The village club one game away from the football big time

The village club one game away from the football big time3 hours agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleChris MacLennan,BBC Scotland, BroraandSteven McKenzie,Highlands and islands reporterBBCBrora Rangers' director Mary Stewart grew up on a street behind Dudgeon ParkA part-time village football club is potentially one game away from joining Scotland's national professional leagues.Highland League champions Brora Rangers FC is in a play-off against Edinburgh City for a place in League Two.The teams drew 1-1 in the first leg in Brora and are now preparing for a final showdown in the capital on Saturday."It would be amazing to get into the second division - this is making history for Brora," said club director Mary Stewart, who grew on a street behind the team's Dudgeon Park ground.More stories from the Highlands and IslandsNews from the Highlands and Islands on BBC SoundsBrora, about 50 miles (80km) north of Inverness, is a community of about 1,200 people on the North Coast 500 tourist route.In the 1900s, Brora was the first place north of Inverness to have electricity, leading its residents to nickname their home Electric City.And it was the site of the UK's most northerly deep coal mine, before the last shafts closed in the 1970s.The village football team was founded in 1879 and joined the Highland League in 1962.The club has made Scottish footballing history in the past - including knocking Hearts out of the Scottish Cup with a 2-1 win in the second round of the competition in 2021.It also competed for promotion to League Two in 2015, but narrowly lost out to Montrose.Mary Stewart believes her beloved club is on the brink of joining the big leagues."We've had a lot of good times over the years, but this would top it all," she said."I think we've got the quality in the squad, we've got a fantastic management and coaching team."She added: "It would be great to have all these new people come up and s...