Bo'ness United FC
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Bo'ness United Football Club is a Scottish football club, based in the town of Bo'ness. The team plays in the Lowland League after winning the East of Scotland League and gaining SFA membership in 2020. They presently play their home games at Newtown Park, which holds 2,500 spectators and has been used as a football ground since the 1880s. They play in blue.
Bo'ness like many other clubs moved from the junior leagues in 2018. The club won the Scottish Junior Cup on three occasions, in 1948, 1976 and 1984, and lifted the 2018–19 East of Scotland League Cup defeating Musselburgh Athletic 1–0.
History
Nicknamed the B.U.'s, Bo'ness United were formed in 1945, at the end of the Second World War when Bo'ness, a club that had played in the senior ranks, being a member of the Scottish Football League from 1921 to 1932, merged with the Junior club Bo'ness Cadora.
The club won the Scottish Junior Cup on three occasions, in 1948, 1976 and 1984.
As a result of winning the 2009–10 East Region Super League, United competed in the Scottish Cup for the first time the following season. The club eventually reached the third round, defeating Scottish Football League Third Division side Queen's Park at home in round two. They also reached the third round the following year.
United moved to the East of Scotland Football League in 2018, along with many other East Region junior clubs.
Bo'ness Uniteds hjemmebane er Newtown Park, som ligger i Bo'ness. Stadionet har en kapasitet på 2 000 tilskuere.
Klubbens farger er rød, hvit og blå. Draktsettet deres består av en rød trøye, hvite shorts og blå sokker.
Bo'ness United har aldri vunnet et større trofé, men de har vunnet Scottish League Two ved to anledninger, i 1997-98 og 2010-11. De har også vunnet Scottish Challenge Cup én gang, i 2017-18.
Klubben har en rik historie og har produsert en rekke bemerkelsesverdige spillere, inkludert Jim Baxter, Alex Ferguson og Joe Jordan.
Bo'ness United er en viktig del av lokalsamfunnet i Bo'ness og har en stor fanskare. Klubben er kjent for sin vennlige og imøtekommende atmosfære og er et populært sted for familier og venner å se fotball.