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Broomhill
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Full name Broomhill Football Club
Founded November 15th 2014 (as BSC Glasgow)
Ground Dumbarton Football Stadium
Ground Capacity 2,020
Chairman George Ross
General Manager George Fraser
Manager Stephen Swift

Broomhill Football Club is a Scottish football club playing 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 were 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.

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. 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 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, claiming 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, 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.

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. The roll-out mainly consisted of club-related content across Open Goal's platform, including a monthly, fly-on-the-wall documentary. 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.

In May 2023 the club, having reverted to their original name, announced the return of manager Stephen Swift and later announced a five year deal to move to the Dumbarton Football Stadium where the club have stated their aim to grow their fanbase and make the town their permanent home

Ground

From 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. 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.

Current squad

As of 7 October 2023

No. Position Player
1 Scotland GK Luke Scullion
2 Scotland DF Kirk McKnight
3 Scotland DF Sam Ellis
4 Scotland DF Joe Murphy
5 Scotland DF Ross Smith (vice-captain)
6 Scotland MF Michael Miller (captain)
7 Scotland MF Paul Kennedy
8 Scotland MF Daniel Hunter
9 Scotland FW Corey O’Donnell
10 Scotland FW Ally McColm
11 Scotland MF Scott Roberts
12 Scotland FW Max Wright
No. Position Player
14 Scotland FW Martin Grehan
15 Scotland FW Ciaran McPhie
16 Scotland MF Cameron Chalmers
17 Scotland DF Alfie Robinson
18 Netherlands MF Rabin Omar
19 Scotland DF Pat Moy
20 Scotland GK Stephen Barr
21 Scotland DF Jamie Barclay
22 Scotland MF Benjamin Wright
24 Scotland FW Ben McCrystal (on loan from St Johnstone)
26 Scotland DF Daniel Higgins

Club staff

As of 7 June 2023

Position Name
Manager Stephen Swift
Assistant manager Craig McEwan
Player/first-team coach Martin Grehan
Goalkeeper coach Stephen Bryceland
Physiotherapist Lynn Glen

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
2020–21 Lowland League 5 4th† 13 9 3 1 30 Preliminary Round Two, losing to Haddington Athletic
Broomhill F.C.
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.

Honours

  • 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
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