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Cumnock Juniors F.COfficial Match Day Programme

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Wednesday 21st August – 7.15pm

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Club Honours

Club Officials

President: Kevin Orr

Honorary President: Tom Bradford

Honorary President: Jim Carson

Vice President: Alistair King

Honorary Secretary: George Morton

Secretary: Jamie Campbell

Minute Secretary: Dave Morris

Commercial Manager: Alan Orr

Treasurer: Stuart Dick

Other Officials:

Ian Alexander, Tom Bradford, BarryBryce, Frank Bryce, Amy McEwan, Heather McEwan, John Mitchell, Jo

Nicol, Alison Scott and DavieMathieson.

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Welcome to Townhead Park

I’d like to welcome the Largs Thistle committee, management, players

and supporters to Townhead Park for tonight’s match.

Our last home game against Kilbirnie didn’t go to plan at all. We were

well below the standard we have set this season and we know

collectively that it wasn’t good enough. However we had a chance to

rectify that on Saturday against Rob Roy and we as a management

team were very pleased with the response we got from everyone. I

thought we played some really good football and thoroughly deserved

the 3 points. On another day it could have been more if it wasn’t for

some excellent goalkeeping.

We know that we have to make Townhead a hard place to come to for

the opposition. Largs will be full of confidence after their excellent result

against Hurlford on Saturday. We as a team will need to be up to the

challenge tonight if we are to get anything from the game. With your

support behind us I’m sure we can achieve this.

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Manager: Paul Burns

Asst. Manager: Stephen McKenna

Asst. Manager: Scott McCulloch

GK Coach: Billy Bentley

Physio: John Cleland

Ally Semple

Lewis McMurdo

Steven Crawford

Ruaridh McIntyre

Sam Duncan

Alan Murdoch

Gregory Ferry

Nathan Baird

Richard Murray

Christopher Hunter

Chris Campbell

Stephen McKenna

Kyle Faulds

Craig McLeish

Graeme Ramage

Paul Burns

Alistair Miller

Iain Anderson

Jamie Conn

Jordan Banks

Jordan Kemoe

Squads


Manager: Stuart Davidson

Asst. Manager: Martin Crawford

Coach: Liam McVey

Coach: Andy Scott

Coach: Iain Buchan

Physio: Valetina Giorgetti

Murray Grayson

Ross Lundy

Jamie McGowan

Laurie McMaster

John Mitchell

George Sewell

Stuart Faulds

Craig Forbes

Ross Love

Ben Black

Ross George

Paul Harkins

Simon McBryde

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Jamie McKenna

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Match Officials

Referee: Graham GraingerAR1: David Miller

AR2: Stuart Wotherspoon

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Other Premiership Fixtures

All games played Wednesday 21st August

Auchinleck Talbot vs Troon

Clydebank vs Kilbirnie Ladeside

Benburb vs Beith

Hurlford United vs Glenafton Athletic

Irvine Meadow vs Rossvale

Pollok vs Kirkintilloch Rob Roy

Rutherglen Glencairn vs Kilwinning Rangers


Rob Roy 0 – 2 Cumnock


After last Saturday’s humiliating defeat to Kilbirnie Ladeside, Cumnock Boss Paul Burnssaid the reaction of his players this weekend would be crucial. And react his youngteam did. In bundles.

Back in the team was Stephen McKenna, Craig McLeish and Burns himself. These threeadded the experience and assuredness which was clearly missing in the defeat toKilbirnie.

It took only 2 minutes for Cumnock to take the lead in Cumbernauld, temporary homeof Rob Roy. Nock striker Jamie Conn broke free of his marker and attempted to lob RobRoy keeper Hutchison. The keeper did well to get a hand to the ball but Conn squaredto Burns who eventually poked the ball into the empty net despite close attentionfrom the Rob Roy defenders. Cumnock never let up and were going for the jugular inan exciting first half. As usual, Chris Campbell was causing all sorts of problems downCumnock’s right hand side and Cumnock’s play in general more than merited the singlegoal advantage. In the 33rd minute Cumnock doubled their lead. After some neat onetouch build up play between Baird, McLeish and Burns, Chris Campbell was broughtdown in the box and referee Matthew McDermid immediately pointed to the spot. Upstepped Graeme Ramage to give Hutchison no chance.

