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Whitburn can’t seem to buy a league win

WHITBURN are still looking for their first league win of the season after they were held to a draw by Newtongrange Star at Central Park.Read

Dale given tough welcome to Premier League

ARMADALE unfurled the league flag they won for winning last season’s South Division on Saturday but their return to the Premier League had no happy ending.Read

Lorry fire spoils Bathgate day out at Lochee

THE traffic chaos on the M8 last Saturday due to a lorry fire put the skids on Bathgate Thistle’s scheduled Super League clash with Lochee United.Read

Bathgate Thistle lose out to Musselburgh

DESPITE the horrendous weather conditions at the weekend most Junior football fixtures went ahead with several West Lothian teams in action.Read

Kirstin got a kick out of winning a Scotland cap

ON THE BALL: former Whitburn Academy pupil Kirstin Bowden represented Scotland in the CYP (Clubs for Young People) Under-16 Four Nations Rose Bowl football tournament in Northern Ireland last week.Read

Blackburn United’s league campaign off to a winning start

BLACKBURN put a disappointing League Cup campaign behind them to claim victory in their opening South Division league game at Murrayfield Park.Read

Trio face Scottish Junior Cup ties

ONLY three West Lothian clubs were involved in the draw for the first round of the Scottish Junior Cup this week.Read

Honours even in exciting match at Prestonfield

IT was an exciting weekend for the county’s Junior football clubs with the pick of the bunch being a 3-3 draw between Musselburgh and Linlithgow in the Super League.Read

Scottish FA National Disability Football Roadshow Campaign

The Scottish FA are kick-starting their National Disability Football Roadshow Campaign this month in Bathgate.Read

Linlithgow Rose defeat Spartans 4-0

JUNIOR football heavyweights Linlithgow Rose taught Spartans a lesson in the art of goalscoring this weekend as they hammered the Junior new boys 4-0 at Prestonfield.Read

Talented kids help Polbeth celebrate 40 years of glory

FOUR decades of footballing fun and glory at Polbeth United werecelebrated recently at a special soccer festival.Read

Livi fan’s do club proud with display in England

SEEING a Livingston side take on teams from England, France, Nigeria and Germany may seem unlikely, given the club’s current demotion to the Scottish Third Division.Read

Late win delivered by labour of Love

JUNIOR football fans were treated to a triple whammy of action this week with games taking place on Saturday, Monday and Tuesday.Read

Johnstone hat-trick still not enough to wilt Rose

THERE was no doubt about where match of the day took place on Saturday as the goals rained in at Armadale.Read

Cracking matches all round

FOOTBALL rivalries were revived on Tuesday night as the League Cup returned with another series of classics from around the county.Read

Bathgate draw as McGrillen tragedy sets in

THE curtain came up on another Junior football season on Saturday with the League Cup kicking the campaign into top gear.Read

Whitburn squad forced to fight for win

WHITBURN had their hands full against a plucky and well-organised Armadale side in the Willie Johnstone Trophy.Read

Jags mourn death of Paul McGrillen

WILLIE HILL may have led Bathgate Thistle to Junior Scottish Cup glory last year – but he reckons the credit lies with Paul McGrillen, tragically found dead last week.Read

Thistle must raise spirits for Sauchie

THE shackles were being unlocked on a number of West Lothian’s junior sides last night (Wednesday) – though it will be Saturday before the majority of the county’s clubs will be unleashed for the new season.Read