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Chairman’s Update
August 10, 2008
Sat 9th August
1st X League Spartans vs Coldstream - game postponed…..at 1.40 despite every effort to make the pitch playable
2nd XI League Spartans vs Wishaw - game postponed
3rd XI Friendly Watt Star 1 Spartans 3 (Chris Smith 2, Finlay Clark)…the synthetic surface at Riccarton to the rescue…Finlay eventually notching after missing a number of chances apparently
Sun 10th August
Womens 1st XI League Kilmarnock 0 Spartans 0..by all accounts we played well but missed chances
Fixtures
Tue 12th August
1st XI League Preston A vs Spartans ko 7.45pm…the ko has moved around but given the lights we are obviously onto continental ko times
Friendly 2nd XI vs 3rd XI at Peffermill ko 7pm
Friendly Leith A 19s vs Spartans 19s at Leith ko 6.30pm
Sat 16th August
1st XI League Dalbeattie Star vs Spartans ko 2.30pm…there will be a bus travelling and as usual supporters are welcome to come on the bus, please call Jimmy M if you are interested
2nd XI League Millbank vs Spartans ko 20m
Sun 17th August
Womens 1st XI League Cup R1 Forfar vs Spartans ko 2pm
News
1. Mike’s Blog
I know a number of you were disappointed about Mike putting a hold on his blog. We had a committee meeting including Mike and Sam on Monday and all of us discussed that, as I found out when doing my press interviews after the SFL bid, good points are exagerrated and quickly blown out of all proportion. As Mike said in his last post suddenly there was controversy where none was intended and despite Mike being very careful on what he said. We therefore decided that Mike would hang up his mouse and keyboard and stop doing his blog for the meantime. This blog has attracted many people to our website…over 5,000 different users in July…which is quite remarkable. Thanks to Mike for the many new Spartans supporters his blog has encouraged and we’re working out how to ensure our supporters are kept fully up to date with the thoughts of all of us at the club. The new website is continually building new content and hopefully we can retain the readership.
2. Shetland Islands XI
You may have noticed Spartans old boy James Johnson (”JJ”) scoring for the Shetland Islands as they beat Fort William in the 1st Round of the North Challenge Cup…the Sunday Post even described him as ex-Spartans midfielder James Johnson! They have drawn Cove Rangers in the next round…they have been allowed to enter the cup on the basis they can only be drawn away! If Shetland can manage this perhaps we should apply to join the English pyramid league system! It is also interesting to track the ex Spartans players in the SFL as well this season - they do seem to be doing better in the bookings league table than in the goals scored table!
3. The Rain and the Academy
Obviously the current weather is doing little for progress on the grass pitch at the Academy…ERDC are however making good progress on both the club rooms and the large synthetic pitch however we really do need a dry spell for the grass pitch…the seed is on site ready to go on the ground but we need a few dry days
4. Obviously no training on Tuesday but all teams down at Peffermill on Thursday
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