Supporters Club BUS TO DUNDEE (26/07/10)
 The Montrose FC Supporters Club will be running a bus to Dens park on Saturday leaving from Links Park, Montrose at 11am. If you would like to reserve your place on the bus please contact Stuart Maxwell on 07834370448. |
RADIO TAY CONCERT AT LINKS PARK (26/07/10)
 Montrose FC have teamed up with Radio Tay to host live performances from the leading Take That and Westlife tribute acts on Friday 13th August at Links Park. There has already been significant interest in the event which is shaping up to be a great nights entertainment at Links Park. The club are looking for extra pairs of hands to help out on the night and if anyone is interested in helping out please contact Stuart Maxwell on who will pass on tothe relevant contact. |
Montrose FC GOLF DAY (26/07/10)
 Montrose FC have arranged a golf day at Montrose Links for Friday 3rd September. Teams of 4 should complete an entry form available from Henry Hogg's Stationers or Derek Sim at Montrose Football Club. The cost for a team of 4 is £120 and this includes a buffet meal. "Closest to the Pin" sponsorship is available at £100 and interested parties should contact Derek Sim. Facilities at Links Park are likely to be open afterwards and showing the Scotland vs Lithuania match on the big screen in the Bon Accord Lounge; all are welcome (to be confirmed in the near future) |
maitland joins locos on loan (26/07/10)
 Montrose midfielder John Maitland has signed a loan deal with Highland League outfit Inveruruie Loco Works until the end of 2010. John joined Montrose in 2006 from Inverurie club Colony Boys Club and his form over the year has seen him move from the Under 17’s side through to the first team. He made his first team debut as a substitute against East Stirlingshire in April 2007 and he made a further appearance before the season’s end. John was handed a professional contract in the summer of 2007 after his good showings in pre season. Made is full debut for the club at Stenhousemuir in January 2008. A strong powerful midfielder with an eye for goal. Scored his first Montrose goal against Stranraer on 16th January 2010 and followed it up with his second two days later in the cup-tie against Edinburgh City. Has made fifty appearances for Montrose. Age 21. |
Peterhead 5 Montrose 0 (26/07/10)
 The new 2010/11 season got underway for Montrose Football club on Saturday and it got off to a disastrous start as the Gable Endies crashed to another heavy defeat at the hands of second division Peterhead in the Alba ChallengeCup First Round.
The result now means that Montrose have lost their last three competitive fixtures by scores of 5 – 0, 5- 2 and 5 – 0. This following on from three pre season defeats with only one goal scored it hasn’t been the best of times results wise for Montrose.
On Saturday they played reasonably well in spells but at the end of the day defensive mistakes and the lack of firepower once again was their downfall.
Manager Steven Tweed will certainly have to add to his small squad before the season starts for real on August 7th against Queen’s Park or Montrose and their long suffering fans are in for another difficult season.
» Match Report
» Lineups |
tweed brings in garden (23/07/10)
 Montrose manager Steven Tweed has recruited former Dundee United, Brechin City, Forfar, Notts County and Ross County shot-stopper Stuart Garden to work with goalkeepers Scott Bennett and Sandy Wood at Links Park.
Tweed said, “I am delighted to bring Stuart here and with also having Ray Farningham on board we have plenty of experience to pass on to the players.” |
tribute concert (23/07/10)
Friday 13th August 2010 at LINKS PARK
In Conjunction with RADIO TAY we present a Tribute Band Concert featuring TAKE THAT and WESTLIFE.
Tickets £12, £15 and £20 are available from Henry Hogg Stationers, High Street, Montrose; John Crawford Architects, 72 New Wynd, Montrose; and Radio Tay.
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The Co-operative Insurance Cup Football Family Funday (22/07/10)
 Following on from last season’s success in attracting more children and families to attend games in the First Round of The Co-operative Insurance Cup, where The Scottish Football League reported a 55% increase in match attendances, clubs are supporting the initiative again during the 2010/11 season.
The Co-operative Insurance Cup First Round ties will take place on Saturday 31 July and Sunday 1 August 2010 and, in addition to the matches themselves, will consist of the following activity:
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Children and young people aged 16 and under will be admitted free of charge to games provided they are accompanied by one paying adult (maximum ratio of 6 children to 1 adult).
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Club community coaches will provide a fun football coaching session for a minimum of 20 children pre-match. Competitions to win these places will appear in the local press.
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200 football skills posters developed by Billy Stark, the SFA’s Under 21/Youth Teams National Coach, will be supplied to clubs to hand out to children attending games.
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Mini footballs for the first 50 children to arrive at each match
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A half-time 10 second challenge between club youth teams.
