Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic F.C.
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Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic F.C.
| Full name |
Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic Football Club |
| Nickname(s) |
The Rose |
| Founded |
1890 |
| Ground |
New Dundas Park
Bonnyrigg
(Capacity: 3000) |
| Manager |
Max Christie |
| League |
SJFA East Superleague |
| 2010–11 |
4th |
|
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Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic F.C. are a Scottish junior football club from the town of Bonnyrigg, Midlothian. Formed in 1890 and nicknamed the Rose, they play in the Scottish Junior Football Association's East Region Super League, in which they finished as runners-up in the 2006–07 season, and went on to win the league title in the 2008–09 season.
Their home ground is New Dundas Park, and the their colours are red and white hoops. They have won the Scottish Junior Cup twice, in 1966 and in 1978, as well as finishing runners-up in 1972. Their 6–1 defeat of Whitburn in 1966 is a joint record margin of victory in a Scottish Junior Cup final.[1]
[edit] Honours
[edit] Scottish Junior Cup
- Winners: 1965–66, 1977–78
- Runners-up: 1971–72
[edit] SJFA East Region Super League
- Winners: 2008–09
- Runners-Up: 2006–07
[edit] Other honours
- Fife & Lothians Cup: 1981–82, 2004–05, 2006–07
- Edinburgh & District League winners: 1937–38, 1963–64
- East Region Division One winners: 1975–76, 1976–77, 1984–85
- East Region Division Two winners: 1983–84
- East of Scotland Junior Cup: 1897–98, 1962–63, 1985–86, 1986–87, 2002–03, 2005–06
- East Junior League Cup: 1983–84, 1984–85, 1987–88, 2000–01
- Brown Cup: 1933–34, 1963–64, 1973–74, 1977–78, 1985–86, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07
- Dalmeny Cup: 1922–23
- Andy Kelly Memorial Cup: 2006
[edit] Current squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. |
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Position |
Player |
|
 |
GK |
Michael Burgess |
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GK |
Liam Amos |
|
|
GK |
Robbie Dickson |
|
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DF |
David Caine |
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|
DF |
David Dunn |
|
|
DF |
Scott Ritchie |
|
|
DF |
Stephen Bunyan |
|
|
DF |
James Morrice(C) |
|
|
DF |
Ally Reid |
|
|
DF |
Craig Fell |
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| No. |
|
Position |
Player |
|
|
MF |
Sean Grady |
|
|
MF |
David Burrel |
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|
MF |
Kevin McLeish |
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|
MF |
Kevin Bracks |
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|
MF |
Sean Martin |
|
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FW |
Ryan McCallum |
|
|
FW |
Sean Palizcka |
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FW |
James Steel |
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[edit] Notable former players
- Jim Begbie (D) (1968-72) Represented Hong Kong League XI
- Per Bartram (F) (c1978) Denmark international
- Ally Brazil (D) (1992-1993) Scotland under-21 international
- Graham Harvey (F) (1998-1999) Represented Hong Kong League XI
- Jim Hermiston (M) (1964-1965) Scotland under-23 international
- Jimmy Mackay (M) (1961-1964) Represented Australia in the 1974 FIFA World Cup having scored the decisive goal in the final qualifier
- Craig Paterson (D) (1977-1979) Scotland under-21 international and Scotland's most expensive player in 1982
- Chris Robertson (F) (1990s) Scotland under-21 international
- Pat Stanton (M) (1961-1963) 16 caps for Scotland
- Tommy White (F) Scotland under-23 international
- Sean Connery Won no caps but became a fairly successful actor [2]
- John White (M) (1955-1956) 22 caps for Scotland (3 goals)
[edit] References
- ^ McGlone, David; McLure, Bill (1987). The Juniors - 100 Years. A Centenary History of Scottish Junior Football. Mainstream. p. 80. ISBN 1 85158 060 3.
- ^ Mud & Glory, April 2005
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