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    The Arbroath Thread

    in Scottish Championship General Chatter

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    I wouldn't read too much into the amount of signings.   I think when you look at all the other clubs in the division, we had one of the smallest amount of players departing due to the quality we already have and on longer deals, for example where as Airdrie may have brought in 11 players, they let go of 12.

    Dick and Pick after quality.  We have a strong squad of 17

    Departures (including loans)

    Airdrieonians - 12

    Arbroath - 6

    Brechin City - 13

    Dumbarton - 21

    East Fife - 15

    Forfar Athletic - 10

    Montrose - 7

    Raith Rovers - 14

    Stenhousemuir - 12

    Stranraer - 13

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    The Alloa Athletic Thread

    in Scottish League 1 General Chatter

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    Hello,

    Sorry for jumping into your thread, but I did see the pitch narrowing story and thought it was interesting as the Lichties maybe the first club to experience it in the Betfred Cup.

    When you did it before were you playing without wingers?  Did you see a vast change in how you set up your team from before and after?

    It's an interesting test / theory and will keep an eye on how it works out for you.  

    Although isn't the pitch at Glebe Park one of the narrowest in Scotland? That didn't help Brechin.

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    The Arbroath Thread

    in Scottish Championship General Chatter

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    You can tell there is no football and the sun has been out as some people are clearly feeling the effects of sunstroke! 

    He sat next to Steven Doris and Martin 'Jimmy' Scott who was up supporting the Lichties.

    11 hours ago, Mexico said:

    He stormed out of the Dumbarton home playoff when he got told Hester was on the bench and he wasn’t apparently 

     

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    The Arbroath Thread

    in Scottish Championship General Chatter

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    Simon, if all these long postings are just a secret ploy to launch your "Tap Boi Football Agency" with your two new clients, then you are well on your way as you able to waffle on for paragraphs, prolong paragraphs which all legal contracts are full of!

    Your 10% will be well earned! 

     

    :thumsup2

     

     

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    The Arbroath Thread

    in Scottish Championship General Chatter

    Posted

    Late night stats to put you to sleep.  Comparing last season vs this season.

    2016 / 2017 - Ladbrokes League 2

    Played 22 - Won 11, Drawn 11, Lost 4 - Scored 40,  conceded 23 - Points 41

    January transfer window - Eddie Ferns, Bryan Hodge, Donald McCallum (loan) Matty Smyth (loan)

    2017 / 2018 - Ladbrokes League 1, including 3 Full Time Teams and several established League One sides 

    Played 22 - Won 11, Drawn 4, Lost 7 - Scored 42, conceded 30 - Points 37 (also considering we lost Stevie D early in the season)

    January transfer window - Ryan Wallace, Michael McKenna

     

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    The Arbroath Thread

    in Scottish Championship General Chatter

    Posted · Edited by Smokie_Bacon_crisps

    A "fan" goes to Gayfield and cheers on his team.

    A "fan(ny)" goes to a friend's wedding and turns his back on his beloved Lichties! (for the first time in 10 years)

    :whistle Hope you had a good day! 

    I hope you didn't wear shorts or a Hawaiian Shirt to the wedding!

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    The Arbroath Thread

    in Scottish Championship General Chatter

    Posted

    Some minor errors from Simon, so he will have to drop his shorts for a spanking 

    so from the Spreadsheet - Bold = Scorer      Underlined = Assist     HD - Header, LF - Left Foot etc

    Betfred Cup -

    Alloa Athletic 1 - 1 Arbroath - 18th July - Betfred Cup Game 1

    Yule 16 (H) - Cross by Gold

    Arbroath 4 - 0 Montrose - 22nd July - Betfred Cup Game 2

    Gold 31 (RF) - Knocked into his path by McCord

    Denholm 69 (RF) - Corner by McCord

    Denholm 74 (LF) - back heel by Hester

    Doris 90+1 (RF) - cross from the edge of the penalty box by Hester

    Hibernian 6 - 1 Arbroath - 25th July - Betfred Cup Game 3

    Doris 38 (RF) - Short corner by McCord, Linn with the cross

    League Cup

    • Denholm 2 
    • Doris 2
    • Gold 1
    • Yule 1

    Arbroath 2 - 0 Queen’s Park - 5th August - SPFL1 - Game 1

    Denholm 37 (LF) - Lob ball into the box by Hamilton

    Yule 62 (LF) - Run down the wing and cross by Doris, slight deflection into Yule’s path

