Mossend Swifts F.C.


Mossend Swifts were a senior football club from the shale mining village of Mossend, just to the north of the town of West Calder, West Lothian. There is now little left of this village.
A renowned cup team, they once defeated Hibernian in the Scottish Cup 2-1 in season 1888-89 at Mossend Park in front of a crowd of 2,000.
Swifts merged with local rivals West Calder F.C. in 1903, with the new club being known as West Calder Swifts, playing at West Calder's Burngrange Park home in the town.

Honours

East of Scotland Shield

Two players were capped for Scotland whilst with Mossend Swifts. Robert Boyd won two caps against Ireland in 1889 and Wales in 1891. Dave Ellis was one of 5 brothers who played for Swifts and earned his solitary cap against Ireland in 1892.