Linlithgowshire Cup
also
known as the Rosebery Cup
Page created: 16 July 2020
Updated: 8 April 2024
The Linlithgowshire Cup was open to members of the Linlithgowshire FA, what is now known as West Lothian. The
trophy was presented by Lord Rosebery and the competition was also referred to
as the Rosebery Cup. In 1926, the decision by Bo'ness to leave the Linlithgowshire FA and join the Stirlingshire FA, plus the
general decline of the senior clubs in the county, forced the demise of the LFA
and the abandonment of the competition.
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1884-85
Mossend Swifts 1897-98
Bo'ness
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1898-99
Bo'ness 1899-00 no competition 1904-05 Bathgate 1911-12 Bathgate |
1926-27 abandoned |
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1884-85 Linlithgowshire Cup First round 20 Dec Grange Athletic v Broxburn Harp 3-1 27 Dec Linlithgow v Bo'ness 0-10 27 Dec Broxburn Thistle v Kinneil
Star 3-2 XXXXAddiewell v Bellstane Birds XXXXFauldhouse Hibernian v Armadale XXXXUphall Bluebell v Broxburn Shamrock 24 Jan Durhamtown
Rangers v Mossend Swifts 0-2 Mossend originally scratched but subsequently changed their decision. The
tie was eventually played but Durhamtown protested
unsuccessfully that as the village of Mossend was
not actually in Linlithgowshire that they should be
disqualified Second round 21 Feb Broxburn Shamrock v Bo'ness 1-1 28 Feb Bo'ness v Broxburn Shamrock 2-0 XXXXBellstane Birds v Mossend Swifts 24 Jan Armadale v Grange Athletic 16-0 Broxburn Thistle bye Semi-final 7 Mar Bo'ness v Armadale 1-1 11 Apr Armadale v Bo'ness 3-0 21 Mar Mossend Swifts v
Broxburn Thistle 2-1 Final at Bo'ness Park, Bo'ness 2 May Mossend Swifts v
Armadale 3-2 |
1885-86 Linlithgowshire Cup First round 3 Oct Bellstane Birds v
Grange Athletic 6-0 protest 17 Oct Bellstane Birds
v Grange Athletic 2-2 24 Oct Grange Athletic v Bellstane
Birds 2-2 5 Dec Bellstane Birds v
Grange Athletic 2-1 at Uphall 17 Oct Bathgate Volunteers v Broxburn Thistle 2-2 2 Oct Broxburn Thistle v Bathgate Volunteers 10-1 Bathgate Harp v Bo'ness scr-wo XXXXBroxburn Shamrock v Linlithgow 24 Oct Uphall Bluebell
v Durhamtown Rangers 0-16 10 Oct Armadale v Kinneil
Star 7-1 Second round 19 Dec Armadale v Bo'ness 2-2 6 Mar Bo'ness v Armadale 2-4 9 Jan Bellstane Birds v
Durhamtown Rangers 2-1 protest 13 Feb Bellstane Birds
v Durhamtown Rangers 1-2 XXFeb Broxburn Shamrock v Broxburn Thistle 2-2 XXMar Broxburn Thistle v Broxburn Shamrock 2-4 Semi-final 10 Apr Durhamtown
Rangers v Armadale 0-1 Broxburn Shamrock bye Final at Sports Field, Broxburn 22 May Armadale v Broxburn Shamrock 2-1 |
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1886-87 Linlithgowshire Cup First round 9 Oct Bo'ness v Broxburn Shamrock 2-3 9 Oct Grange Athletic v Durhamtown Rangers 2-2 protest by Grange 30 Oct Durhamtown
Rangers v Grange Athletic 4-1 at Champfleurie
Park, Kingscavil 9 Oct Bellstane
