Shotts Bon Accord F.C.


Shotts Bon Accord Football Academy are a Scottish football club based in the town of Shotts, North Lanarkshire. The club was formed in 1950 and currently competes in the.

History

In 1995 Shotts were suspended from the Central Region of the SJFA for one season, after launching court action against the organisation. The club were re-admitted to its Second Division in the 1996–97 season. Remarkably they won each of the league's three divisions in consecutive seasons upon their readmission.
Shotts have won the Scottish Junior Cup on two occasions, defeating Pumpherston Juniors 2–0 in 1958, and Auchinleck Talbot 2–1 in Scottish Junior Cup|2012].
Shotts started a Grassroots Football Academy in October 2016 and has supported Grassroots Football massively for Both Male and Female..
The Academy has 22 teams and 356 participants amongst them...
The team have been managed since May 2018 by John McKeown.

Ground

Shotts Bon Accord play at Hannah Park in Shotts. There is a local social club attached.
Also the Motherwell reserve and under-19 teams have played some of their home games at the ground.
The ground was created using local volunteer labour, one of whom - James Hannah - died of thrombosis contracted during the efforts to finish. The park is named in his honour.
As well as being a football stadium, Hannah Park has also been the host venue for the annual Shotts Highland Games.

Current squad

As of 2 August 2025

Coaching staff

PositionName
ManagerJohn McKeown
Assistant ManagerMartin Devlin
Goalkeeping CoachDerek Barnes
CoachWilliam McElholm

Honours

Scottish Junior Cup
West of Scotland Cup
  • Winners: 1963–64
Lanarkshire [Junior Football League|Lanarkshire League]
  • Champions: 1957–58, 1960–61, 1961–62, 1962–63, 1964–65, 1966–67, 1967–68
  • League Cup winners: 1951–52, 1957–58, 1959–60, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1966–67, 1967–68
Central League
  • Premier Division champions: 1998–99
  • Division One champions: 1987–88, 1997–98
  • Division Two champions: 1996–97
  • C Division champions: 1976–77
  • League Cup winners: 1993–94
  • Sectional League Cup winners: 1984–85, 1988–89, 1997–98, 2010–11
  • Lanarkshire Junior Cup winners: 1960–61, 1962–63
  • Lanarkshire Hozier Cup winners: 1963–64