Abbey Vale F.C.
Abbey Vale Football Club, nicknamed The Vale, is a football club from New Abbey in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. They were formed in 1971 as Lochvale F.C. and moved to New Abbey in 1974, changing their name to Abbey Vale F.C. to stay in the Dumfries Amateur League.
They play at Maryfield Park, which has a capacity of about 1,000. The changing rooms are called The David Neil Pavilion, named after a founder who died young.
Abbey Vale joined the South of Scotland League in 2001. Their best finishes in the league were third place in 2005–06 and 2021–22. They won the league in 2022–23, which earned them a place in the Scottish Cup for the first time. In August 2023 they played Cupar Hearts at Maryfield Park in the 2023–24 Scottish Cup.
Their home kit is a yellow and black hooped shirt with black shorts.
The club is managed by Alan Clarke, with Curtiss Wilson as player/coach. The chairman is Andrew Brolls. In the 2024–25 season, Abbey Vale finished 6th out of 12 teams in the South of Scotland League.
This page was last edited on 2 February 2026, at 22:59 (CET).