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New Chairman Appointed

Camelon Juniors FC are pleased to announce that, following a committee meeting this week to ensure the club continues to be as strong off the field as it is on, Gary Clark has agreed to take on the role of Chairman.

Gary writes: “I have been at the club for very nearly three years now in my position as Head of Youth Development, during which time we have managed to build a successful and ever growing player pathway. I have also witnessed some fantastic moments with the First Team that will live long in my memory, and seen the squad grow and develop into something very special. I have seen the club go from strength to strength on and off the park culminating in the club attaining its SFA licence.

I wish to continue to grow in all aspects with the help of everyone at the club. It truly is a fantastic club to be a part of and a honour to be the new Chairman to continue the hard work already done.

As everyone has felt the effects of the covid-19 pandemic, Camelon officials and players have shown their community spirit and that this is a family orientated club, by delivering school lunches in conjunction with Camelon Community Hub, taking part in the Elf Run for Maggie’s Forth Valley, and continuing to host and support the food pantry and wider community support led by Love Falkirk, the outreach of Falkirk Vineyard Church. This highlights how grateful the club is for local support, and its desire to give something back whenever it can.

While I understand that there will be challenges ahead that we as a club will need to face due to the pandemic – some of which aren’t going to be easy – the club will strive to continue for excellence on and off the park and give the community a football team they can continue to proud of.

I will finish by saying that we hope to get back to playing football as soon as it is physically possible and safe to do so, as well as seeing fans who are the life blood of the club back at Carmuirs Park, cheering on the mighty Mariners on a Saturday afternoon – something I know that I have missed.

Thanks for your continued support.
Gary Clark, Chairman

Under 20s Staff team News


Camelon Juniors FC and Under 20s Development Squad are pleased to welcome Gordon Wilcox as the Assistant Manager to our Under 20s.

Gordon brings a wealth of experience and a strong background in coaching. We look forward to Gordon coming onboard at the Under 20s.

Gordon joins Sean Roycroft (Manager), Allan Morrison (Secretary/Coach), Thomas Hunter (Physio) and Michael Simpson (Coach) as the full Under 20s staff team for the coming season.

The squad will play in the Lowlands Development League East Conference A. You can see who they’ll be up against here.

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Moving on – Blair Sneddon

Camelon Juniors FC can announce the transfer of defender Blair Sneddon to Falkirk FC on a three-year deal.

Club Secretary Tony Smith said “we’re really pleased for Blair and his family. I will miss standing with his dad at games. It really does show that you can achieve your goals if you work hard and don’t give up. I’d like to thank Andy Thomson and Gary Deans at Falkirk for their professionalism and the way they conducted the business with us.”

Manager Gordon Herd said “we’re proud to see Blair secure this full-time contract. He took some early knocks in his career but he came to us, worked hard, and allowed us to help develop him. We are delighted he’s found his form again that was backed up by him securing his place in the Scottish School Boys squad last season. He’s a great example that if you take early knocks, the door is not always shut. This is a key focus of the club to develop young players and enable them to work their way up the leagues.”

We will miss you Blair but wish you every success at Falkirk. Here’s his interview for FalkirkTV.

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U17s graduate to U20s

Camelon Juniors would like to congratulate graduates from our Under 17s Academy team who have made the move over to our Under 20s Development Squad. Throughout the 2019/20 season, many of the U17s were featured in Friday night games and training as part of their pathway at the Club. One of the biggest games our U17s featured in was the SFA U18 Scottish Youth Cup.

Part of our U20s Development plan is to bring players in from within our Academy over the season and integrate them into the system and environment of senior football, helping to prepare them for the step up while enjoying their football within our youth program. This Development Plan is also geared towards our older players to make the move into senior football within Camelon or the wider senior game, and we celebrated as Keir Young and Kai Wilson both made the move from U20s to their pro contracts at senior level.  All this is part of our commitment to Club Academy Scotland criteria, which Camelon Juniors was accredited with in November 2019, thanks to the hard work and diligence from U20s Secretary Allan Morrison.

Our Structure is a clear pathway to a higher level of football with Camelon Juniors FC and over the past 2 seasons our U20s have enabled 5 players to move into the senior game.

So, here are the players that have graduated to the u20s Development Squad.  Congratulations to them all.

