Jeanfield Swifts Football Club is a Scottish football club based in Perth. The team plays in the , having moved from the junior leagues in 2018. Their home ground is Riverside Stadium, located in the North Muirton area of the city, to which they moved in 2006 from Simpson Park, where they had been plagued by fires and vandalism.CASC Registered clubs – HMRC.gov.ukPitch plan set for swift go-ahead – The Courier They are currently under the charge of Head coach Robbie Holden, who took over in the summer of 2023 after a successful period in charge of local rivals Luncarty.
History Up until the end of the 2005–06 season, they played in Tayside Division One in the Scottish Junior Football Association's East Region, and they won the championship in the division's final season. The SJFA restructured prior to the 2006–07 season, and Swifts found themselves in the twelve-team East Region Central Division. They finished in seventh place in their first season in the division. After a further five seasons in the division, they were promoted to the East Region Premier League as champions in 2011–12. In 2015–16, they were promoted as champions to the Superleague for the first time. They finished 13th and 14th in their two seasons in the Superleague.
Prior to the 2018–19 campaign, Swifts were admitted into the East of Scotland Football League. They finished third in Conference C and were promoted to the new 16-team Premier Division, after the league reverted to a two-tier system.
They became full members of the Scottish Football Association in June 2019, having applied in November 2018."Big ambitions for Jeanfield Swifts who have hit the ground running in senior football" - The Courier, 1 December 2018 This allowed them to make their debut in the Scottish Cup preliminary rounds in the 2019–20 season. The club progressed to the third round for the first time in 2023–24, beating SPFL opposition Elgin City 6–0 in the second round.
Coaching staff Position NameManager Robbie HoldenAssistant Richie MontgomeryCoach Bally WhytockCoach Chris AntonGoalkeeping Coach Nathan DownsPhysio Amber Shearer
League history since 1990 SeasonDivisionPosition1990–91Tayside Division One3rd1991–92Tayside Division One6th1992–93Tayside Division One5th1993–94Tayside Division One10th1994–95Tayside Division One13th1995–96Tayside Division Two1st1996–97Tayside Division One10th1997–98Tayside Division One12th1998–99Tayside Division One3rd1999–00Tayside Division One1st2000–01Tayside Premier League12th2001–02Tayside Division One3rd2002–03Tayside Division One8th2003–04Tayside Division One5th2004–05Tayside Division One6th2005–06Tayside Division One1st2006–07East Region, Central Division7th2007–08East Region, Central Division5th2008–09East Region, Central Division4th2009–10East Region, Central Division4th2010–11East Region, Central Division4th2011–12East Region, Central Division1st2012–13East Region, Premier League8th2013–14East Region, Premier League4th2014–15East Region, Premier League7th2015–16East Region, Premier League1st2016–17East Region, Super League13th2017–18East Region, Super League14th2018–19East of Scotland League Conference C3rd2019–20East of Scotland Premier Division6th2020–21East of Scotland Premier Divisionnull & void2021–22East of Scotland Premier Division4th2022–23East of Scotland Premier Division5th 2023-24East of Scotland Premier Division3rd2024-25East of Scotland Premier Division3rd
Honours League Tayside Premier Division winners: 1972–73 Tayside Division One winners: 1976–77, 1984–85, 1995–96, 1999–00 Tayside District Division One winners: 2005–06 East Region Central Division winners: 2011–12 East Region Premier League winners: 2015–16 Midland Junior League: 1943–44, 1945–46, 1946–47 Perthshire Junior League winners: 1941–42, 1947–48, 1948–49, 1963–64, 1965–66, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1968–69
Cup Currie (Findlay & Co) Cup: 1940–41, 1943–44, 1944–45, 1947–48, 1948–49, 1950–51, 1966–67, 1987–88 Intersport Cup: 1987–88, 1995–96 Division One (Downfield SC) Cup: 2001–02 Perth Advertiser (PA) Cup: 1940–41, 1941–42, 1942–43, 1944–45, 1945–46, 1946–47, 1947–48, 1966–67, 1968–69, 1970–71, 1991–92 Division One (Red House Hotel) Cup: 2004–05 Tayside Drybrough Cup: 1976–77 Perthshire Junior Consolation Cup: 1942–43, 1943–44, 1944–45, 1945–46, 1949–50, 1963–64, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1968–69 Laing Cup: 1943–44 Craig Stephen Cup: 1975–76, 1976–77, 1978–79, 1981–82 Perthshire Junior Charity Cup: 1940–41, 1941–42 Perthshire Junior Cup: 1942–43, 1943–44, 1944–45, 1945–46, 1946–47, 1947–48, 1954–55, 1964–65, 1965–66, 1972–73 Perthshire Rosebowl: 1948–49, 1949–50, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1961–62, 1966–67, 1967–68 North & Tayside Inter-Regional Cup: 2011–12, 2012–13 Central Division (ACA Sports) League Cup: 2012–13
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External links Club website