In season 1909-10 and 1910-11 Rose won the St Michael`s cup. Those successes
were the last to be won at Captains Park. Today one can still see the Roses name
carved on the bottom stem in recognition of their success.
Just before the first world war the Rose moved to Upper Mains Park on the
Bathgate road. This is the site used by the Rugby Club and it was here in 1914
they captured the Lumley Cup beating Portobello Thistle in a marathon final for
it took the Rose six hours to beat their opponents.
It was a further ten years before Rose reached another final but unfortunatly
Portobello gained revenge this time by winning the Dalmeny Cup.
Season 1924-25 brought major change to the associations setup with all the
county teams being brought together to form the West Lothian Junior League.
This change brought immediate success to the Rose when they comfortably won the
championship in its first year.
The following season the Rose travelled to Easter Road Edinburgh and defeated
Musselburgh by one goal to nil to win the Thornton Shield and in the same
season they one the County Cup beating local rivals Bo`ness Cadora in the final.
Rose`s best season followed when the St Michaels Cup, Brown Cup and the County
Cup all landed at mains park.
In 1930 another move was made this time just a few hundred yards to Lower Mains Park.
The opening of this new ground brought Bonnyrigg Rose as visitors for a league
match and just to celebrate this Linlithgow won by nine goals to one.
The next year 1931 Rose made their most famous signing when a lad called Tommy Walker
from Livingston Village joined the club.
The signing of Walker who at the time played for a club called Broxburn Ibrox was
not an easy one.
Club officials Wood and Ure were impressed by Walker`s ability and for two months
day after day they would visit the Walker household in an effort to sign the lad
but Tommy`s father was unsure and refused to allow his son to sign.
The determintion of Wood and Ure was not to be denied and with the help of
Mrs Walker Tommy signed on 1.6.31.
Tommy was nursed on by the Rose and on 5.5.32 he signed for Hearts for £35.
Because of his age though he could not be registered as a professional and he was
made a groundsman until he reached the age of 18 and could sign properly.
Tommy Walker went on to play for Scotland and will be remembered for the penalty
kick he was entrusted to take against England at Wembley. It was a very windy day
and several times the ball was blown from the spot. But finally he placed the ball
in the net giving Scotland a famous victory.
During the 1930`s the Rose failed to win a single trophy. The major talking point
being the clubs ground which was rented new owners had purchased the ground and
wanted to build a greyhound track. However a deal was struck and the club continued
to use the ground for the time being.
With the second world war being declared and restrictions placed at the time the
committee agreed to suspend all business connected with the club.
All playing equipment was removed and stored and the clubs finances lodged in
the bank at a meeting on 31.10.39 the clubs committee wound things up and set no
date for a resumption of the clubs activity`s.

With the war showing signs of ending a few Rose enthusiasts started to think of
resurrecting the club and fund raising schemes began.
In November 1945 the first meeting of the club since 31.10.39 was held and a
committee elected. The sum of £250 had been raised and the priority was to find
a suitable area for a ground to be built.
At a later meeting the club reported that a piece of land that ran alongside
the A9 trunk road next to Stockbridge Petrol Station was suitable but the ministry
of transport rejected this for fear of large crowds causing congestion on the
busy road. Enquires had moved to a piece of ground between the cemetary and
Gowanskank Gasworks, but although the ground was perfect the price was too high.
At this stage much money was required to be raised and hard working committee
men gave up their time to organize fund raisers. The main income came from a
concert held in the Victoria Hall in December 1945.
Meetings were held in the pensioners hall on cross brae and at the A.G.M.
on 21.11.46 it was stated that no definate information on the proposed ground
at Braehead Road was available. The meeting decided to put pressure on the club
laywer to finalise the purchase and it was agreed that the price be no more than £200.
At a meeting on 30.1.47 the club laywer confirmed that the ground had been
purchased for £150. An approach was made to the manager of the adjacant Glue Works
to confirm that a piece of land was still available as this was necessary in the
construction of the pitch. At a special meeting held on 13.2.47 proposals to give
the ground a name were made. Three suggestions were put forward Campbell`s Field,
Gowanstank Park and Preston Park. After a vote Preston Park won the day.
More than two years later a vote was taken to change the name to Prestonfield,
a name that the ground holds to this day. Much work was required to get the ground
licked into shape but an army of men spent countless hours to lay the foundation
of what is considered one of the finest Junior grounds in the country today.
On 1.8.49 the Rose played their first competitive match for ten years against
Forth Rangers at Firs Park Falkirk as the Grangemouth clubs ground was not ready
for the new season. Rose lost by three goals to one.
On Wednesday August 5th 1949 the big day arrived. The opening of Prestonfield the
opponents were Broxburn and 3000 thousand fans paid to see the match. The result
though was a disappointment as Rose lost 4-1.
The 3000 was a club record which held until 1965 when 3536 watched a Junior Cup
tie against Shettleston Juniors. A few years later this record was broken when
3626 paid to see Rose play Petershill a record which still stands to this day.