- Bathgate Thistle F.C.
Football club infobox
clubname = Bathgate Thistle F.C.
fullname = Bathgate Thistle Football Club
nickname = Thistle
founded = 1937
ground = Creamery Park
capacity = 2,437
chairman =
manager = Willie Hill league = SJFA East Region Super League
season = 2007-08
position = SJFA East Region Super League, 8thBathgate Thistle F.C. are a Scottish junior football club, based in the town of
Bathgate ,West Lothian . They play in theScottish Junior Football Association 's East Region Super League.Nicknamed "Thistle", they were formed in 1937 and presently play their home games at Creamery Park, which has room for 2,437 spectators. Their home shirts are blue with a white trim and their away shirts are black with a white trim.
In 2006, Thistle reached the final of the
Scottish Junior Cup , losing 2-1 to Auchinleck Talbot atRugby Park ,Kilmarnock , in front of around 7,000 spectators. In 2008 season the club reached the final again, beating Cumnock Juniors.Honours
*Scottish Junior Cup winners: 2007-08
*Scottish Junior Cup runners-up: 2005-06
*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: 1965-66External links
* [http://www.bathgatethistle.com/ Official website]
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