Armadale Thistle F.C.

Armadale Thistle Football Club are a football club from the town of Armadale, West Lothian in Scotland. Formed in 1936 and nicknamed The Dale, they are members of the Scottish Junior Football Association and presently play in the East of Scotland League Second Division.

Armadale Thistle

Full name	Armadale Thistle Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Dale
Founded	1936
Ground	Volunteer Park, Armadale
Capacity	3,000
Manager	Colin Strickland
League	East of Scotland League Second Division
2022–23	East of Scotland League Third Division, 2nd of 10 (promoted)
Home colours Away colours

The club arose from the remnants of the town's former Scottish Football League club, Armadale, who had been based at Volunteer Park, and took over the ground from them.

Club staff

Board of directors

Role	Name
President	Bill Baird
Club secretary	Scott Watson

Coaching staff

Role	Name
Manager	Colin Strickland
Assistant manager	Colin Leiper
Coach	Gavin Wallace
Physio	Peter Smith

Source

Managerial history

Name Nationality Years Lachie McMillan   1941-? Charlie Briggs   ?-1954^[1] Tim Irvine   1975-?^[2] John Jameson   1977-?^[3] Bill Henderson   1981-?^[4] John Lambie   ?-?^[5] James McCafferty   ?-1986^[6] Alex 'Kitty' Dunnigan   1986^[7] Joe Craig   1987-?^[8] Bobby Ford   1988-1992^[9] John Mitchell   1992-? John Brogan   1996-1997 Bobby Ford   1998-? Eric Sinclair   2003-? Jim Henderson   2008-2016 Derek Strickland   2016-2023 Colin Strickland   2023-^[10]

^c Caretaker manager

Honours

Scottish Junior Football Association

• Edinburgh & District League champions:1939–40, 1940–41, 1949–50, 1952–53
• East Region South Division champions: 2008–09
• East Region Division Two champions: 1984–85, 1988–89
• Lanarkshire Hozier Cup winners: 1942–43
• East of Scotland Junior Cup winners: 1943–44, 1948–49, 1952–53, 1961–62
• St. Michael's Cup winners: 1999–00
• Brown Cup winners: 1942–43, 1943–44, 1946–47, 1950–51, 1953–54

References

1. "gunior ecterting 'Points". 12 November 1954.
2. "22 August 1975". 22 August 1975.
3. "JOHN Jameson has all the knowledge and enthusiasm to make a real success of his new role as Armadale Thistle". 9 December 1977.
4. "v-OURIER Friday November 20 1981 COURIER Friday November 20 1981 v Coach BRAVEST man in Junior football on ." 20 November 1981.
5. "Tributes to football icon John Lambie who died aged 77". Daily Record. 11 April 2018.
6. "DAILY RECORD Wednesday April 16 1986 PERTH Going: GOOD TO FIRM Tricast: 215 race IBLACK WATCH CONDITIONAL ." 16 April 1986.
7. "62 COURIER Friday November 28 1986 Courier Sport Touchline Topics Swimming Rugby Snooker the girls who took ." 28 November 1986.
8. "COURIER Friday Septem&r 1987 Sport: Preuieu Rimd-np Results and Flutves Bouling ONCE Self Drive League Cam ." 11 September 1987.
9. "54 COURIER Friday November 22 1991 COURIER SPORT RUGBY CLUB MAKE HEAVY MCEWAN'S National League Division Five ." 22 November 1991.
10. Carson, Callum (26 February 2023). "Armadale Thistle announce managerial change for next season as son replaces father in the hotseat". Daily Record. Retrieved 26 February 2023.

External links

• Official website