Broomhill Football Club is a Scottish football club that plays its home matches at Dumbarton Football Stadium in Dumbarton, West Dunbartonshire. They are members of the Scottish Lowland Football League, in the fifth tier of the Scottish football league system. The club was formed in 2014 as BSC Glasgow, a senior team associated with Broomhill Sports Club, a youth sports organisation based in the Broomhill area of Glasgow, and was elected to the Lowland League for the 2014–15 season. They originally shared with Maryhill F.C. at their Lochburn Park ground before relocating to Alloa in 2016. In 2021, the senior team split from Broomhill Sports Club, who launched a new BSC Glasgow team in the development division of the West of Scotland Football League, with the senior team being renamed Broomhill F.C. and retaining the Lowland League place.
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| Full name | Broomhill Football Club | ||
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| Ground | Dumbarton Football Stadium | ||
| Capacity | 2,020 | ||
| Chairman | George Ross | ||
| General Manager | George Fraser | ||
| Manager | Zander Diamond | ||
| League | Lowland League | ||
| 2023–24 | Lowland League, 15th of 18 | ||
| Website | https://broomhillfc.com/ | ||
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History
editBroomhill Sports Club was founded in Broomhill, Glasgow, in June 2004 as a multi-sports club for local children. By 2014 the club had grown to cater for 700 children in various sports, but primarily football.
BSC Glasgow F.C. was launched in 2014 as a senior football team to provide a pathway into adult football for players from the youth teams.[1] The club successfully applied to join the Scottish Lowland Football League for the 2014–15 season, and won the SFA South Region Challenge Cup in their first season.
From there BSC went on to reach the Lowland League Cup Final in 2016–17 and the South Challenge Cup final in 2017–18 before taking home the Lowland League Cup trophy in 2018–19. BSC Glasgow's improving fortunes in the Scottish Lowland Football League coincided with the arrival of manager Stephen Swift, who claimed a third-place finish in 2017–18 and a runners up place in 2018–19.
On 1 July 2021, the club officially announced its separation from BSC Glasgow and changed its name to Broomhill Football Club,[2] retaining their membership of the Scottish Lowland League and Scottish Football Association while BSC Glasgow entered a new entity, an amateur team in the Development section of the West of Scotland Football League.[3]
In May 2022, the club announced a partnership with football media brand Open Goal, beginning from the 2022–23 season. The team rebranded as Open Goal Broomhill, with professional footballer and Open Goal podcast host Simon Ferry becoming the team's manager.[4] The roll-out mainly consisted of club-related content across Open Goal's platform, including a monthly, fly-on-the-wall documentary.[5] In March 2023, the club confirmed that their commercial partnership with Open Goal would conclude at the end of the season, with Ferry and his assistant coaches, Derek Lyle and Paul Slane, all stepping down from their respective roles as a result.[6][7]
In May 2023 the club, having reverted to their original name, announced the return of manager Stephen Swift [8] and later announced a five-year deal to move to the Dumbarton Football Stadium where the club stated their aim to grow their fanbase and make the town their permanent home.[9]
Ground
editFrom the 2016–17 season, the club reached an agreement with Scottish League One side Alloa Athletic to share Recreation Park, with a view to the club reaching their long-term goal of having their own facility located in Glasgow.[10] The club previously ground-shared with Maryhill at Lochburn Park for their first two seasons in the Lowland League.
For the 2022–23 season, as part of the commercial agreement with Open Goal, the club played their home games at Broadwood Stadium, Cumbernauld.[11]
Current squad
editAs of 25 September 2024[12]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Club staff
editAs of 2 July 2024
| Position | Name |
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| Manager | Zander Diamond |
| Assistant manager | Gordon Wylde |
| First-team coach | Martin Mooney |
| Goalkeeper coach | Vacant |
| Physiotherapist | Vacant |
Season-by-season records
edit| Season | Division | Tier | League | Scottish Cup | ||||||||
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| Finish | Played | Wins | Draws | Losses | Points | |||||||
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| 2014–15 | Lowland League | 5 | 10th | 26 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 30 | Did Not Participate | |||
| 2015–16 | Lowland League | 5 | 7th | 28 | 12 | 5 | 11 | 41 | 1st Round Replay, losing to Auchinleck Talbot | |||
| 2016–17 | Lowland League | 5 | 7th | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 42 | 2nd Round, losing to Beith Juniors | |||
| 2017–18 | Lowland League | 5 | 3rd | 30 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 65 | 2nd Round, losing to Buckie Thistle | |||
| 2018–19 | Lowland League | 5 | 2nd | 28 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 61 | 3rd Round, losing to Forfar Athletic | |||
| 2019–20 | Lowland League | 5 | 3rd† | 22 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 51 | 5th Round, losing to Hibernian | |||
| 2020–21 | Lowland League | 5 | 4th† | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 30 | Preliminary Round Two, losing to Haddington Athletic | |||
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| 2021–22 | Lowland League | 5 | 15th | 34 | 10 | 4 | 20 | 34 | 2nd Round, losing to Tranent Juniors | |||
| 2022–23 | Lowland League | 5 | 11th | 36 | 15 | 6 | 15 | 51 | 3rd Round, losing to Alloa Athletic | |||
† Season curtailed due to coronavirus pandemic – At the end of the 2019–20 season, BSC claimed 3rd spot over East Stirlingshire due to points per game average.[13]
Honours
edit- Lowland Football League
- Runners-up: 2018–19
- SFA South Region Challenge Cup
- Winners: 2014–15
- Runners-up: 2017–18, 2019–20
- Lowland League Cup
- Winners: 2018–19
- Runners-up: 2016–17
References
edit- ^ Macpherson, Graeme (1 May 2014). "Broomhill: from kids' sports club to senior football?". Herald Scotland. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
- ^ "A New Beginning – Broomhill FC". Archived from the original on 1 July 2021. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
- ^ "Broomhill FC Media Information". Retrieved 12 August 2021.
- ^ Young, Graeme (4 May 2022). "Open Goal announce Broomhill partnership as Simon Ferry named manager of Lowland League side". Daily Record. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
- ^ Thomson, Paul (4 May 2022). "Open Goal Lowland League "fly-on-the-wall" documentary promised as Si Ferry takes reins at Broomhill". Daily Record. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
- ^ Irvine, David (23 March 2023). "Open Goal confirm Broomhill FC split as Si Ferry, Paul Slane & Derek Lyle to depart". HeraldScotland. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
- ^ Pentland, Michael (23 March 2023). "Club Statement". Open Goal Broomhill FC. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
- ^ "Welcome Home Swifty". Twitter. 30 May 2023. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
- ^ "Ground Sharing Update". Dumbarton FC. 30 May 2023. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
- ^ "BSC Glasgow to ground share with Alloa Athletic FC". bscglasgow.co.uk. 6 June 2016. Archived from the original on 14 September 2016. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
- ^ Broadwood stadium welcomes Open Goal Broomhill FC as new tenants, North Lanarkshire Council, 14 June 2022
- ^ "Squad". Broomhill FC. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
- ^ FC, BSC Glasgow (13 April 2020). "Weird way to end it but third place on points per game". @BSCGlasgowFC. Retrieved 6 May 2020.