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Albion Rovers Football Club (Albion Rovers F.C.) come the Scottish football team from a North Lanarkshire town of Coatbridge, who presently swimming in the Scottish Football League. It're presently managed by Jim Chapman. Their residence bowl is Cliftonhill which was opened on Christmas Day 1919.

A club come presently shopping for plans to redevelop their sports stadium, a project involves merchandising a share of the land for utilise for agents. a funds gained would build a fresh have & probably set up the latest unreal pitch.

History
A club was formed by using a merger of Albion & Rovers within 1882 and admitted to the Scottish Football League in 1903. It play withinside red & yellow strips getting changed from either blue & whiten ones in 1961. Their greatest claim to fame is that it were Scottish Cup runners up inside year 1919-20, losing in the final to Kilmarnock F.C..

Famed players in the club's retiring include previous Celtic & Scotland manager Jock Stein, Bernie Slaven, Peter Dickson, John "Jock" White (a sole streaming video player capped for Scotl& spell by owning the club), Tony Green and Jim Dark brown too when numbers of thomas more.

Rovers (when their fans like a team to exist as referred, like than Albion) contested a 2004-05 season in the Third Division and have twice in the endure couple of years been denied promotion on the final day of the year.

Around early 2005 the class action of fans install Albion Rovers Supporters' Trust by using a see to raising money to gain the club & local community.

Honours

Section Deuce: 1933/34

2nd Section: 1988/89

Club Records

Majors win: 12-0 .v. Airdriehill

Majors loss: One-11 .v. Partick Thistle F.C.

Large residence attendance: 27,381 .v. Rangers F.C., 1936

Record Scorer: John Renwick (41, 1932/33)

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