Bo'ness United Football Club is a Scottish

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club, based in the town of Bo'ness. The team plays in the after winning the East of Scotland and gaining SFA membership in 2020. They presently play their home games at Newtown Park, which holds 2,500 spectators and has been used as a football ground since the 1880s. They play in blue. Bo'ness like many other clubs moved from the

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in 2018. The club won the Scottish Junior Cup on three occasions, in 1948, 1976 and 1984, and lifted the 2018-19 East of Scotland League Cup defeating

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1–0.

History

Nicknamed ''the B.U.'s'', Bo'ness United were formed in 1945, at the end of the Second World War when Bo'ness, a club that had played in the senior ranks, being a member of the

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from 1921 to 1932, merged with the Junior club Bo'ness Cadora. The club won the Scottish Junior Cup on three occasions, in 1948, 1976 and 1984. As a result of winning the 2009–10 East Region Super League, United competed in the Scottish Cup for the first time the following season. The club eventually reached the third round, defeating Scottish Football League Third Division side Queen's Park at home in round two. They also reached the third round the following year. United moved to the

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in 2018, along with many other East Region junior clubs.

Lowland League

The club were promoted to the Lowland League after winning the East of Scotland and gaining SFA membership in 2020.

Rivalries

Bo'ness United have a healthy rivalry with Linlithgow Rose, Both clubs are known as two of the most successful and well supported clubs from the days of the East Juniors and both moved from the Juniors to the EoSFL at the same point in 2018. Bo'ness United are currently in the league above Linlithgow Rose, having been promoted to the Lowland League in 2020. However, they can still face each other in some cup competitions.

Current squad

As of 11 March 2022

Season-by-season record

Junior

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Senior

† Season curtailed due to COVID-19 pandemic.

Honours

Premier Division *Winners : 2019–20 East of Scotland League Cup *Winners: 2018-19 Scottish Junior Cup *Winners: 1947–48, 1975–76, 1983–84 *Runners-up: 1946–47, 1978–79, 1982–83 Junior East Region Super League *Winners: 2009–10,

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, 2013–14 *Runners-up: 2014–15

Other honours

*Fife & Lothians Cup winners: 1993–94, 1996–97 * Edinburgh & District League winners: 1946–47, 1947–48, 1948–49, 1957–58 * East Region Division One winners: 1968–69 * Lothians District League Division One winners: 2002–03 *East of Scotland Junior Cup winners: 1951–52, 1954–55, 1984–85, 1998–99, 2015–16 *Brown Cup winners: 1978–79, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1987–88, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 2006–07

Notable former players

The following players all went on to be capped for the Scotland national football team after playing for Bo'ness United. *

Paddy Buckley Patrick McCabe Buckley (31 January 1925 – 4 November 2008) was a Scottish footballer, who played as a striker for Bo'ness United, St Johnstone, Aberdeen and the Scotland national team. Life and career Buckley, who was renowned for his spe ...

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and Aberdeen. Played in United's 1947–48 Scottish Junior Cup winning team. *

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– Hearts and

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, Crystal Palace, Falkirk and Hamilton. Also a Junior international cap. Newtown Park, Bo'ness

References

External links

Official website

Unofficial club website

Bo'ness United versus Forth Rangers (1949)
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