Harthill Royal F.C.
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| Full name | Harthill Royal Football Club | ||
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| Founded | 1992 | ||
| Ground | Gibbshill Park East Main Street Greenrigg | ||
| Capacity | 1,800 | ||
| Manager | Alain Davidson | ||
| League | East of Scotland League Second Division | ||
| 2023–24 | East of Scotland League Third Division, 3rd of 11 (promoted) | ||
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Harthill Royal Football Club are a Scottish football club based in the Greenrigg area of Harthill, West Lothian. Previously an amateur side called Harthill Royal Bar, the club shortened their name on joining the Scottish Junior Football Association, East Region in 1992. Club colours are royal blue. Their Gibbshill Park ground was previously the home of Polkemmet Juniors F.C. (1937–54, 1974–88) and known as Beechbank Park.[1]
The SJFA restructured prior to the 2006–07 season, and Royal found themselves in the 15-team East Region, South Division. Harthill spent all of their time in the bottom tier of the Juniors, with a best finish of 3rd in 2007–08.
For the 2021–22 season, they joined West of Scotland Football League in the senior pyramid and were placed in Division Four. Despite their ground's West Lothian location being in the East of Scotland Football League catchment area, the club was allowed to choose which league to join due to the village of Harthill being situated in North Lanarkshire. However, the club then returned to the East of Scotland Football League, joining the Third Division for the 2022–23 season.
Club staff
[edit]Board of directors
[edit]| Role | Nationality | Name |
|---|---|---|
| Secretary | 
|
Audrey Gray |
| Club Official |
|
David Dowds |
Coaching staff
[edit]| Role | Nationality | Name |
|---|---|---|
| Manager |
|
Alain Davidson |
Managerial history
[edit]| Name | Nationality | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Willie Garner |
|
2000-2002 |
| Paul McKinlay |
|
?-2012[2] |
| James McAllister |
|
?-2015[3] |
| Ian Rankin |
|
2015-?[4] |
| Steph Carr |
|
?[5] |
| Ali Grier & Stevie Barclay |
|
?-2021[6] |
| David Carmichael |
|
2021-2022[7] |
| Alain Davidson |
|
2022-[8][9] |
c Caretaker manager
Honours
[edit]- Dechmont League Cup: 1999–00, 2004–05
- Lothians District Division Two winners: 2002–03
- East Region Division Two winners: 1992–93, 1994–95, 1999–00
- Brown Cup: 2002–03
References
[edit]- ^ "NLS Finance – Loans and finance info".
- ^ "Assistant Manager Paul McKinlay has left the club to become manager of Harthill Royal". 1 August 2012.
- ^ "United in hunt for new kit sponsor". 2 July 2015.
- ^ "United in hunt for new kit sponsor". 2 July 2015.
- ^ "Just The Juniors - Friday 12th April". 12 April 2019.
- ^ "Harthill Royal pick up victory in new manager David Carmichael's debut". 5 October 2021.
- ^ "Harthill Royal pick up victory in new manager David Carmichael's debut". 5 October 2021.
- ^ "Blackburn United boss praises 'brilliant' display in derby win over Broxburn Athletic". 9 January 2023.
- ^ "New Harthill Royal boss hopes he can provide the healing touch to rebuild club". Daily Record. 1 February 2023.
Sources
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