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
2022–23East of Scotland League Premier Division, 8th 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 20 July 2023

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 Scotland SCO Sean Robertson
17 DF Scotland SCO David Cross
3 DF Scotland SCO Neil Lawrie
5 DF Scotland SCO Andy McDonald
6 MF Scotland SCO Adam Moffat (vice-captain)
7 FW Scotland SCO Brian Ritchie
9 FW Scotland SCO Scott Lawrie (captain)
10 FW Scotland SCO Archie Campbell
11 FW Scotland SCO Cammy Muirhead
2 DF Scotland SCO Paul Brown
12 MF Scotland SCO Craig McGuire
20 GK Scotland SCO Shaun Hunter
4 DF Scotland SCO Craig Reid
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 DF Scotland SCO Ross Pollock
18 MF Scotland SCO Cammy Dow
6 MF Scotland SCO Finn Graham
24 FW Scotland SCO Blair Paterson
13 GK Poland POL Miko Komocki
16 DF Scotland SCO Alex Chingwalu
27 MF Scotland SCO Jackson Cowan
15 DF Scotland SCO Steven Anderson
14 MF Scotland SCO Craig Henderson
20 MF Scotland SCO Josh Jeffries
25 FW Scotland SCO Gregor MacDonald
23 FW Scotland SCO Joe Kinninmonth
DF Scotland SCO Jacob Glass

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
8 MF Scotland SCO Darren Aitken (on loan at Lochore Welfare)

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. Retrieved 24 August 2016.


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