Haddington Athletic F.C.

Haddington Athletic

Full name	Haddington Athletic Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Hi-Hi
Founded	1939
Ground	Millfield Park, Haddington (Capacity: 500)
Chairman	Drew Donaldson
Manager	Stevie McLeish
League	SJFA East Region, South Division
2010–11	SJFA East Region, South Division, 4th
Home colours Away colours

Haddington Athletic F.C. are a Scottish junior football club based in Haddington, the county town of East Lothian.

The club play in the SJFA East Region. For the 2011–12 season, the club will compete in the South Division in the third tier of the East league setup.

Nicknamed the Hi-Hi, The club were founded in 1939 and play their home matches at Millfield Park. The ground has changing and committee facilities, added with help from the local council. There is a covered shelter for the 30 or 40 or so regular supporters. Reasons for low crowds include the fact that the town is predominantly a Rugby Union stronghold.

Honours

• East Section League Champions: 1956–57
• East Region 2nd Division Champions: 1998–99
• East of Scotland Cup Winners: 1941, 1957, 1973
• Fife and Lothians Cup Winners: 1940
• Brown Cup Winners: 1959
• Thornton Shield Winners: 1940, 1941, 1947
• St Michaels Cup Winners: 1950, 1959
• Laidlaw Cup Winners: 1979

Notable former players

A number of players have used Haddington as a stepping stone to bigger and better things. The following players made the grade in the Senior game:

• John Scott to Third Lanark
• Johnny Gilhooley to Cowdenbeath
• Bobby Wood to Hibernian
• Dougie Armstrong and Tom McKenzie to Heart of Midlothian
• Mitchell Barclay to Bournemouth in England
• Alex McCrae to Heart of Midlothian (1941), Charlton Athletic (1947), Middlesbrough (1948), Falkirk (1953) and (as player/manager) Ballymena United (1957). He returned to Falkirk as manager in 1960.

November 2007 saw Polish midfielder Lukasz Rusin become the latest Haddington player to seek success in the higher grade when he joined Brechin City for a short spell.

In 1948, Dougie Armstrong became the Club's only junior-international player when he played for Scotland against a Republic of Ireland team.

Current squad

As of 24 August 2011

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player GK Ross Combe GK Chris Lowe DF Steven Campbell DF Michael Gallagher DF Matthew Lynch DF Brian Martin DF Fraser Paterson DF Derek Slight MF Kevin Bracks

No. Position Player MF Sean Conaghan MF Jordan Cropley MF Michael Motion MF Jackie Myles MF Yusif Bernawi FW Ross Ferguson FW Sean Jamieson FW Steven MacDonald FW Michael Moffat

External links

• The Hi-Hi's official website