Author: Broxburn

Alexander Murray has joined the club he left a year ago after asking away during the close season .He has joined Pumpherston for the second time and all though disappointed he has chose to leave  we wish him well .

Darren Downie has joined Blackburn United after being told he could find a new club by the management team  we wish him well at his new club

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Kieran Anderson has chose to join Camelon for next season despite many attempts to keep the player at the club .we also wish him well at his new club .

With the pre season just about on us it is great to have signed the following two players Jonni Turner ,a Broxburn lad, has arrived back from America and has signed for us .We had tried to sign him before he went to America on a scholarship. He was with the Broxburn Colts under 19 before leaving  .Conor Kelly has joined us from Sauchie and is looking forward to scoring goals and being part of our fantastic facility at the Albyn Park ..We welcome both players and wish them well for the new season .

With time not in our favour after a meeting with the Broxburn Athletic Colts and ourselves it was decided not to enter a side in this season’s competition. . If entering this competitive set up it was felt that more time would have been needed and everybody agreed it was best to wait till next season before starting an Under 20 side . The under 20 side would come under the umbrella of Broxburn Athletic and would have to be self funding and with a lot of travel involved it could be costly .We will assess the situation through out the season and hope to have a positive resolve come this time next season . The time restraint was we had to have our entry in before the 15th of June and we know a lot of work is to go into this before we embark on a new team . With games to be played on a Friday evening this threw up another problem with a major event on most Friday’s at the club that does not finish till 8-15pm  would mean later kick offs .This was cleared to a certain extent by the league but would take a lot of components being in place also . Not just a case of putting a team on the park .Disappointed but it will be for the best in the long run I am sure .

We now have fixtures for the start of the season 2018/ 2019 and are as follows

Saturday 28th July 2018 The East of Scotland Qualifying League   section  G

Broxburn Athletic  v Dundonald Bluebell  2-30pm kick off

Tuesday 31st  July 2018  The East of Scotland  Qualifying League section G

Broxburn Athletic  v  Craigroyston   7-30pm kick off

Saturday 4th of August 2018  The East of Scotland Qualifying League  section G

Newtongrange Star  v Broxburn Athletic  2-30pm kick off

Saturday 11th of August 2018  The Alex Jack Cup 1st round

Dundonald Bluebell  v Broxburn Athletic  2-30pm kick off

Saturday 18th of August 2018  Football Nation East of Scotland Qualifying cup 1st round

Gretna  2008  v Broxburn Athletic  3.00pm kick off

league fixtures will be issued on Monday the 9th of July

 

Broxburn Athletic were accepted along with all others into the East of Scotland Football Association and League for season 2018 / 2019 . A brief summary for now on cup draws and conference league set up is as follows …

Our league will consist of the following teams  ;;;;;;;Preston Ath , Heriot Watt University , Stirling University e.o.s. , Ormiston , Linlithgow Rose , BROXBURN ATH , Camelon , Jeanfield Swifts , Blackburn United , St Andrews Utd , Edinburgh United , Craigroyston , Inverkeithing Hillfield Swifts …

The King Cup Draw 1st round  to be played 5th of January to the 9th of January 2019  Broxburn Ath v Dunipace   ,2nd round  to be played 2nd of March 2019 Broxburn Ath or Dunipace v Dunbar United or Coldstream …….

The Challenge cup 1st round to be played Saturday the 25th of August 2018    BYE , second round to be played the 15th of September 2018 Abbey Vale v Broxburn Athletic ( This club is 6 miles south of Dumfries ) . …

The East of Scotland Qualifying League  section G   Newtongrange , BROXBURN ATH , Craigroyston ,Dundonald ,to be played starting 28th of July ,31stJuly /1st August , 4th of August  opponents to be announced when and where once clarified

 

MORE DETAILS COMING SOON /

 

It was with a heavy heart that after Mondays meeting with committee and interested supporter’s and Broxburn public decided that to continue playing at the competitive level we have achieved and with local derbies  ,that we should apply to join ,with others ,the East of Scotland Seniors league .Our application will be considered with other’s at an E.G.M. at Easter road on Thursday the 7th of June .