Bathgate Thistle Football Club are a Scottish
football club, based in the town of
Bathgate
Bathgate ( sco, Bathket or , gd, Both Chèit) is a town in West Lothian, Scotland, west of Livingston, Scotland, Livingston and adjacent to the M8 motorway (Scotland), M8 motorway. Nearby towns are Armadale, West Lothian, Armadale, Blackburn, ...
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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 historic counties. The county was called Linlithgowshire until 1925. The historic county was bounded geographically by the Av ...
. They play in the .
Nicknamed ''Thistle'', they were formed in 1937 and presently play their home games at
Creamery Park
Creamery Park is a football ground located in Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland
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, which has room for 3,000 spectators. Their home shirts are blue with a white trim and their away shirts are black with a white trim.
In 2006, Thistle reached the final of the
Scottish Junior Cup
The Scottish Junior Cup is an annual football competition organised by the Scottish Junior Football Association. The competition has been held every year since the inception of the SJFA in 1886 and, as of the 2022–23 edition, 108 teams compete ...
, losing 2–1 to
Auchinleck Talbot at
Rugby Park
Rugby Park, also known as The BBSP Stadium Rugby Park for sponsorship reasons, is a football stadium situated in the Scottish town of Kilmarnock. It was first used in 1899 and is the home of Kilmarnock F.C. Rugby Park has also been used for c ...
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Kilmarnock, in front of around 7,000 spectators. In 2008, the club reached the final again, this time defeating
Cumnock Juniors
Cumnock Juniors Football Club are a Scottish football club based in Cumnock, Ayrshire.
The Nock play their home games at Townhead Park and compete in the West of Scotland Football League.
History
Birthed in 1912, they have a history of local ...
2–1.
Thistle have a community football club involving some of the town's youth sides under Bathgate Juniors and are the pathway to senior adult football in the town of Bathgate.The Senior side is managed by Gordon Wilson.The U20's started in 22/23 and play in the Scottish Lowland Development League.
Coaching staff
Source
Current squad
As of January 2023
Managerial history
c Caretaker manager
Honours
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Scottish Junior Cup
The Scottish Junior Cup is an annual football competition organised by the Scottish Junior Football Association. The competition has been held every year since the inception of the SJFA in 1886 and, as of the 2022–23 edition, 108 teams compete ...
* Winners: 2007–08
* Runners-up: 2005–06
Other Honours
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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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Football in West Lothian
Football clubs in Scotland
Scottish Junior Football Association clubs
Association football clubs established in 1937
1937 establishments in Scotland
East of Scotland Football League teams
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