Open Goal Broomhill Football Club is a Scottish

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club playing its home matches at

Broadwood Stadium Broadwood Stadium is a multi-use community stadium and sports complex in the Westfield area of Cumbernauld, North Lanarkshire. The stadium is currently the home of Cumbernauld Colts and Open Goal Broomhill of the Scottish Lowland Football Le ...

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. They are members of the

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, in the fifth tier of the

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. The club was formed in 2014 as BSC Glasgow, a senior team associated with Broomhill Sports Club, a youth sports organisation based in the Broomhill area of

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, and were elected to the Lowland League for the 2014–15 season. They originally shared with Maryhill F.C. at their Lochburn Park ground before relocating to Alloa in 2016. In 2021, the senior team split from Broomhill Sports Club, who launched a new BSC Glasgow team in the development division of the West of Scotland Football League, with the senior team being renamed Broomhill F.C. and retaining the Lowland League place. From the 2022–23 season, the team is known as Open Goal Broomhill as a result of a partnership with football media brand Open Goal, with former professional footballer and podcast host

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becoming the team's manager.

History

Broomhill Sports Club was founded in

Broomhill, Glasgow Broomhill is a district in the West End of the city of Glasgow, Scotland. North of the River Clyde, it is bounded by the districts of Thornwood and Partick to the south, Hyndland to the east, and Jordanhill, Scotstoun and Victoria Park to the ...

, in June 2004 as a multi-sports club for local children. By 2014 the club had grown to cater for 700 children in various sports, but primarily football. BSC Glasgow F.C. was launched in 2014 as a senior football team to provide a pathway into adult football for players from the youth teams. The club successfully applied to join the

for the 2014–15 season, and won the SFA South Region Challenge Cup in their first season. From there BSC have gone on to reach the Lowland League Cup Final in 2016–17 and the South Challenge Cup final in 2017–18 before taking home the Lowland League Cup trophy in 2018–19. BSC Glasgow's improving fortunes in the

coincided with the arrival of manager Stephen Swift, claiming a third-place finish in 2017–18 and a runners up place in 2018–19. On 1 July 2021, the club officially announced its separation from BSC Glasgow and changed its name to Broomhill Football Club, retaining their membership of the Scottish Lowland League and Scottish Football Association while BSC Glasgow entered a new entity, an amateur team in the Development section of the West of Scotland Football League. In May 2022, the club announced a partnership with football media brand Open Goal, beginning from the 2022–23 season. The team rebranded as Open Goal Broomhill, with professional footballer and Open Goal podcast host

becoming the team's manager. It is intended that there will be club-related content across Open Goal's platform, including a monthly fly-on-the-wall documentary.

Ground

From the 2016–17 season, the club reached an agreement with

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side

Alloa Athletic Alloa Athletic Football Club is a Scottish association football semi-professional club based in the town of Alloa, Clackmannanshire. Formed as Alloa in 1880, the football club shortly changed its name to Alloa Association, and then to Alloa At ...

to share Recreation Park, with a view to the club reaching their long-term goal of having their own facility located in

. The club previously ground-shared with

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at Lochburn Park for their first two seasons in the Lowland League. As of the 2022–23 season, the club will play their home games at

, Cumbernauld.Broadwood stadium welcomes Open Goal Broomhill FC as new tenants

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, 14 June 2022

Current squad

As of 12 January 2023

On loan

Coaching staff

Season-by-season records

† Season curtailed due to coronavirus pandemic - At the end of the 2019–20 season, BSC claimed 3rd spot over

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due to points per game average.

Honours

Lowland Football League The Scottish Lowland Football League (SLFL, commonly known as the Lowland League) is a senior football league based in central and southern Scotland. The league sits at level 5 on the Scottish football league system, acting as a feeder to the ...

**''Runners-up:'' 2018–19 * SFA South Region Challenge Cup **Winners: 2014–15 **''Runners-up:'' 2017–18, 2019–20 * Lowland League Cup **Winners: 2018–19 ** Runners-up: 2016–17

References

External links

Official website
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