Whitburn Football Club are a Scottish
football club based in
Whitburn,
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 ...
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History
Formed on 31 May 1930 as Whitburn Amateurs F.C., they turned Junior over the summer months of 1934. They play their home games at Central Park.
Nicknamed ''The Burnie'', the club's colours are claret and amber. They presently play in the
East of Scotland Football League
The East of Scotland Football League (EoSFL) is a senior football league based in the east and south-east of Scotland. The league sits at levels 6–9 on the Scottish football league system, acting as a feeder to the Lowland Football League.
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. The club have won 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 ...
on one occasion, defeating
Johnstone Burgh
Johnstone Burgh Football Club are a Scottish football club based in Johnstone, Renfrewshire, and play in .
History
The club were formed in 1956, in response to an article in the "Johnstone & Linwood Gazette" newspaper from a journalist that ...
on penalties in the 1999–00 final.
The team was managed from 2014 to 2016 by former
St Mirren boss
Tom Hendrie
Thomas Hendrie (born 24 October 1955) is a Scottish former professional football player and manager.
Playing career
A midfielder, Hendrie plied his trade at a number of clubs in the late 1970s, Dundee, Arbroath, Gateshead and Goole Town be ...
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Club staff
Board of directors
Coaching staff
Source
Current squad
As of 31 October 2022
Managerial history
c Caretaker manager
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Honours
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: 1999–2000
*Runners-up: 1965–66, 1994–95
Other honours
*East of Scotland Centenary Cup winners: 2023
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East of Scotland League
The East of Scotland Football League (EoSFL) is a senior football league based in the east and south-east of Scotland. The league sits at levels 6–9 on the Scottish football league system, acting as a feeder to the Lowland Football League.
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Second Division winners:
2022–23
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East of Scotland League
The East of Scotland Football League (EoSFL) is a senior football league based in the east and south-east of Scotland. The league sits at levels 6–9 on the Scottish football league system, acting as a feeder to the Lowland Football League.
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Conference X winners:
2021–22
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East Region Premier Division winners: 1985–86, 1986–87, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1995–96, 1997–98, 2000–01
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East Region Division One winners: 1977–78
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Lothian District Division One winners: 2004–05
*East of Scotland Junior Cup winners: 1965–66, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1973–74, 1997–98, 2001–02
*Brown Cup winners: 1959–60, 1967–68, 1971–72, 1972–73, 2000–01
References
External links
Official club siteTwitterSocial Club
Football in West Lothian
Football clubs in Scotland
Scottish Junior Football Association clubs
Association football clubs established in 1933
1933 establishments in Scotland
Whitburn, West Lothian
East of Scotland Football League teams
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