Crossgates Primrose Football Club are a Scottish football club based in Crossgates, near Dunfermline,

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. The team plays in the , having moved from the

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in 2018. They were originally formed in 1926 but folded in 1960 with the club re-forming in 1983. Due to a lack of committee members, the club withdrew from the league in November 2015 and spent the rest of the season in abeyance. Following the establishment of a new committee in April 2016, Primrose returned to playing competitively for the 2016–17 season. The team have been managed since August 2017 by Alan Campbell. Their home ground is

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, its unusual name deriving from a disused pit of the former Cuttlehill Colliery on which site the ground is located. The park was also home to

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between 1937 and 1953. Crossgates' record attendance was 7,600 for a

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sixth round tie in 1952–53 against

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. The club's best-known former players are

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legend

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, who Crossgates sold to

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for £200, and his second cousin

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Current squad

''As of 20 July 2023''

Out on loan

Honours

* Alex Jack Cup: 2021–22 * Fife Junior Cup: 1947–48, 1955–56

References

External links

* Football clubs in Scotland Scottish Junior Football Association clubs Association football clubs established in 1926 Association football clubs established in 1983 Football clubs in Fife 1926 establishments in Scotland East of Scotland Football League teams {{Scotland-footyclub-stub