Blackburn United F.C.

Blackburn United F.C.
Full name Blackburn United Football Club
Nickname(s) The Burnie
Founded 1978
Ground New Murrayfield Park
Ash Grove
Blackburn
Ground Capacity 2,400
President Ian McGinty
Manager Mark Campbell
League SJFA East Region South Division
2014–15 SJFA East Region South Division, 5th

Blackburn United Football Club are a Scottish semi-professional football club from the town of Blackburn, West Lothian.

History

Formed in 1978, the club joined the Junior grade of football two years later. United presently compete in the East Region of the Scottish Junior Football Association and play their home matches at the purpose built New Murrayfield Park, which has room for approximately 2,400 spectators, in the centre of the town. The whole facility that is New Murrayfield Park boasts a six-dressing room pavilion and associated amenities, a main Stadium pitch, two further 11-a-side pitches and two 7-a-side pitches, one of which is soon to be converted to a floodlit, 3G pitch.

Community Club

The Club forms the pinnacle of the Blackburn United Community Football Club, a fully accredited SFA Community Club which, in addition to the adult side, also caters for under age football at all ages from under-9 to under-21 as well as girls and special needs football. For those of an even younger age there is a soccer school with its own dedicated coaches.

Current squad

As of August 2015

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

No. Position Player
Scotland GK Darren Mitchell
Scotland GK Connor Shaw
Scotland DF Alan Brown
Scotland DF Johne Greig
Scotland DF Martin Lawrie
Scotland DF Jamie McCabe
Scotland DF Darren McIntosh
Scotland DF Lee Meekison
Scotland DF James Mildren
Scotland DF Jimmy Sommerville
Scotland DF Lee Suchinskyj
Scotland MF Sean Dugan
Scotland MF Stephen Easton
No. Position Player
Scotland MF Craig Hepburn
Scotland MF Calum McDowall
Scotland MF Scott Mackie
Scotland MF Ryan Mahoney
Scotland MF Chris Simpson
Scotland MF Fraser Spence
Scotland MF Ross Williamson
Scotland FW Joe Brady
Scotland FW Danny Campbell
Scotland FW Jake Carson
Scotland FW Darren Cooke
Scotland FW Gary Smith
England FW Alec Wade

Club records

Appearances

The club's record appearance holder until March 2014 was Craig Spence who, after signing from Airdrieonians at the beginning of the 1998–99 season, made 375 appearances and scored 20 goals before retiring in August 2012 On 15 March 2014, fellow Airdrie man Alan Brown surpassed Spence's record when making his 376th appearance for the club, scoring his 68th goal in the process. Now in his third spell with the club, Brown signed for United as a teenager at the beginning of the 1997–98 season.

Notable former players

The following players have either played for Blackburn United before going onto forge careers in the senior grade or have played for one of the Club's predecessors before similarly going onto play in the senior grade;

References

  1. Historical club website
  2. Historical club website

External links

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