Armadale Thistle Football Club are a
football
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club from the town of
Armadale,
West Lothian
West Lothian ( sco, Wast Lowden; gd, Lodainn an Iar) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland, and was one of its shires of Scotland, historic counties. The county was called Linlithgowshire until 1925. The historic county was bounded geogra ...
in
Scotland
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. Formed in 1936 and nicknamed ''The Dale'', they are members of the
Scottish Junior Football Association and presently play in the .
The club arose from the remnants of the town's former
Scottish Football League
The Scottish Football League (SFL) was a league featuring professional and semi-professional football clubs mostly from Scotland.One club, Berwick Rangers, is based in the town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, which is located approximately 4 km south ...
club,
Armadale, who had been based at
Volunteer Park, and took over the ground from them.
Club staff
Board of directors
Coaching staff
Source
Managerial history
c Caretaker manager
Honours
Scottish Junior Football Association
*
Edinburgh & District League champions:1939–40, 1940–41, 1949–50, 1952–53
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East Region South Division champions: 2008–09
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East Region Division Two champions: 1984–85, 1988–89
*Lanarkshire Hozier Cup winners: 1942–43
*East of Scotland Junior Cup winners: 1943–44, 1948–49, 1952–53, 1961–62
*St. Michael's Cup winners: 1999–00
*Brown Cup winners: 1942–43, 1943–44, 1946–47, 1950–51, 1953–54
References
External links
Official website
Football clubs in Scotland
Scottish Junior Football Association clubs
Association football clubs established in 1936
Football in West Lothian
1936 establishments in Scotland
Armadale, West Lothian
East of Scotland Football League teams
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