Falkirk Juniors F.C.

{{short description|Association football club in Scotland}}

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clubname = Falkirk Juniors |

image = Falkirk Juniors logo.jpg |

fullname = Falkirk Juniors Football Club |

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founded = 2011 |

dissolved = 2016 |

ground = Grangemouth Stadium
Kersiebank Avenue
Grangemouth |

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manager = |

league = Scottish Junior Football Association, East Region
(2011–2016)|

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Falkirk Juniors Football Club were a Scottish football club based in the town of Grangemouth. Members of the Scottish Junior Football Association from 2011 until 2016, they played in the Scottish Junior Football Association, East Region The club was formed in 2011 to provide another option for part-time professional football in the Falkirk council area and were based at Grangemouth Stadium.[http://www.falkirkherald.co.uk/sport/local-sport/falkirk_juniors_apply_to_join_league_1_1681181 Falkirk Juniors apply to join league] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110619072745/http://www.falkirkherald.co.uk/sport/local-sport/falkirk_juniors_apply_to_join_league_1_1681181 |date=19 June 2011 }} Falkirk Herald, 16 June 2011.

Joining the Juniors in 2011, Falkirk played in the East Region South Division, finishing third in their debut season. Club founder Sonny Lejman died in October 2012 but the club continued successfully and won promotion to the East Premier League in 2015.{{Cite web|title=Boss Lejman leaves Falkirk Juniors|url=https://www.falkirkherald.co.uk/sport/football/boss-lejman-leaves-falkirk-juniors-1229566|access-date=2021-07-30|website=www.falkirkherald.co.uk|date=16 June 2016 |language=en}} They finished tenth in the East Premier League in their final season.

The club were latterly managed from June 2016 by David Lapsley who succeeded club co-founder Karl Lejman in the role, but scratched their first league match of the 2016–17 season after being unable to raise a team. Falkirk Juniors folded with immediate effect on 8 August 2016 on the eve of their second fixture, with club officials citing the inability to attract supporters as the reason.{{cite news|title=Falkirk no more as junior club is forced to fold|url=http://www.falkirkherald.co.uk/sport/football/falkirk-no-more-as-junior-club-is-forced-to-fold-1-4199589|access-date=10 August 2016|work=Falkirk Herald|date=10 August 2016}}

Previous managers were Terry Aikman (Season 2011–12), Mark Quinn (2012–13), Robert Lee (2013–14) and Lejman (2014–16).{{cite news|title=Historic day at Grangemouth for new club|url=http://www.falkirkherald.co.uk/sport/historic-day-at-grangemouth-for-new-club-1-1731870|access-date=30 June 2016|work=Falkirk Herald|date=15 July 2011}}{{cite news|last1=White|first1=Ian|title=Falkirk JFC boss resigns after Blackburn defeat|url=http://www.falkirkherald.co.uk/sport/football/exclusive-falkirk-jfc-boss-resigns-after-blackburn-defeat-1-3543577|access-date=30 June 2016|work=Falkirk Herald|date=16 September 2014}}{{cite news|title=Boss Lejman leaves Falkirk Juniors|url=http://www.falkirkherald.co.uk/sport/football/boss-lejman-leaves-falkirk-juniors-1-4156826|access-date=30 June 2016|work=Falkirk Herald|date=16 June 2016}}