Bo'ness United

Full name	Bo'ness United Football Club
Nickname	The B.U.'s
Founded	1945; 81 years ago (1945)
Ground	Newtown Park,Bo'ness
Capacity	2,500
Manager	Stuart Hunter
League	Lowland League
2024–25	Lowland League, 12th of 18
Website	https://www.bonessunitedfc.co.uk/
Home colours Away colours

Bo'ness United Football Club is a Scottishfootball club, based in the town ofBo'ness. The team plays in theLowland League after winning theEast of Scotland League and gainingSFA membership in 2020.^[1][2] They presently play their home games atNewtown Park, which holds 2,500 spectators and has been used as a football ground since the 1880s. They play in blue.

Bo'ness like many other clubs moved from thejunior leagues in 2018.^[3] The club won theScottish Junior Cup on three occasions, in 1948, 1976 and 1984, and lifted the 2018–19 East of Scotland League Cup defeatingMusselburgh Athletic 1–0.^[4]

Nicknamedthe B.U.'s, Bo'ness United were formed in 1945, at the end of theSecond World War whenBo'ness, a club that had played in the senior ranks, being a member of theScottish Football League from 1921 to 1932, merged with theJunior club Bo'ness Cadora.^[5]

The club won theScottish Junior Cup on three occasions, in 1948, 1976 and 1984.^[4]

As a result of winning the 2009–10East Region Super League, United competed in theScottish Cup for the first time the following season. The club eventually reached the third round, defeatingScottish Football League Third Division sideQueen's Park at home in round two.^[6][7] They also reached the third round the following year.^[8]

United moved to theEast of Scotland Football League in 2018, along with many other East Region junior clubs.^[3]

The club were promoted to theLowland League after winning theEast of Scotland League and gainingSFA membership in 2020.^[1][2]

Bo'ness United have a healthy rivalry withLinlithgow Rose – the towns are about 3 miles (4.8 km) apart;^[9] they were among the most successful and well-supported clubs from the days of theEast Juniors^[10] and both moved to theEoSFL at the same point in 2018.^[3]

Bo'ness Athletic joined the Junior leagues in 2019 as an informal partner to Bo'ness United, but switched to the East of Scotland leagues as a separate club two years later, causing concerns over there being a new competitor (with similar names, badges and kit) within the same system and community.^[11]

As of 5 October 2025^[12][13]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  NIR Ben Fry — GK  SCO Scott Ritchie — GK  SCO Matthew Wallace(on loan fromPollok) — DF  SCO Alistair Davidson(on loan fromDunfermline Athletic) — DF  SCO Adam Masson — DF  IRQ Aldin El-Zubaidi — DF  SCO Daniel Irving — DF  SCO Keir Macauley — DF  SCO Jordan Armstrong — DF  SCO Shaun Rutherford — DF  SCO Mark McLuckie — MF  SCO Jack Hodge

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  SCO Michael Gemmell — MF  SCO Freddie Rowe(on loan fromDunfermline Athletic) — MF  SCO Tom Grant — MF  SCO Cameron Mulvanny — MF  SCO Ciaran Heeps — MF  SCO Conor Scullion — MF  SCO Flynn McCafferty(on loan fromFalkirk) — MF  SCO Kyle Johnston — MF  SCO Roan Fitzpatrick — MF  SCO Ryan Stevenson — MF  SCO Shaun Brown — FW  SCO Billy Mortimer — FW  SCO Jamie Watson — FW  SCO Kieran Mitchell — FW  SCO Ryan Schiavone

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  SCO Lewis Duffy(Pollok)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  SCO Reece Murdoch(Harthill Royal)

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† Season curtailed due to COVID-19 pandemic.

East of Scotland Football League Premier Division

• Winners :2019–20

East of Scotland League Cup

• Winners: 2018–19

Scottish Junior Cup

• Winners: 1947–48, 1975–76, 1983–84
• Runners-up: 1946–47, 1978–79, 1982–83

Junior East Region Super League

• Winners: 2009–10,2010–11,2013–14
• Runners-up:2014–15

• Fife & Lothians Cup winners: 1993–94, 1996–97
• Edinburgh & District League winners: 1946–47, 1947–48, 1948–49, 1957–58
• East Region Division One winners: 1968–69
• Lothians District League Division One winners: 2002–03
• East of Scotland Junior Cup winners: 1951–52, 1954–55, 1984–85, 1998–99, 2015–16
• Brown Cup winners: 1978–79, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1987–88, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 2006–07

The following players all went on to be capped for theScotland national football team after playing for Bo'ness United.^[14]

• Paddy Buckley –St Johnstone andAberdeen. Played in United's 1947–48 Scottish Junior Cup winning team.^[15]
• Donald Ford –Hearts andFalkirk.^[16]
• Alex Scott –Rangers,Everton,Hibernian and Falkirk.^[17]
• Jim Scott – Hibernian,Newcastle United,Crystal Palace, Falkirk andHamilton. Also aJunior international cap.^[18]

• Official website
• Unofficial club website
• Bo'ness United versus Forth Rangers (1949) (archive film from the National Library of Scotland: Scottish Screen Archive)

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• Football in Falkirk (council area)
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