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Irn-Bru Scottish Second Division

6th March 2010

Arbroath 1-1 Stenhousemuir

Stenhousemuir had two men sent off as they claimed a Second Division draw against Arbroath.

Steven Hislop had a penalty saved for the hosts before James Redman's strike gave Arbroath the lead on nine minutes.

But Kevin Motion levelled from the penalty spot after he had been fouled by Kenneth McLean.

Iain Thomson received a second booking on 75 minutes and he was joined up the tunnel nine minutes later by William Lyle, who saw red for violent conduct.

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Arbroath: Hill, Mclaughlin, Moyes, Rattray, Booth, Doris, Gibson, Redman, McLean, Jackson (Lunan 76), Hislop. Subs Not Used: Morrison, McMullan, Ross, McCulloch. Booked: Booth, Moyes.

Goals: Redman 9.

Stenhousemuir: McCluskey, Lyle, Gibb, McLeod, Stephen Thomson, Love (Quinn 73), Iain Thomson, Thom, Motion, Pat Scullion, Dalziel (Diack 70). Subs Not Used: Bennett, Peebles, Dickson. Sent Off: Iain Thomson (75), Lyle (84). Booked: Iain Thomson, McLeod, Stephen Thomson.

Goals: Motion 26 pen.

Att: 458

Ref: S McLean

Irn-Bru Scottish Second Division

13th February 2010

Arbroath 3-1 Dumbarton

Second-bottom Arbroath came from behind to claim a Third Division victory over Dumbarton at Gayfield.

David Winters converted Iain Chisholm's cross to put the Sons ahead early on.

Steven Doris levelled 10 minutes after the break with a close-range finish and James Redman's volley edged the home side ahead on 74 minutes.

Callum Booth sealed Arbroath's victory with the on-loan Hibernian full-back finding the net with a 25-yard strike two minutes from the end.

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rbroath: Hill, Mclaughlin, Rattray, Moyes, Lunan (Ross 71), Nimmo (Redman 49), Gibson, McLean, Booth, Jackson, Doris. Subs Not Used: Morrison, McMullan, Suttie.

Goals: Doris 55, Redman 74, Booth 88.

Dumbarton: Vonacek, Chisholm, Gordon, Chris Smith, Dunlop, Chaplain, O'Donoghue (McStay 82), Murray, Craig (Clark 56), Winters (Carcary 76), Wyness. Subs Not Used: White, McNiff.

Goals: Winters 9.

Att: 521

Ref: S O'Reilly

The postponed Cowdenbeath v Arbroath match will now take place on Tuesday the 9th of March with a 7.45pm kick off at Central Park.

The East Fife v Arbroath match that was postponed last Saturday will now be played on Tuesday the 16th of March at New Bayview with a 7.45pm kick off.

IRN-BRU kicks off a PHENOMENAL New Deal with The Scottish Football League……..

Scotland’s Soft Drink Renews Sponsorship of the SFL Championship

IRN-BRU, Scotland’s favourite soft drink, and The Scottish Football League at a Press Conference on Thursday 18th February announced that their partnership will continue for another three years, until the end of season 2012/13.

The new deal was unveiled at Hampden Park by A.G. Barr’s Head of Marketing, Adrian Troy, and SFL Chief Executive, David Longmuir.  The agreement, which will commence at the start of the 2010/11 season, is worth in excess of £3 million over the course of the sponsorship and will comprise of both financial investment and added value activity.

Both parties announced that they are looking forward to continuing to build on the investment and development the previous sponsorship deal has provided at grassroots level and also promised fans that there will be several exciting new initiatives introduced during the new sponsorship in which they can get involved with to help their local club.

Adrian Troy commented: “We are delighted and proud to be extending our sponsorship of The Scottish Football League Championship.  The SFL and IRN-BRU are a great partnership for one another with their shared strong Scottish heritage and community involvement.  The partnership over the last two and a half years has proved a very successful one for us, helping us build IRN-BRU at a national but also a community level.

“We hope that we have been able to make significant contribution to the League not only through financial support but also throughout marketing and promotional activity.  We look forward to working with the SFL over the next three years and we are already working on a range of exciting new initiatives, which clubs and fans nationwide can enjoy.”

David Longmuir, Chief Executive of The Scottish Football League, said: “On behalf of myself and The Scottish Football League, I am delighted Scotland’s best loved and iconic brand, IRN-BRU, will continue to support the League.  The two brands have a long and established history in Scotland and are a part of daily life for many people throughout the country.  It is fitting that this successful partnership will continue.

