Whitburn Football Club are a Scottish football club based in Whitburn, West Lothian. They play their home games at Central Park and currently compete in the
History Formed on 31 May 1930 as Whitburn Amateurs F.C., they turned Junior over the summer months of 1934.
Nicknamed The Burnie, the club's colours are claret and amber. The club have won the Scottish Junior Cup on one occasion, defeating Johnstone Burgh on penalties in the 1999–00 final, as well as being runners up on two other occasions losing to Bonnyrigg Rose in 1966, and to Camelon in 1995.
Whitburn moved to the East of Scotland Football League and joined the bottom tier ahead of the 2021–22 season. They won back-to-back titles in Conference X and then the Second Division, followed by a third successive promotion by a securing their spot in the Premier Division for 2024–25.
After victories in the Alex Jack Cup and Victory Shield in 2024-25 they qualified for the preliminary round of the Scottish Cup for the first time. On August 9, 2025 Whitburn defeated Scottish Amateur Cup winners Stein Thistle AFC 3.2 to qualify for the 2nd preliminary round were they will take on Scottish Junior Cup winners Johnstone Burgh for a place in the first round proper.
In 1997-98 season, the side managed by Brian Fairley managed to win 4 trophies in what was a very successful season which also saw 8 players capped for Scotland juniors.
Brian McNaughton was the manager when Whitburn finally lifted the Scottish Cup at the third attempt in May 2000 with Stevie Prior the heroic goalscorer. The team was also managed from 2014 to 2016 by former St Mirren boss Tom Hendrie.
In season 2021-22, Whitburn joined the East of Scotland Senior League, starting in the bottom tier along with the remaining Junior clubs who had resisted the exodus, and Junior football was no more although the club kept the Juniors part in their official name.
After two league title victories in a row, Whitburn find themselves in the East of Scotland Premier Division just below the Lowland League and potential league football in the future.
Although he never ended up playing for the club, Rangers legend John Greig famously signed a white form with Whitburn Juniors in 1959, which allowed him to play for the club if he didn't succeed at Ibrox.
Other notable figures include internationalists like Paul Taylor and Bruce Clouston who played for the Scotland Junior team, and the legendary long-serving player Dewi Taylor who scored 73 goals in over 200 appearances and had a significant impact on the club's success.
Club staff
Board of directors RoleNameSecretary Ann HaddowClub Official Robert CookClub Official Steven Greer
Coaching staff RoleNameManager Scott WoodhousePhysio Archie GilmourKit man Robert Haddow Source
Current squad As of 31 May 2024
Managerial history
NameNationalityYearsWilliam Strickland1951-?Colin Sinclair1986-?George Fairley1988-?Derek Strickland1992-94Brian McNaughton Keith Burgess1994-1996Brian Fairley1996-1999Brian McNaughton1999-2000Derek Strickland2013-?Derek Halcrow2009-?Tom Hendrie2014-2016Colin Martin2016-?Jamie Sandilands2020-2021Darren Wilson2021-2024John Millar2024-2025Lewis Turner2025-2026Scott Woodhouse2026-
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Honours Scottish Junior Cup Winners: 1999–2000 Runners-up: 1965–66, 1994–95
Other honours Alex Jack Cup: 2024–25 Cup Winners Shield: 2024-25 East of Scotland Centenary Cup winners: 2023 East of Scotland League Second Division winners: 2022–23 East of Scotland League Conference X winners: 2021–22 East Region Premier Division winners: 1985–86, 1986–87, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1995–96, 1997–98, 2000–01 East Region Division One winners: 1977–78 Lothian District Division One winners: 2004–05 East of Scotland Junior Cup winners: 1965–66, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1973–74, 1997–98, 2001–02 Fife & Lothians Cup: 1969–70, 1986–87, 1991–92, 1998–99 Brown Cup winners: 1959–60, 1967–68, 1971–72, 1972–73, 2000–01
References
External links Official club site Fan website (archived from 2016) Twitter Social Club