Birds v Broxburn Thistle 3-2 9 Oct Bathgate Bluebell v Armadale 0-7 XX XXHearts of West Lothian v Uphall Bluebell 2 Oct Bathgate Volunteers v Champfleurie
1-2 Vale of Avon (Linlithgow)
bye Second round XXXXUphall Bluebell v Durhamtown
Rangers XXXXBellstane Birds v Champfleurie 13 Nov Armadale v Vale of Avon (Linlithgow)10-0 Broxburn Shamrock bye Semi-final 11 Dec Durhamtown
Rangers v Bellstane Birds
2-4 protest 15 Jan Durhamtown
Rangers v Bellstane Birds
4-1 15 Jan Broxburn Shamrock v Armadale 2-1 the
referee failed to appear so a friendly of 60 mins was played. 5 Feb Broxburn Shamrock v Armadale 2-4 Final 12 Mar Armadale v Durhamtown Rangers 2-1 at Broxburn,
owing to the state of the ground a friendly of an hour was arranged. No-one
told the spectators and they broke in and halted the game after being refused
a refund 26 Mar Armadale v Durhamtown Rangers 2-2 at Newton Park, Bo'ness 23 Apr Armadale v Durhamtown Rangers 2-0 at Champfleurie Park, Kingscavil |
1887-88 Linlithgowshire Cup First round 15 Oct Kinneil v Vale of Avon 5-0 15 Oct Bellstane
Birds v Uphall Bluebell
5-4 22 Oct Champfleurie v Broxburn Thistle 0-3 22 Oct Bo'ness v Dalmeny Park 7-1 22 Oct Queensferry
Hibernian v Erin Rovers 1-4 Second round 21 Jan Kinneil v Bo'ness 2-2 Kinneil were disqualified for fielding ineligible players 11 Feb Armadale v Broxburn Thistle 3-0 Semi-final Bo'ness v Bellstane
Birds wo-disq Bellstane failed to play the tie within the specified period 31 Mar Erin Rovers v Armadale 2-1 Final at Champfleurie Park, Kingscavil 28 Apr Bo'ness v Erin Rovers 4-3 |
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1888-89 Linlithgowshire Cup First round 29 Sep Broxburn Shamrock v Champfleurie
3-1 protest 22 Dec Champfleurie v
Broxburn Shamrock 7-0 29 Sep Bellstane Birds
v Uphall Bluebell 1-0 29 Sep Linlithgow Athletic v Bo'ness scr-wo, friendly
played, score 2-12 Erin Rovers v Dalmeny wo-scr 7 Oct Queenferry Hibernian
v Armadale 1-4 Broxburn v Kinneil wo-scr Second round 5 Jan Armadale v Erin Rovers 2-0 unfinished after 35 mins due to an Erin
player breaking his leg 23 Feb Armadale v Erin Rovers 5-0 19 Jan Broxburn v Champfleurie
7-0 Bo'ness and
Bellstane Birds byes Semi-final 23 Mar Broxburn v Armadale 1-3 23 Feb Bo'ness v Bellstane
Birds 4-1 protest 30 Mar Bo'ness v Bellstane
Birds 2-0 Final at Boghead Park, Bathgate 27 Apr Bo'ness v Armadale 1-0 |
1889-90 Linlithgowshire Cup First round First round 5 Oct Champfleurie v Armadale 2-6 12 Oct Bellstane Birds v Linlithgow Athletic 5-1 Rest byes Semi-final 9 Nov Broxburn v
Armadale 3-2 the referee blew four mins early, and by
the time he realised, the ground had been cleared 7 Dec
Broxburn v Armadale 2-0 7 Dec
Bo'ness v Bellstane
Birds 0-3 crowd invasion stopped the
game Final at Captain's
Park, Linlithgow 22 Feb Broxburn v
Bellstane Birds 7-0 |
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1890-91 Linlithgowshire Cup First round 18 Oct Bellstane Birds
v Champfleurie 1-1 Bellstane later scratched owing to the closure of the local coalmine which
