Cowdenbeath Football Club ( ) is a Scottish semi-professional football team based in

Cowdenbeath Cowdenbeath (; sco, Coudenbeith) is a town and burgh in west Fife, Scotland. It is north-east of Dunfermline and north of the capital, Edinburgh. The town grew up around the extensive coalfields of the area and became a police burgh in 18 ...

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. They are members of the

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, the fifth tier of the

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after their relegation from

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on 14 May 2022 following a 4–0 aggregate defeat to Bonnyrigg Rose. Formed in 1881, the club has played at

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since 1917. They first joined the

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(SFL) in 1905. The club has never won any of the major honours in Scottish football, but have won lower tier divisional titles on five occasions. They competed in the top division of the SFL from 1924 to 1934, but have only completed one further top flight season since, in 1970–71.

History

Cowdenbeath traditionally date their origin to the merger of two local clubs, Cowdenbeath Rangers (formed 1880) and Cowdenbeath Thistle, which occurred in 1881. However, research by the club's historian suggests the Cowdenbeath Rangers name continued to be used at this time and the founding of Cowdenbeath F.C. should properly be dated to 1882, when another merger saw Rangers combine with a local club called Raith Rovers (formed 1881 and unrelated to the present Kirkcaldy club). The establishment of one club to represent the town thus coincided with the establishment of the Fifeshire Football Association that year. Cowdenbeath, who are the oldest surviving football club in Fife, lost in the inaugural

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final in 1883 but won the Cup for the first time in 1885. In 1888 the club moved to

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, and in 1905 were admitted to Division Two of the

. They won Division Two in 1913–14 and 1914–15, but were not promoted to Division One on either occasion. The SFL was suspended due to

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in 1915, and the club moved to

in 1917. They were placed in Division Two when it was reformed in 1921, and after finishing as runners-up in 1923–24, the club were promoted to Division One for the first time. The club remained in Division One until being relegated at the end of the 1933–34 season but claimed their third Division Two championship in 1938–39. This feat was in no small part aided by

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' 54 League goals – the second highest seasonal total in Scottish League history, behind only Jimmy Smith's 66 goals for Ayr United in 1927/28. However, the outbreak of

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cut short Cowden's return to Division One, and the club closed down for the duration of hostilities. When peacetime football resumed in 1946, the club were controversially placed in the new (second tier) B Division. While a 1949

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success over

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at Ibrox was a highlight of the early post-war period, Cowden struggled to return to the elite level of Scottish football. This was finally achieved under popular manager

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in the 1969–70 season, but the solitary season in Division One that followed remains the club's only top flight campaign since the 1930s. More recently, hopes for the future were raised when Cowden were promoted to the First Division in season 1991–92, but they soon slumped back to the basement of the Scottish League amidst a run of 38 League games without a win at

. A more professional approach was ushered in with the appointment of former Scotland defender

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, who had begun his playing career with Cowdenbeath, as manager in 1997. Promotion from the Third Division was achieved in the 2000–01 season, although they would be relegated again two years later. After a third-place finish in the 2004–05 season. The 2005–06 campaign saw the team achieve their first divisional title win for 67 years with player-manager

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when they won the Third Division. Season 2008–09 saw Danny Lennon's side miss out on promotion in a penalty shoot-out after a scoreless two-legged match and extra time against Stenhousemuir. However, they were promoted to the second division for the 2009–10 season as

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were demoted to the

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after breaching the league's rules on insolvency. After a tough start to life in the

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, Cowden soon found their feet and finished in third place. Amazingly they went on to defeat Alloa and Brechin in the play-offs to secure promotion. Prior to the 2010–11 season

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was appointed new manager. They were relegated from the First Division to the

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on Saturday 14 May 2011 after losing their relegation/promotion play-off semi-final tie 4–2 on aggregate to

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with the first leg at Glebe Park ending 2–2 and the second leg at

ending 2–0 to

. It was a massive blow to the club especially after being 2–0 up at half time in the first leg in Brechin. Under new manager Colin Cameron, Cowdenbeath immediately regained promotion the following season, winning the league with two games remaining. The season after, they ensured survival on the final matchday with a 3–1 away win over

