Crossgates Primrose F.C.

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]

Crossgates Primrose
Full nameCrossgates Primrose Football Club
Nickname(s)The Rose
Founded1926
(folded 1960, re-formed 1983)
GroundHumbug Park
Inverkeithing Road
Crossgates
Capacity2,000
ChairmanFrazer Martin
ManagerAlan Campbell
LeagueEast of Scotland League Premier Division
2019–20East of Scotland League Premier Division, 12th of 16
WebsiteClub website

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 24 November 2020

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  SCO Rhory Mooney
2 DF  SCO Dougie Swan
3 DF  SCO Reece Sawers
4 DF  SCO Mark Forbes
5 DF  SCO Graeme Nutt
6 MF  SCO Adam Moffat (vice-captain)
7 MF  SCO Jason Deans
8 MF  SCO Jonathan Galloway
9 FW  SCO Scott Lawrie (captain)
10 FW  SCO Archie Campbell
No. Pos. Nation Player
11 MF  SCO Darren Aitken
12 DF  SCO Lewis Sawers
14 FW  SCO Mark McKenzie
15 DF  SCO Ciaren Chalmers
16 DF  SCO Cammy Lumsden
17 DF  SCO Garry Leighton
19 MF  SCO Regan Lumsden
20 GK  SCO Craig Richardson
21 GK  SCO Craig Burt

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. Retrieved 24 August 2016.


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