Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Zvisinei, Bathgate nokukurumidza yakazviwana iri kunetswa nezvinetso zvemari. 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 zvakakuvadzwazve nekuderera kwakanyanya mumasuwo mukati me
Kuramwa basa kwevashandi vomumugodhi muna 1926. Zvose zveWest Lothian League makirabhu zvakaitwa zvisingagoneki nekuderera kwemarasha emunharaunda uye shale mafuta maindasitiri. Bathgate akarega basa muligi muna Kurume 1929.