caused their players to move away for work 22 Nov Bathgate Rovers v Broxburn Broxburn failed to appear and were disqualified XXXXArmadale v Linlithgow Athletic Bo'ness bye Semi-final 7 Feb Bathgate Rovers v Armadale 1-3 14 Feb Bo'ness v Champfleurie
10-0 Final at Boghead Park, Bathgate 21 Mar Armadale v Bo'ness 2-0 |
1891-92 Linlithgowshire Cup First round 12 Sep Bo'ness v Broxburn Shamrock 2-5 14 Nov Armadale v Bathgate Rovers 0-5 abandoned after 80 mins due to a crowd
invasion 5 Mar Bathgate
Rovers v Armadale 4-2 12 Sep Bellstane Birds
v Linlithgow Athletic 2-3 Broxburn bye Semi-final 2 Apr Bathgate
Rovers v Broxburn 6-2 5 Mar Broxburn
Shamrock v Linlithgow Athletic 6-1 Final at Volunteer
Park, Armadale 7 May Bathgate
Rovers v Broxburn Shamrock 4-0 |
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1892-93 Linlithgowshire Cup First round 1 Oct Broxburn Shamrock
v Broxburn 1-1 22 Oct Broxburn v Broxburn Shamrock 4-3 1 Oct Armadale v Bo'ness
2-3 22 Oct Bathgate Rovers v Linlithgow Athletic 5-2 Armadale Thistle v Bellstane
Birds disq-wo Uphall and Bathgate Athletic were admitted to the LFA and entered into
the second round Second round 19 Nov Broxburn v Bo'ness 4-0 19 Nov Uphall v Bathgate Athletic 5-3 Bellstane Birds and Bathgate Rovers byes Semi-final 11 Feb Uphall v Broxburn 2-3 11 Feb Bellstane
Birds v Bathgate Rovers 0-2 Final at Crossgreen Park, Uphall 15 Apr Broxburn v Bathgate Rovers 3-2 the Rovers' players left the field in dispute about Broxburn's third goal after 75 mins.
Broxburn remained on the field until the referee
blew for time. |
1893-94 Linlithgowshire Cup First round 14
Oct Bathgate v Broxburn
1-1 21
Oct Broxburn v Bathgate 1-1 11 Nov Broxburn v Bathgate 4-5 at Captain's
Park, Linlithgow 30 Sep Uphall v Linlithgow Athletic
6-5 protest that an Uphall player was playing under an assumed name 11
Nov Uphall v Linlithgow Athletic 2-3 21
Oct Armadale v Bo'ness 5-2 protest by
Bo'ness about crowd encroachment 11
Nov Armadale v Bo'ness 7-3 Broxburn
Shamrock v Bellstane Birds wo-disb Semi-final 27 Jan Broxburn Shamrock v Bathgate 4-2 Linlithgow
Athletic v Armadale
wo-disq Armadale were disqualified for not forwarding a list of their
players for the first round tie against Bo'ness Final at Mill Park, Bathgate 21 Apr Broxburn Shamrock v Linlithgow Athletic 4-0 |
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1894-95 Linlithgowshire Cup First round 10
Nov Bo'ness v Linlithgow Athletic 2-2 1
Dec Linlithgow Athletic v Bo'ness 0-7 Bathgate,
Broxburn Shamrock and Uphall byes Semi-final 10
Nov Bathgate v Uphall 5-0 22
Dec Bo'ness v Broxburn Shamrock 7-0 Final at Captain's Park, Linlithgow 27
Apr Bathgate v Bo'ness 5-4 |
1895-96 Linlithgowshire Cup First round 28
Sep Bo'ness v Broxburn Shamrock 1-1 14
Dec Broxburn Shamrock v Bo'ness 0-0 Shamrock
later scratched from match due at Captain's Park, Linlithgow 28
Sep Armadale Volunteers v Linlithgow Athletic 3-0 Bathgate
and Uphall
byes Semi-final 15
Feb Bo'ness v Bathgate 3-1 Armadale Volunteers v Uphall
wo-scr Final at Captain's Park, Linlithgow 21
Mar Bo'ness v Armadale Volunteers 3-0 |
