Armadale Thistle F.C.
| 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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[edit] Notable former managers
[edit] Notable former players
- George Farm - former Scotland, Hibernian, Blackpool and Queen of the South goalkeeper
- Joe Baker - Hibernian, Torino, Arsenal, Nottingham Forest and England
- Colin Stein - Hibernian, Rangers, Coventry City and Scotland; first £100,000 transfer between Scottish clubs
- Jimmy Leadbetter - League championship medal with Ipswich Town
- Johnny MacLeod - scorer of Arsenal's first European goal, Scotland international.
- Jackie Plenderleith - Scotland international.
- Doug Baird - Partick Thistle, Nottingham Forest and Plymouth Argyle defender.
[edit] Honours
[edit] Scottish Junior Cup
- Runners-up: 1940–41
[edit] SJFA East Region South Division
- Winners: 2008–2009
[edit] Other Honours
- Edinburgh & District League winners: 1939–40, 1940–41, 1949–50, 1952–53
- East Region Division Two winners: 1984–85, 1988–89
- Lanarkshire Hozier Cup: 1942–43
- East of Scotland Junior Cup: 1943–44, 1948–49, 1952–53, 1961–62
- St. Michael's Cup: 1999–00
- Brown Cup: 1942–43, 1943–44, 1946–47, 1950–51, 1953–54
[edit] References
- ^ Kilmarnock 2 Armadale 1 Glasgow Herald, 8 March 1920
[edit] External links
- Official website (Archived 2009-10-25)
- Club statistics
- New club web-site
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