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You support us – now it’s our turn

Club statement

As you may know, 1920 was the year that Camelon Juniors Football Club, as we know it, was founded. As a committee, we had grand plans to celebrate it and hopefully we will still be able to do these down the line.

However, in the midst of a global pandemic we’ve found a new way to mark the occasion. Many of our players, coaches, volunteers and staff are now helping to distribute food to the most vulnerable in our community, in partnership with the Camelon Community Hub. We are also going to be helping to look after the children of front line staff over the Easter break by delivering sporting activities at the local hub school with Falkirk Community Trust.

Our community has stood with us for 100 years and now we stand with them. I can’t think of a more fitting way to celebrate our club centenary than this.

Taking this one step further, the committee have decided that NHS staff will receive free entry to all our games next season. Simply show your ID badge, come in and be part of our family. It’s just a small thank you from us to you.

Stay safe – stay home.

Tony Smith
on behalf of the CJFC committee

CJFC 2005s step up to the plate

Despite being the team who’ve had the hardest of seasons having to drop a league and without a win all year, our Youth Academy 2005s team have stepped up to support local people in need. Most of the boys have never played football before this season and this is very much a community level team, which makes their gesture even more meaningful.

At the instigation of their Club Secretary Cat Milne, the boys have used some of their fund raising money that they’d been saving, to purchase food, cleaning products and toiletries (pictured) and have donated them to our charity partner, Love Falkirk. This is an outreach programme run by Falkirk Vineyard Church who work from an office in our ground to support those in most need in our community through the provision of food parcels, household items, toiletries and a spirit of community.

Our Club Sports Chaplain Dan Rous, who is supported by Falkirk Vineyard Church and Sports Chaplaincy Scotland, was on hand to receive the donation from the 2005s. He said, “this is a fantastic boost to the practical provision that our Love Falkirk volunteers are undertaking. They’re pretty busy at the best of times, but are now receiving more and more calls for support from social workers in these difficult days. I’m here to support the general needs of everyone involved at Camelon Juniors FC so it’s nice that the club as a whole are stepping up their support in return. Tony Smith asked me to set up the collection point for people to bring food donations in and we’ve had a number of people take up that invitation. The support that our Love Falkirk volunteers will be giving will only increase over the coming weeks, but together with the whole Falkirk Vineyard Church family, we will serve people as best we can for as long as we can.”

Well done to all at the 2005s for this gesture. We’re proud of you as always.

#weareCJFC #itswhoweare #supportlocal

Find out how you can support at www.lovefalkirk.com or find them all over social media as @lovefalkirk

Breaking News. Huge News. Exciting News.

All of the above and more! Read on……

In recent months, Camelon Juniors FC have been assessed against the Entry level criteria of the SFA Club Licence, as part of the club’s application to become a member of the Scottish FA. The club are delighted to say that today we passed the audit, with the Licensing Committee confirming that we meet all the necessary requirements.

Club Secretary Tony Smith commented: “On behalf of the committee, we’d like to express our sincere thanks to all the people who have worked incredibly hard over the last two years to make our vision a reality. This achievement is down to the determination of people who love their club. With sponsors, fans, committee members, local businesses and our management team all pushing in the same direction, we’ve achieved something that previously seemed impossible. I can’t begin to say how proud I am of the club and everyone who has taken part in this massive project”

This has probably been the biggest team effort in 25 years – maybe even in the Clubs history – and is a huge achievement for this community focused club. This is a huge boost as Camelon Juniors FC will now celebrate its centenary next season with the addition of a Scottish Cup place.

#weareCJFC #itswhoweare #supportlocal

Tribute – Sonny Robertson

Camelon Juniors FC are sad to report that long time fan and servant of the club, Sonny Robertson, passed away this morning. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family and friends at this time.

Whilst his health had been failing, he was still giving his time to sell the Treasure Chest tickets in Tesco’s until just a few weeks ago and attended games whenever he could.

He is pictured below at last seasons Player of the Year Awards presenting the young player award to Conor McKenzie.

In his memory, the club flag will fly at half mast at our game on Wednesday evening and there will be a one minute applause before the game.

Rest in peace Sonny. #weareCJFC #itswhoweare

CJFC invite Thomas Cook employees and affected customers to this Saturdays match

Everyone at CJFC was shocked and saddened to hear the news of Thomas Cook’s demise this morning. We feel especially for local people who worked for the company, and those who have had their holidays cancelled as a direct result.

