Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Bathgate ba da daɗewa ba suka sami kansu suna fama da matsalolin kuɗi, duk da haka. A cikin 1924, ƙaramar ƙungiyar Larkhall Thistle ta kawo karar Bathgate game da satar 'yan wasan su, kamar yadda ƙananan kungiyoyi suka yi fushi da cewa manyan kungiyoyi za su iya ɗaukar' yan wasan su ba tare da isasshen diyya ba. Harkokin kudi sun kara lalacewa ta hanyar raguwa a cikin ƙofofi a lokacin yakin basasa na 1926
Ka yi haƙuri. Dukkanin kungiyoyin wasannin West Lothian sun zama marasa dorewa saboda faduwar masana'antar kwal da man shale na gida. Bathgate ya yi murabus daga gasar a watan Maris na 1929.