Bathgate Thistle Football Club are a Scottish

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club, based in the town of

Bathgate Bathgate ( or , ) is a town in West Lothian, Scotland, west of Livingston, Scotland, Livingston and adjacent to the M8 motorway (Scotland), M8 motorway. Nearby towns are Linlithgow, Livingston, and West Calder. A number of villages fall under ...

West Lothian West Lothian (; ) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland, bordering (in a clockwise direction) the City of Edinburgh council area, Scottish Borders, South Lanarkshire, North Lanarkshire and Falkirk (council area), Falkirk. The modern counci ...

. They play in the . Nicknamed ''Thistle'', they were formed in 1937 and presently play their home games at

Creamery Park Creamery Park is a Association football, football ground located in Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland. It serves as the home ground of Scottish Junior Football East Region Super League, East Region Super League outfit Bathgate Thistle F.C., Bathg ...

, which has room for 3,000 spectators. Their home shirts are royal blue with navy sleeves and shorts and socks royal blue. Away kit is all navy. In 2006, Thistle reached the final of the

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, losing 2–1 to Auchinleck Talbot at

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, in front of around 7,000 spectators. In 2008, the club reached the final again, this time defeating Cumnock Juniors 2–1. The Senior side is managed by Gordon Wilson. The U20's are Bathgate Juniors led by Kevin McDonald and started in 22/23 and play in the Scottish Lowland Development League. There are also various youth teams within the Bathgate Juniors set up and the Club provides the only full pathway to senior football in Bathgate.

Coaching staff

Source

Current squad

As of January 2023

Managerial history

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Honours

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* Winners: 2007–08 * Runners-up: 2005–06

Other Honours

* East Region Division Two champions: 1986–87, 1990–91 *East of Scotland Junior Cup winners: 1941–42, 2006–07 *St. Michael Cup winners: 1940–41, 1959–60, 2000–01 *Brown Cup winners: 1941–42 *Thornton Shield winners: 1943–44, 1944–45 *RL Rae Cup winners: 1965–66 – Manager was William Ross Smith (ex-Partick Thistle, Queen of the South and Berwick Rangers) *Fife and Lothians Cup winners: 2009–10

References

External links

Official website
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