Lochore Welfare F.C.
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Lochore Welfare F.C. are a Scottish Junior Football club playing in the Fife Junior League. They play at Central Park in the small Fife village of Crosshill. Lochore Welfare were formed in 1934 and their present home colours are vertical black and white stripes, change colours are presently black with a horizontal red strip.
Central Park has a capacity of 1,300. There is a small covered enclosure and a refreshment kiosk. The pitch itself was relaid at considerable cost to the club in 1998. The ground itself is credited as being of a very clean and tidy standard. Home attendances can reach around 200 for more significant games.
Lochore Welfare is a club formed from mergers between various other junior clubs over the years including Benarty, Lochore Miners and Lochore Miner's Welfare. Crosshill was once a prosperous mining village but the decline of this industry has had a substantial impact on the community and hence the club, although the community is making strong efforts to fight against this.
Lochore Welfare are presently notable for signing the promising youngster Colin Hodge, who previously made his senior breakthrough with Forfar Athletic F.C., a club playing in the Scottish Football League. Hodge left Forfar in November 2003. The club is presently managed by the well respected Junior manager James Hardie.
League record since 1990:
1990-91: 3rd Fife Division B, 23pts from 21 games (2pts per win)
1991-92: 13th Fife League, 10pts from 26 games (2pts per win)
1992-93: 8th Fife League, 25pts from 26 games (2pts per win)
1993-94: 12th Fife League, 25pts from 28 games (2pts per win)
1994-95: 9th Fife League, 29pts from 28 games (2pts per win)
1995-96: 14th Fife League, 7pts from 28 games (2pts per win)
1996-97: 15th Fife League, 4pts from 28 games (2pts per win)
1997-98: 9th Fife League, 33pts from 28 games
1998-99: 7th Fife League, 38pts from 30 games (as Lochore Miners Welfare)
1999-00: 4th Fife League, 53pts from 28 games (as Lochore Miners Welfare)
2000-01: 3rd Fife League, 60 pts from 28 games (as Lochore Miners Welfare)
2001-02: 5th Fife League, 52pts from 28 games
2002-03: 4th Fife League, 38pts from 22 games
External link and main source Scottish Non League Online[[1] (http://freespace.virgin.net/snl.online/)]