Maxwelltown Thistle FC

Maxwelltown Thistle A.F.C. are a Scottish football club currently playing in the Dumfries and District Amateur League. They re-joined the league in time for the 2007-08 season after a 43 year break from amateur football. The club has a long history of involvement in youth football and can trace its roots back to the 1930s.
History
Originally formed as a Juvenile team (U18) they played in the local Dumfries Juvenile league. The club re-formed in 1946 and played as Maxwelltown Juveniles until the 1954-55 at which point the club joined the newly formed Dumfries and District Amateur League with a name change to Maxwelltown Thistle coming at the same time. After only 3 seasons the club dropped out of the Amateur ranks and joined the newly formed Youth League.
From 1958 to 1961 the club played in the local youth league until a return to the Amateur ranks for one season in 1961-62. Returning to the youth ranks for the 1962-63 season the club continued to field a team in one or more of the age groups in youth football up until midway through the 2006-07 season at which point the team withdrew from youth football due to a lack of committee and the failing health of the mainstay of the club Billy Cross.
The Amateur team had a reasonably successful time during their first season finishing as runners-up in the league, taking their title challenge to the last game of the season and winning two cups from four cup final appearances. Their second season was even better in terms of results but was marred by an 18 point deduction for an administrative error relating to a Youth player. They featured in four finals again but won only one, mainly due to injuries and availability at the end of a busy season. The previous season saw a downturn in fortunes, mainly due to a catalogue of injuries to key players, the worst coming in April when one of the team suffererd a career ending double fracture of the tibula and fibula. The team did reach two semi-finals but failed to progress.
The club has re-grouped for the 2010/11 season and hope for a turnaround in their fortunes, many of the club's rivals have also strengthened teams and the season is expected to be heavily contested.

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