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The football team play in the West of Scotland Premier Division, the sixth tier of Scottish football. “We are not one of the big Junior institutions like Auchinleck Talbot or Pollok, we don't carry that sort of history,” their manager Mick Kennedy told PA in the lead-up to the Aberdeen tie. Kennedy impressed onlookers with a rousing pre-match speech to his players, which was broadcast by BBC Scotland, ahead of the Aberdeen game. Their reward for their stunning win over the Dons is another home tie against League One promotion hopefuls Falkirk. In the longer term, Darvel have made no secret of their aim to move up the Scottish football pyramid.
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