(30/8/05)

Karaoke
A reminder that this Friday sees a karaoke night for fans at Cliftonhill kicking off at 7.30pm, the night shall be attended by the players and no doubt Mr. Chapman too! As Scotland are playing the following day Rovers don't have a game that weekend. Chic Young is your host and rumour has that the club chairman may be behind the bar, admission is £5!

There are 50 tickets and many have been sold already - to reserve yours phone the club on 606334.

(27/8/05)

Away Defeat
Rovers this afternoon suffered their first league defeat away from home since 20th of November. They lost 3-1 to Queen's Park ending another run at the same time, namely 10 matches unbeaten at Hampden.

It was the proverbial game of two halves with Rovers leading 1-0 at half-time but being 2-1 down within 5 minutes of the restart, losing a further goal on the 90 minute mark when pressing for an equaliser.

(25/8/05)

Quiz
As previously advised Friday the 16th of September sees quiz night arranged by the supporters trust at Cliftonhill, 5 teams of 5 people with an entry charge of £10 per team are required to go head to head with 5 teams from Airdrie United's supporters trust.

Chappie's Chat
The fifth edition of Chappie's Chat is now online for your perusal!

(20/8/05)

Supporters Trust
The Albion Rovers Supporters' Trust committee is delighted to announce that the formal incorporation process has now been completed, therefore it's all systems go! In addition we have now taken delivery of membership cards which shall be distributed shortly.

Stenny Win
League leaders Stenhousemuir won 2-0 at Cliftonhill today - their 2nd goal coming from former Rovers captain Jim Mercer.

A full match report with pics shall be on the website tomorrow.

Volunteers Wanted
Able-bodied volunteers are requested to help Jim Chapman transport some "Astroturf" to Cliftonhill. Anybody able to help is requested to turn up at Cliftonhill on Wednesday (24th) at around 9am - a truck shall be leaving from the ground to collect it and folk are required to help, although they may well be most helpful when the material arrives at Cliftonhill. The turf shall not be getting laid on the pitch but shall be getting used for training and warming-up on. If possible please let us know by email if you intend going so that we can plan accordingly!

Bell's Pull-Out
After something like 7 years sponsoring the Scottish Football League distillers Bell's have announced that the shall not be renewing their contract at the end of the season. Unless a replacement sponsor can be found for next season the finances of all SFL clubs would be severely impacted.

(19/8/05)

New Signing
Stephen Donachy aged 22 who is listed as a midfield/forward has put pen to paper, he was formerly with youth side Harmony Row from whom Rovers also signed Gordon Lennon. Whether he'll feature tomorrow is not known (by me anyway).

Chappie's Chat
The fourth edition of Chappie's Chat is now online for your perusal, as promised it answers questions emailed to the head-coach.

(16/8/05)

Chairman's Interview
As promised we have now published an interview with newly appointed chairman Frank Meade.

Click here to read it!

(14/8/05)

Chairman's Interview
Due to work and football commitments your webmaster hasn't yet collated his notes to print this interview but rest assured it shall be on the site on Monday evening.

Social "Fixtures" Announced
No less than 2 soirées have been arranged for September. Firstly a karaoke night for fans at Cliftonhill on Friday 2nd which shall be attended by the players and no doubt Mr. Chapman too! As Scotland are playing the following day Rovers don't have a game that weekend. Prices to be confirmed later!

Secondly on Friday 16th a quiz night has been arranged by the supporters trust at Cliftonhill, 5 teams of 5 people with an entry charge of £10 per team are required to go head to head with 5 teams from Airdrie United's supporters trust. A warning to those of a sensitive constitution Rovers are at Elgin the following day!

Ask Chappie
A reminder that as advertised in the latest Chappie' Chat our head-coach :

Next week’s column will be “Ask the Manager” time. I should be grateful if you could e-mail questions to (now deleted) and these will be passed to me for comment. A deadline of Wednesday 5pm will ensure that I answer as many as I can. I will endeavour to answer all the questions submitted but be aware that any questions that are negative or detrimental will not be included. This is an opportunity for genuine Rovers fans to ask about life at Rovers, not a forum to question decisions and criticise tactics. I know that the real fans amongst you will play by the rules. I hope you do as I have always maintained that I want open channels of communication.

