Harthill Royal Football Club is a Scottish

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club based in the

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area of

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 ...

(adjoining Harthill in

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). Previously an amateur side called Harthill Royal Bar, the club shortened their name on joining the

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in 1992. Club colours are royal blue. Their Gibbshill Park ground was previously the home of Polkemmet Juniors F.C. (1937–1954, 1974–1988) and known as Beechbank Park. The SJFA restructured prior to the 2006–07 season, and Royal found themselves in the 15-team East Region, South Division. Harthill spent all of their time in the bottom tier of the Juniors, with a best finish of 3rd in 2007–08. For the 2021–22 season, they joined

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in the senior pyramid and were placed in Division Four. Despite their ground's

location being in the

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catchment area, the club was allowed to choose which league to join due to the village of Harthill being situated in

. However, the club then returned to the

, joining the Third Division for the 2022–23 season.

Club staff

Board of directors

Coaching staff

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Managerial history

^c Caretaker manager

Honours

*Dechmont League Cup: 1999–00, 2004–05 *Lothians District Division Two winners: 2002–03 *East Region Division Two winners: 1992–93, 1994–95, 1999–00 *Brown Cup: 2002–03

References

Sources

Non-league ScotlandScottish Football Historical Archive
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