Lochar Thistle Football Club are a

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...

club originating in 1969 from the villages of Locharbriggs and Heathhall in the town of

Dumfries Dumfries ( ; ; from ) is a market town and former royal burgh in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, near the mouth of the River Nith on the Solway Firth, from the Anglo-Scottish border. Dumfries is the county town of the Counties of Scotland, ...

in Scotland. They originally competed in the

Dumfries & District Amateur Football League The Dumfries & District Amateur Football League (DDAFL) was a football league competition for amateur teams in the Dumfries area of Scotland. It was founded in 1954 and ran through until 2014 when the league disbanded, with member clubs subsequen ...

where they were First Division Champions on three occasions. The club also went on a record 42-game unbeaten League run between 2010 and 2012. They joined the

South of Scotland Football League The South of Scotland Football League (SoSFL) is a senior football league based in south-west Scotland. The league sits at level 6 on the Scottish football league system, acting as a feeder to the Lowland Football League. Founded in 1946, it ...

for the 2013–14 season. They play their home games at Wilson Park, Heathhall which accommodates approximately 1,000 spectators. The club was accredited in December 2015 with the Standard Level Quality Mark from the SFA and have maintained this level throughout the years. The club have won The Potts Cup in 2015–16 season and were also the first winners of the Alba Cup in the 2016–17 season. In 2009, 80 year old club stalwart, George Kirk was awarded Volunteer of the Year in Amateur football. The club is currently managed by Chris Jardine. Lochar won their first ever

title during the 2024–25 season, becoming champions with a game to spare.

Honours

*South of Scotland Football League: 2024–25 *South of Scotland League Cup: 2023–24 *Alba Cup: 2016–17, 2024–25 *SCFA Potts Cup: 2015–16 *WDFA Cree Lodge Cup: 2022–23

References

External links

Official website
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