I look forward (with a degree of trepidation) to your questions…

Jim

(13/8/05)

A Win on the Road
Rovers kept up their bizarrely good away record which last saw them losing on 20th November 2004 while away from home. Jim Chapman's lads kept plugging away for the win and the celebrations after the opening goal would have graced any world cup one. The win puts Rovers third in the table albeit after only the second league match, Rovers are hosts to second placed Stenhousemuir next Saturday.

A full match report with pics will be on the site tomorrow.

(12/8/05)

Chappie's Chat
The third edition of Chappie's Chat is now online for your perusal.

Frank Talking
New chairman of the board Frank Meade today gave the website an interview about him and his ambitions for the club. This shall be on the website later.

(10/8/05)

Gretna'd
As expected Albion Rovers exited the CIS cup at home to Gretna in the first round tonight. The scoreline was 2 - 1 to the border club which is a creditable improvement on last years league meetings between the clubs which saw Rovers lose 6 goals on 3 occasions and 5 the other time.

It was a lacklustre game with little in the way of atmosphere Rovers shots were few and far between but a late strike by Chisholm gave home fans heart before Mr. Hardie blew the final whistle.

(6/8/05)

New Chairman
Frank Meade has been appointed chairman of Albion Rovers F.C., Frank who only became a director this year is also the driving force behind the Supporters Trust. We wish him the best!

Opener Drawn
Rovers opened their league campaign with a 2-2 draw against bookies favourites to win the championship Arbroath. Although Rovers opened the scoring it took an equaliser 2 minutes from the end for them to gain a point.

(4/8/05)

Volunteers Wanted
As you will no doubt know by now Rovers brand spanking new programme (£1) will go on sale this Saturday. The partly colour production has been completely revamped by the Supporters' Trust and we would like this to reach the widest possible audience. We are looking for volunteers to sell it, if anyone would like to sell it at every home game (from around 45 mins before kick-off onwards) or would like to go on a rota to do it occasionally please let us know! That perennial programme seller Tommy Cooper shall be continuing in that capacity, the intention is not to replace him.

Pics
Club photographer Jane Knox was on hand tonight to take player mugshots for use in the programme and on this website. Player profiles shall be updated on Friday.

Injury
Striker George Wallace is expected to be missing for several weeks due to sustaining ligament damage in a non-footy related fall.

(3/8/05)

Meet And Greet
This is the information on a flyer being distributed ahead of Saturday' match about the event mentioned in Chappie's Chat last week.

Saturday, 6^th August, 3 P.M.

Come to Cliftonhill this Saturday and meet the new Albion Rovers squad. First home match of the season versus Arbroath at 3pm followed by a meet and greet in the club canteen after the match. This is a unique opportunity to meet the team : don’t miss out.

Cup Draw
Rovers have been drawn at home to Hamilton Accies in the first round of the Reserve League Cup, ties to be played by 31st October.

(2/8/05)

On The Move
With the majority of last season's squad having left for pastures new we thought it'd be good to catalogue their and any other former Cliftonhill boys who've moved clubs this close-season. As you'll see from the list the vast majority of matches this season will pit us against one or more of our old boys - some such as Elgin already had a few.

John Bradford - East Fife
Peter Cormack - Arbroath
Chris Fahey - Stenhousemuir
Kevin McBride - Cowdenbeath
Marc McKenzie - Stenhousemuir
Paul McLaughlin - Maryhill Juniors
Jim Mercer - Stenhousemuir
Kerr Potter - Musselburgh Athletic
Chris Silvestro - Raith Rovers
Jordan Smith - Arbroath
Mark Booth - Elgin City from Forfar Athletic
Iain Diack - East Stirlingshire from Morton
Euan Donaldson - East Fife from Arbroath
Stuart Easton - Elgin City from Stenhousemuir
Ally Graham - East Stirlingshire from Queen's Park
Ian Harty - Hamilton Accies from Clyde
Martin Harty - Bathgate Thistle from Elgin City
Todd Lumsden - Raith Rovers from Hamilton Accies
Paul McManus - Raith Rovers from Stranraer
Scott Shearer - Bristol Rovers from Coventry

No doubt we've missed some - don't hesitate to email us!

(1/8/05)

Supporters' Trust
The Trust page has been updated.

Profiles
Although we wait in-depth detail and photos we do at least now have a list of the playing staff with some basic detail.

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