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Joey J J Jr Shabadoo
25 minutes ago, SectionDJambo said:

Yes. Now my home town team.

They got lucky, all those years ago, with the sale of the old Victoria Park, but have made the most of it.

They must be disappointed, though, that their great rivals have made it into the Scottish League ahead of them, but then again they maybe know their limitations and are happy where they are.

I don’t know. I’ve lost touch with how the old east junior clubs are doing and what represents success for them these days.

 

8 minutes ago, ehcaley said:

A lot of pit apprentices attended the Thursday night discos in the 70s🕺🕺🕺🕺

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maltese jambo

Great to see Bonnyrigg in the league system.

 

Fabulous to see more east coast clubs, especially former junior teams, doing so well and trying to progress...the likes of Musselburgh Athletic who have a huge game in the Scottish cup against Hamilton this weekend; what a great achievement.

 

For the former junior clubs, playing in the league or competing in the Scottish cup proper was simply not possible until recently despite the fact that many of them have regular attendances well in advance of clubs in league 1 or even the championship.

 

With regards to finances; For Bonnyrigg to move through the leagues they simply have to spend and indeed have to ensure they keep progressing, so spending 40k on transfers isn't really a huge shock.

 

Good luck to them and all the other east Coast clubs challenging the status quo.

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Bonnyrigg will be able to pay for ground improvements if they can get crowds like this again.

 

BonnyriggvJohnstoneBurgh1960.jpg.85bef1d8eaa012e9cc5133cb67885dcd.jpg

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5 minutes ago, Footballfirst said:

Bonnyrigg will be able to pay for ground improvements if they can get crowds like this again.

 

BonnyriggvJohnstoneBurgh1960.jpg.85bef1d8eaa012e9cc5133cb67885dcd.jpg

Great picture. Any idea when it's from?

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12 minutes ago, tazhearts said:

Great picture. Any idea when it's from?

Source says 1960 Bonnyrigg v Johnstone Burgh. I assume it was a Junior Cup tie.

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46 minutes ago, Footballfirst said:

Bonnyrigg will be able to pay for ground improvements if they can get crowds like this again.

 

BonnyriggvJohnstoneBurgh1960.jpg.85bef1d8eaa012e9cc5133cb67885dcd.jpg

Great picture. 

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I'm not sure what their capacity is but if they did some sort of 'Support Us For a Day' or '**** the SFA/SPFL' promotion on an international weekend and tried to get massive crowds through the door that would probably be well supported.

 

Particularly by Hearts fans I would imagine as I feel like every second auld git I see at the football somehow knows my Dad from his youth in Bonnyrigg!

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On 14/01/2025 at 20:58, SectionDJambo said:

Yes. Now my home town team.

They got lucky, all those years ago, with the sale of the old Victoria Park, but have made the most of it.

They must be disappointed, though, that their great rivals have made it into the Scottish League ahead of them, but then again they maybe know their limitations and are happy where they are.

I don’t know. I’ve lost touch with how the old east junior clubs are doing and what represents success for them these days.


Musselburgh Athletic have left Star in their wake to be honest. Musselburgh are top of the league in a division above Star, and just lost very unluckily against Hamilton in the 4th round of the SC.

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26 minutes ago, skinnybob72 said:

Drew 2-2 with The Spartans tonight, crowd was c600 I think.

Very cold as well. 

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3 hours ago, Footballfirst said:

Bonnyrigg will be able to pay for ground improvements if they can get crowds like this again.

 

BonnyriggvJohnstoneBurgh1960.jpg.85bef1d8eaa012e9cc5133cb67885dcd.jpg

I remember when my dad used to take me to West Calder United games as a nipper and they had crowds like that too. 
Some of my earliest memories are of those scenes and sitting on his shoulders. Would have been around 1960 or so. 

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12 hours ago, Footballfirst said:

Bonnyrigg will be able to pay for ground improvements if they can get crowds like this again.

 

BonnyriggvJohnstoneBurgh1960.jpg.85bef1d8eaa012e9cc5133cb67885dcd.jpg

Some of the big Scottish Junior Cup ties attracted thousands to the local grounds. I remember huge crowds at Arniston for ties against Johnstone Burgh, Neilston Juniors and Linlithgow Rose.

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