Arbroath vs Airdrieonians – Match Preview
Premier Sports Cup – Group E – Matchday 4 – Season 2022/2023
Saturday 23rd July 2022, Gayfield Park, Arbroath, 3pm kick off
We welcome Airdrieonians to Gayfield this afternoon for the final game of Group E in the Premier Sports Cup.
Arbroath, who sit on 9 points and have a goal difference of +6 will go through as Group Winners with a win or draw.
Airdrieonians, who sit on 7 points and have a goal difference of +5 need a win to go through. A draw, or a draw with a penalty shoot bonus point wouldn’t be enough.
Airdrieonians were one of the most exciting teams of League One last season, making the play-offs with their free flowing attacking football.
Despite a change in Manager and some players departing, the core of the squad are still there and there are many links to Arbroath with former players Bryan Prunty and David Hutton part of the coaching staff, whilst Craig Watson and Callum Smith have both played for Arbroath.
Arbroath may be without Ricky Little who suffered a groin strain last Saturday.
So Far Arbroath only have yellow cards for David Gold and Thomas O’Brien, with two yellow cards picked up in this competition resulting in a one-match suspension.
Arbroath last played Airdrieonians in our League One winning season of 2018/2019. The first game was a 3-1 win for Arbroath at Gayfield, before a 1-0 win away thanks to Ricky Little, then a Bobby Linn hat-trick sealed a 3-2 win at Gayfield, before Arbroath were defeated 3-0 on the second last game of the season.
With so much stake, it should be a very competitive but difficult match, but we hope with your support we can get there.
C’mon the Lichties!
Airdrieonians – Management and Playing Staff
Manager – Rhys McCabe
Assistant Manager – Callum Fordyce
First Team Coach – Bryan Prunty
Goalkeeping Coach – David Hutton
Goalkeepers
1 – Josh Rae
43 – David Hutton
Defenders
2 – Cammy Ballantyne
6 – Callum Fordyce
16 – Craig Watson
19 – Euan Deveney
Midfielders
4 – Rhys McCabe
10 – Adam Frizzell
14 – Dean McMaster (On loan from St Mirren)
17 – Justin Devenny
20 – Cole Gibson
21 – Kyan Gunn
24 – Joshua Tran
25 – Alisdair Spalding
Strikes
7 – Salim Kouider-Aissa
9 – Calum Gallagher
11 – Callum Smith
23 – Gabby McGill
Suspensions;
Cammy Ballantyne is suspended for Airdrieonians
Officials;
Referee – David Dickinson
Assistant Referee 1 – Sean Carr
Assistant Referee 2 – Michael MacDermid
Premier Sports Cup Format
Clubs are awarded the usual three points for a win but all drawn games in the group stage go straight to penalties – the shoot-out winners receive a bonus point. ie three points for a win, two points for a shoot-out win and one point for losing on penalties.
ENTRY AND STADIUM
Segregation will be in place. All supporters will access the game via Turnstiles 1 and 2. Please have your ticket either printed out on ready on your phone to be scanned.
Airdrieonians supporters will enter via Turnstile 1 and have sections A and B in the Coelbrew Main Stand, and the Pleasureland End round to the Pie Hut.
The pie hut is open, along with the toilets and food kiosk behind Section A. There is a Disabled Bay in front of Section A.
Arbroath supporters will enter via Turnstile 2 and have small section next to the Coelbrew Main Stand, the Harbour End and the East Terrace up to the corner flag.
The pie hut is open, along with the toilets and food kiosk behind Section H. There is a disabled Bay in front of Section H.
Even though season tickets are not valid for this match, supporters who have purchased a season ticket in the Coelbrew Main Stand can sit in their seats, section H and seats in F and G without a name badge can be sat in by all other Arbroath supporters.
Section C in the Coelbrew Main Stand is being used for Hospitality, with D for Visiting Directors and E for Arbroath supporters.
Smoking is not permitted in the main stand of Gayfield Park.
It should go without saying that No pyrotechnics are allowed inside of Gayfield.
TICKETS
There will be no cash gates so we must remind supporters to buy their tickets online.
Due to this being a cup match season tickets are not valid for ground entry or for Arbroath FC TV as the gate is shared with Airdrieonians.
Tickets for this Cup match are still on sale;
Home Support – https://www.arbroathfc.co.uk/match-day-tickets/
Airdrieonians – https://www.arbroathfc.co.uk/away-tickets/
Just like last season we shall be operating a ticket only entry process meaning your matchday ticket must be purchased online and either printed out or shown on your phone to be scanned before entry to the ground.
There will be no cash gates on a matchday.
Admission prices are as follows;
£14 – Adults
£10 – Concessions
£16 – Adult and 1 child
£18 – Adult and 2 children
Please check your junk / email folders if you don’t receive your email with your ticket straight away. If you encounter any problems please email office@arbroathfc.co.uk
Please either have your ticket printed out, or saved on to your phone with your contrast fully up for our scanners to read the code.
When you purchase your ticket you can save / print it in PDF format right away, but a copy will also be emailed to you.
PLEASE NOTE:
1 – Season Tickets are NOT valid for this match as it is a Cup Competition and the gate is split with the opposition.
2 – For this match there will be NO pre-purchased seats available to buy online and NO extra charges for supporters to sit in the Coelbrew Main Stand. Seats will be on a first come, first served basis, however those seats in sections F and G with names on them are reserved for Season Ticket holders.
STREAMING
This match will will be available to everyone over 18 for £10 over on https://arbroathfc.tv/
As always we advise you to register and sign up by at the latest 2pm, to get yourself familiar with the website and so you have time to have any problems resolved.
There will be 2 types of supporters who will be purchasing our PPV.
1 – Supporters who have already used PPV
Head to https://arbroathfc.tv/ then you can access the game by clicking “Login” on the home page.You will use the same login name (your email address) and password as your previous live stream, then when you click “Get my Access” you will be prompted to enter in your payment details for this match. The cost is £10
2 – Away Supporters / New Supporters to PPV
If this is your first time, you will have to create an account by clicking on “Get my Access” on https://arbroathfc.tv/
Your login will be your email address and then you will asked to create a password and enter in your payment details. Having successfully created your account you can then click “Watch Live” and then sit back and enjoy the game!
If you have any issues PLEASE use the live chat box on the right hand side of the Arbroath FC TV website. Our support staff can help you directly from there and will have you logged in. This is the fastest and easy way to deal with any issues you may face.
For all other issues please email support@arbroathfc.tv
We look forward to welcoming you to Gayfield!
Thank you for your support
C’mon the Lichties
It will be another tough game for the Lichties but we are looking forward to welcoming both sets of fans to Gayfield.
C’mon the Lichties
