Haddington Athletic Football Club are a Scottish

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club based in Haddington, the county town of

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. Nicknamed the Hi-His, the club were founded in 1939 and play their home matches at Millfield. The team competes in the , having moved from the junior leagues in 2018. In July 2021, Scott Bonar became the manager of the club.

History

After a number of years in the bottom tier of Junior football in the East Region, the club won the

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in 2014–15 and gained promotion to the second tier. In 2017–18 Haddington achieved their best finish in the East Premier League, finishing 3rd in their final season before moving to the East of Scotland League. The club gained SFA membership in 2020 after upgrades were made to the ground, which included the addition of floodlights.

Honours

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First Division Conference A champions: 2021–22 * East Region South Division champions: 2014–15 * Lothians District League Division Two winners: 1998–99 * Edinburgh & District League champions: 1956–57 *East of Scotland Junior Cup winners: 1940–41, 1956–57, 1972–73 *Fife and Lothians Cup winners: 1940 *Brown Cup winners: 1958–59 *Thornton Shield winners: 1939–40, 1940–41, 1946–47 *St Michaels Cup winners: 1949–50, 1958–59 *Laidlaw Cup winners: 1978–79

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

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*Johnny Gilhooley to

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*Bobby Wood to Hibernian *Dougie Armstrong and Tom McKenzie to Heart of Midlothian *Alex McCrae to Heart of Midlothian (1941),

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(1947),

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(1948),

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(1953) and (as player/manager)

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(1957). He returned to Falkirk as manager in 1960. November 2007 saw

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midfielder Lukasz Rusin become the first Haddington player in recent times to seek success in the higher grade when he joined

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for a short spell. However, his progression was hampered by a persistent injury and Rusin took some time away from the game before returning to Junior football with

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for the 2011–12 season In July 2012, prolific striker Sean Jamieson signed for East Fife after a successful trial period. In two seasons for the Hi His, Jamieson scored 64 times in 72 appearances (three as substitute)

Junior Internationalists

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

Current squad

:''As of 31 October 2020''

References

External links

Official website

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{{SJFA East Region Football clubs in Scotland Association football clubs established in 1939 Scottish Junior Football Association clubs 1939 establishments in Scotland East of Scotland Football League teams Haddington, East Lothian