Half time: 0 - 2


Rob Roy 0 – 2 CumnockRob Roy made a change at halftime, introducing ex Glenafton midfielder David Gray.Gray, known for his set piece deliveries caused Cumnock’s defence a couple of anxiousmoments from his dead ball deliveries. Defender Forrester headed narrowly over froma Gray corner and the same player almost toe poked past Nock keeper Ally Sempleafter a free kick, again expertly taken by Gray. This was as good as it got for the homeside and they only have keeper Hutchison to thank for keeping the score-linerespectable. He had an inspired second half saving brilliantly from a Burns volley, anAlistair Miller drive and an effort from McLeish which looked goal-bound all the way.Overall a convincing win on the road for Cumnock.

Full time: 0 - 2 Match report provided by Alan Orr

Photos by Alison Scott

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Scott Adam

Forward Scott Adam scored twice in the game against Hurlford at the weekend so he is in good goal-

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Largs League ResultsIrvine Meadow 2 – 1 Largs

Largs 3 – 2 BenburbLargs 3 – 2 Hurlford Utd

H2H Last SeasonLargs 3 – 3 CumnockCumnock 1 – 7 Largs

Scottish Junior Cup finalists Largshave started this season with one

defeat and two wins. Manager Stuart Davidson will be delighted

with his team’s response after losing their opening match away to Irvine

Meadow.

Largs were undefeated to Cumnock last season, scoring an incredible 10 goals in those two matches. So the

Cumnock backline will have to be at their best if they are to prevent that

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To commemorate our 1979 Scottish Junior Cup victory over Bo'ness

United, we have published previously unseen pictures of the big day

on our club website. We have pre-match photos, pictures of the

game itself, as well as photos of the post-match celebrations.

All of these pictures are high quality.

A wonderful day captured on camera for your enjoyment.

Golf Tournament

The golf tournament held on Sunday at Muirkirk Golf Club was a

huge success. The winning team was led by Jim McCurdy and

included our manager. They won hospitality at a home game for their

efforts – not sure how Paul will fit that in! Thanks to all who took part.

West of Scotland Cup Draw

Cumnock have been drawn away to Girvan. The tie will be played on

Saturday 9th November.

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Scottish Junior Football: The Beautiful Game?By Peter Stewart

None of those semi-mythical Alex Ferguson quotes about football do the Scottish Junior leagues justice. It’s a world so far removed from the money and polish of professional sport that it feels like a different game. But to the people involved, it is their world.

Linda is the secretary of Whitburn Junior Football Club, and as she does every other Saturday, she is taking official match photographs of the team. Despite every other match in the area being called off that morning, Whitburn’s Central Park looks in remarkable condition. The team has played on this ground – named after its location in the town – since 1933.

This sodden October afternoon, “the Burnie” are taking on Kennoway Star Hearts in a cup match. Through the lens of her DSLR, Linda sees Whitburn midfielder Gary Russell barrel into a horrendous tackle – a truly dangerous attempt at getting the ball, which he misses by a further ball-width and instead assaults the lower-leg of the Kennoway player, who yelps and crumples onto the pristine grass. This is not an unfamiliar sight to anyone who watches Match of the Day, but unlike the multi-millionaires who simulate anguish on the turf of Old Trafford or Anfield, this young man looks in real pain. He lost a shin-pad in the incident, and it lies a few feet away having failed in its purpose. Linda turns her eye from her viewfinder and remarks to one of Whitburn’s coaching staff on the touchline: “Think I’ll leave that one aff the website”.

Even the juniors have supporters. The Kennoway contingent is around a dozen men in their 40s and 50s who made the hour-long, 50-mile trip from Fife on this stormy autumn day. Their analysis of said tackle begins in earnest.

“FUCK’S SAKE! Get him aff ref! A fuckin’ disgrace!”“HE’S AN ANIMAL! Dirty bastards, man!”

They remonstrate from the sleeper terrace that runs along the park’s south side. Covered by an industrial-looking shelter, the terrace has been in place since the club’s founding in the 1930s. On the opposite side, the recently constructed clubhouse catches the eye, built in 2014 after the roof was blown off the old pavilion the previous year. Overshadowing it is a large social club, the haven of all associated with Whitburn Junior F.C.

The most interesting terrace reaction comes from a small man in a blue-grey jacket. He’s one of the older members of the group, but he’s bouncing excitedly, gesturing with a couple of fingers in the direction of the offending Whitburn player, who has just been shown a red card by the referee. “WHEEEEY! YAASSSSS! WHEEEEEEY! GET IT ROOND YE!”

The other Kennoway faithful have by now calmed their protests, satisfied with the ruling and the departing Whitburn player, who trudges towards the clubhouse with his head bowed. They turn their attention to their excitable friend, and half-heartedly try to calm him. One puts his arm around the man’s shoulder. By now he’s attracting dirty looks and retaliation from the locals, who outnumber the travelling support five to one:

“Fuck off ya old cunt, he got the ball ya prick. Get outta’ here.”“Yer cheating bastards! Wife let ye out the day aye? Time tae go home.”

