BONNYRIGG, Scotland (AP) — A lowly Scottish soccer club, which once had “James Bond” actor Sean Connery on its books, has been given a six-point deduction for having a sloping field.

Bonnyrigg have appealed for donations to help resolve the problem Scottish League Two club Bonnyrigg Rose have been deducted six points - because of the slope on their New Dundas Park pitch.

A Scottish football club where James Bond star Sir Sean Connery was once a player has launched a fundraiser to fix a slope on its pitch. Bonnyrigg Rose received a six-point deduction on Tuesday ...

The impressive Premier Sports Cup win over Clyde in ... Although he was born and bred in Bonnyrigg and was kitman when the local club won the first of two Scottish Junior Cups in 1966, he followed ...

It really was the perfect day for Bonnyrigg Rose midfielder Ross Gray as the club picked up a first-ever ... playing the sides we did in the Premier Sports Cup and then to have over a thousand ...

Bonnyrigg Rose have been hit with a six point deduction for breaching SPFL rules due to the pitch at New Dundas Park. The League Two club saw the SFA downgrade their club license from the ...

The club captain will lead his team ... Jonny Stewart, left, picks up possession during Bonnyrigg Rose's 3-1 defeat to Greenock Morton in the Premier Sports Cup. Picture: Joe Gilhooley LRPS ...

“I was quite lucky that my father was on the committee when the club started up again just after the Second World War,” Bonnyrigg club historian Nat Fisher told Telegraph Sport. “We played ...

Scottish League Two club Bonnyrigg Rose have been deducted six points - because of the slope on their New Dundas Park pitch. And the Midlothian club has launched a fundraising campaign to pay for ...