Thursday 6 August 2009
Largs Thistle 1-2 Winton Rovers
Three defeats in a row now.
The last time Winton beat Thistle in this competition was 14th August 1993 when they won 3-1. Two days after that defeat we were beaten by Kilbirnie 3-1. Four days later we lost 10-0 to Beith. By the end of the season we had won the League and more importantly the Scottish Junior Cup. I can see history repeating itself.....except this time the League winners get to participate in the Scottish FA Cup the following season. I can see us getting to the final of that and beating St. Mirren (gaining revenge for the 9-0 friendly game). This would see us qualify for Europe the following season - by which time I'd have stopped taking Class A drugs.
Largs Thistle 1 (Alan Barnes)
Ardrossan Winton Rovers 2 (Iain Reid, Graham Muir)
Half time : 0-0 Attendance : 84
LARGS THISTLE.....Connick, Davidson, Kyle, Walton, Burgess, McCabe, Robertson, Deas, McClure, Lappin, Marks.
Substitutes.....JP Dow, Barnes, Molloy, Mullin, Black, Jamieson, Greenwood (gk)
ARDROSSAN WINTON ROVERS.....Stewart, Paton, Milliken, McMillan, Wilson, Muir, Ireland, Gilmour, Gallagher, Reid, Jones.
Substitutes.....Adam, Breen, Breslin, Hamilton, Rae, Bellew (gk)
REFEREE : Barry Cook
ASSISTANT REFEREES : Nicholas Walsh, Thomas Clark.
The last time Winton beat Thistle in this competition was 14th August 1993 when they won 3-1. Two days after that defeat we were beaten by Kilbirnie 3-1. Four days later we lost 10-0 to Beith. By the end of the season we had won the League and more importantly the Scottish Junior Cup. I can see history repeating itself.....except this time the League winners get to participate in the Scottish FA Cup the following season. I can see us getting to the final of that and beating St. Mirren (gaining revenge for the 9-0 friendly game). This would see us qualify for Europe the following season - by which time I'd have stopped taking Class A drugs.
Largs Thistle 1 (Alan Barnes)
Ardrossan Winton Rovers 2 (Iain Reid, Graham Muir)
Half time : 0-0 Attendance : 84
LARGS THISTLE.....Connick, Davidson, Kyle, Walton, Burgess, McCabe, Robertson, Deas, McClure, Lappin, Marks.
Substitutes.....JP Dow, Barnes, Molloy, Mullin, Black, Jamieson, Greenwood (gk)
ARDROSSAN WINTON ROVERS.....Stewart, Paton, Milliken, McMillan, Wilson, Muir, Ireland, Gilmour, Gallagher, Reid, Jones.
Substitutes.....Adam, Breen, Breslin, Hamilton, Rae, Bellew (gk)
REFEREE : Barry Cook
ASSISTANT REFEREES : Nicholas Walsh, Thomas Clark.
Monday 3 August 2009
Friday 31 July 2009
Charity match at Barrfields
Sunday 2nd August 2009 (1pm kick-off)
Between the British Energy Hunterston B current team and former team in aid of Multiple Sclerosis charities.
Between the British Energy Hunterston B current team and former team in aid of Multiple Sclerosis charities.
Thursday 30 July 2009
Largs Thistle 0-4 Kilbirnie Ladeside
The season proper began tonight at home to Kilbirnie Ladeside. An Ardagh Glass League Cup, Section One game. 0-1 at half time and it just got worse.
First programme produced of the season for me - number 21 in total now. I haven't got the proper colour covers so just when with a plain yellow cover.
Largs Thistle 0
Kilbirnie Ladeside 4 (Alain Kinney, Mark McRoberts-2, Mark Collins)
Half time : 0-1 Attendance : 202
LARGS THISTLE.....Connick, Molloy, Mullin, Walton, Burgess, M. Dow, McCabe, Deas, Monaghan, Marks, Barnes.
Substitutes.....JP Dow, Lappin, Jamieson, Greenwood.
KILBIRNIE LADESIDE.....McCann, McKerrel, Smith, Cochrane, Bell, Anderson, Chang, McGuinness, Longworth, Kinney, Kelly.
Substitutes.....Collins, McRoberts, Jordan, Schouller, Boyd, Frew, Colquhoun.
REFEREE : Ross Haswell.
ASSISTANT REFEREES : Jim Brown, Andrew Monkhouse.
The programme listed John Baillie as one of the assistant referees but this was changed to Jim Brown - unfortunately too late for the change to be made to the programme.
First programme produced of the season for me - number 21 in total now. I haven't got the proper colour covers so just when with a plain yellow cover.
Largs Thistle 0
Kilbirnie Ladeside 4 (Alain Kinney, Mark McRoberts-2, Mark Collins)
Half time : 0-1 Attendance : 202
LARGS THISTLE.....Connick, Molloy, Mullin, Walton, Burgess, M. Dow, McCabe, Deas, Monaghan, Marks, Barnes.
