Management thoughts on Dalbeattie this season.

Posted on Wednesday, May 20th, 2009

Mike Lawson’s thought on Dalbeattie this season.

“I’d like to take the time to offer both congratulations and thanks to Dalbeattie Star before my thoughts turn to Spartans and the title decider on Saturday.

I was at Dalbeattie’s first game of the season when they were defeated by Heriot-Watt on the back of Skin handing in his resignation. Few then would have envisaged what Gordon Holt and his boys would achieve in the months that followed. Dalbeattie soon fought their way to the top of the league and they stayed there for most of the season. I’m sure Kenny Murray and Gordon like us all at Spartans would have settled for still having a chance of winning the title on the last league Saturday of the season and so it has turned out. Dalbeattie have also won the biggest “South” trophy when the beat Annan in the South Challenge Cup Final and are in the final of our own League Cup next weekend. I’d like to congratulate them on a magnificent season so far.

I’d also like to thank them for playing in our league. We were all disappointed when Threave Rovers decided to return to play solely in the South a few years back and of course we lost Annan to the SFL at the start of this season. Our league is all the better for it’s contribution from the “South” and I thank Kenny and his committee for staying with us. Dalbeattie are a good club ran by good people and I’m sure they’ve grown stronger as a club with a foot in both camps.

Maybe with Gretna joining us this season thoughts will turn to combining the two associations?.”