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 First Division
2023–24	East of Scotland League Premier Division, 15th of 16 (relegated)
Website	https://www.crossgatesprimrosefc.com/
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 First 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 2024

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   SCO Matthew Rollo(on loan from East Fife F.C.) — DF   SCO Charlie Murray(on loan from East Fife F.C.) — DF   SCO Harrison Reid 2 DF   SCO Paul Brown — DF   SCO Innes Easton 6 DF   SCO Lyle Kellichan(Captain) 17 DF   SCO David Cross — MF   SCO Adam Moffat(vice-captain) 8 MF   SCO Darren Aitken 9 FW   SCO Scott Lawrie(captain) 30 GK   SCO Shaun Hunter

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 FW   SCO Blair Paterson — MF   SCO Darren Smith 14 MF   SCO Craig Henderson 20 MF   SCO Josh Jeffries 25 FW   SCO Gregor MacDonald — GK   SCO Zander Gilchrist — DF   SCO Callum Deas(on loan from Hill of Beath Hawthorn) — DF   SCO Reece Sawers — MF   SCO Brendan Ramsay(on loan from East Fife F.C.) — MF   SCO Lachlan Murphy — MF   SCO Lewis Anderson — MF   SCO James McAteer — FW   SCO Lyall Brown(out onloan to Newburgh) — FW   SCO Scott Hynd

<---===Out on loan=== Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player

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