The play has been stopped for almost five minutes by now as the referee attempts to restore order between the players, also irate, and as the injury forces a substitution. Linda swings her camera around.

“Ah, ha, ha!”. Blue-grey jacket man can’t contain himself. He waves with both hands and grins gleefully, eyes wide. “Take a photae ae that ya old bag! Aye! Ha, ha, ha. Get it up ye!”

Linda obliges. Maybe that one will make the website.

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Scottish Junior Football: The Beautiful Game?

By Peter Stewart

The final whistle sounds and Whitburn lose the match. The supporters trudge as one towards the small alley by the social club which leads to the main street and its few shops, Central Park’s secluded entrance and exit. The turnstiles at the north-west corner have been disused for a number of years, now closed off by large metal gates.

The departing supporters barely glance at the red Ford Focus, parked in an odd direction, facing the gates which allow the slightest glimpse of the pitch beyond. On the car’s dash is a folded scarf in the Whitburn Junior colours: claret and amber.

Davey is usually given access to Central Park’s grass verge to watch the game from his car. By the scarf is a blue badge, indicating a disability. Davey opens his window barely a third of the way, as the rain is lashing down aggressively. He sighs. “They forgot about me the day. Did we win?”

Colin has a smartphone in his left hand, and a flag in his right. When the ball goes out of play, he sometimes waves the flag as an afterthought. More often, he doesn’t bother. As the treasurer of Livingston United Football Club – the home team – he can hardly be a non-partisan, reliably objective match official. But every match needs a linesman.

“Whit time did you get oan that goal?”. He is trying to post score updates online, and turns to no-one in particular. There are about 15 people watching from behind the “Livi” dugout, and a voice offers that the goal was scored in the third minute of play.

“No’ a bad start, eh?”. Colin’s grin is toothy, but friendly. “Took us fuckin’ ages last time,” he laments. “Hope we can keep it together this week.”

The ball suddenly trundles into him, mud splattering up the right leg of his Adidas tracksuit bottoms. “Fuck,” he says, forgetting to raise the flag.

Station Park sits adjacent to Deans Primary School’s grass field, which appears in far superior condition to the East Region Premier League team’s home. Compared to Whitburn’s pitch, it is a marsh.

The ball is now in one of the trees that separates the two fields. Colin grabs a replacement and boots it in the direction of an impatient Kirkcaldy player. Mud flies up his other leg. A young lad behind him, in new-looking skinny jeans and trainers, takes a couple of wary steps backwards. Colin produces yet another football from a kit bag and lobs it at the one in the branches, which is dislodged and falls directly onto the head of the lad who had just moved. A roar of laughter goes up, led by Colin. “Ma bad, pal”, he chortles.

Livingston United is the oldest of two football clubs in Livingston, the fourth of Scotland’s post-war “new towns” after East Kilbride, Glenrothes and Cumbernauld. Deans is one of several residential areas that make up the town. Much of the sixties architecture has not aged well and is in varying states of repair; a stone’s throw from Station Park is a row of disintegrating council flats that were occupied at the start of the decade. Now a sign warns: “KEEP OUT: UNSAFE STRUCTURES.” Speaking of which, one must be careful underfoot on the terraces of a junior club. If not, a cracked piece of concrete step may come away from beneath one without warning, and one may end up on one’s backside. Most people will be too absorbed in the match to notice. Colin might, though, and he does. “Ha, ha, ha – careful pal!”. He nearly drops his phone into the dirt. “Shit. Close yin.”

A Livingston player pursues a bouncing ball a few feet down the touchline. Colin raises the flag distractedly, cautiously slipping his phone into a mud-covered pocket.

The ball never went out.

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Scottish Junior Football: The Beautiful Game?

By Peter Stewart

No-one seemed to be believe that Stuart was American, but it was just another one of his stories that, true or not, everyone at the Cawburn Inn loved to hear over their pint on a Saturday evening. Everyone accepted he was an ex-professional and everyone accepted he was now a youth coach – those were the only facts people seemed sure of. He had finished his playing career at Pumpherston Junior Football Club some fifteen years ago.

Pumpherston is one of those places with more takeaways than anything else. A small dormitory village for Livingston, it was rapidly outgrown after its neighbour was designated in 1962. Its main street is mostly housing, but it has one shop, one pub and five small takeaways. Six if you count the Indian restaurant that offers take-out. The people of Pumpherston care for their sport: there is a bowling club, a golf course and Recreation Park, home of Pumpherston Junior.

