Broxburn Athletic F.C.

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Broxburn Athletic
Broxburn Athletic F.C.png
Full nameBroxburn Athletic Football Club
Nickname(s)The Brox, The Burn, The Badgers
Founded1947
GroundAlbyn Park
Greendykes Road
Broxburn
Capacity2,050
PresidentJimmy Porteous
Manager Steve Pittman
League East of Scotland League Premier Division
2023–24 East of Scotland League Premier Division, 1st of 16 (champions)
Website Club website

Broxburn Athletic Football Club is a Scottish football club based in the town of Broxburn in West Lothian. They play their home games at Albyn Park. The team currently competes in the East of Scotland League Premier Division, the sixth tier of Scottish football, having moved from the junior leagues in 2018. [1]

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History

Broxburn reached the Scottish Junior Cup semi-final on five occasions, the last time being in 1971 when they lost by a single goal to eventual cup winners Cambuslang Rangers. [ citation needed ]

The club won the East Region South Division in 2009–10 and then gained promotion to the East Superleague two years later. They spent six seasons in the Superleague, with a best finish of 5th in their final season.

After moving to the senior football pyramid for the 2018–19 season, Broxburn won the East of Scotland League Conference C. However they narrowly missed out on the title and promotion to the Lowland league in the round robin playoff against the winners of the other Conferences, Penicuik Athletic and Bonnyrigg Rose. Broxburn were champions in the 2023–24 season, finishing infront of title race rivals Musselburgh Athletic and once again earned a spot in the promotion playoffs.

The club became a full SFA member in 2019 which allowed them to enter the 2019–20 Scottish Cup. They reached the fourth round having won five matches (including victories over higher ranked East Stirlingshire, Cowdenbeath, and Inverurie Loco Works), before going out to Premiership side St. Mirren in Paisley. Broxburn were supported by 1,600 fans who made the trip along the M8, selling out the North Stand at St Mirren Park. [2] In the 2023–24 Scottish Cup Broxburn reached the third round after victories over Lochee United, Nairn County and Deveronvale before going out on penalties to Buckie Thistle at Albyn Park. The reported attendance of this match was 1175. [3]

Albyn Park

In 1946, Mr. G. W. Bartaby-Pearson, with the help of local businessmen, started the process of reforming Broxburn and secured Albyn Park from the Earl of Buchan. After help from supporters who made the ground improvements, the stadium opened in 1948 with a Heart of Midlothian v Rangers meeting which attracted a crowd of around 3,500.

Albyn Park was completely redeveloped in 2009–10 as part of the Broxburn United Sports Club project into a new community facility with a 3G artificial pitch (replaced 2020). [4]

It sits on the original Albion Park used by Broxburn F.C. in 1889. Athletic took over the lease in 1894 until both clubs amalgamated in 1912 and played at the sports park (now the Broxburn Sports Centre). Athletic then moved back in 1921 until going defunct in 1924. West Lothian Council now owns the land and Broxburn has a lease until 2036.

The facility is also used by Broxburn Athletic Colts and other clubs. New changing rooms, a social club and floodlights were also constructed. The ground includes a large enclosure on the same side as the changing rooms. The remainder of the ground consists of grass bankings and covered terracing.

