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Owens for location but St. Andrews bar corner of Baird St and Sunnyside Rd. near Coatbridge Sunnyside station is the one for many of us fans!
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1 hour ago, Bestsinceslicebread said:
1 Albion Rovers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for the Pyramid play-off 2 Berwick Rangers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Bo'ness United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Broomhill 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 Caledonian Braves 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 Celtic B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ineligible for promotion or relegation 7 Civil Service Strollers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 Cowdenbeath 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 Cumbernauld Colts 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 East Kilbride 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 East Stirlingshire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 Edinburgh University 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 Gala Fairydean Rovers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 Gretna 2008 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 Heart of Midlothian B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ineligible for promotion or relegation 16 Linlithgow Rose 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 Rangers B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ineligible for promotion or relegation 18 Tranent Juniors 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Possible relegation to Teir 6 19 University of Stirling 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 First match(es) will be played in July 2023. Source:I like that league table
I can't even guess at where Rovers will end up as we have just a single signed player at present but whoever we sign I really don't see us being champions!
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I'm just glad we avoided drawing teams like Livi and Ayr who we've played too often in recent years!
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4 hours ago, cowdenbeath said:
Imagine if it happens next year Rovers will get an invite if the don't win the league.
Nae chance we'll get anything, although it'd be nice if we were back in the SPFL by then anyway
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Now that anyone with any sense realises this name change keech is exactly that can I ask a couple of wee questions about life in the LL.
Can clubs stream their games at 3pm on a Saturday? Do transfer windows apply in this league?
Cheers
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9 minutes ago, PossilYM said:
Any word on what Coatbridge Shamrock Rovers position is?
In the bin with tonnes of rocks on top!
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An update issued today by Rovers board.
QuoteMessage to Albion Rovers’ supporters
Like you, everyone on the board of Albion Rovers Football Club is shattered and deeply saddened with this past season, and our subsequent relegation into the Scottish Lowland Football League – ending our proud, unbroken 120-year stay in Scotland’s senior leagues.
As the board of Albion Rovers, we accept ultimate responsibility for this. We began the campaign realistic in the knowledge that with the backdrop of our financial position, it was always going to be difficult, but we have shown previously that the lowest budget in the league can attain a finish avoiding the dreaded ‘club 42’ position – and to not avoid that placing can only be seen as a failure despite our relatively high points total and fair goal difference.
Despite the difficulties we have faced, our fans have been a shining light. They have continued to back the team, which has been incredibly humbling to see. We are truly sorry that we have not been able to give them the positive outcome such tremendous support deserves. This is also a huge blow for our volunteers across the club, who have worked tirelessly throughout the season. We applaud them for their resilience and dedication; they are fans of the club too and like our supporters, they are hurting. Finally, we would like to thank our sponsors for their continued support.
Whilst naturally we feel devastated at the moment, there remains a burning desire from within to rebuild and re-invigorate the club. As we look at how to best achieve this, it must be recognised that we need to embrace change across our club from top to bottom and this is very much now underway.
Albion Rovers is so much more than a football club. It is an institution of Coatbridge that has been at the very heart of its town and community for over 140 years. It is built on a deep-rooted passion that is proudly passed from generation to generation and it is this enduring and unwavering passion that gives us the strength and fortitude we need in times of challenge. It is through the unstinting support of our fans that Albion Rovers will continue to be Coatbridge’s club.
The ARFC Board of Directors.
Conference League position
In light of recent reports about the proposed new Conference League at Tier 5, as a club, we would like to put on record that we do not support the creation of the Conference League.
At last night’s board meeting, this was agreed unanimously by all board members, taking into account the clear opinion of our supporters, who have voiced their concerns online and at our recent AGM. We are listening.
The proposal is of no benefit to Albion Rovers, or to the clubs in-and-around our level of football. This would have still been our position had we retained our SPFL status.
A word of thanks: Eddie Hagerty
We would like to place on record our thanks and best wishes to Eddie Hagerty after he announced his departure from the Board of Directors at the recent AGM – a well-earned retirement for a club stalwart.
Eddie has been a shining light of positivity and enthusiasm at Albion Rovers since his first involvement with the club, and he leaves having served in a number of roles, including club chairman.
His community work, especially with the Buddies community group, has been nothing short of inspiring and he has touched the lives of so many people, while also being a terrific ambassador for Albion Rovers.