“So they’re nearly up there – St. Andrews, a swear tae fuck – an’ some cunt says on the bus: ‘We’ve forgoat the kits!’ Ha, ha, ha! Class! They turn up an’ they have tae stick oan St. Andrews’ away gear – it’s blue an half the boys are Celtic fans an’ they were lovin’ it. Staunch as fuck, mate.”

Stuart sways alarmingly, and lager splashes from his glass onto the wooden decking designated as the Cawburn’s “beer garden”. Beyond the decking is a dusty car park which separates the pub and Recreation Park, which can just about be seen beyond some trees. Occasionally, on a match-day, a stray ball will appear and bounce towards where Stuart now stands.

“Biggest park in Scottish fitbaw,” he announces sensationally, vaguely gesturing with his pint-hand. More spilt drink. It sounds like one of his less likely claims, but there are various noises of agreement from the assembled outdoor drinkers. Indeed, Recreation Park is remarkably wide. Surrounded by sloping grass verges and towering hedges, its size and enclosed feel presents a daunting prospect for opponents.

Pumpherston sit atop their division, and are reigning East Region champions. Even the pavilion on the ground’s east side is intimidating: a concrete fortress splashed with the team’s yellow. Behind the south goal is a hut that sells refreshments, including alcohol, during matches.

“Mind that game last year,” Stuart laughs, barely able to begin the latest anecdote.“Mind last year – ah ken you do, Jimmy – we were playin’ the Fulshie an’ one ae the boys gave oor‘keeper a pint when we were five-nuhin’ up, and the lad tanned it! Ha, ha, ha! He was fuckin’ buzzin’. Heard the gaffer did him fur that. Proabably why he fucked aff. Whit wis that lad’s name again?”

You don’t have to spend much time around the juniors to realise how fine a line separates this level from the next. Pumpherston are the best side in West Lothian, and several of the squad have flirted with a professional career. One had to take the step down due to a volatile temperament; another is on loan from a Scottish Premiership team. Many players now in the top leagues cut their teeth in the juniors.

“Fuck me,” Stuart says, suddenly serious. He turns and gazes wistfully in the direction of Recreation Park. This one is from his playing days. “Ah mind this time we’d got pumped, an’ the gaffer didnae say a word in the locker room.” Stuart throws back his glass and the dregs of Tennent’s slide into his mouth. “Then he turned roond an’ just leathered this boy. Flat ontae the grund. The lad wis knocked out.” Stuart shook his head. “Gid player tae. We were aw shook, like. Wouldnae get away wae that now.”

Someone murmurs that you probably would, and the laughter resumes, but Stuart is already plodding towards the bar.

Junior Football. Bloody hell.


PLAYER PROFILE

Age: 18

Position: Forward

Jamie Conn

Which clubs have you played for previously?

Previously played for Lugar Boswell Thistle, Rosebank United Boys club, Lugar Boswell Boys Club and Sorn Boys Club.

What made you sign for Cumnock?

I signed for Cumnock because it’s my local club and it’s always been aim since I started playing Junior to play with Cumnock.

What’s your favourite sporting moment so far (across any sport)?

Scoring my first league goal for Cumnock.

Which player do you idolise and why?

Always idolised Frank Lampard as a footballer because I liked his style of play in midfield and always liked Chelsea. Now a days it’s Lionel Messi just because I could watch him play all day.


Have you set any personal goals for the season ahead?

My personal goal is to play as many matches as possible and help the team have a successful season.

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Quiz Answers


1) John McClay2) Campbell; Barr; McClay; and Hughes3) Shotts Bon Accord and Derek Love

Matchday Hospitality Player Sponsorship

Trackside Advertising Matchday Sponsorship

You can sponsor a Cumnock home game for

just £120. Benefits include 2 places in

hospitality for the match and a half page

programme advert.

For good food & company and a complimentary bar; take match day hospitality

for only £30 pp. Contact Bobby McCulloch

on 07501 471915.

You can sponsor a player for only £50. Your

name/business name will appear on the website and in the Matchday programmes. Contact

Alan Orr on 07747561827.

Advertise your business pitchside at Townhead Park. Your adverts will be viewed by the 90,000+ customers &

visitors to the TownheadCommunity Sports Hub. For information, please contact Alan Orr on 07747 561827

Cumnock Juniors has many ways in which you or your business can help support the club financially.

Matchday sponsorship, trackside advertising boards, player sponsorship and Matchday hospitality, are all available at competitive prices.

See below for more details of the packages available.

We are indebted to our many sponsors and to those whose regular donations are the lifeb-lood of this community club

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