Substitutes.....JP Dow, Lappin, Jamieson, Greenwood.
KILBIRNIE LADESIDE.....McCann, McKerrel, Smith, Cochrane, Bell, Anderson, Chang, McGuinness, Longworth, Kinney, Kelly.
Substitutes.....Collins, McRoberts, Jordan, Schouller, Boyd, Frew, Colquhoun.
REFEREE : Ross Haswell.
ASSISTANT REFEREES : Jim Brown, Andrew Monkhouse.
The programme listed John Baillie as one of the assistant referees but this was changed to Jim Brown - unfortunately too late for the change to be made to the programme.
| Previous results v Kilbirnie Ladeside in the Ayrshire Regional League Cup | |||||
| Season | Date | Venue | Result | Score | Scorers |
| 2008-09 | 11 Aug 2008 | Valefield | Lost | 0-1 | |
| 2007-08 | 15 Aug 2007 | Barrfields | Lost | 1-3 | McCabe |
| 2006-07 | 12 Aug 2006 | Valefield | Won | 4-1 | Own Goal, Black, Murphy, Shearer |
| 2005-06 | 03 Aug 2005 | Barrfields | Won | 5-0 | Brolly, Reid-2, McGlone, McManus |
| 2004-05 | 04 Aug 2004 | Barrfields | Won | 3-0 | Murphy, Goldie, McNally |
| 2004-05 | 18 Aug 2004 | Valefield | Won | 6-3 | Goldie, Armour, Murphy, McNally-2, McGlone |
| 2003-04 | 09 Aug 2003 | Valefield | Lost | 2-3 | Gilluley-2 |
| 2002-03 | 14 Aug 2002 | Valefield | Lost | 0-2 | |
| 2001-02 | 22 Aug 2001 | Barrfields | Draw | 0-0 | |
| 2000-01 | 26 Aug 2000 | Valefield | Draw | 1-1 | Love |
| 1999-00 | 11 Aug 1999 | Barrfields | Won | 1-0 | McNally |
| 1998-99 | 12 Aug 1998 | Valefield | Lost | 0-4 | |
| 1997-98 | 16 Aug 1997 | Barrfields | Draw | 1-1 | Own goal |
| 1996-97 | 21 Aug 1996 | Valefield | Lost | 0-1 | |
| 1995-96 | 26 Aug 1995 | Barrfields | Lost | 1-4 | Own goal |
| 1994-95 | 10 Aug 1994 | Valefield | Won | 2-1 | Quigg-2 |
| 1994-95 | 10 Sep 1994 | Valefield | Lost | 1-2 | Frank Morrison [SEMI FINAL] |
| 1993-94 | 16 Aug 1993 | Barrfields | Lost | 1-3 | Phairs |
| 1992-93 | 12 Aug 1992 | Valefield | Lost | 2-4 | Sloan, Quigg |
| 1991-92 | 14 Aug 1991 | Barrfields | Lost | 0-2 | |
| 1990-91 | 25 Aug 1990 | Valefield | Lost | 4-7 | Quigg-4 |
| 1989-90 | 12 Aug 1989 | Barrfields | Lost | 0-3 | |
Friday 24 July 2009
Evening Times (24th July 2009)
Evening Times article on Largs Thistle
24th July 2009
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24th July 2009
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Partick Thistle Under-19s
Largs Thistle beat Partick Thistle Under 19s 2-0 on Wednesday night (22nd July 2009) with the goals coming from Stephen Kyle and Ryan Deas.
Sunday 19 July 2009
St. Mirren win the Nardinis / Largs Thistle Summer tournament
St. Mirren Under-19's narrowly beat Largs Thistle 9-0 in the final of the Nardinis / Largs Thistle Summer Tournament at Barrfields this afternoon.
Greenock Juniors finished third after beating Benburb 2-0 earlier in the afternoon.
Saturday 18 July 2009
Nardinis Summer Tournament
The semi finals of the summer tournament sponsored by Nardinis saw St. Mirren X1 beat Benburb in the first match 3-0. The other semi final saw Largs Thistle also win 3-0 (with goals from Willie McClure-2, 1 a penalty and Ross McMillan). All the goals in both games were scored in the second half.
There was 114 paying punters on day 1 - so clearly outnumbered by the amount of players and officials from four teams.
Tomorrow Benburb will meet Greenock Juniors in the first match to decide the 3rd/4th place. This will kick off at 1pm.
The final between Largs Thistle and St. Mirren X1 will kick off at 3pm.
There was 114 paying punters on day 1 - so clearly outnumbered by the amount of players and officials from four teams.
Tomorrow Benburb will meet Greenock Juniors in the first match to decide the 3rd/4th place. This will kick off at 1pm.
The final between Largs Thistle and St. Mirren X1 will kick off at 3pm.
Thursday 16 July 2009
Some photos I took at Barrfields today
I took these pictures while waiting for the portacabin to arrive at the ground today (15th) - unfortunately it was damaged beyond repair whilst it was being lifted on to the lorry to transport it to Barrfields.
