New Angus national football team
The New Angus men's national football team (Scots Gaelic: Sgioba ball-coise nàiseanta Aonghais Ùr) represents New Angus in international football. They are overseen by the New Angus Football Association (NAFA), the governing body for football in New Angus. New Angus's current manager is Darren McCulloch, and their home ground is the Dùn Dè National Stadium in Dùn Dè.
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| Nickname(s) | The Taysiders |
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| Association | New Angus Football Association |
| Confederation | DSAFF |
| Head coach | Darren McCulloch |
| Captain | Kris Doohan |
| Most caps | Ewan Williamson (114) |
| Top scorer | Jack Hendry (44) |
| Home stadium | Dùn Dè National Stadium |
| Trigramme | NAG |
| MexiCola ranking | 22 (411.95) (15 November 2024) |
| Highest MexiCola ranking | 22 (411.95) (15 November 2024) |
| Lowest MexiCola ranking | 27 (371.71) (8 May 2024) |
| First international | |
 1-1 New Angus  Friendly Niot Nacional Parco, Niort, Montecrux | |
| Biggest win | |
3-1 Cat Army  Friendly Dùn Dè National Stadium, Dùn Dè, New Angus | |
| Biggest defeat | |
2-6 Hortizo  2024 Comrades Cup R16 BNV Estàdio Guedesão, Santo Agostinho, SA, Vicura | |
| Highest scoring match | |
| 2-6 Hortizo 2024 Comrades Cup R16 BNV Estàdio Guedesão, Santo Agostinho, SA, Vicura | |
| Comrades Cup | |
| Entered | 1 (First in 2024) |
| Best result | Round of 16 (2024) |
| Frost Cup | |
| Entered | 1 (First in 2024) |
| Best result | N/A |
History
New Angus has played host to football for many years, even prior to the nation's independence from Scotland in 2017. Unofficial New Angus sides have participated under "Angus", "Tayside" or "North Eastern Scotland" names for decades. The first match in which New Angus was used was an international friendly between New Angus and Shetland, which ended 6-0 to Shetland.
Since New Angusian independence, they have played a handful of matches - in recent times, since joining the DSAFF, New Angus has participated in 3 officially sanctioned matches. Their opening match in the DSAFF was against Montecrux, a match in which they drew 1-1. Their best result came in April 2024, when they beat 1st Ranked side Lannistter at home in only their second match in the DSAFF. This was followed up by a loss to Yucatan.
New Angus faced Cat Army in a friendly in May 2024 - winning 3-1 which remains the best result for the nation as of July 2024. They were then confirmed to be participating in the 2024 DSAFF Comrades Cup, their debut in official competition, scheduled warm up games were announced against The Washington Federation and Thonburi. New Angus drew with The Washington Federation and lost to Thonburi.
2024 DSAFF Comrades Cup
New Angus were drawn in to Group H with Cat Army, UEC and Fuschor. Considered rank outsiders for the tournament - the team harboured hope they could progress beyond the group stages into the knockouts.
New Angus's opening tie was against Cat Army - winning 2-1 to delight the fans and give hope for qualification. The next match was against UEC, New Angus shocked the predictions as they won 1-0 - securing progression to the knockouts and ensuring UEC didn't qualify.
In the final group game New Angus faced Fuschor, the match ended 0-0 with Fuschor going down to 9 men after two red cards, one for an elbow which ruled John Paton out of the tournament with a fractured cheekbone and another for a stamp on Danny Fearns.
New Angus crashed out at the Round of 16 with a humbling defeat to Hortizo, losing 6-2.
2024 DSAFF Frost Cup
New Angus were drawn into Group H for the 2024 Frost Cup. In the build up to the tournament, head coach Stuart Cairns was sacked and replaced with Darren McCulloch.
New Angus are due to face Hortizo in a friendly match before the beginning of the tournament.
They will face Lannistter, Itini and Al-Hasamila at the tournament.
Stadium
New Angus's home stadium is the Dùn Dè National Stadium in Dùn Dè. It has a capacity of 54,000 and was built in 2022. The national team also sometimes plays at Stewart Park, Whitton Park or Glebe Park (home of Dundee Athletic, Broughty Ferry and Brechin respectively).
Coaching Staff
Manager: Darren McCulloch
Assistant Manager: James Gutterson
Fitness Coach: Harry Bride
Set Piece Coach: Colin Handle
First team Coach: Jude McGheean
First team Coach: Ewan Peacock
Goalkeeping Coach: Francois Felrhan
Data analyst: Kyle McLelland
Head Physio: Sandra Smith
Physio: Frank Davies
National team Doctor: Brian McCummoch
Players
Most recent call up: (2024 DSAFF Frost Cup squad)
Manager: Darren McCulloch
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Club | ||
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| 1 | GK | John Young | 21 September 1993 (aged 31) | Brechin FC
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| 13 | GK | Bruce Kilkenny | 1 August 1990 (aged 34) | Broughty Ferry FC
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| 41 | GK | Aiden Montgomery | 28 June 2000 (aged 24) | Birkhill Rovers FC
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| 2 | DF | Irving Donaldson | 22 March 2004 (aged 20) | Dundee Athletic FC
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| 3 | DF | Kris Doohan | 20 January 1996 (aged 28) | Brechin FC
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| 5 | DF | Jack McDouglas | 29 September 2001 (aged 23) | Douglas FC
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| 14 | DF | Derek Hutchinson | 29 September 2002 (aged 22) | Broughty Ferry FC
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| 27 | DF | Danny Fearns | 29 January 2000 (aged 24) | Dundee Athletic FC
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| 30 | DF | Alex Bruce | 4 October 1991 (aged 33) | Brechin FC
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| 6 | DF | Ethan Brown | 19 September 2000 (aged 24) | Kirriemuir FC
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| 12 | DF | Euan Anderson | 3 March 2001 (aged 23) | Arbroath United FC
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| 7 | MF | Paul Mullan | 22 April 1996 (aged 28) | Brechin FC
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| 8 | MF | John Paton | 28 December 2001 (aged 22) |  Sallskaplig
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| 18 | MF | Damon McRandles | 3 January 2002 (aged 22) | Broughty Ferry FC
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| 16 | MF | Iain Gordon | 19 May 2007 (aged 17) | Dundee Athletic FC
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| 22 | MF | Peter Bennett | 9 August 2005 (aged 19) | Kirriemuir FC
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| 11 | MF | Theo Carter | 1 July 1998 (aged 26) | Kirriemuir FC
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| 29 | MF | Colin Dunn | 28 November 1996 (aged 28) | Douglas FC
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| 32 | MF | Andrew Kirk | 8 August 1995 (aged 29) | Menzieshill FC
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| 17 | MF | James King | 10 November 1988 (aged 36) | Brechin FC
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| 35 | MF | Ryan McHanley | 20 February 2002 (aged 22) | Arbroath United FC
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| 9 | FW | Euan Anderson | 3 March 2002 (aged 22) | FDK Uflavík
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| 10 | FW | Iain McDonald | 24 September 1995 (aged 29) | Addamman UD
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| 19 | FW | Jackson Demarcus | 29 April 1996 (aged 28) | Dundee Athletic FC
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| 99 | FW | Aidan Connolly | 1 April 2002 (aged 22) | Birkhill Rovers FC
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| 24 | FW | Stuart Ripley | 27 July 2004 (aged 20) | Broughty Ferry FC
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Honours
New Angus are yet to win any officially sanctioned tournaments. They have competed in the DSAFF Comrades Cup on one occasion in 2024, where they made it to the Round of 16, losing 6-2 to Hortizo.