Did You Know Facts

Did You know 1- Ross County Manager Derek Adams was the Jags mascot for the day when they beat inverness thistle in the highland league cup final in1979.

Did You know 2-Buckie Thistle have played in the green and white hoops since 1908

Did You know 3- Buckie Thistle was seconds away from closure and being wound up in the town hall in 1982

Did You know 4- There was even a Buckie Thistle Supporters club in the early 1950's running whist drives every Thursday

Did You know 5- At one time Buckie Thistle shared their ground with their local junior neighbours Buckie Rovers with each club playing at home on alternative saturdays

Did You know 6-At the outbreak of the 1939-45 war the Highland football league was suspended, after a brief interlude 2 competeitions were played, The Highland Emergency league and the Central Highland league of which the Jags played in along with Elgin, Rothes,Lossiemouth,Keith and RAF Kinloss. the competition of 10 games being won by Rothes that year.

Did You Know 7- The first proposal to start a BTSC originated in 1947, The emblem of the club was a sea shell(buckie) with a thistle in the background surrounded by the words buckie thistle supporters club, wonder if any supporters have a photo or further infor on this subject

Did You Know 8- In 1901 A team was formed named the Buckie Rangers, very lttle information is known about this team and if they were in any way associated with the Jags, no records seem to be available after 1902 regarding the Rangers, how interesting that would have been had that team continued to present day

Did You Know 9- A charity match was played at Victoria park on Sat 9th April 1949 between a BuckieThistle/Keith Select against Glasgow Celtic with Celtic winning 3-1

Did You Know10- Special football trains were run from Buckie in the 1930s to away games such was the travelling support numbers, typical fares for a Huntly run were around 2/6 return

Did You Know11- After a marathon tussle many years ago against Huntly, a poem was dedicated to the game, Author as far as we know was the Rooks, any other information would be appreciated

Did You Know 12- In Aug of 1930 400 Wick Supporters travelled from Wick to watch a friendly against the Jags at Victoria park. That no of travelling support was common in these days but in this case they all travelled by sea on the vessel St Clair, its a case of planes, trains, automobiles and Ships to see your team! Just hope it was a nice day weather wise!

Did You know13- Wick Academy best ever away win came at the hands of Buckie thistle on Dec 8th 2012, this is 1 type of fact that we do not want the jags to appear in

Did You Know14 After failing win a game in season 1969-1970 The jags started off the following campaign with a 4 -3 Victory against Rothes

Did You Know 15 Courtesy of our football collegues in the south A few months ago a gentleman decided to compile a grid of seasons + competitions at Senior non-league level (for HFL and predecessors, SOSFL and EOSFL). It was with the intention of seeing if anyone had won a "clean sweep" i.e. every trophy they could enter in a season [except the Scottish Cup proper, obviously]. They found only 1 candidate, You guessed it Buckie Thistle 1953-54. Their achievement apparently being: * Highland League * North Qualifying Cup * Aberdeenshire Cup * Highland League Cup * Dewar Shield so it appears we are the only member of a very exclusive club and long may it continue

Did You know 16 :The poem the Rooks from the 1930s about the jags, very little information is know apart from this, poem courtesy of Scottish football archives, complied after a defeat to Huntly

There is a famous football team

It‟s name‟s known far and wide

They wear the famous green and white

Renowned from Wick to Clyde

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Their records made in seasons past

Will stand till times no more

The heroes‟ names will ever last

Their deeds thrill to the core.

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Let other teams their teams support

One thought consoles us all

These foes admit that Thistle are

Supreme in North football.

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Though some are fresh from Junior ranks

They‟re artists one and all

Possessing each the Thistle touch

They never waste a ball.

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The master touch marks ever move

From back to forward line

Their parlour passing goes to prove

They‟re real Thistle all the time.

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