  1. Frazer Wicox
  2. Owen Gallacher
  3. Cameron Hamilton
  4. Luke Crosbie
  5. Euan Arthur
  6. Robbie Simpson
  7. Adam MacDonald
  8. Callum Wylie
  9. Keigan McCaffery
  10. Ermuir Ismaili
  11. Kai Reed

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Partnership with Player Data Ltd

Camelon Juniors FC are delighted to partner with sector leading analytics company Player Data Ltd.

Every first team player will be tracked and monitored during training and games using the very latest GPS technology.

This will take us to the next level in terms of professionalism, injury prevention and player accountability.

This is a hugely exciting development and a clear indication of our on pitch standards moving forward.

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New Main Sponsor Announced

Camelon Juniors FC are delighted to announce that Express Taxis will be the clubs main sponsor for next season. Their logo will be proudly displayed on the front of the home and away shirts in our centenary season.

Club Secretary Tony Smith commented “We’re delighted to announce this new exciting partnership and are really grateful to Express Taxis for their support. This is really massive for the club in the current times that we’ve been able to partner with such a well known local business that shares our community values.”

Andrew Buchanan, Manager of Express Taxis, said “It is with great pleasure that Express Taxis can announce that we are now the main sponsors of Camelon Juniors Football Club. Covid-19 has presented an unprecedented and unforeseen challenge to our business, but when the opportunity came along to be able to sponsor a club that has done so much good work for the local community, it seemed like a perfect match for us to get involved. We would like to take this opportunity to thank all our fantastic drivers that have continued to work at this time and of course all our loyal customers that have stood by us. We hope it won’t be too long until we can all enjoy getting back out to support our local teams.”

Express Taxis
Driving the community for over 60 years.
More than just a taxi company.
01324 638000

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New (permanent) Signing – Paul Gillespie

Camelon Juniors FC are pleased to announce the permanent signing of midfielder Paul Gillespie.

Paul joined the Mariners on loan from Alloa at the end of January and made a good impression in the few games we were able to play.

He has now agreed to make the move permanent and will be with the club until at least June 2021.

Thanks for sticking with the mighty Mariners Paul.

League Announcement

Clubs in the East of Scotland League have been voting this week on proposals to end the season.

The result of this vote means that the EoSFL Board’s proposal has been supported by a majority of member clubs and the following will take effect immediately.

  1. Final EoSFL standings for season 2019/20 be decided on Points Per Game (PPG)
  2. Not to relegate any club from the Premier Division this season
  3. Temporarily increase the Premier Division for one season to allow the two First Division Conference winners to be promoted
  4. Should the Premier Division champion be promoted to the SLFL they will be replaced by the Conference runner-up club which has the highest PPG
  5. At the end of season 2020/21 to promote each First Division Conference winner and relegate as many clubs as necessary to restore the Premier Division to 16 clubs.

Camelon voted ‘yes’ to end the season and also yes to a further proposal that if next season starts late, a cup (for example the league cup) should be withdrawn for a season. We feel that no club should be relegated as a result of this crisis and by the same token no team should be denied promotion as league winners. It’s not a perfect solution but we believe it is fair.

This outcome means that Camelon Juniors FC finish a very creditable fifth place. Although this was a shortened season it still had many highlights including playing in the Scottish cup for the first time and recording three wins over Linlithgow Rose – the 5-1 victory is one that will never be forgotten.

The Committee would like to thank all our fans, players and sponsors for their efforts this year. On a personal note, the sight of our players out delivering food to those in need at this time is by far the thing we are most proud of, as it’s shown what Camelon Juniors and the people connected with it are all about.

Please stay safe. We look forward to welcoming you back to Carmuirs Park as soon as it is deemed safe to do so.

Tony Smith
Club Secretary

2019/2020 season update – Cup fixtures

As we await more news on the league, here’s the latest update we’ve received as regards Cup competitions for this season:

  1. The King Cup competition for Season 2019/20 is declared void.
  2. The Football Nation Qualifying Cup competition for Season 2019/20 will be put into abeyance until 7 May on which date we will have the latest Government decision regarding the lockdown and will be aware of the situation regarding the league programme with a view to completing possibly in late June.
  3. The East of Scotland Cup for Season 2018/19 (Camelon v Edinburgh City and winners v Spartans) is declared void.
  4. The East of Scotland Cup for Season 2019/20 is dependent upon the completion of the FN Qualifying Cup.

We’ll update you further as soon as we receive any more news.

Take care and stay safe.

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