Bo'ness F.C.

Bo'ness
Full name	Bo'ness Football Club
Founded	1882
Dissolved	1945
Ground	Newtown Park, Bo'ness
	Home colours
	Home colours

Bo'ness Football Club was a football club based in Bo'ness, Scotland. The club was a member of the Scottish Football League from 1921 to November 1932,^[1] and played at Newtown Park. Their home kit consisted of royal blue shirts and white shorts.^[2]

History[]

The club was formed in 1882 and joined the Eastern Football Alliance in 1891, but the league failed to complete its first season. After winning the East of Scotland Shield in 1894–95, Bo'ness returned to competitive league 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 the 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.^[3] Bo'ness offered free admission to local unemployed people after 30 minutes of play.^[4] The club struggled to raise the £50 match guarantee to visiting clubs in 1931, but was surprisingly re-elected.^[5] 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.

Scottish Football League record[]

Season	Division^[6]^[7]	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Pos
1921–22	Division Two	38	16	7	15	56	49	39	6th
1922–23	Division Two	38	12	17	9	48	46	41	7th
1923–24	Division Two	38	13	11	14	45	53	37	13th
1924–25	Division Two	38	16	9	13	71	48	41	6th
1925–26	Division Two	38	17	5	16	66	70	39	8th
1926–27	Division Two	38	23	10	5	86	41	55	1st
1927–28	Division One	38	9	8	21	48	86	26	19th
1928–29	Division Two	35	15	5	15	62	62	35	10th
1929–30	Division Two	38	15	4	19	67	95	34	13th
1930–31	Division Two	38	9	4	25	54	100	22	20th
1931–32	Division Two	38	15	4	19	70	103	34	14th
1932–33	Division Two	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	N/A^[a]

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

Notable former players[]

Players at the club who were also full internationals:

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f (Bob Crampsey 1990, p. 293)
^ Club history and kits
^ (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
^ "Bo'ness". Football Club History Database. Retrieved 6 November 2017.

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

External links[]

Club history and kits

[8] Bo'ness did not complete the 1932–33 season and their results were expunged from the records.

[Crampsey293-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f (Bob Crampsey 1990, p. 293)

[2] Club history and kits

[Crampsey83-3] (Bob Crampsey 1990, p. 83)

[Crampsey82-4] (Bob Crampsey 1990, p. 82)

[Crampsey88-5] (Bob Crampsey 1990, p. 88)

[6] M. Robinson, Football League Tables, 1888–2003, Cromwell Press, 2003

[7] "Bo'ness". Football Club History Database. Retrieved 6 November 2017.

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