{{short description|Association football club in Scotland}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2022}} {{Use British English|date=February 2016}} {{Infobox football club | clubname = Rothes | image = Rothesfc.png | fullname = Rothes Football Club | nickname = The Speysiders | founded = 1907 as Rothes Victoria<br>1938 as Rothes | ground = Mackessack Park, Rothes | capacity = 1,731 (167 seated)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Club info - Rothes Football Club |url=https://www.rothesfc.co.uk/clubinfo/1005 |access-date=2024-07-17 |website=www.rothesfc.co.uk |language=en}}</ref> | chairman = Iain Paul | manager = Ryan Esson | league = {{Scottish football updater|Rothes}} | season = {{Scottish football updater|Rothes2}} | position = {{Scottish football updater|Rothes3}} | pattern_la1 = _macronalioth22ob | pattern_b1 = _macronalioth22ob | pattern_ra1 = _macronalioth22ob | pattern_sh1 = | pattern_so1 = | leftarm1 = FF7F00 | body1 = FF7F00 | rightarm1 = FF7F00 | shorts1 = FF5500 | socks1 = FF5500 | pattern_la2 = _macronalioth22wb | pattern_b2 = _macronalioth22wb | pattern_ra2 = _macronalioth22wb | pattern_sh2 = | pattern_so2 = | leftarm2 = FFFFFF | body2 = FFFFFF | rightarm2 = FFFFFF | shorts2 = FFFFFF | socks2 = FFFFFF |website=https://www.rothesfc.co.uk/ }} '''Rothes Football Club''' is a Scottish football club based in the town of Rothes in Moray and currently play in the {{Scottish football updater|Rothes}}. The club was originally founded in 1907 as a Junior club, Rothes Victoria, before turning senior on 4 May 1938 as Rothes FC, obtaining a place in the Highland Football League.
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. 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.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Clark |first=Jonathan |date=31 October 2020 |title=Rothes 2 Buckie Thistle 1: Dramatic last-gasp winner seals Speysiders' maiden Highland League Cup success |url=https://www.northern-scot.co.uk/sport/rothes-beat-buckie-thistle-to-win-maiden-highland-league-cup-217009/ |access-date=1 November 2020 |website=northern-scot.co.uk}}</ref>
The club's Mackessack Park ground is named after one Douglas Mackessack, a local laird and whisky magnate and an early benefactor of the club.
==Honours== *'''Highland Football League''' **Champions: 1958–59 *'''Highland League Cup''' **Winners: 2019–20 *'''North of Scotland Cup''' **Winners: 1958–59, 1978–79, 2021–22 *'''Campbell Charity Cup''' **Winners: 1949–50
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{Official website|https://www.rothesfc.co.uk/}}
{{Highland Football League}} {{Coord|57|31|50|N|3|12|17|W|type:landmark_scale:2000_region:GB|display=title}}
Category:Rothes F.C. Category:Football clubs in Scotland Category:Highland Football League teams Category:Association football clubs established in 1938 Category:1938 establishments in Scotland Category:Football in Moray Category:Rothes
{{Scotland-footyclub-stub}}