Kammala wannan jumla: Bathgate ba da daɗewa ba suka sami kansu suna fama da matsalolin kuɗi. 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. Kudaden sun kara lalacewa ta hanyar raguwa mai tsanani a cikin ƙofofi a lokacin
1926 yajin aikin ma'adinai. 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.