Arbroath F.C.
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Arbroath F.C. are a Scottish Association football team currently playing in the Scottish Football League.
They were founded in 1878 and currently play their home matches at Gayfield, Arbroath. They play in maroon strips, and are nicknamed "The Lichties".
Their most notable achievement is that they hold the record for the biggest victory in British senior football, when in 1885 they beat Bon Accord 36-0 in a Scottish Cup match. One Arbroath player scored 13 goals in that game, also a record as the most goals by a single player in a British senior match. By an incredible coincidence, on the same day in another Scottish Cup match Dundee Harp beat Aberdeen Rovers 35-0.
The team has had mixed success in recent years. In the 1996-97 season they hit the bottom of the Scottish senior football standard as they finished bottom of the Third Division. However, the follow season they were promoted to the Second Division against all expectations. They spent three years at this level before winning promotion to the First Division - arguably the club's greatest achievement in recent history. They finished 7th in their first season in the First Division, 13 points clear of relegation troubles, which was rather impressive for their first ever venture at this level. However, in the 2002-03 season, the team struggled badly, and finished bottom of the table, 20 points adrift of penultimate side Alloa. In the 2003-04 season, Arbroath narrowly avoided back-to-back relegations, as they escaped the drop on the last day of the season. In 2004-05, however, there was no such escaping, as a 3-0 defeat at Dumbarton on April 30, 2005 condemned them to the Third Division for next season.
Therefore, in recent years the club has risen from the depths of the Third Division to the heights of the First Division, then fallen back down to the basement league.
Honours
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Club Records
Biggest win: 36-0 vs Bon Accord F.C. in 1885
Biggest league loss: 1-9 vs Celtic F.C. in 1993
Biggest home attendance: 13,510 vs Rangers F.C., 1952