“Our partnership with IRN-BRU has worked hard to promote and develop the League in communities throughout the country and I am sure clubs and fans across the country welcome this exciting news.  I look forward to continuing our hard work with IRN-BRU and to more exciting and innovative campaigns ahead.

The fixtures that were postponed earlier in the season have been rescheduled as follows;
Wednesday 24th March: Arbroath v Brechin City 7.45pm
Tuesday 6th April: Stirling Albion v Arbroath 7.30pm

Irn-Bru Scottish Second Division

13th February 2010

Arbroath 2-0 Clyde

Arbroath left it late to pick up a win over Clyde in the bottom-of-the-table battle in Division Two.

Keith Gibson went close with a header for Arbroath while Clyde's Kris Doolan tested Darren Hill with a curling shot.

Arbroath's Robbie Ross latched on to Kenneth McLean's cross to head home the opener then Clyde nearly levelled through William Kinniburgh's header.

Ross turned provider to secure the win, setting up Steven Doris to make it two and compound Clyde's misery.

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Arbroath: Hill, Mclaughlin, Moyes, Rattray, Booth, Lunan, Nimmo (Ross 65), Gibson, McLean, Scott (Jackson 12), Doris. Subs Not Used: Morrison, McMullan, Rennie.

Booked: Mclaughlin, Jackson.

Goals: Ross 79, Doris 90.

Clyde: Reidford, Park, Kinniburgh, Lithgow, Cassidy, Gramovics (White 83), Wilson, McCulloch, Strachan, Sawyers (Borisovs 58), Doolan. Subs Not Used: Allan, Stevenson, Boyle.

Booked: Strachan, Wilson.

Att: 524

Ref: B Winter

Arbroath drew 1-1 with Airdrie United in the friendly at Gayfield.

This was an entertaining encounter, played on a wet day in which the Lichties spurned several second half chances.

Eventually Kenny McLean fired a cracking 25 yard effort to gain a draw with the last kick of the match.

Team: Hill, McLaughlan, Booth, Moyes, Rattray, Gibson, McMullan, Lunan, Doris, Ross, Mclean. Used subs: Rennie, Suttie, Moffat, Morrison.

Arbroath have signed former Scotland Under 19 left back, Callum Booth, on loan from Hibernian until the end of the season. Kenny McLean's emergency loan has been converted to a standard loan and he will also remain with the Lichties until the end of the season.

Scott Gates and John Tonner have been freed by mutual consent.

Irn-Bru Scottish Second Division

30th January 2010

Alloa 1-0 Arbroath

Alloa fired themselves to the top of the Division Two table with a last-gasp victory over 10-man Arbroath.

The home side had the better of the opening exchanges and came close when Chris Townsley's shot hit the crossbar.

Arbroath lost Steven Hislop when he was given a red card for violent conduct two minutes before the break.

Alloa piled forward, Bryan Prunty forcing an excellent save from Darren Hill and Mark Brown going close, before Prunty blazed in a late winner.

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Alloa: Crawford, McClune, Townsley, Walker (Buist 46), Bloom (Carroll 73), Grant, Brown Ferguson (Gormley 59), Brown, Scott, Prunty, Noble. Subs Not Used: Hall, McCafferty.
Booked: Grant, Scott.

Goal: Prunty 90.

Arbroath: Hill, Mclaughlin, Rattray, Moyes, McCulloch, Doris, Faulds (Nimmo 77), Gibson, McLean (Lunan 62), Hislop, Jackson (Scott 65). Subs Not Used: Morrison, Rennie.
Sent Off: Hislop (43).
Booked: Mclaughlin, Hill, Rattray.

Att: 535

 Ref: C Brown

Arbroath have signed defender Gerry McLauchlan on loan from Queen of the South until the end of the season.

Irn-Bru Scottish Second Division

27th January 2010

Arbroath 0-1 East Fife

Robert Linn's injury-time penalty secured maximum points for East Fife in an open encounter at Gayfield.

The game seemed destined to end goalless after both sides spurned a number of chances.

But Linn scored the winner in the 91st-minute after Alan Rattray was adjudged to have fouled Aaron Conway.

Stephen Crawford was denied by Arbroath keeper Darren Hill, while Steven Hislop and David Winters both missed opportunities for the hosts.

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Arbroath: Hill, McMullan, Rennie, Rattray, McCulloch, Doris, Gibson, Lunan, Winters (McLean 61), Hislop, Jackson (Scott 78). Subs Not Used: Morrison, Moffat, Suttie. Booked: McCulloch.

