sentences:  Founded in 1926 as an amateur side, the club stepped up to the Junior grade in 1933.In May 2020, the club confirmed they had successfully applied to join the East of Scotland Football League within the senior pyramid.There are a couple of theories of how Lochgelly Albert started the use of 'Albert', the first being that the club was named after Queen Victoria's husband, Prince Albert, adherents pointing to the fact that the original team colours of gold and black are the same as the Royal Livery at the time of Prince Albert's death in 1861.