Shotts Bon Accord Football Academy
Full nameShotts Bon Accord Football Academy
Nickname(s)The Bonny
Founded1950
GroundHannah Park, Shotts
Capacity4,000
ChairmanIan McKie
ManagerJohn McKeown
LeagueWest of Scotland League First Division
2022–23West of Scotland League First Division, 10th of 16

Shotts Bon Accord Football Academy are a Scottish football club based in the town of Shotts, North Lanarkshire.

History

Shotts Bon Accord were formed in 1950 and currently compete in the West of Scotland League First Division.

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 are 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 August 06, 2023 [4]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK Scotland SCO Sandy Thomson
— GK Scotland SCO Johnny Murdoch
— DF Scotland SCO Aaron Bryson
— DF Scotland SCO Martin Cassells
— DF Scotland SCO Josh Gracie
— DF Scotland SCO Sam Kent
— DF Scotland SCO Josh MacDonald
— DF Scotland SCO Chris Meikle
— DF Scotland SCO Andrew Muir
— MF Scotland SCO Taylor Evans
— MF Scotland SCO Jack Gordon
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Scotland SCO Adam Hunter
— MF Scotland SCO Ally Martin
— MF Scotland SCO Paul McGeough
— MF Scotland SCO PJ O'Donnell
— MF Scotland SCO Josh Cameron
— MF Scotland SCO Kieran Campbell
— MF Scotland SCO Bradley Gray
— MF Scotland SCO Chris Kelly
— MF Scotland SCO Harry Kent
— FW Scotland SCO Ben Richford
— FW Scotland SCO Kyle Richford
— FW Scotland SCO Martin Shiels

Coaching staff

PositionName
ManagerJohn McKeown
Assistant ManagerMartin Devlin
Goalkeeping CoachDerek Barnes
CoachWilliam 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
  • Stagecoach Super League Division One: runners up 2004–05

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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