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. The following season they avoided relegation again by defeating local rivals Dunfermline Athletic 4–1 on aggregate in the Championship Play Off final thanks to goals from

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, Greg Stewart and Thomas O'Brien. The following season they finished bottom of the Championship after losing 3–0 on the final day to fellow strugglers Alloa Athletic. Before kick off Cowdenbeath had sat in eighth place but were overtaken by Alloa and Livingston who also won. Jimmy Nicholl handed in his resignation shortly after the match leaving

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to rebuild the team for life in Ladbrokes League One. Nish was unable to stop the slide and Cowdenbeath suffered successive relegations, finishing 9th but being defeated 2–1 on aggregate by Queen's Park in the semi-finals of the play-offs. Nish was sacked on 12 May 2016, being replaced by

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. Continuing Cowdenbeath's woeful run, they finished 10th in the

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. They avoided a third consecutive relegation, and dropping out of the SPFL, by winning a play-off against Lowland League champions

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. The 2017–18 season was no improvement at all, with Cowdenbeath finishing last again and having to go through the play-off to avoid relegation. Their opponents were Highland League champions

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and Cowdenbeath survived once again thanks to a 3–2 home win following an away goalless draw. Comparatively, season 2018–19 saw a successful campaign. The club finished in sixth place, comfortably avoiding the play-off spot by 24 points. This improvement in form continued into the truncated season of 2019–20, with the club finishing in fourth place after 27 games played. In June 2020, it was announced that fans had donated over £14,000 across three months via the 'Club 135' initiative, to assist the club financially during the ongoing

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Honours

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:Known as second division prior to 1975 ** 1913–14, 1914–15, 1938–39 *

: ** 2011–12 *

: ** 2005–06

Club records

Biggest win: 12–0 vs

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Biggest loss: * 1–11 vs

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on 6 October

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* 0–10 vs Hearts on 28 February

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Biggest home

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: 25,586 vs

on 21 September

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Youngest Debut: Grant Manzie vs

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on 11 November 2006 (15 years 357 days) 2006–07 in Scottish Division 2 (3–2 win)

Managers

* John Young (−1905) * Joe Parker (1905–1906) * Sandy Paterson (1906–1924) * James Richardson (1924–1925) * Scott Duncan (1925–1932) * Sandy Paterson (1932–1933) *

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(1934–1938) *

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(1938–1946) *

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(1946–1948) *

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(1948–1951) * Bobby Baxter (1951–1955) *

(1955–1958) * Jimmy Mitchell (1958–1959) *

Archie Buchanan Archie Buchanan (2 October 1928 – 12 December 1983) was a Scottish association football, football wing half who played in the Scottish League for Hibernian F.C., Hibernian, St Mirren F.C., St Mirren and Cowdenbeath F.C., Cowdenbeath. He later ...

(1959–1960) *

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(1960–1964) * Archie Robertson (1964–1968) *

(1968–1974) *

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(1974) * Dan McLindon (1974–1975) *

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(1975–1977) *

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(1977–1980) *

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(1980) *

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(1980–1982) * Hugh Wilson (1982–1983) *

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(1983–1984) *

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(1987–1988) *

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(1988–1992) *

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(1992–1993) * John Reilly (1993–1994) * Paddy Dolan (1994–1995) *

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(1995–1997) *

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(1997) *

(1997–2000) *

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(2000) * Gary Kirk (2000–2002) * Keith Wright (2002–2004) *

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(2004–2005) *

(2005–2006) *

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(2006–2008) *

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(2008–2010) *

(2010–2011) * Colin Cameron (2011–2013) *

(2013–2015) *

(2015–2016) *

(2016–2017) *

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(2017) * Billy Brown (2017) *

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(2017–2021)

Club officials

Board of Directors

Coaching staff

First-team squad

On loan

Noted players

The following former Cowdenbeath players are all members of the club's Hall of Fame or recent players who are still playing at a higher level in Scotland (as well as some notable loan players). *

Kenny Adamson Kenny Adamson (born 21 August 1988) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a defender for Kelty Hearts. Adamson has previously played for Livingston, as well as having a ten-year spell with Cowdenbeath. Career Livingston A membe ...

