Fife Scottish Gaelic: Fìobha) is a council area and former county of Scotland. It is situated between the Firth of Tay and the Firth of Forth, with inland boundaries to Perth and Kinross and Clackmannanshire. It was originally one of the Pictish kingdoms, known as Fib, and is still commonly known as the Kingdom of Fife within Scotland.
It is a lieutenancy area, and was a county of Scotland until 1975. It was very occasionally known by the anglicisation Fifeshire in old documents and maps compiled by English cartographers and authors. A person from Fife is known as a Fifer.
Fife was a local government region divided into three districts: Dunfermline, Kirkcaldy and North-East Fife. Since 1996 the functions of the district councils have been exercised by the unitary Fife Council.
St Andrews in Fife is the home of golf, being the town in which the sport was invented, and the Royal & Ancient Golf Club still has responsibility for overseeing the rules of the game today.
As for senior sports teams, in football Dunfermline Athletic, Raith Rovers and Cowdenbeath play in Division One and East Fife in Division Two.
Fife Flyers are the UK's oldest ice hockey club and play in the Northern Premier League.
Fife is also home to seven rugby union clubs, Dunfermline RFC, Fife Southern RFC, based in Rosyth, Glenrothes RFC, Howe of Fife RFC, based in Cupar, Kirkcaldy RFC,Madras RFC,Waid Academy RFC and one rugby league club, Fife Lions.
Fife has a number of Highland Dancing Schools and have competitions throughout the year. Highland dancers wear kilts and jackets, the boys can wear trousers or a kilt. Braemar and Cowal are the two biggest competitions.
Fife Airport (IATA: N/A, ICAO: EGPJ) is located 2 NM (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) west of Glenrothes, Fife, Scotland.
Fife (Glenrothes) Aerodrome has a CAA Ordinary Licence (Number P802) that allows flights for the public transport of passengers or for flying instruction as authorised by the licensee (Fife Airport Limited).
The airfield is used by Tayside Aviation to train pilots. In 1998 it was voted the best airfield in the United Kingdom by 'Flyer' magazine. The airport also contains the well-renowned 'Tipsy Nipper' restaurant.
Fife Flying Club is based at Fife Airport.
