This is the first of a series of articles in which we will follow the club to their various cup and league successes at both amateur and junior level.
In summer 1968, Tayport Amateur F.C. elected a new committee whose aim was to improve the club’s standing both on and off the field. This aim would ultimately be realised to take Tayport Football Club to the peak of Scottish non-league football.
The committee in 1968 was Fred Janssen (chairman), Iain R. Bell (treasurer), Albert J. Oswald (secretary), Doug Henderson, George Redpath and Ron Laing. During the 70s and 80s Tayport F.C. enjoyed a high profile in the local amateur game, both on and off the pitch. For fifteen years, from 1990, Tayport F.C. would go on to dominate the local Junior game winning an unprecedented number of honours. Indeed for the early part of the 21st century, Tayport F.C. was the top Junior side in Scotland. In this period the club would win two Super League titles and two Scottish Junior Cups to add to the club’s first Scottish Junior Cup success in 1996.
There were Midlands AFA cup successes in 1959, the Bremner Cup, which is documented in the Hall of Fame page in Tayport FC’s website, and the Carne Trophy in 1964 and 1967 but regrettably there were no records kept during that period.
This Archive is a record of the 24 matches which took Tayport to a first ever League title to lift the Balnacraig Trophy awarded to the Midlands AFA’s Second Division Champions. After years in the doldrums it would be a memorable season for the club: Top scorers in the Midlands AFA – 129 goals in 24 games Best defence – 34 goals in 24 games 100% home record – 73 goals for – 13 conceded You can see the club’s records for the season below: 
Below you can see the complete Midlands AFA League tables for Season 1968-69: 
Doug Henderson was an ever present, turning out in all 24 league fixtures. In total 27 players played some part in the winning campaign. 12 players played in at least 12 games. Appearances 1968/69 Doug Henderson 24 Ian White 23 Jim Mathers 22 Albert Oswald 22 George Ritchie 22 Richard Redpath 21 Ronnie Laing 20 Raymond White 19 Walter Kemp 16 Jim Scott 14 Derek White 13 Andy Johnstone 12 Jim Scott would have made more appearances but sustained a broken a leg v Wormit FC in October and didn’t return to action until April, making a cameo appearance as a substitute in the last game of the season:
The White brothers, Ian and Raymond, were the top marksmen, scoring 28 and 21 goals respectively, throughout the league season. Others in double figures for league goals were: Richard Redpath 15 Albert Oswald 13 Doug Henderson 12 Andy Johnstone 12 George Ritchie 11 Player of the Year in 1968/69 Veteran defender Jim Mathers. Jim Mathers had been a Bremner Cup winner with Tayport F.C. ten years previously.
1968/69 Gallery
Tayport F.C. Archive 