Blackburn United F.C.

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Blackburn United F.C.
Full name Blackburn United Football Club
Nickname(s) The Burnie
Founded 1978
Ground Murrayfield Park
(Capacity 2,400)
Manager Mark Campbell
League SJFA East Region South Division
2007-08 SJFA East Region South Division, 6th
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Blackburn United F.C. are a Scottish junior football club from the town of Blackburn, West Lothian. Formed in 1978, they joined the junior grade of football two years later. They presently compete in the East Region and play their home matches at Murrayfield Park, which has room for roughly 2,400 spectators.

The club forms the pinnacle of the Blackburn United Community Football Club which, in addition to the adult side, also caters for under age football at all ages from under 9 to under 21. For those of an even younger age there is a soccer school with its own dedicated coaches.

Nicknamed The Burnie, Blackburn United's home strip is black shirt and black shorts, both with white trim. The sides away strip is a yellow shirt with black shorts. All clubs in the community set up play in a home strip of black and white and an away strip of yellow and black.

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