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| Full name | Crossgates Primrose Football Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | The Rose | ||
| Founded | 1926 (folded 1960, re-formed 1983) | ||
| Ground | Humbug Park Inverkeithing Road Crossgates | ||
| Capacity | 2,000 | ||
| Chairman | Frazer Martin | ||
| Manager | Alan Campbell | ||
| League | East of Scotland League First Division | ||
| 2023–24 | East of Scotland League Premier Division, 15th of 16 (relegated) | ||
| Website | https://www.crossgatesprimrosefc.com/ | ||
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Crossgates Primrose Football Club are a Scottish football club based in Crossgates, near Dunfermline, Fife. The team plays in the East of Scotland League First Division, having moved from the junior leagues in 2018.[1]
They were originally formed in 1926 but folded in 1960 with the club re-forming in 1983. Due to a lack of committee members, the club withdrew from the league in November 2015[2] and spent the rest of the season in abeyance. Following the establishment of a new committee in April 2016, Primrose returned to playing competitively for the 2016–17 season. The team have been managed since August 2017 by Alan Campbell.[3]
Their home ground is Humbug Park, its unusual name deriving from a disused pit of the former Cuttlehill Colliery on which site the ground is located.[4] The park was also home to greyhound racing between 1937 and 1953.[5]
Crossgates' record attendance was 7,600 for a Scottish Junior Cup sixth round tie in 1952–53 against Auchinleck Talbot.[6]
The club's best-known former players are Scotland legend Jim Baxter, who Crossgates sold to Raith Rovers for £200, and his second cousin George Kinnell.[7][8]
- ^ McLauchlin, Brian (7 June 2018). "East of Scotland League vote signals exodus of 25 junior clubs". BBC Sport. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
- ^ "End of the road for historic junior club that produced Scotland legend Jim Baxter". Central Fife Times. 20 November 2015. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
- ^ "New boss hails Primrose's ambition". Central Fife Times. 6 August 2017. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
- ^ Humbug Pits (Cuttlehill/Fordell) Archived 15 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine Fife Pits and Memorial Book, by Michael Martin
- ^ "Scottish Independent 'Flapping' Tracks". Greyhound Racing History. Archived from the original on 2 January 2015. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
- ^ McGlone, David; McLure, Bill (1987). The Juniors - 100 Years. A Centenary History of Scottish Junior Football. Mainstream. p. 288. ISBN 1-85158-060-3.
- ^ Gallacher, Ken (2002). Slim Jim Baxter : the definitive biography. London: Virgin Books. ISBN 978-1852279622.
- ^ "Yashin, Puskas, Matthews and Kinnell?". afcheritage.org. Aberdeen FC Heritage Trust. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 24 August 2016.