   cowdenbeath football club are a professional scottish football team based in the town of cowdenbeath, fife. they currently play in the scottish championship of the scottish professional football league. the club plays its home games at central park in the centre of the town which has the unusual feature of a motor racing track around the playing surface as the ground hosts regular stock car racing events. as they are a small provincial club, they have had few major successes in the scottish game, particularly in the modern era. they are managed by jimmy nicholl. ==history==  cowdenbeath traditionally date their origin to the merger of two local clubs, cowdenbeath rangers (formed 1880) and cowdenbeath thistle, which occurred in 1881.this continues to be the official date of foundation given by the club. see club info, cowdenbeath f.c. official website however, research by the club's historianletter to the editor by david allan, scottish football historian no.47, may/june 1991 suggests the cowdenbeath rangers name continued to be used at this time and the founding of cowdenbeath f.c. should properly be dated to 1882,davi
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