Shotts Bon Accord F.C.

"Hannah Park" redirects here. For the park in Jacksonville, Florida, see Hanna Park.
Not to be confused with Bon Accord F.C..

Shotts Bon Accord Football Academy
Full nameShotts Bon Accord Football Academy
Nickname(s)The Bonny
Founded1950
GroundHannah Park, Shotts
Capacity3,000
ChairmanIan McKie
ManagerJohn McKeown
LeagueWest of Scotland League Premier Division
2023–24West of Scotland League First Division, 2nd of 16 (promoted)
Websitehttps://www.sba.teamexpert.co.uk/

Shotts Bon Accord Football Academy are a Scottish football club based in the town of Shotts, North Lanarkshire. The club was formed in 1950 and currently competes in the West of Scotland League Premier Division.

History

In 1995 Shotts were suspended from the Central Region of the SJFA for one season, after launching court action against the organisation.[1] The club were re-admitted to its Second Division (the third tier) in the 1996–97 season. Remarkably they won each of the league's three divisions in consecutive seasons upon their readmission.

Shotts have won the Scottish Junior Cup on two occasions, defeating Pumpherston Juniors 2–0 in 1958, and Auchinleck Talbot 2–1 in 2012.[2]

The team have been managed since May 2018 by John McKeown.[3]

Ground

Hannah Park

Shotts Bon Accord play at Hannah Park in Shotts. There is a local social club attached.

Also the Motherwell reserve and under-19 teams have played some of their home games at the ground.

The ground was created using local volunteer labour, one of whom - James Hannah - died of thrombosis contracted during the efforts to finish. The park is named in his honour.

As well as being a football stadium, Hannah Park has also been the host venue for the annual Shotts Highland Games.

Current squad

As of 2 November 2024 [4]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK Scotland SCO Sandy Thomson
— GK Scotland SCO Thomas Starrs
— DF Scotland SCO Finlay Anderson
— DF Scotland SCO Martin Cassells
— DF Scotland SCO Josh Gracie
— DF Scotland SCO Chris Meikle
— DF Scotland SCO Joe Sexton
— DF Scotland SCO Robbie Torrance
— DF Scotland SCO Andrew Duffy
— DF Scotland SCO Barry Eley
— MF Scotland SCO Rico De Marco
— MF Scotland SCO Taylor Evans
— MF Scotland SCO Jack Gordon
— MF Scotland SCO Adam Hunter
— MF Scotland SCO Ally Martin
— MF Scotland SCO Ethan O'Neill
— FW Scotland SCO Fraser Anderson
— FW Scotland SCO Michael Foley
— FW Scotland SCO Ben Richford
— FW Scotland SCO Ally Small
— FW Scotland SCO Danny Burns

Coaching staff

Position Name
Manager John McKeown
Assistant Manager Martin Devlin
Goalkeeping Coach Derek Barnes
Coach William McElholm

Honours

Scottish Junior Cup

West of Scotland Cup

  • Winners: 1963–64

Lanarkshire League

  • Champions: 1957–58, 1960–61, 1961–62, 1962–63, 1964–65, 1966–67, 1967–68
  • League Cup winners: 1951–52, 1957–58, 1959–60, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1966–67, 1967–68

Central League

  • Premier Division champions: 1998–99
  • Division One champions: 1987–88, 1997–98
  • Division Two champions: 1996–97
  • C Division champions: 1976–77
  • League Cup winners: 1993–94
  • Sectional League Cup winners: 1984–85, 1988–89, 1997–98, 2010–11
  • Lanarkshire Junior Cup winners: 1960–61, 1962–63
  • Lanarkshire Hozier Cup winners: 1963–64

References

  1. ^ McColl, Graham. "Shott tactics". www.wsc.co.uk. When Saturday Comes. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
  2. ^ "Shott in the arm as captain Boyack seals the biggest surprise of them all". HeraldScotland. 28 May 2012. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
  3. ^ O'Donnell, Jim (8 June 2018). "New Shotts boss John McKeown ready to rule the roost over his players". Evening Times. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  4. ^ "Players - Shotts Bon Accord Football Academy".

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