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Home Semi Final Joy for the Mariners

Many of you will have seen the statement issued by Kelty Hearts following the Football Nation Qualifying Cup match on Saturday regarding them unwittingly fielding a cup tied player.  The club contacted us on Sunday to inform us and apologise for the error.

We received official word today from the East of Scotland Football Association that “the Association Office Bearers have decided that Kelty Hearts be excluded from the remainder of the competition and Camelon Juniors be re-instated in their place.”

This means that we will get to play in the semi final of this competition against either Peebles Rovers, Jeanfield Swifts or Bonnyrigg Rose with the latter two teams still to play their third round match.  So we don’t know the date or the opponent, but we do know that the match will be at Carmuirs Park.  As soon as we know, we’ll let you know!

So we have the chance to continue to compete for a potential 3rd trophy of the season, with 3 others still to play for.  In the immediate future, we focus back on the league as we welcome St Andrews United to Carmuirs Park this Saturday for a 2pm kick off. 

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Cup Final travel information

Tomorrow (Saturday 8) we face our biggest match for some time, as we travel to Lockerbie to take on Bonnyton Thistle in the South and East Cup Winners Shield. At stake is a guaranteed place in the Scottish Cup next season which would be a first for our club.

If you plan to come along to cheer the lads on, here’s some information for you.

Team Bus

This will leave Carmuirs Park at 11am. Pleas be there in good time and have your £10 ready. We’ll be getting dropped off at The Brig pub for pre match hospitality. We should return to the Park around 7:30/8pm unless it goes to extra time of course.

Own travel

The match is at New King Edward Park, Lockerbie. You should use postcode DG11 2BL for parking and park entrance. Kick off is at 3pm.

You can park on the side of the park entrance roadway. All parking is at owners risk. The roadway is yellow lined but that was for when the Primary School was there. They have been left to deter overnight Lorry Parking.

No alcohol can be admitted into the ground. It is a local authority bylaw that alcohol cannot be consumed in public areas within the town. This is strictly enforced and there is often a Police patrol on any match days. There is a strict no smoking policy within all spectator areas.

Please note that the ground has limited catering facilities, with only hot/cold drinks and pies available. There are no bar facilities.

Unfortunately at the moment they only have an uncovered spectator area. Toilets are limited to a couple of portacabins that are just a short walk from the spectator area.

If you arrive early in Lockerbie for a bar or pre match catering, you can find those in the town centre. There are 4 hotels, 7 public bars, 2 licensed cafes, and a Greggs all within a 10-15 min walk from the Park.

If you can’t come along

We’ll keep you up to date in the usual way on our social media channels. Log in and cheer us on remotely!

However you plan to follow the match, let’s really make an effort to get behind the team as they strive to make history.

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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.

Alex Jack Cup Presentation

Following the well documented issues around the Cup Final that never happened (that we won’t go into again here!), on Saturday we were presented with the Alex Jack Cup.  Whilst it wasn’t the way we wanted to win, it didn’t dampen our celebrations.  For the record, our route to the final, after a first round bye, took us past Sauchie, Dalkeith Thistle, and Broxburn Athletic.

So, following our league win over Inverkeithing Hillfield Swifts, the Alex Jack Cup was presented by Andrew Renwick and Ian Jack to our Captain, Don Morrison. 

While being cheered by the rest of the team, Don lifted the trophy high infront of the waiting crowd while Kieran Anderson, fresh from scoring four times in the match, cracked open the celebratory bottle of champagne.


They then gathered as one team in front of the fans to pose for a history making team photo.

Everyone then took their turn to pose with the photo for their own social media etc but we’ll leave this post with the people who have made this all happen.  Firstly the management team that helped shape these players into what they are now – Gordon Herd, Eamon Fullerton and John Miller, then the very serious looking committee (they are happy, honest!), who have brought vision and resources to push the club onwards – Eric Henry, Tony Smith, Allan Morrison, Gary Clark and Paul Cosgrove.

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South & East of Scotland Cup-Winners Shield

On Saturday 8 December, we travel to New King Edward Park in Lockerbie to take on Bonnyton Thistle in the South & East of Scotland Cup-Winners Shield.  Its a 3pm kick off.

For the uninitiated, because we won the Alex Jack Cup (that is being presented to us this Saturday – 24 November), we now face the Southern Counties FA Alba Cup winner (Bonnyton Thistle) for a guaranteed place in next season’s William Hill Scottish Cup.

So this is your chance to come and cheer on the mighty Mariners in our most important cup final for some time.  To help you do that, once again we can offer you the chance to travel on the team bus.  £10 gets you a seat on the bus that will be leaving Carmuirs Park at 11am.  If you’d like a seat, please let us know as soon as possible by dropping us a message by email or through Social Media.  You can of course make your own way there and we’d love to have as many fans as possible with us to cheer the lads on.  Note that kick off is 3pm.  Hope to see you there!

Bonnyton Thistle vs Camelon Juniors

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Match Day – South Region Challenge Cup Preview

Not only is today another match day, but it’s also a first step into another new Cup competition for our first team.  This time it is the SFA South Region Challenge Cup.  So as its new for the Club, here’s another handy guide to this competition for you, along with a look ahead to todays tie.

The South Region Challenge Cup is open to full member non-league clubs in the south of the country.  Along with an equivalent for the North Region, the Challenge Cups replaced the Scottish Qualifying Cup North and South competitions in 2007, after the SFA decided to allow full member clubs at non-league level direct entry to the Scottish Cup proper.  To compensate clubs for the demise of the tournaments, two new ones were put in their place although the North Region equivalent was scrapped in 2009.

This seasons’ competition features 69 teams:  16 from the Lowland League, 38 from the EoSFL, 14 from the SoSFL, and one amateur SFA club – Glasgow University. It is a straight knock-out tournament, without replays so extra time and penalties will be used if needed.

The current Champions are Civil Service Strollers who beat BSC Glasgow in last years final after extra time.

We join the Cup in the Second Round with today’s home time against Heston Rovers – the first meeting of the teams.  Heston play in the South of Scotland Football League and are currently sitting mid table after 6 matches with 2 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats and a goal difference of +5 that was boosted by a 7-0 victory last weekend.

Their Manager, Jamie Struthers is looking forward to the tie and although admitting it will be a tough test and describing his team as underdogs, he added “we will give it our best”.

In return, our manager, Gordon Herd, said “they’ll be hard-working – they’ve got pace about their side and are well organised.  We will treat it like any other game.”

So head on down to Carmuirs Park this afternoon for a 2:30pm kick off and cheer the mighty Mariners on.  It’s a cup tie so season tickets are not valid therefore entry for all is £6 or adults, £3 for concessions and accompanied under 16s remain free.

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