Bathgate Thistle F.C.

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Bathgate Thistle Football Club are a Scottish football club, based in the town of Bathgate, West Lothian. They play in the Template:Scottish football updater.

Nicknamed Thistle, they were formed in 1937 and presently play their home games at Creamery Park, which has room for 3,000 spectators. Their home shirts are royal blue with navy sleeves and shorts and socks royal blue. Away kit is all navy.

In 2006, Thistle reached the final of the Scottish Junior Cup, losing 2–1 to Auchinleck Talbot at Rugby Park, Kilmarnock, in front of around 7,000 spectators. In 2008, the club reached the final again, this time defeating Cumnock Juniors 2–1.[1]

The Senior side is managed by Gordon Wilson. The U20's are Bathgate Juniors led by Kevin McDonald and started in 22/23 and play in the Scottish Lowland Development League. There are also various youth teams within the Bathgate Juniors set up and the Club provides the only full pathway to senior football in Bathgate.

Coaching staff

Role Name
Manager Template:Flagicon Gordon Wilson
Coach Template:Flagicon George Bonnar
Coach Template:Flagicon Ryan Stevenson
Goalkeeping Coach Template:Flagicon Jim Smith
Kitman Template:Flagicon George Cunningham

Source

Current squad

As of January 2023[2]

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No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK Template:Fba/core Sean Brown
— DF Template:Fba/core Gregor Dryden
— DF Template:Fba/core Harry Maguire
— DF Template:Fba/core Stuart Conway
— DF Template:Fba/core Nathan Williamson
— DF Template:Fba/core James Macadam
— DF Template:Fba/core Grant MacDonald
— DF Template:Fba/core Myles Wilson
— DF Template:Fba/core Kyle Mooney
— DF Template:Fba/core Brayden Docherty
— MF Template:Fba/core Grant Forrester
— FW Template:Fba/core Michael Adams
— MF Template:Fba/core Fraser Cormack
— MF Template:Fba/core Kyle Mowatt
— MF Template:Fba/core Aidan Gibb
— MF Template:Fba/core James McCullagh
— MF Template:Fba/core Jordan Rodger
— MF Template:Fba/core Glenn Thomson
— FW Template:Fba/core Lewis McKenzie
— FW Template:Fba/core Finlay Mackay
— FW Template:Fba/core Jordan Devine
— FW Template:Fba/core Nathan Jollie

Managerial history

 
Name Nationality Years
William Smith Template:Flagicon 1965-1966?[3]
Davie Kidd Template:Flagicon 1974-?[4]
Tam Connor Template:Flagicon ?-1977[5]
Robin Gibson Template:Flagicon 1989?[6]
Willie Russell Template:Flagicon 1990-1992[7]
Willie Hill Template:Flagicon ?-2009[8]
Paul Jack Template:Flagicon 2009[9]
Graeme Love Template:Flagicon 2009-2012[10]
Keith Hogg c Template:Flagicon 2012[11]
Derek Strickland Template:Flagicon 2012-2013[12][13]
Robert Main Template:Flagicon 2013-2014[14]
Barrie Malcolm Template:Flagicon 2014-[15]
Andy Colley Template:Flagicon 2015-2017[16]
Jim Henderson Template:Flagicon 2017-2018[17]
Michael Wilson Template:Flagicon 2018
Kevin McKee Template:Flagicon 2020[18]
Andy Colley Template:Flagicon 2020-2021[19]
Stewart Devine Template:Flagicon 2021-2022[20]
Andy Malone Template:Flagicon 2022-2023[21]
Gordon Wilson Template:Flagicon 2023-[22]

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Honours

Scottish Junior Cup
  • Winners: 2007–08
  • Runners-up: 2005–06

Other Honours

  • 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

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