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Gretna (Scottish Gaelic: Greatna) is a town in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, originally part of the historic county of Dumfriesshire. [2] It is located close to the A74(M) on the border of Scotland and England and near the mouth of the River Esk .
Gretna Green is a parish in the southern council area of Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, close to the town of Gretna, [1] on the Scottish side of the English-Scottish border. It is accessed from the A74(M) motorway. [1] Historically Gretna Green was on the Glasgow-Carlisle road, a significant early toll road between England and Scotland.
Gretna Football Club was a Scottish professional football club based in the town of Gretna, Dumfries and Galloway, close to the border between England and Scotland, that last competed in the Scottish Premier League, the then top flight of Scottish football.
Gretna F.C., a now defunct Scottish football club Gretna F.C. 2008 , a Scottish football club founded by the fans of the above Gretna (skipper) , a genus of butterflies in the grass skipper family
The club was founded in 1946. Gretna played in the English Northern League until it was elected to the Scottish Football League, replacing the defunct Airdrieonians in 2002. Gretna rapidly rose through the Scottish leagues in the mid-2000s, as benefactor Brooks Mileson provided funding for professional players. [1]
H.M. Factory, Gretna stretched 9 miles (14 km) from Mossband near Longtown in the east, to Dornock / Eastriggs in the west straddling the Scottish-English border. [2] The facility consisted of four large production sites and two purpose-built townships. The facility had its own independent transport network, power source, and water supply ...
The original Gretna Football Club was founded in 1946, and joined the Scottish Football League in 2002. After being taken over by the late millionaire Brooks Mileson, the club had a meteoric rise, gaining promotion three consecutive seasons to make the Scottish Premier League in 2007.
During the 2005–06 season, the Scottish football club Gretna became champions of the Scottish Second Division. The team also reached the final of the Scottish Cup, the biggest match of their history losing on penalties to Heart of Midlothian.