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1896-97 Linlithgowshire Cup First round 14
Nov Bo'ness v Bathgate 3-2 Armadale
Volunteers, Broxburn Shamrock and Bellstane Birds byes Semi-final 12
Dec Armadale Volunteers v Bo'ness 5-1 28
Nov Broxburn Shamrock v Bellstane Birds 4-1 Final 20
Mar Armadale Volunteers v Broxburn Shamrock 1-1 at Milll Park, Bathgate 27 Mar Armadale Volunteers v Broxburn
Shamrock 3-0 at Goschen
Park, Broxburn |
1897-98 Linlithgowshire Cup First round 23
Oct Armadale Volunteers v Bo'ness 0-0 4
Dec Bo'ness v Armadale Volunteers 1-0 6
Nov Bellstane Birds v Bathgate 1-2 Bathgate refused to
play Bo'ness in the final. The Linlithgowshire FA
then arranged a semi-final between the losers of the two first round matches,
with the winners meeting Bo'ness in the final Semi-final - 2 legs 12
Mar Armadale Volunteers v Bellstane Birds 10-1 19
Mar Bellstane Birds v Armadale Volunteers 0-1 Final at Captain's Park, Linlithgow 9
Apr Bo'ness v Armadale Volunteers 3-0 |
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1898-99 Linlithgowshire Cup First round - 2 legs 22 Oct Armadale Volunteers v Bathgate 1-1 5 Nov Bathgate v Armadale Volunteers not played due to a flooded field Bo'ness v Bellstane
Birds wo-scr Final at Captain's Park,
Linlithgow 13 May Bo'ness v Bathgate 2-1 |
1899-1900 Linlithgowshire Cup No competition |
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1900-01 Linlithgowshire Cup at Captain's Park Linlithgow 20 Apr Bo'ness v Bathgate 3-0 Only
two clubs entered |
1901-02 Linlithgowshire Cup First round 29
Mar Uphall v Bathgate Amateurs 2-5 Bo'ness,
Bathgate and Broxburn byes Semi-final 12
Apr Bathgate Amateurs v Broxburn 0-9 3
May Bo'ness v Bathgate 4-0 at Captain's
Park Linlithgow Final at Mill Park, Bathgate 10
May Bo'ness v Broxburn 1-1 13
May Bo'ness v Broxburn 3-1 |
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1902-03 Linlithgowshire Cup First round 11
Apr Broxburn v Bathgate 3-1 11
Apr Bo'ness v Bathgate Amateurs 3-2 Final at Boghead Park, Bathgate 9
May Broxburn v Bo'ness 1-0 |
1903-04 Linlithgowshire Cup First round 7
May Broxburn v Bo'ness 4-0 7
May Broxburn Shamrock v Bathgate 0-2 Final
at Shamrock Park, Broxburn 14
May Broxburn v Bathgate 2-0 |
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1904-05 Linlithgowshire Cup First round 25
Mar Bo'ness v Bathgate 2-1 protest 1
Apr Bo'ness v Bathgate 1-1 8
Apr Bathgate v Bo'ness 4-2 1
Apr Broxburn Shamrock v Broxburn 3-1 friendly
played due to bad weather 15
Apr Broxburn Shamrock v Broxburn 1-5 Final 29
Apr Bathgate v Broxburn 1-0 at Newton
Park, Bo'ness, stopped late in the second half after a pitch invasion 6
May Bathgate v Broxburn 0-1 at Shamrock
Park, Broxburn, protest 13
May Bathgate v Broxburn 1-1 aet, at Shamrock
Park, Broxburn 23
Sep 1905 Bathgate v Broxburn 3-2 at
Shamrock Park, Broxburn |
1905-06 Linlithgowshire Cup First round - 2 legs 13
Jan Broxburn Athletic v Broxburn 0-5 3
Mar Broxburn v Broxburn Athletic 1-1 Rest
byes Semi-final - 2 legs 10