Wednesday 15 July 2009
Largs Thistle squad 2009-10
| Name | Season signed | Previous club | |
| Alan Barnes | 2008-09 | Greenock Juniors | |
| Graham Black | 2006-07 | Greenock Juniors | |
| Robert Burgess | 2009-10 | Hurlford United | |
| Stephen Connick | 2005-06 | Irvine Meadow X1 | |
| John Paul Dow | 2008-09 | Greenock Juniors | |
| Martin Dow | 2007-08 | Greenock Juniors | |
| Gary Davidson | 2008-09 | Beith Juniors | (1) |
| Ryan Deas | 2009-10 | Renfrew | |
| Gus Gault | 2007-08 | Greenock Juniors | |
| Neil Greenwood | 2009-10 | Beith Ams | |
| Tam Jamieson | 2008-09 | Port Glasgow Juniors | (3) |
| Stuart Hendren | 2005-06 | Irvine Meadow X1 | (4) (3) |
| Stephen Kyle | 2008-09 | Inverclyde Ams | |
| Gordon Lappin | 2008-09 | Clydebank | |
| James Marks | 2003-04 | Greenock Juniors (?) | |
| Paul Mullin | 2008-09 | Kilwinning Rangers | |
| Tom Molloy | 2007-08 | Greenock Juniors | (1) (3) |
| Andy Monaghan | 2009-10 | Port Glasgow Juniors | |
| Alan McCabe | 2006-07 | St. Peters U21's | |
| Willie McClure | 2007-08 | Port Glasgow U21's | |
| Ross McMillan | 2008-09 | Renfrew | |
| John Robertson | 2005-06 | Greenock Juniors | |
| Eddie Walton | 2009-10 | Port Glasgow Juniors |
(1) still to agree terms for 2009-10 season
(2) not signed yet but likely to sign
(3) they also had a previous spell at the club
(4) Stuart Hendren has been put on the transfer list.
Sunday 12 July 2009
Programme Cover 2008-09
Below is the programme cover for the final game of the 2008-09 season against Pollok in the Evening Times Cup. For the first time in quite a few seasons there was a programme for every competitive match played at Barrfields that season - 20 matches in total.
Saturday 11 July 2009
Thursday 9 July 2009
Attack of the killer midges
Below is footage of Largs Thistle being presented with the trophy for winning the Stagecoach West of Scotland Super League First Division (2008-09) after the Evening Times Cup quarter final tie against Pollok (which Pollok won 2-0).
Who's got the biggest flag?
Had to laugh at a Thistle fan's Bebo page recently. A Kilbirnie fan was on boasting about how they had they biggest flag in Junior Football to which a Largs fans came back with that Largs also had a flag - which said "First Division Champions 2009".
Wednesday 8 July 2009
Pre-season friendlies
The first matches to be played will be part of the new
Nardinis / Largs Thistle Summer Tournament.
It will be held over the weekend of Saturday 18th July and Sunday 19th July.
On the Saturday the semi finals will be played - kick offs at 1pm and 3pm.
The following day the 3rd/4th place play-off will kick off at 1pm and the final will kick off at 3pm.
As well as Largs Thistle the other teams taking part are St. Mirren, Greenock Juniors and Benburb (managed by former Thistle player and manager, Frank Lovering). On the Saturday Benburb will face St. Mirren at 1pm with Largs facing Greenock Juniors at 3pm. Largs met Greenock in a friendly at Barrfields last season with James Marks and John Paul Dow scoring for Largs in a 2-2 draw.
On the 22nd July Partick Thistle will be sending a team to Barrfields and then on Saturday the friendlies are finished off with a game against Rutherglen Glencairn at Barrfields.
Nardinis / Largs Thistle Summer Tournament.
It will be held over the weekend of Saturday 18th July and Sunday 19th July.
On the Saturday the semi finals will be played - kick offs at 1pm and 3pm.
The following day the 3rd/4th place play-off will kick off at 1pm and the final will kick off at 3pm.
As well as Largs Thistle the other teams taking part are St. Mirren, Greenock Juniors and Benburb (managed by former Thistle player and manager, Frank Lovering). On the Saturday Benburb will face St. Mirren at 1pm with Largs facing Greenock Juniors at 3pm. Largs met Greenock in a friendly at Barrfields last season with James Marks and John Paul Dow scoring for Largs in a 2-2 draw.
On the 22nd July Partick Thistle will be sending a team to Barrfields and then on Saturday the friendlies are finished off with a game against Rutherglen Glencairn at Barrfields.
Fun Day (Sunday 12th July 2009)
The first fund-raising event of the 2009-10 season will be a fun day to be held at Le Stade d'Barrfields on Sunday 12th July 2009 starting at 10am and ending at 4pm.
Edit : Unfortunately this was cancelled due to the rain pissing it down all morning.
Edit : Unfortunately this was cancelled due to the rain pissing it down all morning.
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