(27/2/07)

Match Off
Tonight's match against Stenhousemuir has been postponed due to a waterlogged pitch. It has already been rescheduled for Tuesday 20th March with a 7.30 kick-off.

Kit
As the match didn't go ahead the 125th anniversary kit went unrevealed. The design has however been described as follows :

Shirt     Yellow front and back with blue side panels and Reigart on front with '125 years' under club badge

Shorts  Blue with yellow side inserts above hem

Socks   Blue with yellow calf flashes

Hampden Bus
The supporters bus to Hampden this Saturday leaves from Owen's at 1.30pm.

(26/2/07)

Lennon Injury
It's reported that Gordon Lennon could be out for 6 weeks with a torn hamstring obtained on Saturday in the match against East Fife. That timetable would give the influential defender only the final two games of the season, excepting play-offs.

(24/2/07)

Dreech Day
Is was a dreech day at Cliftonhill which saw Rovers lose 3-0 to an East Fife side who hadn't won since December 2nd. Rovers would have leapfrogged the Fifers in the league if they'd won but it never looked likely in the often heavy downpour!

Anniversary Kit To Be Revealed
This Tuesdays' match at Cliftonhill against Stenhousemuir shall see the launch of the strip to commemorate the 125th anniversary of the club. Although strictly "eyes only" at the moment it seems the colours shall not, as previously thought revert to the pre-1961 colors of blue and white. Instead it's expected to be red and yellow in hue. The kit shall be modelled at half-time by a player, the club hope to wear it for real in the last (barring play-offs) match of the season at home to East Stirlingshire on 28th April.

Race Night
A reminder that this Friday (2nd March) sees the Albion Rovers Supporters' Trust race night commencing at 7.30pm. Tickets are £2 per person from committee members and admission includes pie and peas. The trust have obtained a drinks licence for this event on the off chance that anyone wants a refresher!

The races involve horses and are shown on the big screen in Chic's Cafe! There shall also be a raffle with some unusual prizes as well as bottles of drink!

(16/2/07)

Rearranged
The Stenhousemuir match postponed last Saturday shall be played on Tuesday 27th February at Cliftonhill with a 7.30 pm kick-off.

Award
Rovers gaffer Jim Chapman has been chosen as the division 3 manager of the month award for January. The month saw Rovers win four and draw one league match scoring 15 and losing 5 in the process.

(10/2/07)

Match Off
Today's match at Cliftonhill against Stenhousemuir has been postponed due to a frozen pitch. The game will be rescheduled by the SFL who are likely to pick Tuesday 20th March, watch this space!

(9/2/07)

Weather Watch
Tomorrows match at Cliftonhill versus Stenhousemuir is in doubt due to freezing conditions in Coatbridge. An inspection shall be made at 10am to see if the surface is sufficiently soft for the match to be played.

BBC Coverage
Pat Rolink and club mascot Wee Rover were out and about in Coatbridge drumming up interest in the forthcoming Stenhousemuir match and their unusual method of doing so can be seen HERE from the Scottish news.

(7/2/07)

Lindsay Charged
It's been reported that former Cliftonhill youth development officer Jimmy Lindsay has been charged by the police with theft of heart monitors from the club. Lindsay left Rovers when the youth system was discontinued and took up a similar role with Montrose in the summer, he recently departed from Montrose under mysterious circumstances and was last week announced as new under 15's coach for Celtic.

(3/2/07)

Rock-y 2 Minutes
A 2 minute period after the break sunk Rovers at the Strathclyde Homes Stadium in which Rovers gifted 2 goals to Dumbarton. A huge travelling support within a bumper 745 crowd were left disappointed. Rovers drop 3 places to 6th in the table as a result. New boy John McGoldrick was given 35 minutes from the bench.

A match report shall be on the site later!

Off The Ball
Club director Pat Rolink was on the BBC Radio Scotland programme "Off The Ball", the programme can be heard online until next Friday by clicking HERE. Things mentioned include redeveloping the stadium, share issues, community workers who could be part-time players for the club working in local schools too.

(2/2/07)

Chappie's Chat
The latest monthly edition of Chappie's Chat has been posted on the site tonight. In it Jim concentrates on the transfer window activity and reveals his own development is also progressing.

Click HERE to see what the gaffer is saying!

(1/2/07)

Bids rejected
Yesterday - the final day of the transfer window Rovers received a bid from Airdrie United for Gordon Lennon who'd spent some time training with the 1st division side last week. A bid for goalmachine Scott Chaplain was received from 1st division outfit Clyde with whom he had spent a week training recently. Both bids were rejected "out of hand" by the club, general manager John Reynolds stating he thought them "derisory and insulting".

Incoming
Rovers have signed 18 year-old goalkeeper David Scott from Clyde. The 6 foot 1 lad was formerly in Rovers youth side leaving in August 2005 to head for Broadwood.

Also arriving at Cliftonhill is another 18 year-old John McGoldrick who is on loan from Partick Thistle until the end of the season. The 6 foot striker formerly featured in the Scotland under 17 side so shows some promise!

photo courtesy of www.ptfc.co.uk

(30/1/07)

Supporters' Trust Race Night
The race night has been confirmed as Friday 2nd March at Cliftonhill. The ticket price has been set at £2 which includes pie and peas, horses are available at £3 each for which you name the horse and win a decent prize (bottle of spirits usually) if your cuddy romps home!

There are 8 races with 8 horses in each and each race requires a sponsor who will put up the prize for the owner of the horse which wins the race that bears their name. Prizes are expected to be of a decent standard and shall no doubt generally be a bottle of spirits. Race cards showing the runners and their sponsors shall of course be issued free of charge. As previously mentioned the trust expects to have a drinks licence for the night.

Last years event was a success financially and socially for the trust and indeed some of the lucky punters!

Contact the trust by email or in person at a match (you know who we are by now surely!) to buy tickets and sponsor a horse or race. Contact details on the Trust Page.

Dumbarton Travel Info
As you may well know there shall be no supporters' bus to Dumbarton this Saturday due to the direct rail link. Four trains an hour run from Coatdyke, Coatbridge Sunnyside and Blairhill to Dumbarton East which is around a 10 minute walk from the Strathclyde Homes Stadium.

Trains from Sunnyside depart at 1 minute, 16 minutes, 31 minutes and 46 minutes past each hour taking 50 or 57 minutes to reach Dumbarton East depending on which you take. Trains from Blairhill depart 3 minutes later and Coatdyke ones leave 2 minutes earlier than from Sunnyside.

Adult fares are £5.10 from Sunnyside, £5.00 from Blairhill and £5.20 from Coatdyke.

On the return 16.57, 17.04 and 17.27 are the trains to go for! Full train info can be found HERE.

Admission to the match is £10 adults and £5 OAP's and under 16's.

Please note that anybody wishing a drink before the match is recommended to go to the Rock Bowling Club which is 100 yards or so further on from the ground.

If you have any difficulty finding the ground once alighting from the train just head for the huge rock with a castle on top and you can't go wrong as the ground is at its foot!

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