Easthouses Lily Miners Welfare F.C.
association football club
Easthouses Lily Miners Welfare Football Club are a Scottish football club, based in the Midlothian town of Easthouses. The team currently plays in the East of Scotland League First Division, having moved from the junior leagues in 2018. The club was formed in 1950, following the establishment of the Easthouses Colliery earlier in the 20th century. Home matches are played at Newbattle Complex.
In May 2019 the club became a full member of Scottish Football Association.
History
Original Junior club
Easthouses Lily F.C. were originally formed in 1950 and competed in the Edinburgh and District Junior League, a forerunner of today's East Region Junior leagues.
Their first season as a Junior club was 1950–51 and was their best, finishing as runners-up to Newtongrange Star in the Mid/East Division, with Star going onto lift the Championship after beating West Division winners Camelon Juniors in the play-off.
The following few seasons saw finishes in the top half of the league including fourth place in 1953–54, however life was always difficult living in the shadow of neighbours Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic, Newtongrange Star and Dalkeith Thistle, and the bottom half of the table gradually became the norm.
Season 1958–59 saw the club reach the Quarter-Finals of the Scottish Junior Cup. A 3–1 win in the first round over local rivals Dalkeith Thistle was followed up with a 4–3 win at Camelon in the second, they received a bye in the third round, the fourth round Lily recorded a 4–1 win at Murray Park over Inverurie Locos before a narrow 1–0 home win over West Calder United in the fifth round led to a Quarter Final meeting at Shettleston, which they lost 3–0.
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