Nickname: The Buffs
Year formed: 1899
Club Number: (01505) 683667

Ground Details:

Capacity: 2500
Seats: none
Cover: Yes (fair-sized)

Click to see the ground on interactive 360º Google Street View

A number of views of Abbey Park from Joe Wilkinson

Abbey Park from Brian Weir

The large building beside the park is a social club that has been shut for years. The actual ground itself lacks in investment. There is a covered section of terracing behind one of the goals while the remainder of the ground is not particularly developed. There are a few lines of railway sleepers down one half of one side, and the side of the ground opposite contains a few portakabins and little else.

Social Club: there is no social club

The Buffs have grown as a team in recent years with the help of a wealthy backer and attract a couple of hundred along for games.

2001 population: Kilwinning 15908

League Record from 1990:

1990-91: 1st Ayrshire Division 2, 37pts from 22 games (2pts per win)
1991-92: 2nd Ayrshire Division 1, 27pts from 20 games (2pts per win)
1992-93: 7th Ayrshire Division 1, 17pts from 20 games (2pts per win)
1993-94: 4th Ayrshire Division 1, 26pts from 20 games (2pts per win)
1994-95: 3rd Ayrshire Division 1, 40pts from 20 games
1995-96: 4th Ayrshire Division 1, 30pts from 20 games
1996-97: 3rd Ayrshire Division 1, 35pts from 20 games
1997-98: 3rd Ayrshire Division 1, 37pts from 20 games
1998-99: 1st Ayrshire Division 1, 55pts from 20 games
1999-00: 1st Ayrshire Division 1, 46pts from 20 games
2000-01: 1st Ayrshire Division 1, 47pts from 20 games
2001-02: 3rd Ayrshire Division 1, 35pts from 18 games
2002-03: 4th West Premier, 35pts from 22 games
2003-04: 1st West Premier, 52pts from 22 games
2004-05: 11th West Premier, 22pts from 22 games
2005-06: 7th West Division 1, 37pts from 26 games
2006-07: 3rd West Division 1, 45pts from 26 games
2007-08: 3rd West Division 1, 50pts from 26 games
2008-09: 13th West Division 1, 16pts from 26 games
2009-10: 2nd Ayrshire League, 48pts from 22 games
2010-11: 11th West Division 1, 34pts from 26 games

Honours:
Scottish Junior Cup winners: 1908-09, 1998-99
Scottish Junior Cup runners-up: 1909-10, 1921-22
SJFA SuperCup winners: 2004-05
West of Scotland Cup winners: 1993-94, 1998-99
West Region (Stagecoach) Premier Division winners: 2003-04
Ayrshire First Division winners: 1998-99, 1999-00, 2000-01
Western League winners: 1920-21, 1922-23, 1927-28, 1930-31, 1931-32, 1965-66
Western League (Northern) winners: 1965-66
Ayrshire Second Division winners: 1980-81, 1988-89, 1990-91
Ayrshire Junior League winners: 1901-02, 1902-03
Irvine & District Junior League winners: 1908-09, 1913-14
North Ayrshire Junior League winners: 1904-05, 1905-06, 1906-07
Ayrshire (Ayrshire Weekly Press) Cup winners: 1904-05, 1908-09, 1934-35, 1976-77, 1985-86, 1994-95, 1997-98, 1998-99, 1999-00, 2001-02
Ayrshire League (Ardagh Glass) Cup winners: 1998-99
Ayrshire District (Irvine Times) Cup winners: 1995-96, 1998-99, 2000-01, 2001-02
North Ayrshire Cup winners: 1995-96, 1997-98, 1999-00, 2000-01, 2004-05
Joe Meldrum Memorial (Glenafton Invitational) Trophy: 1992-93
West of Scotland Consolation Cup winners: 1931-32 (shared)
Western League Cup winners: 1929-30
Western Intermediate League Cup winners: 1929-30
Ayrshire Intermediate Cup winners: 1930-31
Ayrshire Consolation Cup winners: 1902-03, 1903-04, 1933-34
Ayrshire Charity Cup winners: 1906-07, 1910-11
Ayrshire Gold Watch Tournament: 1930-31
Irvine & District Cup winners: 1905-06, 1920-21, 1927-28, 1931-32, 1958-59
Irvine Herald Cup winners: 1903-04, 1910-11, 1913-14, 1920-21, 1922-23, 1925-26, 1926-27
Land Of Burns Cup winners: 1955-56
Vernon Cup winners: 1937-38
John Stirling Cup winners: 1930-31
Moore Trophy: 1927-28

Programme Information:
There is a programme produced for virtually every home Saturday game (do ANY junior sides produce midweek programmes?!) and it'll cost you 50p.

Directions by road: Head through Dalry taking signs for Irvine, turn left at first lights in Kilwinning, left again at second lights, then 3rd left(about 800 yards). The ground is up the hill on the left.

Nearest Railway Station: Kilwinning
Turn left at top of the station road (McGavin Way), follow road through main street, turn right at Alans Cafe and go up the hill and the ground's on the right.

Bus routes:

Web Link: Kilwinning Rangers site