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Wikipedia - Rothes F.C.
Rothes Football Club is a senior football club who play in the Highland Football League. They were originally founded in 1907 as a Junior club, Rothes Victoria, and turned Senior on 4 May 1938 as Rothes FC, obtaining a place in the Highland League. They play at Mackessack Park in Rothes, a small town near Elgin in Moray. They play in tangerine shirts, colours they inherited from Dundee United after purchasing the floodlights from Tannadice Park. Rothes have won the Highland League once, in the 1958–59 season. Mackessack Park is named after one Douglas Mackessack, a local laird and whisky magnate and an early benefactor of the club.
In 2020, The Speysiders won their first honours in 41 years, defeating Buckie Thistle 2–1 in the Highland League Cup final to win the trophy for the first time.
El estadio del Rothes se llama Mackessack Park.
El Rothes ha ganado la Highland Football League en dos ocasiones, en 1993-94 y 2001-02. También ha ganado la Scottish Qualifying Cup en cuatro ocasiones, en 1923-24, 1928-29, 1956-57 y 1970-71.
La rivalidad más fuerte del Rothes es con el Elgin City. Los dos equipos se han enfrentado en numerosas ocasiones a lo largo de los años, con el Rothes ganando la mayoría de los partidos.
El Rothes es un club de fútbol relativamente pequeño, pero tiene una base de seguidores leales. El club es también una parte importante de la comunidad local y desempeña un papel activo en la promoción del fútbol en la zona.