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official matchday programme | 2018-19 |saturday& White1 september 2018 | issue4 | £2 v stirling AlBiOn www.elgincity.net | 1 SPFL 2.indd 1 03/06/2015 11:16 & Established 1974 DOMESTIC COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL • All Electrical Works • All Plumbing and Heating Works • Various Electrical Testing • Boiler Servicing and Maintenance • “Ex” Hazardous Area Works • New/Upgrading of Heating Systems • Fire Alarms and Security • Air and Ground Source Heat • Fibre Optic Installation & Repairs Pump Installers • CAT5 & 6 Network Cabling • Solar Thermal • Landlord Property Surveys • Solid Fuel Heating Systems • Air Handling Units Maintenance and Servicing 4 Moycroft Industrial Estate . Elgin . Moray . IV30 1XZ Tel: 01343 545837 . Fax: 01343 552296 [email protected] . www.mcdonaldandmunro.co.uk National Inspection Council for Electrical Installation Contracting Approved Contractor 2 | www.elgincity.net director’sGraham box Tatters Good afternoon everyone. Let’s start by corner. our squad looks as good as it has apologising for the debacle of last week’s done for several years. we have a good postponement. I can assure you all that balance and the arrival greg morrison on the pitch was in no worse state than the loan from ross county will strengthen the previous home games. The referee had forward options available to the manager. his attention drawn back to an area he it looks as though the league is going to had already passed and upon further be really competitive, several teams have inspection, he deemed it a danger to the recruited well and we have to make sure we players and the match was called off. stay in touch throughout the season and be ready for the play-offs or better. the club has followed the same procedure in post-season pitch maintenance for the elgin sports community trust is the last seven years. it has not been a continuing its efforts to acquire lesser problem until this year and that was due borough briggs. dave allen is leading to the lack of rain, nothing else. before the project and following the award of keyboard warriors jump on the bandwagon charitable status, he has prepared and just look around and see the effects of the submitted (after several iterations) the lack of rain in the local area before offering business case to moray council and it criticisms. luckily the club is blessed with is hoped that it will be accepted soon to a majority of supporters and volunteers enable the trust to complete a community who do not see the problems but solutions. asset transfer of this land. elgin city, like thanks to them all. every sports loving individual, should be thankful for the efforts dave has put in, on monday, with the help of steven working tirelessly for a year, trying to bring mcKidd, we managed to remove much of this project to fruition. the excess grit that was on the surface i heard the sad news this week that one of and on tuesday, the SPFL’s operations & our oldest supporters, russell simpson, events manager, anton fagan, arranged for has passed away. our deepest condolences douglas ross to inspect it. thankfully, he to his family, he will be missed by all at the has declared it playable, so let’s hope we club. get a bit of rain to soften it up a bit too. as ever i sign off thanking you all for we welcome today’s visitors stirling attending today; we would be in a pretty albion, a club with a wonderful pedigree poor state without your fantastic support. who will not be without a point for long. i just hope it’s not today that they turn the www.elgincity.net | 3 C l u B D i r e C t O r y CluB PhOtOgrapher bob crombie elgin City tV louise shaw ChAirmAn PrOgrAmme EditOr graham tatters mike whelan DireCtOrs stadium ManAger isla benzie, cecil Jack, graham mutch, cecil Jack grant shewan Kit seCretAry John Jack Keiran carty seCurity ManAger martyn hunter (consultant) gavin price craigh stewart, steven hamilton AssistAnt ManAger grOunD Keith gibson borough briggs, elgin, iV30 1ap PrinCipal DoctOr contact dr James Jack telephone: 01343 551114 PhysiOs email: [email protected] andy Jones, eilidh paterson CLUB STEWArD football academy mAnAger Kerri robson robbie hope SociAl CluB COmmunity Football mAnAger rose turner, linda mcKee craigh stewart Main SponsOr ChilD PrOteCtiOn OFFICER mcdonald and munro electrical robbie hope engineers and contractors Disability OffiCer reAr shirt sponsOrs bryan easson caledonia property maintenance CLUB PASTOr riverside Kitchens norman hill shOrts sponsOr SUPPORTERS LIAISOn/ ADministrAtiOn