Mar Bathgate v Broxburn Shamrock 4-0 24
Mar Broxburn Shamrock v Bathgate 0-0 24
Mar Bo'ness v Broxburn 2-0 21
Apr Broxburn v Bo'ness 2-0 Final 5
May Bathgate v Bo'ness 1-1 at Albyn
Park, Broxburn 12
May Bathgate v Bo'ness 4-2 at Shamrock
Park, Broxburn |
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1906-07 Linlithgowshire Cup First round 16
Mar West Lothian Albion v Bathgate 2-3 23
Mar Broxburn Shamrock v Broxburn Athletic 0-0 13
Apr Broxburn Athletic v Broxburn Shamrock 4-3 aet, 90 mins 3-3 Broxburn
and Bo'ness byes Semi-final 20
Apr Broxburn Athletic v Broxburn 0-2 20
Apr Bo'ness v Bathgate 2-1 Final 4
May Bo'ness v Broxburn 0-0 at Mill
Park, Bathgate 11
May Bo'ness v Broxburn 2-1 at Winchburgh |
1907-08 Linlithgowshire Cup First round 28
Feb Broxburn v West Lothian Albion 2-0 matched
declared a friendly 7
Mar Broxburn v West Lothian Albion 2-0 7
Mar Uphall v Broxburn Athletic 1-2 7
Mar Bathgate v Bo'ness 0-0 21
Mar Bo'ness v Bathgate 1-2 Broxburn
Shamrock bye Semi-final Broxburn
v Bathgate wo-diq failed to play on scheduled date of 4 April 28
Mar Broxburn Athletic v Broxburn Shamrock wo-scr friendly played score 4-1 Final 11
Apr Broxburn v Broxburn Athletic 2-2 at
Goschen Park, Uphall 18
Apr Broxburn v Broxburn Athletic 1-1 at
Goschen Park, Uphall 25
Apr Broxburn v Broxburn Athletic 4-1 at
Winchburgh |
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1908-09 Linlithgowshire Cup Semi-final 27
Mar Bathgate v Broxburn Athletic 1-0
protest 10
Apr Bathgate v Broxburn Athletic 2-1 3
Apr Bo'ness v West Lothian Albion 3-0 Final at Broxburn 17
Apr Bo'ness v Bathgate 2-1 |
1909-10 Linlithgowshire Cup First round 19
Feb Bo'ness v Bathgate 0-0 protest 5
Mar Bathgate v Bo'ness 0-3 Rest
byes Semi-final 26
Mar Broxburn Athletic v Broxburn Shamrock 2-0 26
Mar Bo'ness v West Lothian Albion 4-0 Final 16
Apr Bo'ness v Broxburn Athletic 1-0 at Winchburgh, abandoned after 65 mins 23
Apr Bo'ness v Broxburn Athletic 1-0 at
Shamrock Park, Broxburn |
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1910-11 Linlithgowshire Cup First round 18
Feb Bathgate v West Lothian Albion 6-0 18
Mar Bo'ness v Broxburn 2-0 18
Mar Broxburn Athletic v Broxburn Shamrock 4-2 Armadale
bye Semi-final 8
Apr Armadale v Bo'ness 0-0 22
Apr Bo'ness v Armadale 1-0 1
Apr Bathgate v Broxburn 3-0 Final 29
Apr Bathgate v Bo'ness 1-1 at Sports
Park, Broxburn 19
Aug 1912 Bathgate v Bo'ness 2-1 at
Volunteer Park, Armadale |
1911-12 Linlithgowshire Cup First round 2
Mar Bo'ness v Broxburn 3-0 2
Mar Broxburn Athletic v Broxburn Shamrock 7-0 9
Mar Bathgate v West Lothian Albion 5-0 Armadale
bye Semi-final 6
Apr Bo'ness v Broxburn Athletic 1-2 13
Apr Bathgate v Armadale 1-0 Final at Volunteer Park, Armadale 20
Apr Bathgate v Broxburn Athletic 5-2 |
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1912-13 Linlithgowshire Cup First round 1
Mar Broxburn Shamrock v Bathgate 1-1 8
Mar Bathgate v Broxburn Shamrock 3-1 Broxburn
United and Armadale byes Semi-final 29
Mar Bathgate v Broxburn United 1-2 15
Mar Bo'ness v Armadale 0-0 5
