(29/10/07)

Rovers face 'Shire
Rovers have been drawn against East Stirlingshire in the 3rd round of the Scottish Cup to be played at Cliftonhill on Saturday 24th November. This shall be only the 3rd Scottish Cup meeting of the 2 clubs and Rovers won both previous encounters (3-0 at Firs Park in January 1977 in the 3rd round and 2-0 at Cliftonhill in February 1953 in the 2nd round).

East Stirlingshire have never beaten Rovers in a cup competition although they currently sit a couple of places above us in the table having gained two points more thus far!

(28/10/07)

Cup Draw
The draw for the 3rd round of the sponsorless Scottish Cup takes place at the National Stadium tomorrow (Monday) at 2pm. 

The winners from round two, namely Whitehill Welfare, Buckie Thistle, East Stirlingshire, Cove Rangers, Edinburgh University, Linlithgow Rose, Montrose/Pollok, Forfar Athletic/Dumbarton, East Fife, Dalbeattie Star, Culter, Stranraer, Arbroath, Threave Rovers and Huntly go into the pot along with Rovers and all 10 second division teams.

Jimmy Lawson
The former Cliftonhill stalwart who retired a month ago remains in hospital. Ward 17 of the Monklands Hospital is where to find him or send him a card!

Del Departs
Club physio Derek Kelly has left the club after many years in that position, the sometime coach was also briefly caretaker manager before current incumbent John McCormack took over the reigns. He steps down due to increasing work and family commitments.

BBC
As the more astute of you will have noticed the BBC had a camera at the Burntisland cup match on Saturday. Quite when any highlights shall be broadcast is unclear but keeping an eye on Reporting Scotland on Monday night between 6.30 and 7pm would seem sensible. BBC1 Scotland (channel 971 on Sky if you're not in Scotland).

(23/10/07)

Cowboy
A summary of the question and answer session with the management can be accessed here.

L107
As you may know each Friday between 6pm and 7pm our local radio station L107 broadcast interviews with managers of Lanarkshire teams. This can be heard on your radio (if local) and live online. If however you're unable to listen at the time you can hear the only bit Rovers fans will be interested in on this site (after the event of course). Last Fridays Cowboys comments are available here.

(14/10/07)

Sponsorship Deal
The club have struck a £30,000 deal with Airdrie based callcentre firm beCogent which has enabled gaffer John McCormack to give up his day job with British Gas to work full-time with the local community.

(6/10/07)

A Tale of Two Penalties
The potential roadwork delays on the journey to Methil was on many peoples minds prior to kick-off but it was on-field problems that dominated the day. Firstly Rovers fans joined in the 1 minute celebration in memory of a recently deceased East Fife official then several minutes after kick-off Rovers fans were unceremoniously moved en-mass to the far end of the stand. This afforded them a poor view of proceedings at the other end of the pitch which Rovers were attacking in the opening 45 minutes and served no useful purpose whatsoever. Why this was done we were not told, if so important why were fans not directed to that section on entering (at completely the opposite end of the ground at the only open turnstiles).

Rovers were awarded a penalty for some infringement which few if anyone other than the referee saw. Roddy Hunter placed it too near McCulloch who stopped it. Ciaran Donnelly was sent off before half-time in an apparent case of mistaken identity when a hand (largely thought to be attached to an East Fife player) touched the ball in Rovers box, this penalty was converted. A blatant hand-ball by a home player was ignored by the referee who awarded a free-kick against Rovers.

It was all downhill from there for a Rovers side featuring no less than three new players. Ally Martin, 'keeper Tony Mitchell who as a youngster was on the books at Cliftonhill and John Gemmell.

After five straight defeats another one on Tuesday at home to Forfar Athletic by two or more clear goals would see Rovers sink to bottom of the table.

(4/10/07)

CCTV
As promised by Alfred McAlpine after the spate of vandalism during the close season CCTV has now been installed at Cliftonhill. Regrettably this was just too late to capture the latest incident in which the disused starters box formerly used by the greyhound racing organisation was set on fire. As this box is situated on the disused terracing at the opposite side of the pitch from the stand the collateral damage was minimal.

The system is up and running and could well be boosted by additional cameras to provide more detailed coverage of the stadium.

(2/10/07)

Scottish Cup Draw
The draw for the 2nd round of the Scottish Cup has given Rovers a home tie to amateur side Burntisland Shipyard. The Fife side play at Recreation Ground Burntisland and were established in 1919 (the same year Rovers became a company and moved into Cliftonhill). It was a weekly subscription from workers in the shipyard that paid to set up the club (and other recreational and sporting institutions) and they kept going even after the shipyard itself closed in 1969.

East Fife
Before kick-off on Saturday in Methil there shall be a minutes celebration to celebrate the life of the Fifers Hon. Vice President Jeek Fleming who passed away recently.

(1/10/07)

Match Rescheduled
The postponed Forfar match has been rearranged Tuesday 9th October with a 7.45 kick off.

 

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