Cowdenbeath Football Club are a part-time professional Scottish football team based in the town of Cowdenbeath, Fife. They currently play in the Second Division of the Scottish Football League, promoted by virtue of losing play-off finalists after Livingston were relegated to the third division due to financial difficulties. The club plays its home games at Central Park in the centre of the town which has the unusual feature of a motor racing tra...
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Cowdenbeath Football Club are a part-time professional Scottish football team based in the town of Cowdenbeath, Fife. They currently play in the Second Division of the Scottish Football League, promoted by virtue of losing play-off finalists after Livingston were relegated to the third division due to financial difficulties. The club plays its home games at Central Park in the centre of the town which has the unusual feature of a motor racing track around the playing surface as the ground hosts regular stock car racing events. As they are a small, provincial club, they have had little major successes in the Scottish game, particularly in the modern era.
Cowdenbeath traditionally date their origin to the merger of two local clubs, Cowdenbeath Rangers (formed 1880) and Cowdenbeath Thistle, which occurred in 1881. However, research by the club's historian suggests the Cowdenbeath Rangers name continued to be used at this time and the founding of Cowdenbeath F.C. should properly be dated...
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