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Tranent Juniors
Full nameTranent Juniors Football Club
Nickname(s)The Belters
Founded1911
GroundForesters Park
Lindores Drive
Tranent
Capacity3000
ManagerGary Small
LeagueSJFA East Premier League
2015–16SJFA East Region South Division, 1st (promoted)

Tranent Juniors Football Club are a Scottish football club based in the town of Tranent, East Lothian. Members of the Scottish Junior Football Association, they currently play in the East Region South Division. Their home ground is Foresters Park and club colours are maroon.

The club's greatest honour was winning the Scottish Junior Cup in 1934–35, defeating Petershill 6–1 at Ibrox Park in front of a crowd of 22,000. This remains the joint record margin of victory in a Junior Cup final.[1] The club were also runners-up to Yoker Athletic in the 1932–33 final after a replay.

The club are managed since February 2015 by former player Gary Small.[2]

East Lothian Council Archives holds a selection of images of the team playing and posing with their trophies.

Honours

Scottish Junior Cup

  • Winners: 1934–35

References

  1. ^ McGlone, David; McLure, Bill (1987). The Juniors - 100 Years. A Centenary History of Scottish Junior Football. Mainstream. p. 76. ISBN 1-85158-060-3.
  2. ^ Thomson, Scott (15 May 2015). "Tranent boss Gary Small is thinking big". Edinburgh Evening News. Retrieved 9 February 2016.

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