Blackburn United F.C.
Scottish football club from Blackburn, West Lothian.
Blackburn United Football Club is a Scottish football club from the town of Blackburn, West Lothian. The team plays at Tier 6 of the Scottish Football Pyramid, having moved from the junior leagues in 2018. Blackburn United became full members of the Scottish Football Association in June 2019. The club was formed in 1978 and joined the junior grade of football two years later before stepping up into Senior football in 2018. Their home matches are played at the purpose-built Purdie Worldwide Community Stadium (New Murrayfield Park), which has room for 1,100 spectators, in the centre of the town.
Quick Facts
- Club
- Blackburn United
- Full name
- Blackburn United Football Club
- Nickname
- The Burnie
- Founded
- 1978
- Ground
- Purdie Worldwide Community Stadium (New Murrayfield Park)
- Ash Grove
- Blackburn
- Capacity
- 1,500
- Chairman
- Ian McGinty
- Manager
- Andrew Meechan
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History
The club was formed in 1978 and entered junior football two years later. In 2018, Blackburn United moved to the East of Scotland Football League, one of many clubs to make that transition. Their home matches are played at the Purdie Worldwide Community Stadium complex, which includes a floodlit 3G main pitch, a six-dressing room pavilion, and three additional 11-a-side pitches.
Club records
Craig Spence held the record for most appearances until March 2014, with 375 appearances and 20 goals after signing from Airdrieonians in 1998. Alan Brown, who also came from Airdrie and had three spells at the club, surpassed that record on 15 March 2014 with his 376th appearance and 68th goal. Brown finished with 409 appearances and 69 goals. Andy McQuillan is the club's record goalscorer, with 173 goals in 235 starts and 24 substitute appearances as of the beginning of the 2019–20 season.
Notable former players
Alan Irvine played for Liverpool and Dundee United. Chris Innes, who captained Gretna to the 2006 Scottish Cup Final, also played for Dundee United, Kilmarnock, St Mirren and Inverness Caledonian Thistle. Tommy Farr, a goalkeeper for predecessors Blackburn Athletic, won the 1934 Midlothian League Championship and later played for Bradford Park Avenue. Jimmy Stein, a winger for predecessor Blackburn Rovers in 1924, scored Everton's first goal at Wembley in the 1933 FA Cup Final.
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