Lochgelly Albert F.C.
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| Full name | Lochgelly Albert Junior Football Club | ||
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| Founded | 1926 | ||
| Ground | Purvis Park, South Street, Lochgelly | ||
| Capacity | 3,200 | ||
| Chairman | Hawk Martin | ||
| Manager | Bud Greenlees | ||
| League | East of Scotland League Third Division | ||
| 2022–23 | East of Scotland League Second Division, 17th of 17 (relegated) | ||
| Website | Club website | ||
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Lochgelly Albert Football Club is a Scottish
Founded in 1926 as an amateur side, the club stepped up to the Junior grade in 1933. In May 2020, the club confirmed they had successfully applied to join the East of Scotland Football League within the senior pyramid.[1]
History
There are a couple of theories of how Lochgelly Albert started the use of 'Albert', the first being that the club was named after
Lochgelly Albert's first football game within the Junior ranks was on 29 July 1933, away to Kirkford Juniors at Beathview Park,
The Albert were followed into the Junior ranks in 1935 by another team called Lochgelly Violet, and their first game on 29 July 1935 was away to Lochgelly Albert at Gardiner's Park. The outcome of this game was a 2–0 victory for the Albert and was watched by 2,000 local spectators.
The SJFA restructured prior to the 2006–07 season and Albert found themselves in the 12-team East Region Central Division, where they finished fourth in their first season in the division. The club remained in the East Region's bottom tier, with a best finish of third in 2008–09, until their move to the East of Scotland League in 2020.
Record attendance
The record crowd for Lochgelly Albert (and for any Junior ground in the Fife region) was 11,645 for a Scottish Junior Cup sixth round tie against Bo'ness United on 13 March 1948.[2]
Honours
- Fife Junior League winners: 1937–38, 1946–47, 1948–49, 1954–55, 1973–74
- Fife Junior Cup: 1934–35, 1940–41, 1953–54, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1977–78
- Fife & Lothians Cup: 1936–37
- Cowdenbeath Cup: 1946–47, 1953–54, 1954–55, 1958–59
- Dunfermline Cup: 1934–35, 1936–37, 1955–56, 1956–57, 1971–72
- Mitchell Cup: 1949–50, 1957–58
- Express Cup: 1959–60
- Fife Drybrough Cup: 1973–74, 1975–76[3]
- National Drybrough Cup: 1973–74
References
- ^ Club News, Lochgelly Albert FC, 1 May 2020
- ISBN 1-85158-060-3.
- ^ Aitken, John. "Towns, Fields and Clubs of Fife" (PDF). Scottish Football Historical Archive.
External links
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