Crossgates Primrose F.C.

Crossgates Primrose

Full name	Crossgates Primrose Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Rose
Founded	1926 (folded 1960, re-formed 1983)
Ground	Humbug Park Inverkeithing Road Crossgates
Capacity	2,000
Chairman	Frazer Martin
Manager	Alan Campbell
League	East of Scotland League Premier Division
2022–23	East of Scotland League Premier Division, 8th of 16
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

Crossgates Primrose Football Club are a Scottish football club based in Crossgates, near Dunfermline, Fife. The team plays in the East of Scotland League Premier Division, having moved from the junior leagues in 2018. ^[1]

They were originally formed in 1926 but folded in 1960 with the club re-forming in 1983. Due to a lack of committee members, the club withdrew from the league in November 2015 ^[2] and spent the rest of the season in abeyance. Following the establishment of a new committee in April 2016, Primrose returned to playing competitively for the 2016–17 season. The team have been managed since August 2017 by Alan Campbell. ^[3]

Their home ground is Humbug Park, its unusual name deriving from a disused pit of the former Cuttlehill Colliery on which site the ground is located. ^[4] The park was also home to greyhound racing between 1937 and 1953. ^[5]

Crossgates' record attendance was 7,600 for a Scottish Junior Cup sixth round tie in 1952–53 against Auchinleck Talbot. ^[6]

The club's best-known former players are Scotland legend Jim Baxter, who Crossgates sold to Raith Rovers for £200, and his second cousin George Kinnell. ^{[7] [8]}

Current squad

As of 20 July 2023

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   POL Miko Komocki 17 DF   SCO David Cross 3 DF   SCO Neil Lawrie 5 DF   SCO Andy McDonald 6 MF   SCO Adam Moffat(vice-captain) 7 FW   SCO Ross Philip 9 FW   SCO Scott Lawrie(captain) 10 FW   SCO Archie Campbell 11 FW   SCO Cammy Muirhead 2 DF   SCO Paul Brown 8 MF   SCO Craig McGuire 30 GK   SCO Shaun Hunter 4 DF   SCO Craig Reid

No. Pos. Nation Player 6 DF   SCO Lyle Kellichan 18 FW   SCO Blair Paterson 16 DF   SCO Alex Chingwalu — MF   SCO Greg Renton — MF   SCO Darren Smith 14 MF   SCO Craig Henderson 20 MF   SCO Josh Jeffries 21 GK   SCO Macaulay Jarrett 25 FW   SCO Gregor MacDonald 19 FW   SCO Joe Kinninmonth — DF   SCO Reece Sawers — DF   SCO Marley Sweenie-Rowe(on loan from Dundee) 12 MF   SCO Ewan McLeod(on loan from Dunfermline Athletic) 20 FW   SCO Alex Barnett(on loan from Dundee) — FW   SCO Jake Sutherland(on loan from Dunfermline Athletic)

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 8 MF   SCO Darren Aitken(on loan at Lochore Welfare)

Honours

• Alex Jack Cup: 2021–22
• Fife Junior Cup: 1947–48, 1955–56

References

1. McLauchlin, Brian (7 June 2018). "East of Scotland League vote signals exodus of 25 junior clubs". BBC Sport. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
2. "End of the road for historic junior club that produced Scotland legend Jim Baxter". Central Fife Times. 20 November 2015. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
3. "New boss hails Primrose's ambition". Central Fife Times. 6 August 2017. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
4. Humbug Pits (Cuttlehill/Fordell) Archived 15 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine Fife Pits and Memorial Book, by Michael Martin
5. "Scottish Independent 'Flapping' Tracks". Greyhound Racing History. Archived from the original on 2 January 2015. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
6. McGlone, David; McLure, Bill (1987). The Juniors - 100 Years. A Centenary History of Scottish Junior Football. Mainstream. p. 288. ISBN   1-85158-060-3.
7. Gallacher, Ken (2002). Slim Jim Baxter : the definitive biography. London: Virgin Books. ISBN   978-1852279622.
8. "Yashin, Puskas, Matthews and Kinnell?". afcheritage.org. Aberdeen FC Heritage Trust. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 24 August 2016.

External links

• Official website