Crossgates Primrose F.C.
Crossgates Primrose Football Club are a Scottish football club based in Crossgates, near Dunfermline, Fife. The team plays in the East of Scotland League Premier Division, having moved from the junior leagues in 2018.
| Full name | Crossgates Primrose Football Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | The Rose | ||
| Founded | 1926 (folded 1960, re-formed 1983) | ||
| Ground | Humbug Park Inverkeithing Road Crossgates | ||
| Capacity | 2,000 | ||
| Chairman | Frazer Martin | ||
| Manager | Alan Campbell | ||
| League | East of Scotland League Premier Division | ||
| 2022–23 | East of Scotland League Premier Division, 8th of 16 | ||
| Website | Club website | ||
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They were originally formed in 1926 but folded in 1960 with the club re-forming in 1983. Due to a lack of committee members, the club withdrew from the league in November 2015 and spent the rest of the season in abeyance. Following the establishment of a new committee in April 2016, Primrose returned to playing competitively for the 2016–17 season. The team have been managed since August 2017 by Alan Campbell.
Their home ground is Humbug Park, its unusual name deriving from a disused pit of the former Cuttlehill Colliery on which site the ground is located. The park was also home to greyhound racing between 1937 and 1953.
Crossgates' record attendance was 7,600 for a Scottish Junior Cup sixth round tie in 1952–53 against Auchinleck Talbot.
The club's best-known former players are Scotland legend Jim Baxter, who Crossgates sold to Raith Rovers for £200, and his second cousin George Kinnell.