BRECHIN CITY

("The City")

Year formed1906
Previous names

None

Ground

Carnegie Fuels Stadium at Glebe Park, Trinity Road, Brechin, Angus DD9 6BJ

(for pictures of the ground click here)

 

previous names:
Glebe Park: October 1919 to mid 2025

Pitch measurements110 x 67 yards (100.5 x 61 metres)
Ground capacity3,960
Record attendance at present ground8,122 v Aberdeen, Scottish Cup 3rd round, 3rd February 1973 (lost 2-4)
Previous grounds

Nursery Park: 1906 - 1915

Glebe Park: October 1919 to date

League career

Scottish Northern League: 1906 - 1920

Scottish Eastern League: 1919 - 1923

Scottish Division Three: 1923 - 1926

Scottish Alliance: 1926 - 1927

Scottish Alliance: 1928 - 1929

Scottish Division Two: 1929 - 1939

Scottish Division 'C': 1946 - 1954

Scottish Division 'B' / Division Two: 1954 - 1975

Scottish Division Two: 1975 - 1983

Scottish Division One: 1983 - 1987

Scottish Division Two: 1987 - 1990

Scottish Division One: 1990 - 1991

Scottish Division Two: 1991 - 1993

Scottish Division One: 1993 - 1994

Scottish Division Two: 1994 - 1995

Scottish Division Three: 1995 - 1996

Scottish Division Two: 1996 - 1998

Scottish Division Three: 1998 - 2002

Scottish Division Two: 2002 - 2003

Scottish Division One: 2003 - 2004

Scottish Division Two: 2004 - 2005

Scottish Division One: 2005 - 2006

Scottish Division Two / League One: 2006 - 2017

Scottish Championship: 2017 - 2018

Scottish League One: 2018 - 2019

Scottish League Two: 2019 - 2021

Highland League: 2021 - .

First Scottish League game18th August 1923 v Montrose, Scottish Division Three, lost 0-4
  
Honours 
European

None

Domestic - League

Scottish Division Two champions: 1982-83, 1989-90, 2004-05

Scottish Division Two runners-up: 1992-93, 2002-03

Scottish Division 'C' North-East champions: 1953-54

Scottish Division Three champions: 2001-02

Scottish Division Three runners-up: 1995-96

Scottish Highland League champions: 2022-23

Domestic - Cup

Scottish Qualifying Cup (South) winners: 1950-51

Scottish Qualifying Cup runners-up: 1908-09, 1926-27

Scottish Qualifying Cup (South) runners-up: 1949-50

Scottish Challenge Cup runners-up: 2002-03

Best League position5th, Scottish Division One, 1983-84
Lowest League position16th, Scottish Division Three, 1923-24
Furthest in Scottish CupQuarter-final, 2010-11
Furthest in League CupSemi-finals, 1957-58
  
Most League points 
2 for a win55, Scottish Division Two, 1982-83
3 for a win73, Scottish Division Three, 2001-02
Fewest League points 
2 for a win8, Scottish Division Two, 1962-63
3 for a win4, Scottish Championship, 2017-18
Most League goals scored82, Scottish Division Two, 1938-39
Most League goals conceded139, Scottish Division Two, 1937-38
Fewest League goals scored13, Scottish League Two, 2020-21
Fewest League goals conceded21, Scottish Division Three, 1995-96
Most wins in a League season

23, Scottish Division Two, 1992-93

Fewest wins in a League season0, Scottish Championship, 2017-18
Most draws in a League season

14, Scottish Division One, 1983-84

14, Scottish Division Two, 1978-79, 1980-81

14, Scottish League One, 2014-15

Fewest draws in a League season

2, Scottish Division Two, 1937-38, 1961-62

Most losses in a League season32, Scottish Championship, 2017-18
Fewest losses in a League season5, Scottish Division Two, 1982-83
Record win12-1 v Thornhill, Scottish Cup 1st round, 28th January 1926
Record defeat

0-10 v Airdrienonians, Scottish Division Two, 12th February 1938

0-10 v Albion Rovers, Scottish Division Two, 15th January 1938

0-10 v Cowdenbeath, Scottish Division Two, 20th November 1937

  
Highest number of League goals scored 
in a season26, Ronald McIntosh, Scottish Division Two, 1959-60
in total131, Ian Campbell, 1977-85
  
Most League appearances459, David Watt, 1975-89

Most capped player

None

Highest transfer fee received

£100,000 for Scott Thomson to Aberdeen, November 1991

£100,000 for Chris Templemann to Morton, December 2004

Highest transfer fee paid£16,000 for Sandy Ross from Berwick Rangers, 1991