Lugar Boswell Thistle F.C.

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Lugar Boswell Thistle
Full name Lugar Boswell Thistle Football Club
Nickname(s) The Jaggy Bunnets
Founded 1878 (as Lugar Boswell)
Ground Rosebank Park,
Lugar
Ground Capacity 2,000
Managers Graeme Neil & Tom Robertson
League SJFA Ayrshire District League
2014–15 SJFA Ayrshire District League, 5th

Lugar Boswell Thistle Football Club are a Scottish football club, based in the village of Lugar, near Cumnock, Ayrshire. Members of the Scottish Junior Football Association, they currently play in the Ayrshire District League. Their home ground since 1882 is Rosebank Park, and they wear maroon and light blue strips.

History

Formed in 1878 as Lugar Boswell, the club were originally a Senior side playing such currently distinguished names as Rangers [1] and Heart of Midlothian. The club made nine consecutive Scottish Cup appearances in the 1880s and reached the fifth round of the competition in 1882–83, losing to eventual finalists Vale of Leven.[2] In March 1883, they recorded a 10–2 victory over Hearts which remains the Edinburgh club's record defeat.[3][4] The following season, forward Sam Thomson was capped twice for Scotland.[5] As success faded, the club then flitted between various Senior, Junior and even Juvenile leagues up to the Second World War. On reforming after hostilities, the club added the suffix Thistle and settled in Ayrshire Junior football.

The Jaggy Bunnets as they are nicknamed enjoyed a successful period in the 1950s. The club reached the semi-final of the Scottish Junior Cup in 1952, losing to Kilbirnie Ladeside after a replay with one tie attracting a then record attendance of over 30,000 to Rugby Park, Kilmarnock.[6] In 1956, the club made it all the way to the final, with Thistle losing 4–1 to Petershill at Hampden Park in front of a crowd of 64,702.[7] The current population of Lugar is 221.[8]

The team are managed since June 2015 by Graeme Neil and Tom Robertson.[9]

Home game at Rosebank in 2003, Lugar seemingly in their away strip

Notable former players

Honours

Scottish Junior Cup

  • Runners-up: 1955–56

Other Honours

  • Western League champions: 1953–54, 1955–56
  • Ayrshire Second Division winners: 1995–96, 1999–2000
  • Ayrshire (Ardrossan & Saltcoats Herald) Cup winners: 1927–28, 1928–29
  • Ayrshire District (Irvine Times) Cup winners: 1929–30, 1948–49
  • Ayrshire District League winners: 2002–03

References

  1. ↑ Rangers History - Lugar Boswell
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  8. ↑ The community of Lugar Coalfield Communities Federation
  9. ↑ New management team CLAIRE WRIGHT on Twitter. 6 June 2015. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
  10. ↑ Do You Remember? Andy Kerr killiefc.com profile
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