Apr Armadale v Bo'ness 4-1 Final at Boghead Park, Bathgate 12
Apr Armadale v Broxburn United 2-1 |
1913-14 Linlithgowshire Cup First round 28
Feb Armadale v Broxburn Shamrock 6-0 Rest
byes Semi-final 21
Mar Armadale v Bo'ness 1-0 28
Mar Bathgate v Broxburn United 0-0 4
Apr Broxburn United v Bathgate 2-0 Final at Sports Park, Broxburn 18
Apr Broxburn United v Armadale 2-1 |
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1914-15 Linlithgowshire Cup First round 3
Apr Armadale v Broxburn United 3-3 Armadale
later scratched 27
Mar Bathgate v Bo'ness 0-0 abandoned 3
Apr Bathgate v Bo'ness 1-1 17
Apr Bo'ness v Bathgate 3-2 Final at Boghead Park, Bathgate 1
May Broxburn United v Bo'ness 2-1 |
1915-16 Linlithgowshire Cup First round 1
Apr Broxburn United v Armadale 0-1 Bathgate
v Bo'ness wo-scr Final at Volunteer Park, Armadale 29
Apr Armadale v Bathgate 1-0 |
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1916-17 Linlithgowshire Cup First round - 2 legs 24
Mar Broxburn United v Bathgate 2-0 7
Apr Bathgate v Broxburn United 1-0 Armadale
bye Final at Boghead Park, Bathgate 21
Apr Armadale v Broxburn United 2-1 |
1917-1919 Linlithgowshire Cup No
competition |
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1919-20 Linlithgowshire Cup First round 20
Mar Armadale v Bo'ness 2-0 20
Mar Broxburn United v Bathgate 2-3 Final 10
Apr Armadale v Bathgate 0-0 at Sports
Park, Broxburn 23
Apr Bathgate v Armadale 2-0 at Boghead
Park, Bathgate |
1920-21 Linlithgowshire Cup First round 18
Apr Bo'ness v Armadale 3-0 6
Apr Bathgate v Broxburn United 1-0 Final at Sports Park, Broxburn 28
Apr Bo'ness v Bathgate 2-0 |
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1921-22 Linlithgowshire Cup First round 29
Mar Armadale v Bathgate 3-1 29
Mar Bo'ness v Broxburn United 3-1 Final at Mill Park, Bathgate 17
Apr Armadale v Bo'ness 1-0 |
1922-23 Linlithgowshire Cup First round 4
Apr Broxburn United v Bo'ness 1-0 stopped
after 60 minutes due to darkness, result stood 25
Apr Armadale v Bathgate 1-0 Final at Mill Park, Bathgate 30
Apr Broxburn United v Armadale 3-0 |
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1923-24 Linlithgowshire Cup First round 9
Feb Broxburn United v Bathgate 2-1 2
Apr Armadale v Bo'ness 1-0 Final at Mill Park, Bathgate 23
Apr Broxburn United v Armadale 1-0 |
1924-25 Linlithgowshire Cup First round 26
Aug Broxburn United v Bo'ness 1-1 10
Sep Bo'ness v Broxburn United 1-0 27
Aug Bathgate v Armadale 1-1 10
Sep Armadale v Bathgate 2-1 Final at Mill Park, Bathgate 29
Apr Bo'ness v Armadale 0-1 abandoned at
half-time due to snowstorm 19
Aug 1925 Bo'ness v Armadale 4-1 |
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1925-26 Linlithgowshire Cup First round 2
Sep Bo'ness v Broxburn United 4-0 2
Sep Armadale v Bathgate 1-2 Final
at Volunteer Park, Armadale 24
Apr Bo'ness v Bathgate 3-1 |
1926-27 Linlithgowshire Cup First round Bathgate
v Broxburn United due on 18 Aug 1926
but not played Armadale
bye Competition
abandoned after the Linlithgowshire FA disbanded |