Newtongrange Star Football Club is a Scottish

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club based in the village of

Newtongrange Newtongrange () is a former mining village in Midlothian, Scotland. Known in local dialect as ''Nitten'', or ''Nitten by the Bing'' (), it became Scotland's largest mining village in the 1890s, with the sinking of the Lady Victoria Colliery a ...

Midlothian Midlothian (; gd, Meadhan Lodainn) is a historic county, registration county, lieutenancy area and one of 32 council areas of Scotland used for local government. Midlothian lies in the east-central Lowlands, bordering the City of Edinburgh, ...

. The home ground is New Victoria Park. The facility includes an enclosed pitch with full floodlighting, covered enclosure, changing rooms, with a separate social club. The club also runs an actively used 7-a-side all-weather pitch, also floodlit.

History

Star reached the 1991 Scottish Junior Cup Final, before narrowly losing 1–0 to Auchinleck Talbot in an evenly matched contest. The

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restructured prior to the 2006–07 season, and Star found themselves in the 15-team East Region, South Division. They finished as champions in their first season in the division and were promoted to the

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. The following season they just missed promotion to the Superleague which was achieved the following season 2008–09. While still in the Premier League the Star defeated Superleague teams in their League Cup run, reaching the final against Camelon played at Bathgate. After 90 minutes the games was tied on 1–1. Going to a penalty shootout the Star won with a series of saves from the Star keeper. This was the first silverware for the club in some 20-years. In the Scottish Junior Cup progress was made to the quarter final only to concede to Kirkintilloch Rob Roy. The first season in the Superleague ended with a creditable fourth position, after having been in second position for much of the season. However the 2010–11 season with a limited squad was less successful resulting in Graeme Armstrong resigning as manager in February 2011. During his five-years at the club Armstrong built a team around a few experienced players but mainly younger players with pace and skill. The teams he put out played an expansive game, with fit players playing at a high tempo, but with discipline, which drew plaudits from the supporters of the club and opposition alike. John Coughlin, an ex-player and previously manager of senior clubs like St Mirren,

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and

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stepped in on a temporary basis while a permanent appointment was made. On 12 May 2011, Alan Miller, an ex-player and most recently manager of Bonnyrigg Rose was appointed manager. He brought with him his assistants at Bonnyrigg, Ian Black and Finlay Wells. The team currently plays in the

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(Conference A), having moved from the SJFA East Region Super League in 2018. Nitten have been managed by former player Chris King since November 2019.

Current squad

As of 23 January 2021

Out on loan

Staff

Coaching staff

Honours

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* Winner: 1929–30 SJFA East Region Premier League * Winners: 2012–13 * Runners-up: 2008–09

Other Honours

* East of Scotland Cup winner: 1906–07, 1925–26, 1929–30, 1957–58, 1958–59, 1974–75, 1976–77, 1979–80, 1981–82, 1991–92, 1996–97, 2010–11 * Midlothian Junior League winner: 1905–06, 1906–07, 1907–08, 1919–20, 1920–21 * Edinburgh & District League winner: 1921–22, 1922–23, 1923–24, 1924–25, 1925–26, 1926–27, 1929–30, 1932–33, 1950–51, 1951–52, 1954–55, 1958–59 * East Region Premier League winner: 1990–91, 1991–92 * East Region B Division winner: 1974–75, 1976–77 * East Region South Division: 2006–07 *Dechmont Forklift South League Cup winner: 2008–09 * Brown Cup winner: 1951–52, 1952–53, 1961–62, 1980–81, 1989–90, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94 * St Michael Cup winner: 1927–28, 1950–51, 1961–62 * National Dryborough Cup winner: 1974–75 * Fife & Lothians Cup winner: 1977–78, 1987–88, 1989–90, 1990–91 * East Junior League Cup winner: 1989–90, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1996–97, 2008–09 * Peter Craigie Cup winner: 1989–90, 1991–92

Notable former players

Bobby Johnstone Robert Johnstone (7 September 1929 – 22 August 2001) was a Scottish footballer, who played for Selkirk, Hibernian, Manchester City, Oldham Athletic and Witton Albion. Johnstone also represented Scotland and the Scottish League. Johnstone ...

Willie Bauld William Russell Logan Bauld (24 January 1928 – 11 March 1977) was a footballer who played for Newtongrange Star, Heart of Midlothian, Edinburgh City and the Scotland national team. Heart of Midlothian Bauld was born in Newcraighall, Edin ...

Freddie Glidden Frederick Glidden (7 September 1927 – 1 January 2019) was a Scottish professional footballer who spent most of his career with Heart of Midlothian. Career Early years Raised in Stoneyburn, Glidden played for several different juvenile sides ...

Dave Mackay David Craig Mackay (14 November 1934 – 2 March 2015) was a Scottish football player and manager. Mackay was best known for a highly successful playing career with Heart of Midlothian, the Double-winning Tottenham Hotspur side of 1961, an ...

* Alex Munro * Alex Young * John Hughes * John Coughlin *

Walter Kidd Walter Kidd (born 10 March 1958) is a Scottish former professional football player, who played most of his career as right-back for Heart of Midlothian In total, he represented Hearts as a player for 15 years. Known for his tough tackling a ...

References

External links

Official club site

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