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Ross County Football Club are a Scottish professional football team who currently play in the Scottish Football League. They play their home matches at Victoria Park in the Highland town of Dingwall, Ross and Cromarty.
Their manager, up until October 2005, was former Inverness and Hearts manager John Robertson. He left the club on the 24th October 2005 with immediate effect, due to differences of opinion on a number of fundamental issues with the Chairman. Gardner Spiers, a former Aberdeen coach was appointed caretaker manager, but he too left in April 2006 after being told he would not be considered for appointment on a permanent basis. Director of Football George Adams took temporary charge for a short spell before former Motherwell player Scott Leitch was appointed on 18 April 2006.
Founded in 1929, Ross County initially played in the Highland Football League where they won the championship on three occasions, first in 1967, then in 1991 and 1992. They also gained a reputation for their good performances in the early rounds of the Scottish Cup, upsetting SFL teams on 8 occasions, the most notable being on 8th January 1994, when they won 4-0 at Forfar Athletic. This result may have gone a long way towards their election to the Scottish Football League three days later.
At the beginning of season 1994-95 the Scottish League underwent a revamp, and, following a vote on January 11, 1994, County were allocated one of the two vacancies in the new 10-club Division Three. County gathered 57 votes, while Caley Thistle, of Inverness, amassed 68.
The club have progressed slowly ever since and still play in Division One. The club has also shown their ambition by appointing top managers such as Neale Cooper and Alex Smith and attracting players such as former Celtic player David Hannah. Their main rivals are fellow Highlanders, Inverness Caledonian Thistle, who currently play in the Scottish Premier League, although rivalries from the days of the Highland League are still strong.
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Scottish football clubs | Sport in Highland | Ross and Cromarty | 1929 establishments
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