Flyers History

About the Flyers

The Flyers hit the ice for their first game on 30^th September 1938 when they opened the Dundee Ice Rink against the Tigers. Dundee were the Flyers opponents for their first ever match at Kirkcaldy Ice Rink on 1^st October 1938. Since then hockey in the town has seen many iterations of both professional and amateur status as the sport ebbed and flowed both locally and nationally. From almost entirely North American rosters to teams that were homegrown Fife talents the team’s successes and failures have been loyally supported by a community where being rink side during a hockey season to cheer on the Flyers has endured.

An array of names have donned the club colours over the years, all of whom have played a vital part in establishing the team as the oldest professional hockey club in the country. There are many others off ice and in the community to also thank for creating such a special legacy in the sport. We hope that we can continue to honour them all with how we move the club forward both today and the many tomorrow’s.

Flyers Timeline

2020

January 1

2020’s

A decade that commenced with a hiatus from hockey caused by a global pandemic has also produced some moments of real uncertainty for the club as ownership changed hands for the first time in almost 30 years. Flyers head into the 2026-27 season in their 15 Elite League campaign with…Read More

2010

January 1

2010’s

The Flyers returned to the top level of hockey in the UK as they joined the Elite League at the start of the decade. It was a significant change from the amateur ranks and it took the club a few seasons to establish themselves but along the way they had…Read More

2000

January 1

2000’s

After some early successes in the first half of the decade it felt as though hockey in Kirkcaldy had gone full circle yet again following the collapse of the British National League and the Flyers resisting the move top the Elite Ice Hockey League the club were left with no…Read More

1990

January 1

1990’s

Following an early hiccup in which the Flyers were demoted from the top tier of UK hockey for a season the winds of change blew through the sport again with the era of professional hockey being re-introduced following a number of teams creating the Ice Hockey Superleague. The Flyers resisted…Read More

1980

January 1

1980’s

For many this decade was the golden era of both Flyers and UK hockey with the formation of the first unified British league set up since the fateful mid 1950’s. It was the advent of Heineken sponsorship and the Wembley Play Off Final weekends. The Flyers introduced to the UK…Read More

1970

January 1

1970’s

A rollercoaster for the Flyers as the sport nearly died in the town in the early years of the decade but from those lows the club were rewarded for their investment in junior development to become all conquering in Northern League competitions. Playing semi professionally the team also played their…Read More

1960

January 1

1960’s

It would be seven years before organsied senior hockey returned to Kirkcaldy and when it did it would be on a purely amateur basis. In the intervening time the sport was kept alive by a number of enthusiastic players who took to the ice in pick up games both in…Read More

1950

January 1

1950’s

The Flyers found success harder to achieve in the early part of the decade as interest in the sport continued to grow across the country. This boom however was not to last and with the advent of the inaugural British League set up hockey would implode after just one season…Read More

1940

January 1

1940’s

In the early part of the decade junior and representative matches were sparingly organised across the country during war-time conditions. Those games held in Kirkcaldy were well attended and the professional sport returned in 1946 with the Flyers once again an attraction in the town to compete with big bands…Read More

1930

January 1

1930’s

The Fife Flyers arrived on the hockey scene as the decade was dwindling and they entered a sport which was in a vastly different place to how it had begun the 1930’s. In 1929 the Scottish National League was formed and it consisted of ten teams based out of the…Read More