Thornton is a village in Fife, located between Kirkcaldy and Glenrothes, which stands between the River Ore and Lochty Burn.
Thornton Hibs formed in 1935, winning the Fife Cup in their debut season, followed by the Fife League East title in 1937–38. Hibs won the Fife Junior Football League in 1952–53, and won the league and cup double in 1958–59, then a third title in 1968–69 and also completed a hat-trick of Fife Cup’s in 1975.
The Scottish Junior Football Association restructured for the 2006–07 season, and Hibs found themselves in the 12-team East Region - Central Division, becoming champions in 2009-10, prior to this they won the East Fife title in 2003-04.
As far as the holy grail of the Scottish Junior Cup is concerned, the closest Hibs came was In 2008. They were knocked out by Cumnock in the semi-finals, losing 3-0 in extra time, after being reduced to ten men, losing their goalkeeper in the 89th minute when it was still 0-0. Their last honours in the Junior set up was the SJFA East North in 2014–15, before successfully applying to join the seniors in the East of Scotland Football League in 2020.
Memorial Park
Old Main Street,
Thornton, KY1 4AL
Total Scottish grounds visited 130
Current East of Scotland grounds visited 29/47
The ground has a covered terrace enclosure behind the team benches. This neighbours the changing room block, which has an overhanging roof and a few steps, which leads to the refreshment kiosk. On the opposite side is a wooden stand with bench seats and standing room.
Thornton Hibs 3 Luncarty 2
East of Scotland First Division matchday 29
2nd v 16th
1430 ko
Att.150hc
Admission £8 Pin badge £3
Luncary didn't play like a team at the bottom of the league. They twice took the lead, but Hibs hit back twice with headers by Cunningham. The hosts clinched it at the end of added on time, when Drummond latched onto the end of a corner kick at the far post.
0-1 Fraser Smith 35’
1-1 Sean Cunningham 42’
1-2 Aaron Rae 68’
2-2 Sean Cunningham 80’
3-2 Stuart Drummond 90+2’
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164 miles door-to-door
0912 train Newcastle - Edinburgh. Return on 2016 - 2154
On arrival in Edinburgh I had a look around the record shops and stopped for a coffee, before meeting James at Waverley to catch the 1219 into the Kingdom of Fife. The hour-long train journey worked up a thirst, so we had a couple of pints in the Station Hotel before the match, which is the only remaining pub in Thornton.We called back after the game, then caught the 1700 back to the capital, going to two pubs I hadn't been to before - Teuchters and The Voyage of Buck. Finally, before going for the train home, I had a pint in Mathers, where we saw former Celtic and Scotland favorite Scott Brown amongst the clientele.
An enjoyable (but bitter cold) day out and I'll be back up north next week for my last trip of the season.
