully.
The club also runs a number of 5 and 6 a side tournaments during the summer
months.(watch this space for updates).
The home pitch is situated in the centre
of Canonbie and is self-sufficient,
with a number of pitch improvements taking place during the spring and summer
of 2002.
Recent grants gratefully received to help
develop the club, are from the Lottery
Grants Awards for All, and the club has purchased much needed ground
maintenance equipment.
A second grant from the Dumfries & Galloway Council, Youth Strategy Development Fund,
where the money was used to purchase footballs, aluminium portable goals, and
space markers.
The Canonbie FC team would be only too happy to hear from other village football teams to arrange friendly games, home or away.
On Sunday the 11th
August 2002 a 6 a side tournament will be held at Canonbie To celebrate the
Queens Jubilee and also as part of the Annual Canonbie Flower Show.
Chairman: Mr John Millar
Secretary/Treasurer: Mr Andrew Park
Manager/Trainer: Mr Kevin
Mattinson
Sunday
the 11th August 2002 a 6 a side tournament to be held at Canonbie.
The team won the second division during the
1951/52 season and was promoted to Division 1.
They reached the final of the Cumberland Cup only to be beaten after extra time, and if they had been fortunate to win that day they would have qualified for the first qualifying round in the FA Cup.
You
can contact any of the team representatives by e mailing us on canonbiehall@canonbie.co.uk
Do you recognise
any of the players on the 1951 and 1952 photographs.
Please e mail us
if you do
Sunday
the 11th August 2002 a Queens Jubilee year 6 a side tournament
will
be held on the Playing Fields at Canonbie Public Hall.
Photo – The 2002 team playing
at Canonbie in Yellow and Black.