Montrose FC Pitch Sponsors

Montrose Football Club are grateful to the following companies and supporters’ for their pitch sponsorship:-

6 YARD BOX – St Anne’s B & B, Bridge of Don Aberdeen
18 YARD BOXES – Celurca & Kenny Caithness
EAST END -
WEST END - Main Sponsor Colin & Alison Maver in conjuction with David Larter
18 YARD BOXES - Celurca Investments Ltd and Kenny Caithness
GOALMOUTH/NETS AREA - Andy Stirling – StirFresh
CORNER FLAG QUADRANTS - Torbraud Investments Pte Ltd (Jeff Ewen)
PITCH SQUARES
A3 - Willie Anderson
A6 – Iain Bridges	A7 - Paul Donaldson	A8 – Barry O'Neill
A10/11- Infinity automation, Ian Allan	A12- Bob Rose	A15 – Lloyd & Hazel Sim	A17 Brian Stuart
A20 – Hillside FC
B1 – Andy Campbell	B4 - Kathleen Sim	B6 – Malcolm Sim	B18 – John Donachie
C6 – Green Park Garage	C10 – Jen Laing	C17 – Kevin Webster
D6 – Bob Mutch	D8 – Wm Mustard & Son	D9 – Jamie Stuart	D12 – Mark Barrett
D15 – Daz Paton
E7 – Charlie, Graham & Murray Douglas	E8 – Amie Kenny	E12 – Derek Sim	E16 – East Fife FC
E17 – David Laing
F5 – David Larter	F6- ERF (Jim & Betty Smith)	F7 – Balmoral Offshore Engineering	F9 – S. Anderson
F11 – Lottie Duncan	F16 – Robert Stansfeld
G5 – Mr Webster	G6 – Fraser Sim	G7- The Martins	G9 – Ian Lorimer
G11 – In Memory of Bob Mutch	G12 – Kevin Crawford	G13 – John Paton	G15 – Grant & Sarah Wallace
G17 – Dod Masson Joinery
H6- Calum Stuart	H7- The Martins	H10 – Neill McIntosh	H11 – Scott Agnew
H12 – Carly & Finley Davidson
I5 – Stan Brown	I6 – Mya & Ellish Lamb	I7 – Andrew Stephen	I16 - Ian Craik
I17 - Billy Walker
J5 – Montrose Rope & Sail	J6 The Goldschmidt Family	J9 – East Fife FC	J11 – Fred Park
J13 – John Crawford	J14 – John Henderson	J15 – Gregor Strachan	J16 – Catherine Hay
K5 – Montrose Rope & Sail	K6 – Tracy Park	K7 – Peter Steven	K8 – Ken McGinlay
K10 – Alj Kenny	K17 – Paul Paton
L3 – Margaret Barrett	L5- Montrose Rope & Sail	L8 – Dr John Adams	L9 Mr 7 Mrs Ian Balneaves In Memory of Duncan Balneaves
L10 – Murray Emslie	L12 – Ross Boyd	L15 – Ronnie Marquis	L19 – George Stansfeld
L21 Jim Dinnie & Family
M2 – In Memory of Jimmy Butchart	M3 – Fraser Thornton	M4 – Green Park Garage	M7 – Green Park Garage
M9 – Codie Petrie	M13 – Alan Boath	M14 – Argyll Thomson	M20- Montrose Youth FC

To purchase your square please contact Tracy Park or Anne Kenny

Mighty Mo Donate Artificial Pitch to Local Youths

Montrose FC have gifted a large portion of their old artificial 3G pitch to Montrose Youth FC for the creation of an all weather training surface at Kenny Park.

Bob McCombie, Chairman of Montrose Youth said, “We are extremely grateful for this very kind donation by Montrose FC and it will go a long way to improving the facilities we provide for our youngsters. We are a very active club and with 13 teams at ages from 8 to 17 years, including 3 girls teams, we are one of the biggest youth setups on the east coast of Scotland. The demand for floodlit winter training is therefore high and at present we only have a grass surface under the lights at Kenny Park, which can quickly become unplayable. Converting this to an all weather surface will make a huge difference to so many of our kids.

Derek Sim, Chairman of Montrose FC added, “We are delighted to see our old pitch go to such a worthy cause. We had been trying to sell it on, but it was proving both impractical and time consuming so instead we decided to make the offer to Montrose Youth. In the end it made sense that our turf should support the development of grass roots football in the town.

“We already have a good relationship with the club as not only do they use Links Park for some of their training and matches, they also provide us with Ball Boys and Girls for all our home games.

“I am sure our local residents will be delighted too, as the rolls of turf and bags of infill have become a bit of an eyesore in our car park since the pitch was lifted back in June.”

Our photo shows MFC Chairman Derek Sim (left) and MYFC Chairman Bob McCombie (right) with some of the kids getting a feel for their new training surface.

Montrose v East Fife Goals

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ybpq2Awag4

Videos by Mark West

Captain Recovering After Groin Surgery

Club Captain Paul Watson underwent surgery last week to repair the groin injury that has kept him out of action recently.

Paul said "The operation last Thursday, for the condition known as Gilmour's Groin, was fairly straight forward and went well. I was out of hospital the following morning and since then I have been at home recovering and starting my rehab exercises."

Overall recovery is expected to be around a month and Paul hopes to be running again by next week, building back up to full fitness and being ready for selection again by mid-October.

It goes without saying that all at the Club wish him a speedy recovery.

Trialist Keepers

In the absence of Jordan Millar due to shoulder injury which might take a further four weeks to heal, Montrose have called upon a couple of trialist keepers in the last two matches. On the bench against Elgin City was Sandy Wood a familiar face at Links Park having three spells with the club prior to his departure to Arbroath in January 2014. Last season Sandy played for Cove Rangers in the Highland League. With Sandy unavailable against Stirling Albion it was the turn of another former Arbroath goalkeeper Scott Morrison to take his seat on the bench. Scott is currently playing for amateur side Drymen United.