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]
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Full name | Crossgates Primrose Football Club | |||
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Nickname(s) | The Rose | |||
Founded | 1926 (folded 1960, re-formed 1983) | |||
Ground | Humbug Park Inverkeithing Road Crossgates | |||
Capacity | 2,000 | |||
Chairman | Frazer Martin | |||
Manager | Alan Campbell | |||
League | East of Scotland League Premier Division | |||
2021–22 | East of Scotland League Premier Division, 5th of 18 | |||
Website | Club website | |||
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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]
As of 19 June 2022
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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