IN THE BEGINNING....

The inaugural meeting for Donside Juvenile F.C. was held at the Haughton Arms Hotel on the 29th August 1995, and was attended by an enthusiastic crowd of over 100 people. The meeting was presided over by David Anderson and Charles Spence of the Forbes Arms Hotel, both prime movers in the clubs formation. The aim was to provide an organised and co-ordinated football facility for Alford and Upper Donside, as well as promote interest and improve the standard of football played. Alford already had an active 7-a-side football scene, supported by the SFA, Aberdeen Football Club and Scottish Hydro Electric who had provided goals, training bibs and coaching assistance. The Soccer 7s would now be administered under the auspices of Donside Juvenile F.C.

Generous donations from local farmers and businessmen, mainly Fraser Booth, Lewis Reid, John French and Davids Sports Shop, enabled the club to purchase strips in the adopted club colours of blue and black striped shirts, black shorts and blue socks.

The first season saw Donside enter boys teams in 3 age groups with a girls team playing friendlies. The following years have seen the club go from strength to strength with both 11-a-side and Soccer 7s teams covering all age ranges from 5 to 17.

In 2004 the club logo was changed to incorporate the Aberdeen Angus bull, which is symbolic of the Alford area, a life-size bronze statue of which stands at the entrance to the village from Aberdeen.

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