Broxburn United F.C.

Broxburn United
Full name	Broxburn United Football Club
Founded	1912
Dissolved	1932
Ground	Sports Park, Broxburn
League	Scottish Football League (1921–1926)
	Home colours
	Home colours

Broxburn United Football Club was a football club based at Sports Park in Broxburn, West Lothian in Scotland.[1] The club was formed by the amalgamation of the town's two senior clubs Broxburn and Broxburn Athletic in 1912, and was a member of the Scottish Football League from 1921 until 1926.[2]

History

Broxburn Football Club was founded in 1883 as Broxburn Thistle, adopting their regular name in 1889. The club was the more senior of the town's two teams and first came to attention as members of the Eastern League in 1891–92. The club went on to appear in many of the top competitions below the Scottish Football League in subsequent seasons, appearing in the Central Football Combination, the Scottish Football Alliance, the Scottish Football Union and the Central Football League.

Broxburn Athletic joined the Eastern Football League in 1905–06 and the Central Football League 1909–10.

Broxburn United emerged in 1912 when it became clear that a small town like Broxburn could not support two senior sides.[2] United became members of the Central Football League (apart from a spell in the Eastern Football League from 1915 to 1917) and along with much of the membership of this group they were admitted to the newly expanded Scottish Football League Second Division in 1921.[3] It appeared to be unrealistic for a town of just 3,000 people to sustain a league club,[4] and although the club's first match in the SFL attracted a crowd of 3,500,[5] an economic downturn meant that too many clubs were trying to attract too few spectators.[6] Broxburn were censured in 1922 for fielding only two first team players in a league match against St Bernard's.[6]

Stenhousemuir player Joe Shortt reported to the League that he had been offered £50 by the representatives of a bookmaker from Glasgow to play poorly in a match against Broxburn United.[7]

The club struggled in the League and finished bottom in the 1925–26 season.[2] Facing re-election, they were rejected in favour of Forfar Athletic and dropped out of the League.[2] Broxburn United joined the Scottish Football Alliance for the 1926–27 season,[2] but found this level to be too financially taxing and soon joined the ranks of Scottish junior football by joining the Midlothian Junior League. The club continued until 1932 when financial troubles finally claimed them.

Colours

1912–1920: Black & white striped shirts, white shorts.
1920–1932: Maroon shirts, white shorts.

Honours

Leith Burgh Cup: 1919-1920[8]
Linlithgowshire Junior Cup: 1900-01, 1901–02, 1919–20, 1920-21
East of Scotland Consolation Cup: 1906-07
Lumley Cup: 1918-19, 1919–20
Dow Cup: 1919-20
Broxburn Charity Cup: 1900-01
Dalmeny Cup: 1920-21
Moffat Cup: 1895-96, 1896–97, 1897–98, 1898–99, 1899-00
East of Scotland Cup: 1896-97, 1903–04

References

D. Pickering, The Cassell Soccer Companion, London: Cassell, 1995, p. 49
Bob Crampsey (1990). The First 100 Years. Scottish Football League. p. 293. ISBN 0-9516433-0-4.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
(Bob Crampsey 1990, p. 68)
(Bob Crampsey 1990, p. 69)
Paul Smith & Shirley Smith (2005) The Ultimate Directory of English & Scottish Football League Grounds Second Edition 1888–2005, Yore Publications, p220 ISBN 0954783042
(Bob Crampsey 1990, p. 76)
(Bob Crampsey 1990, p. 79)
Honours, Broxburn Athletic FC

External links

Broxburn United Historical Kits

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[1] D. Pickering, The Cassell Soccer Companion, London: Cassell, 1995, p. 49

[Crampsey293-2] Bob Crampsey (1990). The First 100 Years. Scottish Football League. p. 293. ISBN 0-9516433-0-4.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

[Crampsey68-3] (Bob Crampsey 1990, p. 68)

[Crampsey69-4] (Bob Crampsey 1990, p. 69)

[5] Paul Smith & Shirley Smith (2005) The Ultimate Directory of English & Scottish Football League Grounds Second Edition 1888–2005, Yore Publications, p220 ISBN 0954783042

[Crampsey76-6] (Bob Crampsey 1990, p. 76)

[Crampsey79-7] (Bob Crampsey 1990, p. 79)

[8] Honours, Broxburn Athletic FC

Defunct 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 (1914) Clydebank (1965) Cowlairs Dumbarton Harp Dundee Wanderers Dykehead Edinburgh City (1928) Galston Gretna Helensburgh Johnstone King's Park Leith Athletic Linthouse Lochgelly United Mid-Annandale Nithsdale Wanderers Northern Port Glasgow Athletic Renton 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 Dumbreck Dundee East End Dundee Harp Dundee Our Boys Eastern Gairdoch Glasgow Hibernian Grahamston Grangemouth Granville Grasshoppers Hearts of Beath Inveraray Kilsyth Wanderers Kirkcaldy United Laurieston Lochgilphead Maxwell Mossend Swifts Orion Oxford Partick Parkgrove Pollokshields Athletic Redding Athletic Rovers Shawfield Amateurs Slamannan South Western 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 Ballingry Rovers Bankfoot Athletic Blackburn Athletic Blantyre Celtic Bridgeton Waverley Burnbank Athletic Cambuslang Hibernian Duntocher Hibernian Falkirk Juniors Glenbuck Cherrypickers Inverkeithing United Inverness City Lewis United Lossiemouth United Maryhill Hibernians Parkhead Port Glasgow Athletic Juniors Shawfield Steelend Victoria Stonehouse Violet Strathclyde

Scottish Football League (1890–2013)
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Divisions	Premier Division (1975–1998) First Division (1975–2013) Second Division (1975–2013) Third Division (1994–2013)
Cup competitions	League Cup Challenge Cup B Division Supplementary Cup Summer Cup Spring Cup
Clubs	Abercorn Aberdeen 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 (1914) Clydebank (1965) Cowdenbeath Cowlairs Dumbarton Dumbarton Harp Dundee Dundee United Dundee Wanderers Dunfermline Athletic Dykehead East Fife East Stirlingshire Edinburgh City (1928) 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
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