Competitions will also run in the local press to find mascots and there will also be opportunities to win match tickets. |
UPCOMING EVENTS (22/07/10)
tribute concert
Friday 13th August 2010 at LINKS PARK
In Conjunction with RADIO TAY we present a Tribute Band Concert featuring TAKE THAT and WESTLIFE.
Tickets £12, £15 and £20 are available from Henry Hogg Stationers, High Street, Montrose; John Crawford Architects, 72 New Wynd, Montrose; and Radio Tay.
MONTROSE FOOTBALL CLUB GOLF DAY
FRIDAY 3rd SEPTEMBER 2010 at MONTROSE LINKS
Enter this enjoyable day and support the club
Entry forms for teams of 4 at £120, incl. Buffet meal, available from Henry Hogg Stationers, High Street, Montrose and from Derek Sim, Links Park Stadium. Cheques payable to Montrose FC.
Hole Sponsorship - Nearest the Pin only £100.
MONTROSE FOOTBALL CLUB SPORTSMAN’S DINNER
SATURDAY 16th OCTOBER 2010
At TOWN HALL, MONTROSE
COMMENCING 7.30 pm
Superb after-dinner speakers
Tickets £39.50 available from John Crawford Architects, New Wynd, Montrose. Cheques payable to Montrose FC. |
montrose 1 livingston 3 (14/07/10)
 MONTROSE’S pre-season preparations continued with a hard-fought home defeat to Division Three champions Livingston.
Both sides gave an energetic performance on a cool Angus evening, but it was the visitors from West Lothian who emerged victorious.
Winger Bobby Barr opened the scoring in the 22nd minutes with an unstoppable shot from 25 yards that flew over home goalkeeper Sandy Wood’s head. Veteran striker Robbie Winters doubled the advantage 15 minutes later, turning in the rebound when Montrose failed to clear his initial shot. Substitute Mark McNulty completed the scoring with the last kick of the game, tapping home a Barr square ball from six yards out.
While Livingston were deserving winners, Montrose didn’t make things easy for their visitors, and were unlucky not to score themselves.
» Match Report |
MONTROSE 1 RAITH ROVERS 3 (12/07/10)
 An experimental Montrose Football Club side that contained two trialists in its starting line up and a further four on the bench got its pre season underway with a home match against Scottish Cup semi finalists Raith Rovers at Links Park on Saturday.
Montrose took the lead early in the match but the First Division visitors hit back to record a deserved win although Steven Tweed’s men can take a lot of positives from the match.
» Match Report
» Match Photos at Raith Rovers FC.com |
Online Season Ticket Sales (09/07/10)
 For those unable to make it down to John Crawford's office, the club are now offering online season tickets sales complete with the discount before 11th July. If you would like to order your ticket, please head over to http://montrosefansforum.net/index/seasonticket.php |
Lucky Numbers (09/07/10)
 The Club will again be running the successful Lucky Numbers Lottery this season. This scheme generates a healthy amount of cash for the club and it's a great way to raise further funds towards the club. The scheme has also managed to hand out some bumper prizes to the winners, a handful of people won in excess of £2500 last year; a true win win scenario. If you want to learn more about the scheme and how you can take part for simply £1 per week; take alook at the attached leaflet and standing order details which available by clicking the lucky numbers logo to the right. |
Upcoming Friendlies (09/07/10)
As you may know, MFC's preseason kicks off on Saturday at Links Park at home to Raith Rovers, followed by Livingston on Tuesday 13th and Brechin at Glebe Park on the 17th. These games provide an opportunity to see some of the new signings in action and gives Steven Tweed and Ray Farningham a chance to run the rule over some trialists. As you may have seen from the Courier recently, Tweed is looking to strengthen the Striking dept in particular. |
Meet the Manager (09/07/10)
 MFCSC have arranged a meet the manager event with Steven Tweed and Ray Farningham for next Wed 14th at 7.30pm in the Bon Accord Lounge at Links Park (night AFTER the Livingston friendly). This will give all fans a chance to meet the new management team, find out more about future plans, air their views and ask any questions that they may have about first team matters. It also gives fans a chance to get together for the first time in a while over a few drinks. All fans, whether new or long suffering, are welcome to come along; the more the merrier!