    Airdrieonians 1 - 1 Arbroath - 12th August - SPFL1 - Game 2

    Kader 33 (RF) - Linn cross, flick on by Doris 

    Arbroath 2 - 3 East Fife - 19th August - SPFL1 - Game 3

    Doris 16 (RF) - Long ball from Whatley, Defenders stumbled

    Denholm 58 (LF) - Linn cross from a Hamilton flick from Swankie’s cross

    Ayr United 1 - 2 Arbroath - 26th August - SPFL1 - Game 4

    Kader 45+2 (RF) - Whatley free kick, flicked on by Hamilton to Kader

    Whatley 59 (RF) - Beautiful controlled pass from Doris

    Arbroath 1 - 4 Albion Rovers - 9th September - SPFL1 - Game 5

    Hester 66 (RF or HD?) - Cross from Linn

    Forfar Athletic 0 - 5 Arbroath - 16th September - SPFL1 - Game 5

    McCord 42 pen (RF) - O’Brien fouled

    T O’Brien 52 (RF) - Hamilton’s header palmed back by McCallum

    McCord 67 (LF)  - McCord took advantage of a slack backless

    Hester 80 (RF) - Linn free kick knocked down by O’Brien, finished by Hester

    Linn 90 pen (RF) - Hester fouled

    Stranraer 2 - 6 Arbroath - 23rd September - SPFL1 - Game 7

    O’Brien 16 (HD) - Whatley free kick, bad punch by keeper

    Denholm 18 (LF) - Lob pass from Linn, 

    McCord 33 (RF) - Cross from Denholm,

    Denholm 42 (LF) - Ball from O’Brien, rest Denholm magic

    McCord 49 (RF) - Slide ball from Linn

    McCord 68 pen (RF) - Hamilton fouled from a McCord Corner

    Arbroath 1 - 1 Alloa Athletic - 30th September - SPFL1 - Game 8

    McCord 56 pen (RF) - Denholm fouled

    Arbroath 7 - 1 Airdrieonians - 21st October - SPFL1 - Game 10

    Swankie 18 (RF) - Linn’s cross, dropped by keeper

    McCord 27 pen (RF) - Swankie fouled

    Denholm 34 (LF) - Cross by Swankie

    Linn 36 (LF) - Cross by McCord, mistake by defender

    Denholm 60 (LF) - Ball won by Little, Linn’s pass through to DD

    Hester 82 (RF) - Whatley header, fluffed by defence

    McCord 89 (RF) - McCord won the knock down then pure brilliance

    East Fife 1 - 3 Arbroath - 21st October - SPFL1 - Game 11

    Linn 16 (RF) - Throw in by gold, touch by Yule - then Linn

    League so far

    • McCord 8
    • Denholm 6
    • Hester 3
    • Linn 3
    • O’Brien 2
    • Kader 2
    • Swankie 1
    • Yule 1
    • Doris 1 
    • Whatley 1
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    The Arbroath Thread

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    Posted

    Some pics from last night.  https://www.flickr.com/photos/scotsman_in_hawaii/albums/72157685192078203

    I thought that was our best 45 minutes since the comeback against Elgin City when we were 2-0 down.  Playing our 2nd full time team in 3 days and playing an hour with 10 men I thought the intensity and performances were of the highest quality.  Doris was again a constant menace to a towering defence, and I thought Swankie played really well in midfield for the second half.  Blair Yule was immense all over the park but Thomas O'Brien was outstanding, and Prunty's passion is what all fans want to see in their players.

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    The Arbroath Thread

    in Scottish Championship General Chatter

    Posted · Edited by Smokie_Bacon_crisps

    It was the Arbroath physio who treated Ricky, and Alloa's treated their player that went down.  Thomas and Ricky signalled the severity of it and the Alloa Doctor came on.

    Ewen is a fitness coach and sports scientist and there are very few people in Scotland with his qualifications and education and we were very lucky to have him. He got a deserved full time move to England in February.

    The same warm up routines by coaches with years and years of experience won us the league.

    Find me a Sunday Pub team that did that.........

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