There’s obviously nothing we can do for the company, but we can do something for the local people affected. So as a small token of support, the CJFC committee wish to invite those who have lost their Thomas Cook job this week and also those who have had their Thomas Cook holiday cancelled, to come and watch our first team play this Saturday for free. Staff should make themselves known at the gate and holiday makers should bring their booking.

The match, against Crossgates Primrose, kicks off at 2:30pm, but allow plenty of time to get through the gate. We look forward to welcoming you and hopefully taking your mind off things at least for 90 minutes.

#weareCJFC #itswhoweare #supportlocal

CJFC u20s partner with Pitreavie Pumas

Camelon u20s are excited to announce a new partnership with Pitreavie Pumas u17s who play in the Fife Development league. Agreement has been reached for the Pumas to become a feeder club for our under 20s.

The new relationship between the two teams is fully under way with integration at training, plus some of the Pumas players have represented Camelon u20s in various league games over the past month. Worthy of note was their inclusion in our 11:1 home win against Newtongrange, when Pumas Gregg Clarke scored and Robbie Woodend made his debut with a solid performance.

Both sets of coaches are fully committed to the development of the young Pumas along with the development of Camelon u20s.

The move by Camelon Juniors into the East of Scotland Football League has opened up many new opportunities. Exciting times lie ahead with the Scottish Cup and East of Scotland Premiership next season, plus the fantastic opportunity to play in the u20s League, which is by far the highest standard of Development League for teams within the Central belt.

Announcing this exciting news, u20s Team Secretary, Allan Morrison said “relationships between clubs like this open up fantastic opportunities and new pathways for the development of young players. As well as forming a strong under 20s team, our objective is to get as many of the players into senior football in and around the fantastic East of Scotland Football League.”

Welcome Petreavie Pumas to the CJFC family of teams!

Camelon Juniors benefit from admin error again

The 2018/19 season has been full of new experiences for the mighty Mariners of Camelon, as we’ve taken our first steps into senior football. But as well as celebrating 2 Cup wins so far, a guaranteed Scottish Cup place next season, and a place in next seasons new East of Scotland Premier league, matters off the field have hit the headlines.

On two occasions, CJFC has benefited from admin errors on the part of other teams, involving them fielding ineligible players. We won’t drag up the details again but we can exclusively reveal that once again, the mighty Mariners have benefited from yet another admin error.

So, we are thrilled to announce that on Saturday 18 May, the players and staff of Camelon Juniors will represent the United Kingdom in Tel Aviv, Israel, at the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest. The surprise call up came direct from Contest Executive Yadsloof Lirpa, following the discovery of voting issues in the public vote that took place on 8 February to choose Michael Rice to sing “Bigger than us” in the final.

Instead, our lads will take to the stage to sing a new rendition of Jim Hendry’s The Mariners Song. The exact arrangement is being kept under wraps so in the meantime, here’s the well used version sung by Tony Beattie to get your toes tapping.

Enjoy this special day 😉

Mariners strengthen behind the scenes

Chairman Eric Henry is pleased to announce 2 new additions to the club committee as he further strengthens the set up behind the scenes:

Firstly, we’re pleased to welcome Betty Campbell into a fundraising role for the club. Betty is well known as one of the powerhouses behind the Camelon Juniors Social Club and provides post match hospitality for us already. Betty will also now host some community focused events in the social club as well as having a general fundraising role.

Secondly we welcome Gary Livingstone onto the committee in a general support role. Gary is a coach for our 2005s team and also carries out a scouting role for the first team. He has a great football knowledge that will really help us behind the scenes.

Welcome Betty and Gary! We hope you enjoy these new roles at the club.

#weareCJFC

Alex Jack Cup on tour!

By way of a thank you to the local bars who regularly support our Treasure Chest competition, Club Secretary Tony Smith took the recently presented Alex Jack Cup, along with our goalkeeper Dean Shaw, on a local tour. We’re so grateful to the owners and customers of these establishments for their support and this was a fitting way to say thank you.

Pictured below are:

Robert in the Canal Inn and his customers (the Inn was very busy when we visited so there’s quite a few photos of them!)
Liz in the The Mariner Bar and some of her customers
Amanda and Billy in the Victoria inn
Cheralyn and Andy in the Carronshore Bar

Thanks to all of them for their continued support. You can find more information on our Treasure Chest competition here.