Gala Fairydean Rovers F.C. Gala Fairydean Rovers Football Club are a Scottish association football club based in the town of Galashiels in the Scottish Borders . The club competes in the, after joining from the East of Scotland Football League in 2013. At the same time the club changed its name to Gala Fairydean Rovers, following a merger between Gala Fairydean and Gala Rovers . The club plays its home matches at Netherdale in Galashiels.Football League eight times and finished runners-up on seven occasions. The club reached 15 Scottish Qualifying Cup South finals, winning it 11 times, before the competition was abolished in 2007 . Gala Fairydean Rovers qualify automatically for the Scottish Cup as a member of the Scottish Football Association . The best performance by the club was reaching the third round, done on five occasions. Gala Rovers won the Border Amateur Football League 13 times.History Gala Fairydean Rovers was first formed in 1894. In 1907 the club was separated into two teams, known as Gala Fairydean and Gala Rovers . The first Gala Rovers was the reserve team of Gala Fairydean. Both clubs ceased operations in 1914 due to the outbreak of the First World War and the consequent loss of male population in Galashiels. Gala Fairydean resumed in 1919, after the war had ended, and was a founder member of the East of Scotland Football League in 1923.Border Amateur League . Although the two clubs were separate, they were closely linked through operations such as a joint lottery. Although Gala Fairydean were a semi-professional club and needed funds to pay players, Gala Rovers were amateur and could save some of the funds generated. This helped to fund construction of the 1960s main stand at Netherdale. Gala Fairydean applied to join the Scottish Football League in 1966, 1994, 2000 and 2002, but were unsuccessful on each occasion.Lowland Football League in 2013.Stadium Gala Fairydean first played its home matches at Eastlands Park in Galashiels between 1909 and 1913, before moving to Mossilee for a spell until the 1920s. The club moved back to Eastlands, and stayed until 1929, when Netherdale was opened. Netherdale has been the club's home since 1929 and is located in the south-east of Galashiels. The ground's main spectator stand was designed by architect Peter Womersley , alongside engineers Ove Arup and built between 1963 and 1965. The stand has a capacity for 750 spectators and the ground as a whole up to 4,000. The cantilevered concrete structure is protected as a Category A listed building . The club bought 300 seats from Newcastle United's St James' Park stadium when it was refurbished, but were replaced in 2006 by wooden benches.Current squad As of 16 July 2020Season-by-season record Lowland League † Season curtailed due to the COVID-19 pandemic .Honours League Eastern League :*Winners : 1921–22 East of Scotland League East of Scotland Premier Division :*Winners : 1960–61, 1961–62, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1965–66, 1968–69, 1988–89, 1990–91 *Runners-up : 1925–26, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1985–86, 1994–95, 1995–96 East of Scotland First Division :*Runners-up :Cup Scottish Qualifying Cup South*Winners : 1961, 1965, 1966, 1978, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991 *Runners-up : 1981, 1988, 1992, 1996 King Cup : *Winners : 1911-12, 1912–13, 1914–15, 1929–30, 1946–47, 1960–61, 1964–65, 1965–66, 1968–69, 1971–72, 1988–89 East of Scotland Qualifying Cup :*Winners : 1926-27, 1946–47, 1961–62, 1965–66, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1990–91, 1994–95 East of Scotland City Cup : *Winners : 1960-61, 1987–88 East of Scotland League Cup : *Winners : 1968-69, 1993–94Gala Rovers AFC BAFA Honours Winners : 1951, 1953, 1954, 1959, 1964, 1978, 1987, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2013 B Division South Cup Winners : 1954, 1963, 1964, 2007 Border Cup Winners : 1963, 1968, 1996, 2000, 2002, 2003 Beveridge Cup Winners : 1954, 1967, 1978, 1996, 2003, 2013 Wright Cup Winners : 1963, 1966, 1985, 1995 Walls Cup Waddel Cup Winners : 1988, 2001, 2003 Dudley Cup Winners : 1949, 1950, 1953, 2013
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