Author: Broxburn

We recently had a ‘guess the birthday’ competition with a hand-knitted Broxburn Athletic doll and it raised £370 for the club.

A huge thank you to John & Lynda Calderwood for organising the fundraiser, and Marilyn Devlin for creating the Brox doll.

The winning date was 3^rd February. The winner of the prize of the doll itself and a hamper of goodies was Alison Redmond.

We appreciate the effort of the local community in supporting the club, especially in the past year, and we cannot wait until the day we can be back at Albyn Park together.

Stay safe.

With things improving figures wise on the pandemic it may be too late for any return to playing for our grade in the pyramid of the SFA for this season  . Leagues who have been given permission are finding it difficult to come to a solution to finish the leagues . They have been allowed back to play as long as they do testing once a week and this being a costly exercise it is no wonder clubs are reluctant to return with no chance of recovering financial outlay . or indeed finish their respective leagues should an outbreak happen at a club (ie Dunfermline Ath ) . it is just not cost effective for clubs to even test once a week at our level or even above our level . A government revue of the situation will take place in the week beginning the 14th of March .If the go ahead is given to get back to training and then playing  ,personally I think this will be too late for any chance of a full season being completed . There are contingency plans to play 50% of fixtures or if possible 75% of fixtures which will take a rejig of remaining fixtures . We will update when any news is available .

We have decided to restart the Keydraw as it was suspended back at the very beginning of the lockdown with a jackpot of £1300 . This will be the starting jackpot as we relaunch it on line starting the Easter Weekend 4th April. Standing order forms can be collected at the Argyle Court shops between 1pm and 2pm each Saturday and Sunday prior to the relaunch or we can get a form to you if you message the committee or club .  Cash sales of the Keydraw can be purchased in advance if you so wish paid on a monthly (minimum) advance process . by contacting the committee to be entered in the draw  .

We are having regular zoom meetings to engage with supporter’s young and old who wish to participate .If you would like to be involved in our next zoom get together let us know and when numbers allow we will set up times and dates . This is open to all our supporter’s and sponsors who would like a catch up with management there to help let you know where we are at the moment regarding the club and players .

We hope everybody and your families are staying safe and we will get through this together . Keep safe and we will see you all soon.

The SFA along with Government advice and after several meetings with the Associations throughout Scotland have suspended all football below Championship level  until at least midnight on Sunday the 14th of February . This is not a definitive date for restart and will be reassessed  before the 10th of February as to the safety of everyone involved and further instruction will be issued there after  .We have to be patient and realise that lives are at risk .With the vaccine being rolled out over the country and figures beginning to recede ,still very high though , lets hope we are now going to get the better of this virus and we can all return to some form of normality all though pre virus normality is going to take a long time to return .  Please be safe and take care and we will all pull through this together  .

At the moment there is no date to reschedule getting back to training and playing . With the lockdown extended into mid February ,there looks like no sign of any return until before this and we all have to be patient . Getting the figures down and people being safe is the priority . It is a time to look after each other and help each other where we can in any way possible . Even a call to someone you may not have been in touch with for a while can lift the spirits during this time . We are here if you need us and don’t be afraid to chat . Hopefully soon this will abate and some form of normality can be had by all

The SFA have decided to suspend all football ,including training until at least the 31st of January when it will be reviewed . This could be a long lay off again for the game and we will keep you updated as we hear of any news . We will be looking for supporters and interested parties to watch out for virtual events over the coming weeks and will hope everybody who can will take part and  interact with the club and community . We are and all ways will be here for you , don’t be a stranger we will be on the end of the phone if you would like to chat. We hope to roll out a number of events and these will be announced here and on our social media accounts . Stay Safe

The East of Scotland Football Association held a meeting to discuss the implications of the recent lockdown restrictions . With the SFA informing clubs to carry on playing under the instruction from the Scottish Government to allow us to start the season , there has been no directive from the governing body to change the playing schedule .  Fixtures will continue to be played (weather permitting ) as scheduled .  What has been decided is that no friendlies will be sanctioned until further notice and travelling officials should be kept down to a minimum  . We sincerely hope that everybody stays safe and we can get through these very trying times together . Please stay safe and hopefully with the vaccines now being administered the situation will improve greatly early  in 2021 .

This weeks fixture like many others has had to be postponed due to the freezing conditions . With frozen snow on top of a frozen park and temperatures set to plummet even lower over night both clubs agreed that it would be best to call the game off early

With Camelon’s Scottish cup tie against Brora Rangers being postponed again at Dunipace’s all weather park tonight (Wednesday ) they will now try and get it played on Saturday . This leaves LothianthistleHV able to travel to Broxburn to play a rearranged Premier league match at 2-30pm on Saturday the 9th of January . This game will be streamed free of charge live  , details on social media  in next couple of days . Even this early though unfortunately the park is frozen solid and with the forecast not to get much better next couple of days it could be scuppered by the weather . We will monitor the situation and keep everybody updated .