Whitburn boss Darren Wilson hailed the membership's unsung heroes after watching his aspect topped East of Scotland Convention X champions.
The Burnie sensationally smashed a dozen previous Fauldhouse United in a last day 12-0 victory at Park View to pip Syngenta to the title on objective distinction as they ended their first yr in senior soccer in model.
Whitburn entered the weekend degree on factors with the Dyes however trailing by a single objective. With Syngenta internet hosting Pumpherston it was doubtless solely a big win for the Burnie would see them end the season on the high of the pile.
And whereas Syngenta picked up a 7-0 win, that proved to be not sufficient with the Burnie’s excellent dozen guaranteeing the trophy was heading to West Lothian.
He added: “Moments like this aren’t simply concerning the gamers and the membership.
“My spouse has to make large sacrifices to permit me to do that job and have that point away from her and our two children. Everybody at this membership has individuals round them who make sacrifices and quit their time.
“They put in simply as a lot effort and time and all of us see that. Hopefully this will likely be a method of repaying and thanking all of them.”
He added: “I stated final week that we’d play six up entrance and see the way it went and that’s what we did.
“The total-backs had been wingers and Andy Thomson was actually enjoying as a second central striker once we had the ball.
“We stated earlier than the sport that we wanted to go at it from the primary minute and simply preserve going. We informed them to go and assault and rating as many objectives as we will after which we’ll simply have to see the place that takes us and we did it.
“We needed to preserve going all season. Syngenta, Bo’ness Athletic and Armadale Thistle have all made it a vastly difficult and entertaining promotion race. However we all know our guys simply won't ever surrender.
“We’ve been pushed all the best way and I’m simply delighted we’ve been in a position to end it off by profitable the league.”
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