Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Bathgate nokukurumidza vakazviwana vamene vachidzvinyirirwa nezvinetso zvemari, zvisinei. Muna 1924, kirabhu yechidiki Larkhall Thistle yakaunza nyaya inopesana neBathgate yekubiridzira vatambi vavo, sezvo makirabhu madiki akatsamwira chokwadi chekuti makirabhu makuru anogona kutora vatambi vavo pasina muripo wakakwana. Zvemari zvakakuvadzwa zvikuru nekuderera kwakakomba mumasuo mukati mekuramwa basa kwevashandi vemumigodhi muna 1926
. Zvose zveWest Lothian League makirabhu zvakaitwa zvisingagoneki nekuderera kwemarasha emunharaunda uye shale mafuta maindasitiri. Bathgate akarega basa muligi muna Kurume 1929.