History
The club was founded in 1896 as Kyles Athletic Football and Shinty Club, the same year as the first Camanachd Cup, which Kyles have gone on to win more times than any other club apart from the Badenoch giants, Newtonmore, sharing the second place spot with Kingussie, 21 times in all. They have also won the Celtic Society Cup 29 times and the MacAulay Cup a further 10 times. They won the Grand Slam in 1966. (At that point consisting of the Camanachd, MacAulay, Celtic Society and Dunn Senior League.)
Kyles play in royal blue shirts with white shorts and red stockings as their first set of jerseys were presented by Rangers FC.
Until the formation of the National Premier League, Kyles were the dominant side in South shinty, having won the inaugural league in 1974-75 and then winning every league from 1977 to 1988.
A great constant since the late 1970s has been Kenny MacDonald who is still playing for Kyles as of 2011. He has played for Scotland and also won the Albert Smith Medal. He was also part of the Kyles team which won the Macaulay Cup alongside his son Roddie.
They have enjoyed a yo-yo existence in the National Leagues and whilst still a match for anyone in remote Tighnabruaich, they have struggled to regain their prime position in South shinty.
They faced Lochcarron in the play-off for entry into the Premier League in 2006. They lost 2-1 in a close game at The Eilan, Newtonmore, consigning the club to another year outside the top flight.
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