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| Full name | Bonnyrigg Rose Football Club | |||
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| Nickname(s) | The Rose | |||
| Founded | 1881 | |||
| Ground | New Dundas Park Bonnyrigg | |||
| Capacity | 3,000 | |||
| Chairman | Charlie Kirkwood | |||
| Manager | Calum Elliot | |||
| League | Scottish League Two | |||
| 2023–24 | Scottish League Two, 8th of 10 | |||
| Website | Club website | |||
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Bonnyrigg Rose Football Club is a Scottish football club from the town of Bonnyrigg. Formed in 1881 and nicknamed the Rose, the team plays in Scottish League Two, having been promoted after winning the Lowland Football League in 2021–22.
Their home ground is New Dundas Park, and they have traditionally played in red and white hoops. They have won the Scottish Junior Cup twice, in 1966 and in 1978, as well as finishing runners-up in 1972. Their 6–1 defeat of Whitburn in 1966 holds a joint record for the margin of victory in a Scottish Junior Cup final.[1] Bonnyrigg won the East Region Super League championship four times during their membership, making them the league's most successful side.
At a special general meeting held in March 2018, the club's members voted in favour of applying to join the senior East of Scotland Football League.[2] Bonnyrigg were part of a larger movement of eastern junior clubs to the East of Scotland League that year.[3] In 2019, they won promotion to the Lowland League and successfully applied for Scottish Football Association membership. In 2022, they won promotion to Scottish League Two, thus entering the Scottish Professional Football League for the first time, and after doing so, changed their name from Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic to the more streamlined Bonnyrigg Rose.
- ^ McGlone, David; McLure, Bill (1987). The Juniors – 100 Years. It was after a 1-1 draw at Hampden Park on the Saturday that they went on to win 6-1 on the Wednesday evening replay. A Centenary History of Scottish Junior Football. Mainstream. p. 80. ISBN 1-85158-060-3.
- ^ Parkinson, Brendan (19 April 2018). "Club Update". www.bonnyriggrosefc.co.uk. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
- ^ McLauchlin, Brian (7 June 2018). "East of Scotland League vote signals exodus of 25 junior clubs". BBC Sport. Retrieved 10 June 2018.