East Fife: Brown, Watson, Smart, Ovenstone, Steven Campbell (Robert Campbell 83), Muir, McCunnie, Young, McManus (Cargill 90), Crawford (Conway 78), Linn. Subs Not Used: Baillie, Fagan. Booked: Ovenstone, Conway.

Goals: Linn 90 pen.

Att: 376

Ref: F McDermott

The Lichties have signed St Johnstone striker, Andy Jackson, on a months emergency loan. He will be available for selection against East Fife on Wednesday night.

Irn-Bru Scottish Second Division

23rd January 2010

Arbroath 1-4 Peterhead

Peterhead moved closer to a top-four place in the Second Division after beating relegation-threatened Arbroath.

David Ross headed the visitors in front on 11 minutes but David Winters nodded home a quick leveller.

Barry Wilson restored Peterhead's lead from the penalty spot on 23 minutes after Keith Gibson had handled.

Martin Bavidge headed home from a Wilson free-kick before half-time and another header from Nicky Clark completed the scoring on 56 minutes.

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Arbroath: Hill, McMullan, Moyes, Rattray, McCulloch, Faulds, Doris, Gibson (Lunan 71), McLean (Scott 61), Hislop, Winters (Ross 76). Subs Not Used: Morrison, Moffat. Booked: Gibson, McMullan.

Goals: Winters 13.

Peterhead: Jarvie, Donald, Mann, Crawford, Stuart Smith, McVitie, Barry Wilson, Clark, Strachan, Bavidge, Ross (Bruce 78). Subs Not Used: Keiran Wilson, Bowden, Young, Jonathan Smith. Booked: Clark.

 Goals: Ross 11, Barry Wilson 23 pen, Bavidge 32, Clark 56.

 Att: 465

Ref: M Northcroft

Irn-Bru Scottish Second Division

16th January 2010

Stenhousemuir 1-1 Arbroath

Stenhousemuir and Arbroath shared the spoils in a draw at Ochilview.

Quality was in short supply, although Stenhousemuir nearly took the lead when Gary Thom nodded Andrew Stirling's delightful cross against the bar.

The hosts pressed hard and Robert Love bagged the opener on 77 minutes, latching on to Iain Diack's hit.

But Hislop proved to be the Arbroath hero when he levelled late in the day, firing into the bottom corner from Steven Doris' pass on 86 minutes.

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Stenhousemuir: McCluskey, Welsh, Thom, McLeod, Currie, Stirling (Diack 65), Iain Thomson, Bradley (Love 65), Molloy, Motion, Dalziel. Subs Not Used: Bennett, Pat Scullion, O'Reilly. Booked: Stirling, Currie, Molloy.

Goals: Love 77.

Arbroath: Hill, McMullan, Moyes, Rattray, McCulloch, Faulds (Scott 79), Gibson, Lunan, McLean (Moffat 83), Hislop, Doris. Subs Not Used: Morrison, Bishop, Ross. Booked: Gibson, Rattray, Doris.

Goals: Hislop 86.

 Att: 443

Ref: A Law

The Arbroath v East Fife fixture that was postponed on Boxing Day has been rearranged for Wednesday the 27th of January at Gayfield with a 7.45pm Kick Off.

Kenny Mclean has had his emergency loan deal extended to remain at Gayfield for a further month.

Arbroath have boosted the injury depleted squad with a 3rd emergency loan signing. Kyle Faulds is a midfielder who comes from St Mirren and has been signed for a month.

Irn-Bru Scottish Second Division

12th December 2009

Arbroath 3 Stirling Albion 4

Arbroath and Stirling shared seven goals as the visitors ran out winners.

Albion's Paul Murphy shot past Darren Hill from a corner on 22 minutes then increased the lead through O'Brien, who went on to complete his double.

Arbroath's Steven Hislop nodded home a 74th-minute corner and, two minutes later, sub Bryan Scott headed past Scott Christie to make it 3-2.

Hislop nodded in the leveller then Stirling snatched the win with a late strike from Michael Mullen.

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Arbroath: Hill, Redman, McMullan, Rattray (Trialist 31), Rennie, Gibson, Doris, Sellars (Scott 65), McKay (Lunan 86), Hislop, McLean.
Subs Not Used: Gates, Morrison. Booked: McMullan, Gibson.

Goals: Hislop 74, Scott 76, Hislop 83.

Stirling: Christie, Feaks, Forsyth, Graham, Roycroft, Robertson (Corr 70), Gibson, Murphy (McCord 70), Prunty (Mullen 65), McKenna, O'Brien.
Subs Not Used: Young, Hogarth.