bell group (elgin) aimee walker 4 | www.elgincity.net from theGavin dug PriceOut s ti r li n G a L b I o n a Lw a y s gi v e u s a T o u G h G a m e a n d T o d a y w ill b e n o d I f f e r e n T It was good to get off the mark our way when the referee awarded with a win over edinburgh City in a penalty after a clear foul on brian our first home League game. cameron. however after consulting his assistant, that decision was it was a hard-fought match as the overturned. visitors had clearly strengthened over the summer and the fact we didn’t let that setback upset that they have won their other our rhythm and we were rewarded three league games underlines when chris mcleish netted after what a good three points that was. good work by shane sutherland. a chances were at a premium in a welcome three points away from tight game but we won it with what home and that clean sheet is a was probably our best move of the definite bonus. match so that was particularly satisfying. on the back of those performances, the players were really up for the after that game i rested some of the cowdenbeath game last saturday players for our irn bru cup meeting so it was a massive disappointment here with first division arbroath as that it didnt go ahead. i felt it was important that we give some game time to other players still, we used that opportunity in the squad. it was another good to have a good session with the performance and i thought our play players and build on the valuable merited the draw that darryl’s late work we’ve been able to do with header gave us. the entire squad in the sessions at aviemore. it was disappointing not to go through to the next round but i today we face one of my old clubs, have to be pleased with the shift stirling albion. they’ll be desperate that the players put in on the night. to get some points on the board. they always give us a tough game and so to albion rovers. we started and, whatever the league table may strongly and missed several first- suggest, this afternoon will be no half chances but looked to be on different. www.elgincity.net | 5 WelcomeStirling Albion to L o o k I n G for a resu lt T o k ic k s Ta r T T h e I r s e a s o n four straight League defeats is not been kyle banner – the 19 year-old is a graduate the start that binos’ boss dave mackay of stirling’s youth programme. would have wanted. Their cause hasn’t been helped by a number of injuries Cammy Thomson – 18 year-old former st including last season’s leading scorer Johnstone u20 player who arrived in the darren Lee smith, who made his first summer. appearance of the season from the bench Jason marr - tall 29 year-old central in last week’s 2-0 defeat by Peterhead. despite that result against the blue Toon, boss mackay noted an improved level of performance from his team and albion look to have too much quality to spend much longer in the division’s nether region. Goal Calum ferrie – 20 year-old former port vale youth player who joined dundee in 2016 from whom he is currently on loan to albion. Cammy binnie – 20 year-old graduate of the bino’s youth set-up. defence ross mcGeachie - former hamilton accies youth player who usually operates at right- back. Jordan allan – 22 year-old left-back, successfully converted from the front line by city last season. Lee hamilton – 22 year-old central defender in his second spell at forthbank. darren lee smith he’s also played for berwick rangers. 6 | www.elgincity.net defender who began with celtic but really established himself in a five-year spell at alloa. he joined stirling from albion rovers in the summer. darren barr – 33 year-old who has great experience with falkirk, hearts, Kilmarnock, ross county, dumbarton and morton. barr was a full scotland cap in 2008, having previously represented his country at ‘b’ level a year earlier. midfield danny Jardine - 20 year-old summer capture from st Johnstone. he played on loan at forthbank last term dominic docherty - 21 year-old former partick and Queen’s park midfielder who arrived in the close season. willie robertson – 25 year-old who joined dave mackay stirling after appearing as a trialist against city back in July 2014. he’s also played for annan. forwards 36 year-old dave mackay took charge at forthbank in november 2016 following mark stewart – much-travelled 30 year- the departure of stuart mcLaren. old summer arrival who’s played for half- a-dozen clubs in all four SPFL divisions a full-back or central-defender, his senior and also had spells with derry city and playing career had begun at dundee back bradford city.