Arbroath Football Club
Arbroath F.C. are a Scottish football club currently playing in the Scottish Third Division. They were founded in 1878 and currently play their home matches at Gayfield, Arbroath, Angus. They play in maroon strips, and are nicknamed "The Red Lichties" due to the red light that used to guide fishing boats back from the North Sea to the burgh's harbour. Arbroath share an old and fierce rivalry with local neighbours Montrose F.C.. Changed from black and white hoops to maroon in 1882
In the Beano comic, signs reading "Arbroath for the Cup!" are often seen in the Calamity James strip.
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Their most notable achievement is that they hold the record for the biggest victory in World senior football, when on 12 September 1885 they beat Bon Accord 36–0 in a Scottish Cup match with a further goal disallowed for offside. Jocky Petrie scored 13 goals in that game, also a record as the most goals by a single player in a British senior match. By coincidence, on the same day in another Scottish Cup match, Dundee Harp beat Aberdeen Rovers 35–0. On 3 September 1887, Arbroath were drawn in the same competition against Orion football club - the team that should have been invited to the Scottish Cup match in 1885 instead of the Orion cricket club. The result on this occasion was 20–0.