Ray Allan Raymond George Kyle Allan (born 5 March 1955) is a Scottish retired footballer who made over 420 appearances in the Scottish League for Cowdenbeath as a goalkeeper. He is Cowdenbeath's record appearance-maker and was capped by Scotland at junior ...

Eric Archibald Eric Archibald (born 25 March 1965) is a retired Scottish footballer who made over 120 appearances as a central defender in the Scottish League for Cowdenbeath. He captained the club and later became a youth coach. Personal life Archibald att ...

* Robert Baillie *

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Liam Buchanan Liam Buchanan (born 27 March 1985) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a striker for Lowland Football League club Berwick Rangers. A product of the Hearts youth system, Buchanan made his breakthrough at Cowdenbeath. Having sp ...

* Fraser Carver * William Devlin * John Dickson * Scott Duncan * John Falconer * Brian Ferrier *

Tom Glancy Thomas Glancy (10 October 1894 – 11 February 1949) was a Scottish professional footballer who made nearly 500 appearances in the Scottish League for Cowdenbeath, Falkirk and St Johnstone St Johnstone Football Club is a professional assoc ...

* Charlie Gronbach *

Craig Gordon Craig Sinclair Gordon (born 31 December 1982) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Scottish Premiership club Heart of Midlothian, where he is club captain, and the Scottish national team. Gordon started his ...

* George Jordan *

Andy Kinnell Andrew Kinnell (born 14 February 1947) is a Scottish retired professional footballer who played as a central midfielder, making 230 appearances in the Scottish League for Cowdenbeath. He also played league football for St Johnstone. Honours Co ...

* Bob Law * Thomas Leask *

Hookey Leonard James "Hookey" or "Hooky" Leonard (1906–1959) was a Scottish professional footballer. Leonard signed with Cowdenbeath in 1923. He quickly became a club favourite with brilliant performances. However, during the 1924–25 season, he was suspen ...

Duncan Lindsay Duncan Morton Lindsay (21 March 1903 in Cambuslang – 1972) was a Scottish professional football centre-forward. Lindsay began his career with his local side Cambuslang Rangers. In 1925 he moved to East Fife and in April 1926 joined Cowdenbe ...

* John Martin *

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Alex Menzies Alex "Big Ming" Menzies was a Scottish professional footballer, who played for Cowdenbeath and Stirling Albion amongst others. A former coal-miner, (Ferguson 2006) Menzies joined Cowdenbeath, his hometown club, in 1948. Menzies, a tough-tacklin ...

Willie Mercer William Mercer (8 November 1874 – 9 September 1932) was a Scottish football outside left who played in the Scottish League for Cowdenbeath and Hibernian. He also played in the Football League for Glossop. After his retirement as a player, M ...

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* Bill Paterson * James Pollock * John Pollock *

Derek Riordan Derek George Riordan (born 16 January 1983) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a striker. He has been capped three times by the Scotland national team. Riordan started his career with Hibernian in 2001 and had a brief spell on ...

Innes Ritchie Innes Ritchie (born 24 August 1973) is a Scottish retired semi-professional footballer who played as a central defender in the Scottish League for Cowdenbeath, Berwick Rangers, Arbroath, East Fife, Clydebank and Motherwell. Career statistics ...

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* Greg Stewart *

Alex Venters Alexander Venters (9 June 1913 – 30 April 1959) was a Scottish footballer, who played for Cowdenbeath, Rangers and Scotland. Career Alex Venters, an inside forward, joined Rangers in November 1933 after his first club Cowdenbeath. He spent ...

* Steven Weir *

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Craig Winter Craig John Winter (born 30 June 1976) is a Scottish retired footballer who made over 240 appearances in the Scottish League for Cowdenbeath as a midfielder. He also played League football for Brechin City, Dumbarton, Raith Rovers, Forfar At ...

References

External links

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