It's the Violet - Cupar Violet FC 1932


	It's the Violet ..........Cupar Violet F.C. around 1932

Cupar Violet Football Club, one of the original members of the East Fife Amateur League.

Mr Jimmy Smith of Cupar, that's him sitting in the centre of the front row , identified and named each player in the photograph and gave the newspaper a history of the club.

The team used to play at Duffus Park on a pitch which they borrowed from Cupar Hearts, then a Secondary Juvenile outfit. Violet were the crowd pullers in those days, however, and eventually they merged with the Hearts who then entered the Amateur League scene. Jimmy went on to play with Cupar Athletic, a non league side who played many attractive fixtures against some very fine teams. He reckons the above picture was taken around 1932.

Cupar Violet played in a rather distinctive strip, mauve jersey with a yellow V, white shorts, and mauve stockings with broad yellow tops.

(The background on this page is just a presumption on my part as to what the strip would have looked like, )(Ed)

	TOM MULHERRON an official of the club, who served his time as a gardner with William Watt, seedsman, at Middlefield.
DAVID BROWN who was on the staff of the Savings Bank and whose father had a baker's business in	DAVE CAIRNS who stayed at Blalowan Park ,Cupar.	BILL BLYTH came from Edinburgh and whose sister was on the staff of Pagan and Osborne, writers.
JIM OLIPHANT lived at Braehead, Cupar.The man who really ran the team.	DAVE BLACK whose home was in Hill Street.	GEORGE VOGEL served his apprenticeship as a compositer in Burnside Printing Works, Cupar, and who left the town for England after the war. His sister is Mrs George Lumsden who stayed at Kirk Wynd.
MICK McKENZIE Spent more time in future years following the sport of Rugby Football.	JOHN CHRISTIE son of the late Walter Christie who lived in Bishopgate and who was manager of Edenside Printing Works for many years.	JIMMY SINCLAIR whose sister worked in Henderson's drapery shop in Bonnygate.
WILLIE HEGGIE perhaps better known as W.R.HEGGIE, the Scottish International cricketer, who played for Cupar and Fifeshire before earning his "cap".	JIMMY SMITH who so kindly informed the newspaper of the details of the team and players written here. Jimmy worked with a building firm before retiring.	F. CHAPLIN a young farm worker

Dave Cairns also confirmed the names of the team along with the addition of F.Chaplins name.

Mr George (Dod) Jolinston named ten of the players.

Many thanks to Kathleen Smart from Wiltshire in England for sending me the cutting from the newspaper, from which I have written this article. Her father is Tom Mulherron, if you wish to contact her please email her at kath@smartk.freeserve.co.uk

Genealogy
The Fife Post

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It's the Violet ..........Cupar Violet F.C. around 1932

Cupar Violet Football Club, one of the original members of the East Fife Amateur League.

Mr Jimmy Smith of Cupar, that's him sitting in the centre of the front row , identified and named each player in the photograph and gave the newspaper a history of the club.

Cupar Violet played in a rather distinctive strip, mauve jersey with a yellow V, white shorts, and mauve stockings with broad yellow tops.

(The background on this page is just a presumption on my part as to what the strip would have looked like, )(Ed)

TOM MULHERRON an official of the club, who served his time as a gardner with William Watt, seedsman, at Middlefield.

DAVID BROWN who was on the staff of the Savings Bank and whose father had a baker's business in

DAVE CAIRNS who stayed at Blalowan Park ,Cupar.

BILL BLYTH

came from Edinburgh and whose sister was on the staff of Pagan and Osborne, writers.

JIM OLIPHANT lived at Braehead, Cupar.The man who really ran the team.

DAVE BLACK whose home was in Hill Street.

GEORGE VOGEL served his apprenticeship as a compositer in Burnside Printing Works, Cupar, and who left the town for England after the war. His sister is Mrs George Lumsden who stayed at Kirk Wynd.

MICK McKENZIE Spent more time in future years following the sport of Rugby Football.

JOHN CHRISTIE son of the late Walter Christie who lived in Bishopgate and who was manager of Edenside Printing Works for many years.

JIMMY SINCLAIR whose sister worked in Henderson's drapery shop in Bonnygate.

WILLIE HEGGIE perhaps better known as W.R.HEGGIE, the Scottish International cricketer, who played for Cupar and Fifeshire before earning his "cap".

JIMMY SMITH who so kindly informed the newspaper of the details of the team and players written here. Jimmy worked with a building firm before retiring.

F. CHAPLIN a young farm worker

Mr George (Dod) Jolinston named ten of the players.

TOM MULHERRON
an official of the club,
who served his time as a gardner
with William Watt, seedsman,
at Middlefield.

DAVID BROWN
who was on the staff
of the Savings Bank
and whose father
had a baker's business in

DAVE CAIRNS
who stayed at Blalowan Park ,Cupar.

came from Edinburgh
and whose sister was on the staff
of Pagan and Osborne, writers.

JIM OLIPHANT
lived at Braehead, Cupar.The man who really ran the team.

DAVE BLACK
whose home was in Hill Street.

GEORGE VOGEL
served his apprenticeship as a
compositer in Burnside Printing Works,
Cupar, and who left the town for England
after the war.
His sister is Mrs George Lumsden
who stayed at Kirk Wynd.

MICK McKENZIE
Spent more time in future years
following the sport of
Rugby Football.

JOHN CHRISTIE
son of the late Walter Christie
who lived in Bishopgate
and who was manager of
Edenside Printing Works
for many years.

JIMMY SINCLAIR
whose sister worked in Henderson's
drapery shop in Bonnygate.

WILLIE HEGGIE
perhaps better known as
W.R.HEGGIE,
the Scottish International cricketer,
who played for
Cupar and Fifeshire
before earning his "cap".

JIMMY SMITH
who so kindly informed the newspaper of the details
of the team and players
written here.
Jimmy worked with a building
firm before retiring.

F. CHAPLIN
a young farm worker