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Wikipedia - Cove Rangers F.C.

Cove Rangers Football Club is a senior Scottish football club currently playing in Scottish League One. They are based in the Altens area of Aberdeen and play their football at Balmoral Stadium, having left their former home at Allan Park, Cove Bay in April 2015.

History

Cove were formed in 1922 and played in the local amateur leagues until 1985, when they became a junior team. However, the club applied and were accepted to the senior Highland Football League in 1986, where they played until winning promotion to Scottish Football League division 2 in May 2019, after beating Berwick Rangers 7–0 on aggregate in the pyramid playoff. They have also racked up a formidable reputation in the lower rounds of the Scottish Cup, reaching the 3rd round three times. In 2001 they won their first Highland League championship – but even more impressively won the 'treble' of Highland League, Aberdeenshire Shield and Scottish Qualifying Cup.

In the 2007–08 season, Cove reached round four of the Scottish Cup for the first time, beating Brora Rangers away 5–0, Keith 3–0 and Edinburgh University 1–0 on the way, before losing 4–2 to Ross County.

However, the south Aberdeen side claimed their second ever Highland League Championship with a 3–0 home win against Lossiemouth on 3 May 2008.

Cove Rangers were one of the clubs who prepared an application for entry into the Scottish Football League following Gretna relinquishing their league status on 3 June 2008. The other clubs were Annan Athletic, Preston Athletic and Spartans. Annan Athletic were eventually awarded the place, due to their superior facilities.

One of the club's most famous players is the young Scottish midfielder Paul Coutts who joined English League One club Peterborough United during the summer of 2008 for a nominal fee. Coutts won the club's Young Player of the Year award for the 2008–09 season and won eight caps for the Scotland under-21 squad, after being touted for a call up by his former manager Darren Ferguson.

In 2016 the club regained their Highland League crown. Due to the introduction of the 'pyramid system' in Scottish football, Cove elected to say goodbye to their Allan Park home due to the stadium not meeting SPFL minimum stadia requirements. This in turn meant the club played all of their games at an away ground with Inverurie Locos, Formartine United and Banks O'Dee offering the use of their facilities so the club could compete. Cove went on to win the league and advance to the first play-off game against the winner of the Lowland League, Edinburgh City. The tie was won by City 4–1 on aggregate who subsequently progressed to Scottish League Two after beating East Stirlingshire in the second playoff tie.

Back to back promotions and rise to League One

In the 2018–19 season they were promoted to SPFL League Two for the first time in their history after defeating Berwick Rangers 7–0 on aggregate in the League Two play-off.

In their first season in the SPFL, they won League Two after the season was terminated early due to the Coronavirus pandemic. This resulted in back-to-back promotions for Cove, with the club gaining promotion to SPFL League One for the first time.

Promotion to the Championship

In their first League One campaign, Cove narrowly lost out on promotion by 4 points to eventual winners Partick Thistle, finishing 3rd in the League and losing 4–3 on aggregate to Airdrieonians in the Play-offs.

In the 2021–22 season, Cove won the League One title by 7 points, only losing 3 league games all season, securing promotion to the Scottish Championship for the first time in their history.

The 2022–23 Championship season saw Cove go into their final match against Greenock Morton one point ahead of Hamilton Academical at the bottom, however a 1–2 defeat at a foggy Balmoral Stadium coupled with a goalless draw for Hamilton at Arbroath meant that both Cove and Hamilton finished level on points but Cove were relegated to League One after just one season due to an inferior goal difference.

科夫流浪者足球俱乐部(Cowdenbeath Football Club)位于苏格兰东北部的法夫,成立于1883年,是苏格兰足球联赛中的一支老牌球队。球队以科夫镇(Cowdenbeath)为基地,原名库戴尔斯流浪者队,在1990年代以前,该队一直在次级联赛中徘徊,然而在1995年,他们通过附加赛获得了直接参加联赛的资格。

在1997-98赛季,科夫流浪者队获得苏甲冠军,从而升级到苏格兰足球超级联赛。然而,在顶级联赛的第一年,他们就以最后一名降级。在接下来的几年里,他们一直在次级联赛中徘徊,直到2004年再次获得升级附加赛的资格。然而,这次他们再次降级,并在苏甲中度过了一个起伏不定的赛季。

2006-07赛季,科夫流浪者队以联赛第四名的成绩获得升级附加赛的资格。然而,他们再次降级,这次是在苏乙中度过。尽管如此,他们仍然在2009年再次获得升级附加赛的资格。在附加赛决赛中,他们以1-0击败了罗斯郡队,成功升入苏甲。

科夫流浪者队的主场是科茨球场(Coatbridge Stadium),这是苏格兰足球历史上最大的球场之一,可容纳3万人。尽管球队的表现一直不稳定,但科夫流浪者队始终以其雄厚的球迷基础和传统的足球文化而自豪。