Civil Service Strollers F.c.

The Strollers play their home games at Christie Gillies Park. Their home strip colours are red, with white shorts and red socks.

Civil Service Strollers

Full name	Civil Service Strollers Football Club
Nickname(s)	Strollers
Founded	1908
Ground	Christie Gillies Park, Edinburgh
Capacity	1,569 (100 seated)
Manager	Gary Jardine
League	Lowland League
2023–24	Lowland League, 7th of 18
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

The team is currently managed by Gary Jardine.

Founded in 1908 under the name Edinburgh Civil Service Football Club, their first ground was the Stenhouse Stadium, which later became a venue for greyhound racing, before moving to Pinkhill Stadium in the 1920s. They moved to the Edinburgh Area Civil Service Sports Association in Muirhouse in 1957, where they continue to play their home games, the ground is commonly known as Christie Gillies Park.

In 2000–01, the club entered into a partnership with Talloaks to develop youth football, with the Talloaks youth teams taking on the name 'CS Strollers'. At the start of the 2001–02 season, the partnership was extended to cover all other ages of organised football. 2001–02 saw the Strollers having, for the first time, a fully incorporated women's team.

Ahead of the 2016–17 season, they were elected to fill one of two vacancies in the Lowland Football League.

Their former management team was Alex Cunningham and Ricky Clapperton until Gary Jardine took over for the 2018–19 season.

 

Strollers play their home games at Christie Gillies Park, which is located just off Marine Drive in Muirhouse, Edinburgh. The ground has one small stand along the North side with the dugouts on the South side. The ground has a capacity of 1,596 with around 100 of that being seated. The pitch was once part of a large playing field but work was carried out in 2015 to provide cover for spectators and enclose the ground. Floodlights were added in 2019 to meet SFA licensing criteria.

As of 27 June 2023

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK   SCO Jacob Pazikas (on loan from Rangers) — DF   SCO Mark McConnell — DF   ENG Conrad Balatoni — DF   SCO Ross Clarke — DF   SCO Lewis Duffy — DF   SCO Matthew Shaw — MF   SCO Dean Ritchie — MF   SCO Callum Yates — MF   SCO Matthew Cunningham — MF   SCO Ross Guthrie

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF   SCO Tom Findlay — MF   SCO Marc Laird — MF   SCO Andrew McKenzie — MF   TUR Baris Ozturk — MF   SCO Ross Young — FW   SCO Robbie Cole — FW   SCO Harry Girdwood — FW   SCO Michael Mbewe — FW   SCO Innes Lawson — FW   SCO Euan Valentine

Lowland League

† Season curtailed due to coronavirus pandemic.

• East of Scotland Football League
  • Winners (3): 1925–26, 1926–27, 1972–73
  • Runners-up (4): 1927–28, 1980–81, 1988–89, 1989–90
• East of Scotland Football League First Division
  • Winners: 1992–93
  • Runners-up (3): 1996–97, 2002–03, 2008–09
• SFA South Region Challenge Cup
  • Winners: 2017–18
• East of Scotland Qualifying Cup
  • Winners (4): 1921–22; 1929–30; 1979–80; 1988–89
• King Cup
  • Winners (4): 1921–22; 1925–26; 1927–28; 1990–91
• East of Scotland Consolation Cup: 1920–21
• Scottish Amateur Cup: 1910–11; 1920–21
• East of Scotland League Cup: 2000–01
• East of Scotland Trophy: 2001–02

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