Senior squad

As of 30 March 2024 [5]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.Pos.NationPlayer
— GK Flag of Scotland.svg  SCO Robert Watt
— GK Flag of Scotland.svg  SCO Shaun Donoghue
— DF Flag of Scotland.svg  SCO Jordan Wright
— DF Flag of Scotland.svg  SCO Greg Page
— DF Flag of Scotland.svg  SCO Steven Anderson
— DF Flag of Scotland.svg  SCO Marcus Millar
— DF Flag of Scotland.svg  SCO Marky Munro
— DF Flag of Scotland.svg  SCO Jack Sayers
— MF Flag of Scotland.svg  SCO Ben Davidson
— MF Flag of Scotland.svg  SCO Bryan Mwangi(on loan from Dundee United)
— MF Flag of Scotland.svg  SCO Callum Bremner
No.Pos.NationPlayer
— MF Flag of Scotland.svg  SCO Calum Heath
— MF Flag of Sweden.svg  SWE Alassan Jones
— MF Flag of Scotland.svg  SCO Ross Nimmo
— MF Flag of Scotland.svg  SCO Lewis Turner
— MF Flag of Scotland.svg  SCO Liam Campbell
— MF Flag of Scotland.svg  SCO Nick Locke(captain)
— FW Flag of Scotland.svg  SCO Gary Brass
— FW Flag of Scotland.svg  SCO Greg Binnie
— FW Flag of Scotland.svg  SCO Kai Wilson
— FW Flag of Scotland.svg  SCO Errol Douglas
— FW Flag of Scotland.svg  SCO Darren Downie

Club staff

Committee

RoleName
President Flag of Scotland.svg Jimmy Porteous
Vice President Flag of Scotland.svg John Hughes
Secretary Flag of Scotland.svg Jim Provan
Treasurer Flag of Scotland.svg Alan Cunningham
Club Photographer Flag of Scotland.svg Andrew MacPherson
Chaplain Flag of Scotland.svg Andrew MacPherson

Coaching staff

RoleName
Manager Flag of Scotland.svg Chris Townsley
Assistant Manager Flag of Scotland.svg Derek McWilliams
Coach Flag of Scotland.svg Billy McPhee
Coach Flag of Scotland.svg
Goalkeeper Coach Flag of Scotland.svg Ian McLaren
Physio Flag of Scotland.svg Mark Fountain
Physio Flag of Scotland.svg John Porteous

Source

Managerial history

NameNationalityYears
John McGuigan Flag of Scotland.svg 1949-?
Willie Peden Flag of Scotland.svg 1954-1956
Jim McKinnon Flag of Scotland.svg ?-1971
Peter Fortunate Flag of Scotland.svg 1973-?
Bill Bruce Flag of Scotland.svg ?-1975
Bill Baxter Flag of Scotland.svg 1975-?
Peter Duncan Flag of Scotland.svg ?-1989
Derek O'Connor Flag of Scotland.svg ?-1989 [6]
Bill Henderson Flag of Scotland.svg 1989-1990 [7] [8]
Willie Verth Flag of Scotland.svg 1991-1992
Jackie Smyth Flag of Scotland.svg 1992-?
Willie Turley Flag of Scotland.svg 1997-1998
Jamie Dolan Flag of Scotland.svg 2004-2008
Steve Pittman Flag of the United States.svg 2009-2015
Max Christie Flag of Scotland.svg 2014-2017
Brian McNaughton Flag of Scotland.svg 2017-2020
Chris Townsley Flag of Scotland.svg 2020-2023 [9]
Scott McNaughtonc Flag of Scotland.svg 2023
Steve Pittman Flag of the United States.svg 2023- [10]

c Caretaker manager

Season-by-season record

Senior

SeasonDivisionTierPos.Pld.WDLGDPts Scottish Cup
Broxburn Athletic
2018–19 East of Scotland League Conference C
6
1st
24
2202+6266
Did Not Participate
2019–20
6
3rd†
19
1153+1138 Fourth round, losing to St Mirren
2020–21
6
null††
11
515+116First round, lost to Nairn County
2021–22
6
6th
34
15415+549Preliminary round, lost to Dunbar United
2022–23
6
9th
30
11109+943First round, lost to Dunipace
2023–24
6
1st
30
2352+4674Third round, lost to Buckie Thistle

† Season curtailed due to COVID-19 pandemic - Broxburn Athletic finished third, based on the 'points per game' measure.

†† Season declared null and void due to COVID-19 pandemic

Honours

Junior

Record attendances

Historic

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  2. ↑ Hardie, David. "St Mirren 3-0 Broxburn Athletic: Tough luck as battling Broxburn see their Scottish Cup run come to an end" . Retrieved 1 June 2020.
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