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The Montrose FC players take a break from pre season training at RAF Leuchars on Sunday 20th June. |
Montrose add Smith (02/07/10)
 Montrose have added a further midfielder to their squad with former Arbroath and Forfar player Nicky Smith signing on at Links Park. Gable Endies’ player-boss Steven Tweed is delighted that the 22 year old has opted to join his former Gayfield team-mate Terry Masson at the club saying, “Nicky was wanted by other clubs so I am delighted he has chosen to join us. We now have great competition for midfield places and Nicky is determined to show that he should be starting every week.” |
Tweed brings in Farningham (02/07/10)
 Montrose Player/Manager Steven Tweed has unveiled his former coach at Dundee, Ray Farningham, as his new assistant at Links Park. The duo worked together at Tayside when centre back Tweed played there a decade ago and they have been reunited as a result of Farningham being available after being released from his job as Assistant Manager to Jocky Scott at Dens Park back in March. Tweed’s previous assistant Jim Moffat left last month and the Gable Endies boss made his move then with Tweed saying, “I am delighted to be bringing Ray Farningham to Montrose. He is a very respected throughout football and was recently in a full time position at a big club, so the players here will benefit enormously from his experience.” |
MFCSC BUSES TO PETERHEAD AND DUNDEE (30/06/10)
With the new season racing up, Montrose FC Supporters Club are pleased to confirm that we have booked buses to the Challenge Cup and CIS Cup matches in Peterhead and Dundee respectively. The bus to Balmoor leaves Montrose at 10am (to be confirmed) taking around 2 hours up to Peterhead (allowing for traffic and pickups on route). The Dundee bus(es) will leave Montrose on 31st at 11am (to be confirmed) and shouldnt take much longer than an hour. If you would like to attend either of these matches please call Stuart Maxwell on 07834370448 or email stu_maxwell5@hotmail.com to confirm your place. Places can be secured by signing the forms in the club shop at the upcoming preseason games against Raith Rovers and Livingston. |
MFCSC AGM & FIRST MEETING (30/06/10)
The AGM was held on Friday at Links Park and a new committee has been nominated to help take the club forward for the next few years. There are a few familiar faces, but a number of new faces are on board and we are delighted to have an injection of fresh ideas/approaches. We are still keen to hear from any other interested parties who may be interested in helping out. If you feel you would like to get involved, please contact Hugh Thomson (Chairman) on shuggthomson@tiscali.co.uk or 07832292709. The first committee meeting will be held at 12 noon on Sat July 10th at Links Park, ahead of the Raith Rovers pre season friendly. Anyone interested in helping out are encouraged to come along. |
MEET THE MANAGER (30/06/10)
Details are currently being finalised with regards to a Pre-Season Meet the Manager session with Steven Tweed and new assistant Ray Farningham. The session will enable fans to put Steven and Ray on the spot with any questions, queries or opinions on the upcoming season and future plans in an informal environment with bar facilities and a light snack. Confirmed date and time to be advised in the very near future. |
MONTROSE FANS FORUM & ONLINE RESOURCES (30/06/10)
For all of your online MFC discussion needs, please head along and sign up to the Montrose Fans Forum which is run by new SC committee member Chris Smith. It would be great to get a healthy community of like minded induviduals onto one site to generate discussion, ideas and help spread the word about the activities of MFC and the Supporters Club. Signing up is quick and straightforward, see www.montrosefansforum.net for details. Keep it constructive! ;) Some of you will already be aware of the online resources at www.montrosefc.co.uk, and a fans Facebook page ran by Graham Christieson at http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=79925631047&ref=ts and long running blogs by Gable End Graffiti ( http://gableend.blogspot.com/ ) and Groanin Jock http://groaninjock.blogspot.com/
Please note that Montrose FC or MFCSC is not responsible for any content contained within these sites and views expressed within are not connected to those of Montrose FC and MFCSC. |
SUMMER HOLIDAY PROGRAMME AT MONTROSE FC (10/06/10)
Starts 5th July – 13th August Indoor games if wet weather
9am – 4pm: £50 per week or £10 per day (packed lunch required)
9am – 12pm / 1pm - 4pm: £30 per week or £6 per day (Book any day you require or for the full week)
We also have a big screen TV, play stations, table football, table tennis etc, etc, {it’s not all football}
Age for above 5yrs – upwards.
MINI KICKERS
Age 3yrs - 5yrs 9am – 10:30am/ 10:30am – 12pm daily £3
per session
MIGHTY MO 4’S
Age 5yrs – upwards 2:30pm – 4pm daily
£3: per session
Bookings not necessary but would be advised
For further information contact A. Kenny on Tel 01674674982 / 07923673775 (after 4pm) |
ARE YOU LOOKING FOR SOMEWHERE TO HOLD A FAMILY PARTY:
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OUR FACILITIES ARE AVAILABLE FOR THE ABOVE CATERING CAN ALSO BE ARRANGED TO DISCUSS ANY OF THE ABOVE IN FURTHER DETAIL, PLEASE DO NOT HESITATE TO CONTACT
Glynis Crawford on 01674 673200 or email: montrosefootballclub@tesco.net
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