Goals: Murphy 22, O'Brien 37, 44, Mullen 90.

Att: 491

Ref: C Charleston

Official Team Lines

Irn-Bru Scottish Second Division

5th December 2009

Clyde 1-0 Arbroath

Willie McLachlan's winner moved Clyde to within a point of relegation rivals Arbroath in the bottom-of-the-table clash in Division Two.

New manager John McCormack was given a winning start by his side, who were indebted to goalkeeper Callum Reidford's superb last-minute save.

Lee Graham went close for Clyde, while Reidford saved from Barry Sellars and the visitors missed two other chances.

But McLachlan's curling free-kick just before half-time was enough for Clyde.

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Clyde: Reidford, Park, Lithgow, Graham, Cassidy, Casey (Stewart 79), McLauchlan, McFadden (Muir 59), Halliday, Sawyers, White (McLeod 59). Subs Not Used: Howarth, Allan.

Goals: McLauchlan 44.

Arbroath: Hill, Rattray, Rennie, Gibson, Redman, Doris, Lunan, Sellars, McMullan, Scott (Gates 46), Ross (Milne 64). Subs Not Used: Suttie, Weir, Morrison.

Att: 552

Ref: J McKendrick

Irn-Bru Scottish Second Division

2nd December 2009

Arbroath 2 Alloa Athletic 2

Substitute Steven Hislop scored a double inside 10 minutes to lead Arbroath to a draw against play-off hopefuls Alloa Athletic.

Brown Ferguson's deflected shot broke the deadlock following a fifth-minute corner from Brian Carrigan.

Scott Agnew's cheeky back-heel made it 2-0 a minute after the break when a Ferguson shot was saved but not held.

But Hislop pounced on a Scott Walker mistake then scored from the spot after the Alloa defender felled Steven Doris.

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Arbroath: Hill, McMullan, McCulloch, Bishop (Rennie 67), Rattray, Gibson, Lunan, Redman, Sellars (Ross 46), Doris, Scott (Hislop 58). Subs Not Used: Milne, Morrison. Booked: Doris, McCulloch.

Goals: Hislop 60, 70 pen.

Alloa: Crawford, Buist , McClune, Townsley, Walker, Brown, Carroll (Scott 72), Brown Ferguson, Russell (Grant 72), Carrigan, Agnew (Gilhaney 58). Subs Not Used: Philp, Hillcoat. Booked: McClune, Walker.

Goals: Brown Ferguson 5, Agnew 46.

Att: 328

Ref: D Somers

Officials from the Club are aware of an incident that occurred with an Arbroath supporter standing behind the Irvine Meadow goal on Saturday. A steward from Irvine Meadow spoke to Club officials who were standing in close vicinity beside the 18 yard line and advised them of the matter. All supporters should be aware that unacceptable behaviour from supporters of Arbroath Football Club at Gayfield and other stadiums will not be tolerated and that offenders are liable to be ejected and possibly banned from attending future football matches. The Club understands that the vast majority of supporters are well behaved and that this was an isolated incident. The individual concerned should be aware that he has been identified and gratitude is extended to those supporters who were standing behind the goal who dealt with the matter.

28th November 2009

Irvine Meadow 1-0 Arbroath

Junior side Irvine Meadow stunned Arbroath to book their place in the fourth round of the Scottish Cup.

The Ayrshire outfit dominated the first half and scored on 36 minutes when Richie Barr slotted home from Ryan McGinty's cut-back.

Arbroath's extra fitness had an effect as the game wore on but the Second Division side created very little.

And, on the balance of their fine first half play, Meadow hung on to celebrate a famous victory.

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rvine Meadow: Wardrobe, Swift (Ryan 70), Wingate, Mctowern, Robertson, Crilly, Stain, Turner, Barr (Boyle 79), Mctinty, Lowing. Subs Not Used: Cuddiny, Docherty, Jecondlli, Hewitt. Booked: Lowing, Barr.

Goal: Barr 36.

Arbroath: Hill, Rennie, McCulloch, Bishop, Rattray, Gibson, Lunan, Redman, Sellars (Ross 75), Hislop (Gates 83), Scott (Doris 51). Subs Not Used: McMullan, Morrison. Booked: McCulloch.

Att: 1,150

Ref: K Clancy

Arbroath drew 1-1 with Cowdenbeath in the Reserve League Cup at Gayfield on Monday 16th November

Bryan Scott opened the scoring after he sprung the offside trap before half time and Cowdenbeath levelled through Danny Lennon with a well taken free kick after the interval.

