Bo'ness F.C.

Bo'ness

Full name

Bo'ness Football Club

Founded

1882

Dissolved

1945

Ground

Newtown Park

League

Scottish Football League (1921– 1932)

Home colours

Bo'ness F.C. was a Scottish football club based at Newtown Park in Bo'ness. The club was a member of the Scottish Football League from 1921 to November 1932.^[1]

History

The club was formed in 1882 and joined the Eastern Football Alliance in 1891, but the league failed to complete its first season. Bo'ness returned to competitive football in 1901 as a member of the Central Football Combination and eventually ended up in the Central Football League. Along with much of the membership of this group, Bo'ness were admitted to the newly expanded Scottish Football League Second Division in 1921.^[1] After five seasons of mid-table finishes, the club won the Second Division championship in 1927 and were promoted to the First Division.^[1]

The club was relegated back to the Second Division after just one season. Bo'ness then struggled financially, like many other clubs in the region, due to the decline of the local coal and shale oil industries.^[2] Bo'ness offered free admission to local unemployed people after 30 minutes of play.^[3] The club struggled to raise the £50 match guarantee to visiting clubs in 1931, but was surprisingly re-elected.^[4] Further failures to provide match guarantees meant that the club was expelled from the League during the 1932–33 season.^[1]

Bo'ness continued as a non-league side until 1939,^[1] appearing in the Scottish Football Alliance, Edinburgh and District League, Scottish Football Combination and the East of Scotland Football League. Future Scotland international Alex Munro also came through the ranks at this time. The club survived World War II but merged with local side Bo'ness Cadora to form junior club Bo'ness United in 1945.^[1]

Stadium

1881–1885 Field at site of Parish church

1885–1886 Soo & Cra Park Bo'ness

1886–1945 Newtown Park.

Colours

Royal blue shirts, white shorts.

Scottish Football League record

Second Division

Season	Pl	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Pos
1921–22	38	16	7	15	56	49	39	6th
1922–23	38	12	17	9	48	46	41	7th
1923–24	38	13	11	14	45	53	37	13th
1924–25	38	16	9	13	71	48	41	6th
1925–26	38	17	5	16	66	70	39	8th
1926–27	38	23	10	5	86	41	55	1st

First Division

Season	Pl	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Pos
1927–28	38	9	8	21	48	86	26	19th

Second Division

Season	Pl	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Pos
1928–29	35	15	5	15	62	62	35	10th
1929–30	38	15	4	19	67	95	34	13th
1930–31	38	9	4	25	54	100	22	20th
1931–32	38	15	4	19	70	103	34	14th
1932–33	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Key: Pl = Games played; W = games won; D = games drew; L = games lost; F = goals scored (for); A = goals conceded (against); Pts = points (2 for a win, 1 for a draw); Pos = final position in the table.^[5]

Note: Bo'ness did not complete the 1932–33 season and their results were expunged from the records.

Notable former players

Alex Munro
Christy Martin

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 (Bob Crampsey 1990, p. 293)
↑ (Bob Crampsey 1990, p. 83)
↑ (Bob Crampsey 1990, p. 82)
↑ (Bob Crampsey 1990, p. 88)
↑ M. Robinson, Football League Tables, 1888–2003, Cromwell Press, 2003

Bob Crampsey (1990). The First 100 Years. Scottish Football League. ISBN 0-9516433-0-4.

External links

Club history and kits

Defunct and former Scottish football clubs

Former Scottish Football League members	Abercorn Airdrieonians (1878) Armadale Arthurlie Ayr Ayr Parkhouse Bathgate Beith Bo'ness Broxburn United Cambuslang Clackmannan Clydebank Cowlairs Dumbarton Harp Dundee Wanderers Dykehead Edinburgh City Galston Gretna Helensburgh Johnstone King's Park Leith Athletic Linthouse Lochgelly United Mid-Annandale Nithsdale Wanderers Northern Peebles Rovers Port Glasgow Athletic Renton Royal Albert Solway Star St Bernard's Third Lanark Thistle Vale of Leven

Former Highland League members	Caledonian Elgin Caledonian Inverness Celtic Inverness Citadel Inverness Thistle Inverness Union

Former East of Scotland League members	Edinburgh Athletic Tollcross United

Former South of Scotland League members	5th Kirkcudbrightshire RV Cronberry Eglinton Lanemark Mauchline Springbank Stranraer Athletic Tarff Rovers Whithorn

Other senior clubs	23rd Renfrew RV Aberdeen (1881) Airdrie Alexandra Athletic Ayr Academicals Ayr Thistle Barholm Rovers Barrhead Bellstane Birds Blythswood Bon Accord Bridge of Allan Bute Rangers Callander Campsie Clifton & Strathfillan Clydesdale Coylton Coila Crown Dumbreck Dundee East End Dundee Harp Dundee Our Boys Eastern Gairdoch Grahamston Grangemouth Granville Grasshoppers Inveraray Kilsyth Wanderers Kirkcaldy United Laurieston Lochgilphead Orion Oxford Redding Athletic Rovers Shawfield Amateurs Slamannan Southern Strathmore (Arbroath) Strathmore (Dundee) Thornliebank Vale of Bannock Vale of Leven Rovers (Alexandria) Vale of Leven Rovers (Glasgow) Victoria United West End Western

Other junior clubs	Arbroath SC Baillieston Juniors Bankfoot Athletic Blackburn Athletic Blantyre Celtic Burnbank Athletic Duntocher Hibernian Glenbuck Cherrypickers Maryhill Hibernians Parkhead Port Glasgow Athletic Juniors Shawfield Strathclyde

Scottish Football League (1890–2013)

≫ Scottish Professional Football League (2013–present)

Divisions	Premier Division (1975–1998) First Division (1975–2013) Second Division (1975–2013) Third Division (1994–2013)

Cup competitions	League Cup Challenge Cup

Former teams	Aberdeen Abercorn Airdrieonians (1878) Airdrieonians (2002) Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Annan Athletic Arbroath Armadale Arthurlie Ayr Ayr Parkhouse Ayr United Bathgate Beith Berwick Rangers Bo'ness Brechin City Broxburn United Cambuslang Celtic Clackmannan Clyde Clydebank Cowdenbeath Cowlairs Dumbarton Dumbarton Harp Dundee Dundee United Dundee Wanderers Dunfermline Athletic Dykehead East Fife East Stirlingshire Edinburgh City Elgin City Falkirk Forfar Athletic Galston Greenock Morton Gretna Hamilton Academical Heart of Midlothian Helensburgh Hibernian Inverness Caledonian Thistle Johnstone Kilmarnock King's Park Leith Athletic Linthouse Livingston Lochgelly United Meadowbank Thistle Mid-Annandale Montrose Motherwell Nithsdale Wanderers Northern Partick Thistle Peebles Rovers Peterhead Port Glasgow Athletic Queen of the South Queen's Park Raith Rovers Rangers Renton Ross County Royal Albert Solway Star St Bernard's St. Johnstone St. Mirren Stenhousemuir Stirling Albion Stranraer Third Lanark Thistle Vale of Leven

Seasons	1890–91 1891–92 1892–93 1893–94 1894–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13

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