Gretna F.C.

The Gretna FC ( officially: Gretna Football Club ) - founded in 1946 - was a professional football club based in Gretna, Scotland. In 2002, the club in the Scottish Football League Third Division, received the fourth Scottish professional league, as a place had become vacant due to the de facto merger of FC Clydebank and Airdrie United ( successor to the bankrupt Airdrieonians FC ). After 6th place in the first year and 3rd place in the second came in the following seasons of the walkover to the Scottish Premier League. A year before, gave the club its debut in the European Cup since before the final of the sensational Scottish FA Cup was reached. It could Gretna as a third division with FC St. Johnstone FC Clyde FC St. Mirren FC Dundee and the four clubs from the second league, the Scottish First Division off before the final against Heart of Midlothian after a great battle until the penalty shootout was lost. In the qualification UEFA Cup Gretna failed with 1:5 and 2:2 already at the start of the Irish representatives of Derry City. Gretna completed its home games traditionally Raydale Park, almost as many viewers can accommodate with officially 2,200 places, such as Gretna inhabitants (approx. 2,700 ). In the Scottish Premier League the "Village Club" but most of the Fir Park Motherwell.

Bankruptcy

Due to financial irregularities Gretna were withdrawn in 2007/ 08 ten points. After the season, the Scottish Football League decided that Gretna is demoted to the Third Division because of bankruptcy.

On 3 June 2008, the club drew the consequences from the financial quagmire and resigned from the Scottish Football League SFL and was finally dissolved on August 8.

New start as Gretna Football Club 2008

Even before the dissolution of the association founded followers of the club on 2 July 2008 a new club, Gretna Football Club 2008, which although legally has no links to the original club, but in the tradition of the same looks and four days after establishment in the East of Scotland Football League was added.

The home games are played in Ever Holm stage to Annan, but Gretna wants to move in 2008 as soon as possible in the " domestic" Raydale Park in Gretna.

As play clothes the original combination was chosen with black and white striped shirts, white shorts and socks, and bought the rights to the Gretna club crest.