Next Saturday the 16th of December we are at home to Penicuik Athletic in the last official match of the year 2017 in the McBookie Superleague with a 2-00pm kick off .This will be followed by a two week break and official fixtures will restart on Saturday the 6th of January 2018 . Two fixture’s scheduled for the festive period are of course subject to Scottish junior cup replays or postponements .which will take precedent if the weather does not improve .
Category: Club News
TODAY’S GAME IS OFF
Today’s game at home to Penicuik Athletic is off today due to heavy overnight freezing conditions and as at the park at 9am temperature’s were still -3 giving the park no chance despite Jimmy and Fred spending hours on the park yesterday applying special salt for the park which has had no effect as the severe weather bites .
KEY DRAW RESULT
James Hughes c/o the Greentree won £50 in this week’s Key Draw but failed to pick the right key to open the jackpot box .Next week’s draw on Sunday the 10th of December will have a jackpot of £650 with 14 keys left to pick from to open the jackpot box .
Fixture Update
Next Saturday we are at home to Penicuik Athletic in the McBookie Superleague .Please note the kick off time is 2-00pm . Hospitality packages are available for this match by contacting any of the committee before the end of Thursday
Boness United
A terrific performance coming back twice with a make shift set up after injuries and work commitments left us without a recognised defence .Losing a goal as we did by a O.G. to gift the hosts the lead was not good but the Kieron Anderson free kick from 30 yards out lit up Newtown park for the Boness lad . The hosts regained the lead with about twenty minutes remaining through former Broxburn player Fraser Keast . We never gave in and a great run by Kieron through the middle of the park and a finely weighted ball into the path of Alexander Miller in the last minute silenced some of the Boness crowd that had been giving Anderson a hard time . We fully deserved something from the game and the spirit in the squad is high and looking good for the future . Good to see Alexander Murray get some game time at last .
Managerial Appointments
The club are pleased to announce that Brian McNaughton will be the new manager and will be ably assisted by Steve Hislop .Brian we all know and Steve brings to the club a wealth of experience from both on and off the park .Aged 39 he was 12 years in senior football before going into the junior ranks and played up until 3 years ago . He more recently was part of the Scotland Junior coaching staff in the Umbro Quadrangular Tournament .We welcome Steve to the club and wish them both every success .Steve will take up his post after this weekend .Feedback from the playing staff is positive on the appointments made and are looking forward to getting up the league and building for next season .
MANAGERIAL UPDATE
We have had a number of applicants for the post of manager and we are currently weighing up the cv’s of those that we think have the experience that is required for the vacant post we will endeavour to get this done as soon as we feel ready to appoint and will inform you all as soon as any appointment is made .In the meantime Brian McNaughton is handling team affairs and Greig Taylor has offered his services to help him until something permanent is found ,we thank them for their input .
The Motown Brothers and supporting acts lunch
This Sunday is our Cabaret with The Motown Brothers and Supporting Acts .There is a lot of auction items up for grabs on Sunday with the Lunch Cabaret afternoon starting at 1pm doors open at 12.30pm .There is still a few tickets left there is approaching 190 attendee’s and everyone at the club appreciate their participation in this fund raiser . A lot of work has gone into organising the event and John Calderwood is to be thanked for his hard work in getting this event in place and everyone at the club appreciate his hard work . . Below is listed the auction items that will be available .If you can not make it on Sunday you can contact John Calderwood or the committee with bids for the following .
The following have all been organised by John Calderwood and Bobby Gray . Manchester United v Burnley on Tuesday 26th of December 2017 for 4 with hospitality passes for the Salford Suite on the half way line in the Sir Alex Ferguson stand this includes access to cash bar . Rangers v St Johnstone on Saturday the 16th of December 2017 two passes for full match day hospitality for the members lounge at Ibrox . Rangers v Aberdeen Wednesday 24th January 2018 two full match day hospitality passes for the Club Deck at Ibrox . Manchester United v Burnley Tuesday 26th December 2017 2 tickets for the Stretford end of Old Trafford (no hospitality )
The following has been arranged through Graham Bow of Gordon Bow Plant Hire .
Hearts v Aberdeen 7th of April 2018 2 passes for match day hospitality in the Executive Lounge in the Main Stand at Tynecastle (date and times to be confirmed ) . Rangers v Motherwell Wednesday 27th December 2017 2 match day passes for the bar 72 lounge (passes include access to cash bar ) . Manchester City v Brighton Saturday 17th March 2018 two match day tickets which includes programme and access to cash bar at the Joe’s Bar in the Colin Bell Stand .Manchester Utd v Huddersfield Saturday 3rd February 2018 two match day hospitality passes for the Manchester Suite in the Sir Alex Ferguson Stand includes 2 Match tickets ,programme and access to cash bar . Celtic v Hamilton Wednesday 13th December 2017 includes two match day hospitality passes for the Business Class Lounge in the North Stand and access to cash bar . For the golfers a four ball at Archerfield Golf Club in Dirleton North Berwick at date and time to be arranged .
As you can see a fine choice of auction items and we are grateful for the above contributors again we hope goes to make this a very successful day .Please contact any committee member or John Calderwood and show your interest in any of the items for auction ,if you are attending we hope you have an enjoyable day out .
Key Draw Result
Andrew Yorkson c/o The Masonic Arms won £50 in this week’s Key draw but failed to pick the key to open the jackpot box . Next week’s draw on Sunday the 3rd of December will have a jackpot of £600 with 15 keys to pick from to open the jackpot box .
FIXTURE UPDATE
Next Saturday we travel to Boness United in the McBookie Superleague with a 1-45pm kick off. just to reiterate there are only two more match dates till Christmas Saturday the 9th and Saturday the 16th of December .There will be no schedule fixtures on Saturday’s the 23rd and 30th of December .Only four clubs from the whole of the region have requested fixtures on these festive period dates with one of the clubs only wanting to play on the 23rd and another only wanting to play on the 30th . Any Scottish junior cup ties that have not been resolved will be scheduled for the festive period dates (it could happen ) .