| Full name | Armadale Thistle Football Club |
|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | The Dale |
| Founded | 1936 |
| Ground | Volunteer Park North Street Armadale (Capacity: 3,000) |
| Manager | Jim Henderson |
| League | SJFA East Region Premier League |
| 2010–11 | 7th |
Armadale Thistle Football Club are a Scottish football club from the town of Armadale, West Lothian. Formed in 1936 and nicknamed The Dale, they are members of the Scottish Junior Football Association and presently play in the East Region Premier League.
The club arose from the remnants of the town's former Senior club, Armadale F.C., who had been based at Volunteer Park since 1889 and disbanded in 1935. Volunteer Park, originally the drill field for the local Volunteers (Army reserves), has hosted football since 1881. As well as Scottish Football League games between 1921 and 1933, the ground staged a Scottish Cup quarter final tie in 1920 between Armadale and Kilmarnock, [1] and the following season attracted a record crowd of 12,000 to a third round tie versus Albion Rovers. Today, it has room for around 3,000 spectators.
Thistle tend to attract a support of around 100 to home games.
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