Montrose Roselea F.C.
Montrose Roselea Junior Football Club is a Scottish Junior football club based in the town of Montrose, Angus. It is a member of the Scottish Junior Football Association and currently plays in the North Region Junior Football League Premier Division in the sixth tier of football in Scotland. It will join the Midlands Football League starting from the 2023–24 season. Club history The club played its first match at the juvenile level on 18 October 1913 on the Links against Montrose Harp, which ended in a 3–3 draw thanks to a hat-trick by Roselea's captain, Dickson. In 1921–22, Roselea continued playing at the juvenile (under-21) level in the Montrose Juvenile League in the 1920s. At this level the club was very successful, winning numerous local juvenile leagues and cups. Club officials announced that they planned switch to junior football on 13 September 1930 during a fundraising ceremony at the Drill Hall in Arbroath presided over by Sir Robert Hutchison. In 1936, the club finally began playing junior football in the Montrose & Kincardineshire Junior League, winning the league in their first two seasons. Gordon Smith, future Scotland, Hibs, Hearts, and Dundee star, played twice for the Lea in May 1939