Best wishes for the game East Fife came from Josh Caird, son of Vice Chairman Mike Caird, who lives in the Spanish town of Empuriabrava, which is about 100 km north of Barcelona. 21 year old Josh, who has worked at Skydive Empuria for the past 2 years and has completed over 1000 jumps, leapt out of the plane at 13,000 ft in an Arbroath shirt to promote Arbroath Football Club to his Spanish skydiving mates..

Josh said, "when I was home earlier in the year I spoke to my dad and told him I wanted to skydive in an Arbroath shirt, and with the important East Fife match on Saturday coming up thought this would the ideal time to do it. Although it was a lovely sunny day on the ground it was minus 20C when I left the plane!" 

Josh who specialises in Free Flying, that is skydiving feet or head down, was heard to shout  "Come on the Lichties" as he sped to the ground at over 100mph!

 We ask fans to send in photo's of themselves for future programmes with the most unusual location that they have worn an Arbroath kit in.? 

Down Memory Lane - May 1^st 1982 v East Fife (League) at Gayfield

The Halliburton table in Hospitality at the East Fife match on 1st May.

Arbroath v Cowdenbeath - Sat 17^th April 2010

 Mascots

Name: Kieran McMillan Age: 6

School: Stewart’s Melville Junior School

Hobbies: Football, Golf, Tennis & Rugby

Favourite Player: Robbie Ross (ex Edinburgh City the team Kieran plays for)

Name: Finlay Stickings Age: 5

School: Corstorphine Primary School

Hobbies: Football (Finlay plays for Edinburgh City) & Golf

Favourite Player: Bryan Scott

 Match Ball Sponsor

John McMillan - John, originally from Arbroath, is a lifelong Arbroath supporter and celebrating his 70^th birthday.  John and his pal Bob Fairweather travel to games both home and away from their Edinburgh homes, and are often seen on the terraces cheering on the team in their own passionate way!!! John’s grandsons Kieran and Finlay are today’s mascots.

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.

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.

Arbroath FC 2009-20010 Squad

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