Kevin Milne limped off with an injury after half an hour.

New Manager Jim Weir played the full 90 minutes in the centre of defence.

Team: Morrison, Redman, McMullan, McCaffrey (Mitchell 86), Weir, Suttie, Doris (Donald 62), Ross, Scott, Milne (Gray 32), Gates

Irn-Bru Scottish Second Division

14th November 2009

Peterhead 1-2 Arbroath

Barry Sellers was on target as Arbroath inflicted a first defeat in six games for Peterhead.

The visitors started brightly but had to wait until the stroke of half time to take the lead.

Steven Rennie cut the ball back for Sellers and he fired Arbroath in front with a composed finish from 12 yards.

Peterhead equalised on the hour through Martin Bavidge's close-range effort.

But substitute Steven Doris hooked home the winner 11 minutes from time.

Jim Weirs post match comments on Peterhead Website

Jim Weir has been appointed as the new Manager of Arbroath Football Club.

The NEW replica strips are now available in the Club Shop

Sizes available from kids 26/28 upwards, with 46/48 being the largest and beyond that available by special order.

They are selling at £30 for adults and £25 for kids sizes. Both home and away shirts.

 

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John McGlashan has resigned as Manager of the Lichties after 4 years in charge of the Club. He leaves with the best wishes of everyone at the Club for the future.

Dermot McCaffrey has had his loan from Falkirk FC extended by a further 2 months. Paul Watson has joined Montrose on loan until the end of December.

Several of the younger members of the 1st team squad have been farmed out to Junior Clubs to gain regular competitive matches. John Tonner has joined Forfar West End on loan, Robert Urquhart to Carnoustie Panmure on loan and goalkeeper Darryl Burns has joined Dundee East Craigie on loan.

Update on Gayfield Park Improvements Building Work

Supporters visiting Gayfield will notice that building work has started in front of the main stand. The purpose of this work is to extend the home dressing room, physio room and the match officials room outwards to double their size and a similar extension is also being made to the away dressing room. These improvements are being made to meet SFA Club Licencing criteria.

Floodlights

Supporters will also have noticed changes to the floodlighting system over the summer months in preparation for the new season. A new lighting rig has appeared on the roof of the main stand and several of the old lights have been replaced and some relocated. This work has been carried out as part of SFA Club Licencing criteria and the lighting level has now significantly increased and with a much better degree of uniformity. The lights are now switched on through a timing circuit which brings them on in 3 groups over a 6 minute period. This is designed to reduce the electricity that is drawn through the system at the costly initial start up phase.

Q&A with Jordi Folguera Virgili

Down Memory Lane with Davie Dewar - Season 1970-1971
Arbroath 2 Brechin 2
Brechin City 1 Arbroath 4

Q&A with Steven Doris

Arbroath Youth Player Profile - Dale Barron

A REVIEW OF LEAGUE ATTENDANCES BY FRASER CLYNE ©

Slight Improvement in Crowds

By Fraser Clyne (c)

Promotion to the Second Division didn’t do much to attract more people through the Gayfield turnstiles last season. The average home gate of 636 for league matches was only marginally up on the previous season’s 612 and is still lower than in 2006-07 when home crowds averaged 735.

For the first time in many years the 1,000 tally was never achieved. The highest home crowd was 921 for the March 2009 meeting with championship-chasing Raith Rovers. The lowest home crowd was 411 for the visit of struggling Stranraer in November 2008.

Champions Raith Rovers, not surprisingly, attracted the best average of 2,225. The Kirkcaldy side also drew the five biggest crowds of the season. Rovers’ final home match with Arbroath, when the championship trophy was presented, was watched by 4426 people – the second biggest turnout of the season in the Second Division.

Relegated Stranraer, with an average home crowd of 366, attracted nine of the ten lowest crowds, including the 228 and 277 who watched the two matches with Arbroath at Stair Park.

The Club made a presentation to Barry Sellars on Saturday to commemorate his goal against Dumbarton.
The presentation was made at what we believe the spot is that he struck his 74m effort.

Craig Fyfe who is Barry's player sponsor presented him with a memento of the occasion.

View Arbroath v Dumbarton match highlights (including Bary's goal) on Dumbarton FC TV

Barry Sellars collects his Man of the match award after the match from match sponsor Ian Cummings

A guest at the match was Jenny O'Neil who was on a visit back to Arbroath from Sydney, Australia.

Arbroath FC 2009-20010 Squad

Back Row, L-R
Jamie Bishop, Keith Gibson, Barry Sellars, Steven Rennie, Ian Dobbins, Steve Hislop