Falkirk Juniors Football Club were a Scottish

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club based in the town of

Grangemouth Grangemouth ( sco, Grangemooth; gd, Inbhir Ghrainnse, ) is a town in the Falkirk council area, Scotland. Historically part of the county of Stirlingshire, the town lies in the Forth Valley, on the banks of the Firth of Forth, east of Falkirk ...

. Members of the

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from 2011 until 2016, they played in the

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The club was formed in 2011 to provide another option for part-time professional football in the

Falkirk council area Falkirk (; sco, Fawkirk; gd, An Eaglais Bhreac) is one of 32 unitary authority council areas of Scotland. It was formed on 1 April 1996 by way of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 from the exact boundaries of Falkirk District, one ...

and were based at Grangemouth Stadium. Joining the Juniors in 2011, Falkirk played in the East Region South Division, finishing third in their debut season. Club founder Sonny Lejman died in October 2012 but the club continued successfully and won promotion to the East Premier League in 2015. They finished tenth in the East Premier League in their final season. The club were latterly managed from June 2016 by David Lapsley who succeeded club co-founder Karl Lejman in the role, but scratched their first league match of the 2016–17 season after being unable to raise a team. Falkirk Juniors folded with immediate effect on 8 August 2016 on the eve of their second fixture, with club officials citing the inability to attract supporters as the reason. Previous managers were Terry Aikman (Season 2011–12), Mark Quinn (2012–13), Robert Lee (2013–14) and Lejman (2014–16).

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