BSC Glasgow F.C.

BSC Glasgow Football Club is a Scottish football team originating in the Broomhill area of Glasgow, although since 2016 home matches have been played at Recreation Park in Alloa, Clackmannanshire. The club was formed in 2014 as a senior team associated with Broomhill Sports Club. They were elected to the Scottish Lowland Football League, in the fifth tier of the Scottish football league system, for the 2014–15 season.

BSC Glasgow
Full nameBSC Glasgow Football Club
Founded2014
GroundRecreation Park, Alloa
Capacity3,100[1]
ChairmanGeorge Ross
General ManagerGeorge Fraser
ManagerStephen Swift
LeagueLowland League
2019–20Lowland League, 3rd of 16
WebsiteClub website

History

Broomhill 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.[2] 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 have gone onto 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 have coincided with the arrival of manager Stephen Swift, with a third place finish in 2017/18 and a runners up place in 2018/19.

Ground

From the 2016–17 season, BSC 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.[3] The club previously ground-shared with Maryhill at Lochburn Park for their first two seasons in the Lowland League.

Current squad

As of 11 August 2020[4]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK  SCO Ryan Marshall
— GK  SCO Stephen Barr
— DF  SCO Jamie McCormack
— DF  SCO Jamie Mills
— DF  SCO Ross Smith (captain)
— DF  SCO Declan Fitzpatrick
— DF  SCO Jamie Ballantyne
— DF  SCO Arran Ross
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF  SCO Jamie Hamilton
— MF  SCO Robbie McNab
— MF  SCO Declan Hughes
— MF  SCO Ross Lindsay
— MF  SCO Conor McBrearty
— MF  SCO Michael Anderson
— FW  ITA Alfredo Agyeman
— FW  SCO Ryan Tierney

Season-by-season records
Season Division Tier League Scottish Cup
Finish Played Wins Draws Losses Points
BSC Glasgow F.C.
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

† Season curtailed due to 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic - BSC Glasgow claimed 3rd spot over East Stirlingshire due to points per game average.[5]

Honours

References
  1. "Alloa Athletic Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  2. Macpherson, Graeme (1 May 2014). "Broomhill: from kids' sports club to senior football?". Herald Scotland. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
  3. "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.
  4. "Squad". BSC Glasgow FC. 5 March 2018. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  5. FC, BSC Glasgow (13 April 2020). "Weird way to end it but third place on points per game". @BSCGlasgowFC. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
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