Eddie Hagerty – An Albion Rovers legend and an all-round outstanding personFAQs
Who was present at the last meeting; what is the current formation of the Board of Directors?
Club chairman: Ian Benton.
Directors: Liam Nugent, Mark Hunter, Jordan Campbell, Robert Cameron, Alan Benton, David Hancock.
Observing: Ben Kearney.
All directors were present.
What was spoken about at the most recent board meeting?
The last board meeting took place on Monday, 22 May, at the Reigart Stadium.
Key areas included: Compliance, Income, Football first-team matters, Corporate, Community and Operations.
Key takeaways: A competitive season ticket & match-day ticket pricing structure for the upcoming Scottish Lowland Football League campaign was agreed upon, and will be made public in the coming days, with season tickets on sale shortly.
Sandy Clark and his backroom team’s preparation for the upcoming campaign is already well underway.
We affirmed our position on the proposed Conference League.
Our immediate aims are to develop and refine how we operate as a board, and how we collaborate with our friends and super-talented colleagues at the Supporters’ Trust and Community Trust. We will also nail down person-specific roles and responsibilities in due course.
We began to outline our short, medium and long-term all-encompassing strategies for the club moving forward as a Scottish Lowland Football League side, with the aim of returning to the SPFL as soon as possible.
Our ambitions are clear – we want to put an entertaining team on the park capable of winning promotion back to the SPFL at the first time of asking.
This will not be a simple task, the Lowland League is full of ambitious, well-ran clubs with talented players and we will embrace being part of this division. We look forward to visiting these clubs and welcoming them to the Reigart Stadium.
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At last eh? Congratulations
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Rovers have confirmed that the remaining tickets for the Spartans PO game were sold tonight at Cliftonhill to people unable to get them online. Therefore pay at the gate will not be an option on Saturday!
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17 hours ago, Skyline Drifter said:
You know thats not the official vote, yes?
Yup, the "official" PFA vote winner is announced on Sunday where Charlie is up for not only League 2 Player of the Year but also the Young Player of the Year against a couple of Celtic players and a Rangers one too.
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Going into this Stirling game without much confidence that we'll not end up as team 42 but confident that should we do so Spartans and Brechin are far from invincible.
And who is more appropriate to adorn the cover but Charlie Reilly who is a nominee for the league 2 player of the year!
Programme is £2.50 and is on sale just inside the turnstiles!
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Although it's not a done deal I now think Rovers will end up in the play-off. I'm 100% sure we can vanquish Spartans or Brechin but that wholly depends on which Rovers team turns up as we can equally contrive a loss.
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Congratulations Brechin, hope you make the play-off against the League 2 side which I intend to attend as a neutral!
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He definitely looks as tho' he may have something special. Our 1 and only player signed up for next season.
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On 09/04/2023 at 06:39, Shawheadrover said:
I vote we play the 'Joe 90' theme tune every time this boy scores.
Excellent suggestion - bet our usual announcers will be scratching their heads at this tho'
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Not any more we're not! Okay only by goal difference but that is 0 while Elgin have -16. C'mon Stenny on Tuesday.
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Our erratic form is due an upturn, especially when you factor in the new manager bounce with Sandy Clark looking to start with a bang.
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5 hours ago, Bring Back Paddy Flannery said:
The club only have themselves to blame. After stringing together a couple of right good performances and results we then have a two week lay off whilst all the other teams continued to play. All momentum killed stone dead.
Would that have made a difference today? Who knows, by all accounts Albion Rovers were every bit as good as we were bad, but our players not kicking a ball for a fortnight certainly wont have helped matters. The decision to continue the partnership with that daft Rangers B and the decision to continue with a groundsman who clearly isn’t skilled enough to maintain a pitch deserves huge criticism.
We are now down to the bare bones squad wise and I can guarantee you that will not improve the more our players have to play on that disgrace of a pitch.
Rovers game last Saturday was also off BTW.
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A tough game for Rovers tonight (they all are really) but I can forsee us beating Elgin in this rearranged game. With Charlie Reilly having been joined by Dundee loanee striker Euan Matale will hopefully ne enough as we could be doing with all 3 points.
The game is available to stream live for a £10 fee Click here for streaming!
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Rose weren't at the races at all today, Rovers got the opened in 6 mins and never looked back. 4-0 was about right,
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Lowland League predictions 23/24
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Difficult to predict Rovers at the moment as we have 5 signed players but my gut feeling is we'd end up fairly high up, perhaps around 4th.