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July 25, 2010

Yesterday the Seniors beat Easthouses 4 – 0 with goals from David Etale (2), Alex King and Dean Hoskins.  The Juniors went down 1 – 0 to Stirling University.

On Thursday night the Juniors drew 2 – 2 with Heriot Watt University with goals from Kenny Young and Gary Shanks.

The next games are next weekend when we host Newtongrange Star and  Musselburgh Athletic to take part in the Ronnie Swan tournament.

Up coming pre-season matches

July 22, 2010

Spartans Juniors are in action tonight and both the Seniors and Juniors have games this weekend.

Spartans Seniors play EOSL 1st Division side, Easthouses on Saturday at the academy. The game takes place on the FieldTurf and kicks off at 1pm.

The Juniors face a Uni double as they take on Heriot-Watt tonight at Riccarton before traveling to Stirling on Saturday to take on the EOSL Premier new boys. Kick off on Saturday is 2pm.

Tonights game kicks off at 7pm and manager David Cowan has a near full strength side to choose from with only Joe Steele and Nick Reid unavailable. Squad from: Paterek, Cruickshank, McKibben, Sutherland, Antoni, Campbell, Shanks, Bannon, Cowan, Roberts, Boyes. There will also be a couple of trailists on show as the Junior side continues to build for the season ahead.

Juniors back in action against EOSL opposition

July 20, 2010

Spartans Juniors are back in action this Thursday night against East of Scotland Premier League side Heriot-Watt Uni. The friendly match takes place at Riccerton with a 7pm kick off.

Juniors face Strollers today

July 18, 2010

Spartans juniors face Civil Service Strollers in the 3rd/4th playoff in the Eddie Queen tournament today. The game is to be played at Blackburn Juniors ground and kicks off at 12.30. Several players from yesterday are unavailable however Phil McKibben returns to play his first game since his permanent move from the Senior side. David Cowan will continue to run his eye over several trialists ahead of the new season.

Senior thump Coldstream but Juniors lose to Blackburn

July 17, 2010

Spartans seniors today defeated Coldstream 7-0 in a friendly on the fieldturf at Ainslie Park. The first half performance lacked the quality needed to score and the teams went in at half time. Mike Irving’s half time talk worked wonders however and an impressive second half performance saw the home side smash seven past the helpless Coldstream side. David Etale scored 4 with Alex King, Keith McLeod and Ross Archibald adding the others.

Team: Flockhart, Archibald, Fowlie, Townsely, Sivewright, McAuley, Beesley(O’Donnell), Malin(King), Hoskins, McLeod, Etale

Spartans Juniors lost by a single goal to Blackburn in their first game of the pre-season. The match, part of the Eddie Queen tournament gave David Cowan a chance to see some of our new players in action while give some trialists a chance to impress. In spite of the result it was a good run out for the team and we will now face either Civil Service Strollers or Kircaldy YM in the 3rd/4th play off tomorrow, kicking off at 12.30.

Team: Parerek, Cruickshank, Boyes, Steele, Sutherland(Trialist), Antoni(Trialist), Shanks(Crolla), Campbell(Trialist), Reid(Roberts), Cowan(Trialist), Bannon(Trialist)

Game against Coldstream this Saturday

July 16, 2010

Spartans Seniors are playing Coldstream this Saturday (17th) with an 11am Kickoff on the Field Turf. Players should meet at 9.45am.

Junior pre-season starts with Eddie Queen Tournament

July 14, 2010

The Junior side start their pre-season campaign this coming weekend as they take part in the Eddie Queen tournament in Blackburn, West Lothian. We won the trophy last year, beating Civil Service Strollers on the Saturday before a hard fought victory over fellow Junior side Kirkcaldy YM saw us lift the shield.

We start our defence of the trophy against hosts Blackburn on Saturday 17th, kick of is 12.30pm. Civil Service then play Kirkcaldy YM in the later game kicking off at 3pm. The two losing sides play each other on the Sunday at 12.30 with the two winners facing each other in the final at 3pm on the Sunday.

The weather is set to clear in time to see a new look Spartan Junior side back in action. The majority of last season players have signed up again for this year with only Dale Robertson, Gary Young, Iain Cartwright and Adam Perry leaving over the summer. We are delighted that Phil McKibben has made his move perminent and there will also be a number of new signings on show, full details of these new players and the squad for next season will follow later.

Any Spartan fans looking to make the trip should contact Cameron Hobbs (07962 353 645) for information on location and travel arrangements. Entry is free on both days and we would love to see some of you there.

Seniors suffer defeat on pre-season start

July 10, 2010

Spartans seniors lost 4-1 to SFL Division 3 Champions Livingston today in a wet and wild afternoon at Ainslie Park. Several key players were missing however Chris Townsley and Jack Beesley made their debuts for the club. Livingston had a very strong starting line up with several of the new summer signings on show.

Livingston started strong and took the lead early through new signing Iain Russell. Russell then scored a second midway through the first half to give the visitors a strong 2-0 half time scoreline.

It took just minutes into the second half for the lead to be extended. Kyle Jacobs scoring having come on at the break to make an instant impression on the game. Another new summer signing, Aaron Conway then made it four before Alex King scored a screamer towards the end of the game to reduce the defecit.

The game finished 4-1 and the players will have benefitted from the strong test against this season second division favourites.

Team: McGarrie, O’Donnell, Townsley, Sivewright, Hoskins, Manson, King, Beesley, Henretty, Etale, Malin.

Squad for tomorrow

July 9, 2010

The Seniors have a couple of players missing tomorrow’s friendly against Livingston.  Chris Flockhart, Ross Archibald and Chris Smith dont make it but Mike Irving is confident we have the strength in depth to give Livi a good game.  Mike is taking the team while Mike Lawson and Sam Lynch enjoy a holiday break and has been delighted with the application in training, “the players have returned in great shape and although the game is early for us it does give us a great test against full time opposition who will be challenging for the SFL2 title”. Squad: McGarrie, O’Donnell, Hoskins, Fowlie, Townsley, McAuley, Manson, Etale, Malin, McLeod, Sivewright, King, Henretty, Beesley, Vinelli.  The ko is 3pm.

Spartans legend Jonny Seeley has been training with the team over the last couple of weeks although work commitments will keep him out tomorrow and will limit his availability through the season.

The season is about to start again…

July 5, 2010

Our first pre-season game is coming up on Saturday and it is a cracker…Livingston are coming to the Academy for a game on the FieldTurf with a 3pm ko.  Admission is free, there will be a programme at £1.50, the new price for our programmes for this season as production costs have gone up.

Mike Irving will take the team on Saturday with messrs Lawson and Lynch on holiday.  With Omar about until September before his 9 month working spell in London this season’s squad has a familiar ring to it…only Dan Gerrard leaving and Jack Beesley and Chris Townsley joining.

Our pre-season tourney has also been confirmed.  It is on 31st July/1st August this year to give the grass pitch a full eight week rest so this has ruled out SFL opposition.  Newtongrange Star and Musselburgh Athletic from the East Junior Super league provide the opposition for our Senior and Junior teams.  The Saturday fixtures pitch our Juniors against Musselburgh at 1pm and then our Seniors against Newtongrange Star with a 3.30pm ko.   The Sunday will see a 3rd/4th place play off before the final.  Admission will be £5/£3 on both days.

We have one other friendly confirmed, a game against a Falkirk XI at the academy on Tuesday 3rd Augsut.

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