Bo'ness Athletic F.C.

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Bo'ness Athletic
Full name	Bo'ness Athletic Football Club
Founded	2001 (as Linlithgow Thistle)
Ground	Newtown Park, Bo'ness
Capacity	2,500
Manager	Willie Irvine
League	East of Scotland League First Division
2023–24	East of Scotland League Second Division, 1st of 16 (promoted)

Bo'ness Athletic Football Club is a Scottish football club, based in the town of Bo'ness. The club was formed in 2001 as Linlithgow Thistle, and were known as Bo'ness United Juniors between 2019 and 2021.

They are members of the Scottish Junior Football Association and presently play in the East of Scotland League First Division.

The club plays its home matches at Newtown Park, groundsharing with Bo'ness United of the Lowland League.^[1]

History

The club were originally formed in 2001 in Linlithgow, and competed as Linlithgow Thistle in the Lothian and Edinburgh Amateur Football Association.^[2] In 2019, when Bo'ness United moved from the East Region Junior leagues into the East of Scotland Football League, Thistle relocated and changed their name to Bo'ness United Junior to maintain a Junior presence in the town.^[3] They only played a total of 26 matches at Junior level due cancellations from the COVID-19 pandemic,^[4] and in 2021 all the remaining clubs in the East Region Juniors located south of the River Tay moved en masse to the East of Scotland league.^[5] At that point the club was renamed Bo'ness Athletic and cut ties with Bo'ness United, with the older club's chairman expressing his concern at the prospect of there now being an ambitious rival organisation in the same league system based in their small town (albeit by then his club had been promoted further up the pyramid into the Lowland Football League).^[6]

Bo'ness Athletic earned their first major honour by winning the EoSFL Third Division title in 2022–23, losing only once during the campaign,^[7]^[8] and also claimed the League Cup after defeating five opponents all playing at Premier or First Division level.^[9] After promotion they secured consecutive titles by winning the Second Division the following season in 2023–24.

Honours

East of Scotland League
- Second Division winners: 2023–24
- Third Division winners: 2022–23
East of Scotland League Cup: 2022–23^[9]
Alex Jack Cup: 2023–24
Cup-Winners Shield: 2023–24

References

^ "Bo'ness Athletic". Non League Scotland. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
^ "Season 2018 / 19 Tables". www.leafa.co.uk. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
^ "Club History". Bo'ness Athletic Football Club Website. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
^ {Divisions no longer in existence} - SJFA East Region Premier League South (2018-2020) | 2019 - 2020, Non League Matters
^ "History made as Bo'ness Athletic to join Bo'ness United in senior football ranks". www.falkirkherald.co.uk. 5 May 2021. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
^ "Bo'ness United chairman Iain Muirhead has deep concerns about formation of rival senior team Bo'ness Athletic". www.falkirkherald.co.uk. 13 May 2021. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
^ "Champions – Bo'ness Athletic – 20/05/23". The Scottish Football Adventure Website. 20 May 2023. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
^ "Five star Bo'ness Athletic keep on winning as they down top-flight teams in cup". www.falkirkherald.co.uk. 26 April 2023. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Bo'ness Athletic 4-0 Dunipace: Willie Irvine's side round off sensational campaign with East of Scotland League Cup triumph". www.falkirkherald.co.uk. 4 June 2023. Retrieved 9 January 2024.

External links

Official website
Club info, East of Scotland Football League website

v t e East of Scotland Football League
Premier Division	Dunbar United Dundonald Bluebell Dunipace Glenrothes Haddington Athletic Hill of Beath Hawthorn Jeanfield Swifts Lothian Thistle Hutchison Vale Luncarty Musselburgh Athletic Penicuik Athletic Sauchie Juniors St Andrews United Tynecastle Whitburn
First Division	Arniston Rangers Blackburn United Bo’ness Athletic Camelon Juniors Crossgates Primrose Edinburgh South Heriot-Watt University Inverkeithing Hillfield Swifts Kinnoull Kirkcaldy & Dysart Leith Athletic Lochore Welfare Newtongrange Star Preston Athletic Thornton Hibs Whitehill Welfare
Second Division	Armadale Thistle Bathgate Thistle Burntisland Shipyard Coldstream Dalkeith Thistle Easthouses Lily Miners Welfare Edinburgh College Harthill Royal Kennoway Star Hearts Oakley United Peebles Rovers Stirling University reserves Tweedmouth Rangers Vale of Leithen West Calder United
Third Division	Craigroyston Edinburgh United Fauldhouse United Hawick Royal Albert United Linton Hotspur Livingston United Lochgelly Albert Newburgh Ormiston Primrose Pumpherston Stoneyburn
Seasons	2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25

v t e Scottish Junior Football Association, East Region
Current teams (Midlands League)	Arbroath Victoria Blairgowrie Brechin Victoria Broughty Athletic Carnoustie Panmure Coupar Angus Downfield Dundee North End Dundee St James Dundee Violet East Craigie Forfar United Forfar West End Kirriemuir Thistle Letham Lochee Harp Lochee United Montrose Roselea Scone Thistle Tayport
Leagues	Midlands League
Cups	East of Scotland Junior Cup
Seasons	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
Former Leagues	Super League Premier League Central Division (Premier) North Division (Premier) South Division
Former teams	Arbroath Sporting Club Armadale Thistle Arniston Rangers Ballingry Rovers Bankfoot Athletic Bathgate Thistle Blackburn United Bo’ness Athletic Bo'ness United Bonnyrigg Rose Broxburn Athletic Camelon Juniors Crossgates Primrose Dalkeith Thistle Dundonald Bluebell Dunbar United Easthouses Lily Edinburgh United Falkirk Juniors Fauldhouse United Glenrothes Haddington Athletic Harthill Royal Hill of Beath Hawthorn Jeanfield Swifts Kelty Hearts Kennoway Star Hearts Kinnoull Kirkcaldy & Dysart Linlithgow Rose Livingston United Lochgelly Albert Lochore Welfare Luncarty Musselburgh Athletic Newburgh Newtongrange Star Oakley United Penicuik Athletic Pumpherston Rosyth Sauchie Juniors Steelend Victoria Stoneyburn St Andrews United Syngenta Thornton Hibs Tranent Juniors West Calder United Whitburn

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