| Full name | Blackburn United Football Club | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | The Burnie | ||
| Founded | 1978 | ||
| Ground | Purdie Worldwide Community Stadium (New Murrayfield Park) Ash Grove Blackburn | ||
| Capacity | 1,500 | ||
| President | Ian McGinty | ||
| Manager | Andrew Meechan | ||
| League | East of Scotland League First Division | ||
| 2023–24 | East of Scotland League First Division, 10th of 15 | ||
| Website | https://blackburnunitedcommunitysc.com/first-team-%26-u20s | ||
Blackburn United Football Club are a Scottishfootball club from the town ofBlackburn,West Lothian. The team plays at Tier 6 of the Scottish Football Pyramid in theEast of Scotland League First Division having moved from thejunior leagues in 2018.[1] Blackburn United became full members of theScottish Football Association in June 2019.
Formed in 1978, the club joined thejunior grade of football two years later before taking the step up into Senior football in 2018. United play their home matches at the purpose-built Purdie Worldwide Community Stadium (New Murrayfield Park), which has room for 1,100 spectators, in the centre of the town. The whole facility that is the Purdie Worldwide Community Stadium complex boasts a six-dressing room pavilion and associated amenities, an enclosed and floodlit 3G main Stadium pitch and three further 11-a-side pitches.
The club was one of many to move from junior football to theEast of Scotland Football League in 2018.[1]
The Club forms the pinnacle of theBlackburn United Community Sports Club, a fully accredited SFA Community Club and Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation which, in addition to adult semi-professional football, caters for under age football at all ages from under-9 to under-20 as well as ladies, girls and additional needs football and a variety of other sporting and social activities. For younger age groups there are girls and boys soccer schools with their own dedicated coaches.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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| Role | Nationality | Name |
|---|---|---|
| President |  | Ian McGinty |
| Vice-president | | James Johnstone |
| Secretary | | David Jones |
| Treasurer | | Angela Campbell |
| Coach Development Officer | | Brian Smillie |
| Role | Nationality | Name |
|---|---|---|
| Manager | | Andrew Meechan |
| Assistant manager | | David Gibson |
| Physio | | Lee Reid |
| Name | Nationality | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Alex 'Kitty' Dunnigan | | 1984-1986[3] |
| Dick Hodgson | | 1986[4] |
| Jim Henderson | | 1986-1989[5] |
| Mark Campbell | | 2005-2022[6] |
| Jamie McCormick | | 2022-2024[6] |
| Andrew Meechan | | 2024-[7] |
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The club's record appearance holder until March 2014 was Craig Spence who, after signing fromAirdrieonians at the beginning of the 1998–99 season, made 375 appearances and scored 20 goals before retiring in August 2012.[8] On 15 March 2014, fellow Airdrie man Alan Brown, signed as a teenager at the beginning of the 1997–98 season and who had three spells at the club, surpassed Spence's record when making his 376th appearance for the club, scoring his 68th goal in the process. Alan went onto make a total of 409 appearances, scoring 69 goals, before leaving the club at the end of the 2014/15 season.[8]
The club's record goalscorer is Andy McQuillan who, at the beginning of season 2019–20, had netted 173 goals in 235 starts and 24 substitute appearances.[8]
The following players have either played for Blackburn United before going onto forge careers at a higher level or have played for one of the club's predecessors before similarly going onto play at a higher level;
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