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Alex Harris has signed for Berwick. (Ed City last season)

Jamie Pyper signed from Cowdenbeath. And Ryan Finnie returns to Berwick from 'Beath after playing every game there in his loan spell after the Lowland League was suspended.

Ryan Finnie also re-signed at Berwick.

All 3 of Berwick's management team (Little, Haynes, Smith) have now left the club.

Berwick have just announced that they have 'parted company' with manager Ian Little. No mention of the rest of the managerial team. They say applications are not being accepted, so it seems somebody is lined up for the job. Very strange, since 16 players have already been signed by Yano for the coming season.

Colts confirmed http://slfl.co.uk/rangers-and-celtic-b-admitted-into-lowland-league/

Rangers and Celtic 3rd teams in a play off.

Congrats to Kelty.

After a Zoom meeting, the Yes vote has increased its majority in the Berwick constituency. Still disagree, but enough. Time to move on.

Meanwhile, back at the football, Berwicks squad currently looks like this GK - Dougie Horne, Andy McNeil Defence - Craig Reid, David Ferguson, Jack Cook, John Ward, Kieran Somerville, Midfield - Jordan Sinclair, Lewis Barr, Jack Wright, Grant Nelson, Ciaran Heeps, Scott-Taylor MacKenzie Forwards - Sean Stewart, Dan Purves, Lewis Allan The vast majority are re-signed from last year, and most are on 2-year contracts. Squad looks good, but needs a few experienced additions,

Why would the Bonnyrigg and Vale games be void? You still get 3 points if you beat the Colts, nowt if you lose. Just Tippex out the Colts from the Table at the end of the season.

Didn't think it was safe to come out from under the covers yet.... 3 or 4 decent signings required to make us top 6 possibles. Centre-half, left back, winger, striker. There is some decent money in the kitty (I think). Guess that if we are looking for SPFL experience, lots of players will now be weighing up their options. First match with a crowd is a Hearts friendly, last Friday in June, then 2 home friendlies against English non-league sides the following 2 Saturdays. As for the OF colts issue, I voted against but don't think it is the Armageddon alluded to on the other threads. Really not happy with the Ill feeling towards us though after over a year of positivity off the field . The Board needs to address that whatever happens in the Zoom meeting on Wednesday. 22/23 season is another matter and I hope the strength of feeling can be harnessed to push once again for reconstruction and a more fluid pyramid. (Off back under the duvet now)

Tad ironic that this was supposed to give us some more positive exposure.....

7pm KO, I think Hopefully with fans inside Shielfield.

We hit absolute rock bottom when we got relegated. Clueless manager and a truly dreadful team. Many thought that the club would fizzle out completely within a couple of years. But since then there has been a complete transformation in the Boardroom, in the club's relationship with the fans and the community, and in trust, belief, confidence and other corporate buzzwords. There are new links with local Junior and ladies teams and the social media team is second to none. Fundraising during Covid has been remarkable really, but without a sugar daddy, finances remain tough and we can't pay the wages that some in the Lowland League can manage Berwick Rangers no longer has a dark cloud over it and players are happy to sign for us. We have 15 signed for next season - many on rarely seen (at this level) 2-year contracts. Still a work in progress and we have a way to go (on the field), but whilst I was embarrassed to be a Berwick fan in our relegation season, I'm now happy to wear the scarf. (Well, the BRFC facemask, anyway)

Berwick player (Ryan Finnie) went on loan to 'beath last week

Hope I'm wrong, but can't see any league or cup football resuming this season where fans are allowed in. But if those restrictions are lifted late in May, I hope the club can arrange a decent friendly so that we can reclaim our spot on the terraces. (When I say decent, any opponents will do).

The Board, the principles and core values of the club and pretty well everything you mention has changed since relegation. And very very much for the better, too. New links with the community, the juniors, ladies sections etc. Can't fault it. What frustrates long suffering fans is results and performances. There was some promise this season, but the league table tells it like it is. It is hard to continue to be patient after all these years and the management team is beginning to get criticism. Perhaps we should be even more patient, though. IWithout a sugar daddy, money will always restrict us, but the last thing we need is for the new Board to lose heart.

Short answer is - no idea! Doug Horne looked like a good un but now I'm not sure he is even the best keeper at the club. Ryan Finnie was superb early on but now looks like he's been watching Craig Hume videos Callum Smith has won plenty of those pesky MoM awards but rarely looks like scoring, and Lewis Allen, despite obviously having real ability, looks like he'd prefer to be reading a good book. We carry little attacking threat when playing against any half decent side. Lots of clubs signed loan players from top clubs - we got Mackenzie Lawler and sat him on the bench. We have absolutely no width, but Gary Windram was allowed to leave and Liall Smith was sent out on loan, recalled, and keeps Lawler company on the bench . Keiran Somerville meanwhile puts in the occasional superb cross, interspersed with 7 or 8 inexplicably crappy ones. If I had to put a finger on it, I'd say the main issue is (old chestnut alert) leadership on and off the park. Kev Waugh is a ray of light in that respect and I'd like to see him bawling out some of his team mates - especially the experienced ones - when they send a pass spiralling into the ducket. It just seems very easy to put in a poor performance in the black and gold, knowing that the manager won't throw teacups at you, there is no crowd to tell you how shite you're playing and your own team mates say nowt because their own earlier cock up was also conveniently forgotten about by all concerned Yano's softly-softly style and Haynesy's street corner yobbo act don't seem desperately inspiring to me, but I'm told the players have genuine regard and respect for the management team. The whole "let's hug one another" ethos of the Board, players and fans has inadvertently given us a team where abject displays just seem to be met with excuses rather than anger and change. Frankly, I'd like to see some fucker sacked, but I've no idea who!!! There are some decent players there. Would a new management team get more out of them? Probably. Can we afford to change the manager? Probably not. Is there another way? Yes, I think there is and it has to start with some people growing a pair, lots of stern talking, and transferring that onto the pitch with a few meaty challenges, some risk taking and the senior players engaging in some mutual arse kicking.

Hugely disappointing performance against Stirling yesterday, after a couple of encouraging displays in the previous 2 weeks. Truth is that we got stuffed by Stirling who looked much more than just 1 division above us - and that reflects our performance more than theirs. Pre match, Kev Haynes was saying that a number of our players could easily play for Stirling, suggesting really that we are as good as them individually. Well OK, maybe that is just bigging the team up as you do in a match preview, but the evidence was a million miles away from that. We don't seem to like playing on the grass at Shielfield, our first touch and movement off the ball is as bad as our passing, (terrible lack of concentration really), and nobody seems to get too angry when their team mates make a tired or careless cock-up. Progress is painfully slow and if Haynes is right that we have lots of talented individuals - and he might be - then you have to ask why teamwork is in such short supply. The highlights showcase some Easter Island statues and some threepenny-bit touches that are just astonishing to watch. The season was always about further consolidation and development and we need to concentrate on that. There are some good things to build around - Waugh, Ferguson, Sinclair and Wright - but the rest need a freshly charged cattle prod.

Agree, there's few there that I'd be confident of beating at the moment. Wouldn't mind home to Brechin or 'Beath though!

Pleasing result today. Only seen the first 2 goals, the first was a superb move and the second a screamer of a free kick. Reports so far suggest it was a pretty even game, so it's good to get the win with some quality finishing. Should give the side a big confidence boost after a tricky few weeks.

FT Dunipace 1-3 Berwick Rangers

Shame. I rated Sam Daniel and would have had had him in the team every week.