Nostalgia: Fair Isle are 1970s shield winners

Fair Isle Primary School were the winners of the Raith Rovers Challenge Shield in 1977.
The winning team from Fair Isle.The winning team from Fair Isle.
The winning team from Fair Isle.

The boys won all 12 of their league games, scoring 65 goals in the process and losing only four.

Lining up for the Fife Free Press’ camera were;

Back row (l to r): Derek Bloomfield, George Shevlin, Andrew Methven, John Wallace, David Wallace, Frank Connolly.

Front: Ian Campbell, Derek Thomson, Graham Pithie, Ronnie Hildersley (capt), Grant Lindsay, Kenneth Thomson and Alastair Scott.

Also pictured is Mr Page who was in charge of the team.

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