Troon Academicals are our affiliated “amateur” side of Troon supporters, who compete in the IFA Scotland League on a Saturday morning.
Club History
Troon Academicals was formed by Richard Henderson in April 2009 (originally as Troon IFC) as a Saturday morning amateur side with the aim to provide Troon supporters and local footballers with a means of playing football, furthering community links, promoting fair play and building bridges between ourselves and other football teams across Scotland.
Troon IFC originally played their home games at the excellent Portland Park in Troon, before agreeing to play from nearby Hosiery Park in an attempt to preserve the Portland Park playing surface. Their home colours are blue and black stripes to echo their parent club.
The club joined the Scottish Supporters Mini-League (SSML) and were runners-up in their first season behind eventual Champions Livingston GS, with Troon forward Jonny Wilson finishing top scorer in the league.
After an invitational debut at ScotNET, Troon IFC joined the Internet Football Association (IFA) in 2012 and went from strength to strength, earning a fantastic reputation all across the country as they improved the club off and on the pitch.
Managers
Richard Henderson founded the club and was the first Manager, serving for 5 years, before unexpectedly stepping down due to work commitments in February 2014.
The club’s first ever Captain, Stewart Boughen, took over the helm and took the club to the next level on the field, taking part in 3 Scottish Cup Finals (winning two) and lifting an unprecedented treble in season 2018-19.
Following a disappointing start to 2019-20, Boughen departed & was replaced by Peter Logue senior.
| Dates | Name |
| 2009-2014 | Richard Henderson |
| 2014-2019 | Stewart Boughen |
| 2019- | Peter Logue Snr. |
First Ever Match
Troon IFC played their first ever match on 8th August 2009 at home to an Ayr Amateur Select XI, where the final score was a very respectable 2-2 draw. The line-up for the first ever game was:
1. Lee McDowall
2. Geordie Elliott
3. Stewart Boughen ©
4. David McJannet
5. Mark Sherwin
6. Paul McArthur
8. Grant Sherwin
9. David Vital
10. Stuart Reid
11. Nick McCann
13. Richard Henderson
(Left to Right)
Back Row: Stuart Reid | Ross Paul | Simon Smith | Richard Henderson | Mark Sherwin | Geordie Elliott | Martin Grace | Paul McArthur | Dougie Merry
Front Row: Nick McCann | David McJannet | Stewart Boughen | Lee McDowall | Rheece Weir | David Vital | Iain Lindsay | Craig Lindsay
First Ever Goal
Nick McCann (right) scored the first ever goal in Troon IFC’s history with two minutes to go before half-time in a friendly against an Ayr Amateur Select XI at Portland Park.
With the amateurs goal under heavy pressure late in the half, Nick had the coolest head on the park as he took a cross down, held off two defenders and curled a well-placed shot into the far corner past the helpless goalkeeper.
First Ever Win
Troon IFC won their first ever match at the sixth time of asking against an Ayr Amateur Select XI at Portland Park.
A fabulous four goals from top scorer Nick McCann, strikes from Grant Sherwin and Stewart Boughen and a late finish from Stuart Reid confirmed a convincing victory for the Seasiders.
The line-up for the first ever win was:
1. Lee McDowall
2. Paul McArthur
3. Stewart Boughen ©
4. Ross Paul
5. Simon Smith
6. David McJannet
8. Grant Sherwin
9. David Vital
10. Stuart Reid
11. Nick McCann
13. Richard Henderson
Honours
The clubs first honour was earned as early as the end of the club’s second season, as they lifted the Ian Younger Trophy at Lesser Hampden.
(Left to Right)
Back Row: Gordon Russell | Martin Brennan | Richard Henderson | Jonny Wilson | Michael Fairlie
Front Row: Kyle Rae | Iain Lindsay | Geordie Elliott | Chris Hopkins | Richard McCutcheon | Billy Alexander
The first major Final was reached in 2016, when Stewart Boughen led his Accies side to Airdrie’s Excelsior Stadium to face Motherwell-supporting Fir Park Corner.
(Left to Right)
Back Row: Stewart Boughen | Blair Grieve | David Strain | George Grigovala | Fraser Queen | Gary Duncan | Mark Sherwin | Sam Falconer | Grant Taylor | Mason Rowan | Brendan Blackwood | Shaun Gilbert
Front Row: Iain Michael | Craig Lindsay | Lee McCartney | David Sinclair | Stephen Stockman | Jamie Connell | Ricky Kay | Kyle Rae
The Seasiders lost out that day, but that only spurred them on to return the following year & defeat Queens Park at the same venue in 2017 to become Scottish Cup Champions.
(Left to Right)
Back Row: Stephen Stockman | Conor Peden | Keith Thomas | Harry Warburton | Peter Logue | David Strain | Ryan Davidson | Steven Logue | Ryan Philbin | Stewart Boughen | Fraser Queen | Mason Rowan | Shaun Gilbert | Craig Lindsay
Front Row: Ricky Kay | Kyle Rae | Lee McCartney | Andy Keirs | Gary Duncan | David Sinclair | Andy McQuade | Sam Falconer | Jamie Connell
The big one was still to come – the Scottish League title.
Season 2018-19 saw Troon Accies become treble winners as they became the most successful IFA side ever when they lifted the IFA League of Scotland League title, the IFA Scottish Cup and lastly the IFA British Cup in a Herculean effort with only 11 bodies.
(Left to Right)
Back Row: Liam Grant | Conor Peden | Peter Logue Snr. | Michael Fairlie | Steven Logue | Dougie Sedgeworth | Ryan Philbin | Jamie Connell | Stewart Boughen | Grant Valentine | Fraser Queen | Peter Logue | Billy Robertson
Front Row: Gary Duncan | Jonny Duff | Kyle Rae | Jordan Philbin | Ryan Davidson
(Left to Right)
Back Row: Kyle Rae | Liam Grant | Dougie Sedgeworth | Ryan Philbin | Fraser McNab | Jonny Duff | Jordan Philbin | Ryan Davidson | Stewart Boughen
Front Row: Craig Lindsay | Steven Logue | Grant Valentine | Peter Logue | Michael Fairlie | Gary Duncan | Fraser Queen | Jamie Connell | Conor Peden
(Left to Right)
Back Row: Stewart Boughen | Michael Fairlie | Ryan Philbin | Dougie Sedgeworth | Craig Lindsay
Front Row: Gary Duncan | Liam Grant | Jonny Duff | Peter Logue | Grant Valentine | Kyle Rae
Lying down: Fraser Queen
Club Badge
The original Troon IFC club badge was designed by Richard Henderson to be a modern take on the old Troon features: namely the chevron, and the blue & black stripes from the jersey.
Original badge: 2009-2019 
New badge: 2019-
The club badge was recreated in the summer of 2019 as the club celebrated it’s 10th Anniversary. Almost identical to the parent club’s badge, it features a star to symbolise our first league title win.