Airdrie Update 293 - October 2015

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Into another month, so here's a recap of sources on the web where news and views from and about the club, players, games, events etc... are featured:-

Airdrie FC official site - [www.airdriefc.com]

Club Twitter - [twitter.com]

Club Facebook - [www.facebook.com]

Iain King CEO Twitter - [twitter.com]

Airdrie Supporters Trust Twitter - [twitter.com]

M & H Logistics (Chairman) Twitter - [twitter.com]

BBC Sport Scotland for match statistics and updates - [www.bbc.co.uk]

Colin Paterson (Advertiser/Record) Twitter for match reports, updates and news - [twitter.com]

Pie & Bovril Fans Thread - [www.pieandbovril.com]

(Pie & Bovril also has a separate thread going for each game).



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Starting the month with some very good and encouraging news under 15s striker Lewis Gracie's off to Portugal! (Airdrie FC official site) - [www.airdriefc.com]

The Supporters Trust members return from Mongolia (Airdrie FC official site) - [airdriefc.com]

Airdrie v Stranraer thread up and running and the fans are in confident mood of a home win (Pie & Bovril) - [www.pieandbovril.com]

Eddie Wolecki Black looking to Barcelona (Colin Paterson, Advertiser/Record) - [www.dailyrecord.co.uk]

"So far so good" says midfielder Adam Brown (Airdrie FC official site) - [www.airdriefc.com]

Benefactor kickstarts the Academy effort (Airdrie FC official site) -[www.airdriefc.com]

The Diamonds have the Monday Blues (literally):-

Match report v Stranraer (Airdrie FC official site) - [www.airdriefc.com]

"We're disappointed" says Gary Bollan (Colin Paterson, Advertiser/Record) - [www.dailyrecord.co.uk]

Match stats (BBC Sport Scotland) - [www.bbc.co.uk]

Milestones for Prunty and Bain (Airdrie FC Twitter) - [twitter.com]

Some moves on the personnel front:-

Liam Brindle steps down from youth development (Airdrie FC official site) - [www.airdriefc.com]

Ex commercial/sponsorship consultant David Longmuir joins the PGA (The Scotsman) - [www.scotsman.com]

What exactly did Longmuir do in his time for us?

VISIT THE SUPPORTERS TRUST ONLINE SHOP [www.airdrietrust.com]

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DBW1878
What exactly did Longmuir do in his time for us?

Not sure whether he launched that pre season draw for sponsors to put their name on the away shirt, but think now that was John Drysdale. Maybe he was instrumental in securing other sponsors/backers for the main home shirt, youths etc... perhaps hospitality boxes too. Just guessing, no idea really...

On a side note I couldn't help but notice the high level of trackside advertising at Cliftonhill the other week - lots of local (and some national) businesses and organisations there.

McAleer aims to relaunch his season (Colin Paterson, Advertiser/Record) - [www.dailyrecord.co.uk]

Airdrie v Brechin City pre match debate now up on Pie & Bovril - [www.pieandbovril.com]

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Diamond Forever

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DBW1878
What exactly did Longmuir do in his time for us?

Not sure whether he launched that pre season draw for sponsors to put their name on the away shirt, but think now that was John Drysdale. Maybe he was instrumental in securing other sponsors/backers for the main home shirt, youths etc... perhaps hospitality boxes too. Just guessing, no idea really...

On a side note I couldn't help but notice the high level of trackside advertising at Cliftonhill the other week - lots of local (and some national) businesses and organisations there.

The trackside advertising point is a valid one. Apart from the addition of a few Ladbrokes boards which were put up at the start of the season due to them sponsoring the league and the Sammy's Shelter/ @#$%& Cancer board, I don't think any of the boards have changed since Rangers were in our league. (There was a Pamela Nash MP board removed for obvious reasons)

The question is, have all these companies renewed their sponsorship twice or is it just that the stadium company haven't bothered taking the boards down? If it's the latter, then we can't be making any money from the trackside advertising.

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DBW1878
What exactly did Longmuir do in his time for us?

Not sure whether he launched that pre season draw for sponsors to put their name on the away shirt, but think now that was John Drysdale. Maybe he was instrumental in securing other sponsors/backers for the main home shirt, youths etc... perhaps hospitality boxes too. Just guessing, no idea really...

On a side note I couldn't help but notice the high level of trackside advertising at Cliftonhill the other week - lots of local (and some national) businesses and organisations there.

The trackside advertising point is a valid one. Apart from the addition of a few Ladbrokes boards which were put up at the start of the season due to them sponsoring the league and the Sammy's Shelter/ @#$%& Cancer board, I don't think any of the boards have changed since Rangers were in our league. (There was a Pamela Nash MP board removed for obvious reasons)

The question is, have all these companies renewed their sponsorship twice or is it just that the stadium company haven't bothered taking the boards down? If it's the latter, then we can't be making any money from the trackside advertising.

Here's the link on the main (Airdrie FC official) website re trackside advertising - [www.airdriefc.com]

No idea how much we take in from this (and as you say it's odd that boards have been there for a while).

To think back to the old Broomfield - ah the days of Watson's garage, Dalziel (with the horse on it's back), Giscol Bricks, Cairnhill Cash and Carry, Cafe La Fiesta, Tango Cafe and Grill, Colston Garage, RJ Cross, Christie's Bakers...

It would bring a tear to a glass eye!



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I can remember the first season in the stadium, the trackside boards were full - front and back, the back of the 3 small stands were full with advertising, above the doors into the concourses had advertising, the concourses themselves had advertising, the walls in the corner of the ground had advertising and there was A-frame boards behind both goals.

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DiamondDonnie
I can remember the first season in the stadium, the trackside boards were full - front and back, the back of the 3 small stands were full with advertising, above the doors into the concourses had advertising, the concourses themselves had advertising, the walls in the corner of the ground had advertising and there was A-frame boards behind both goals.

How did you manage to watch the game with all that going on?

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DiamondDonnie
I can remember the first season in the stadium, the trackside boards were full - front and back, the back of the 3 small stands were full with advertising, above the doors into the concourses had advertising, the concourses themselves had advertising, the walls in the corner of the ground had advertising and there was A-frame boards behind both goals.

How did you manage to watch the game with all that going on?

<> Maybe the game was that dull it sort of meant your eyes drifted to what else was in & around the ground...

So in effect the new/current owners have a cunning plan... less advertising means we have to concentrate on the game more and not be distracted by pesky advertising... <>

The Under 20s rack up 8 goals in a demolition of Stranraer (Iain King Twitter) - [twitter.com]

The (Airdrieonians) Trust have published an annual review for 2014/15 - [content.yudu.com]

Valid point about the volume of pitch side advertising at Rovers compared to Airdrie .I think the pitch side adverising has been badly neglected over several years but perhaps it is something the club and stadium owners will be looking at just dont borrow the Rovers fall over new terracing advertising boards and their bags sorry buckets of sand.How many buckets of sand were there ?



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Been on holiday and had loads of sand to stroll along-will it help to beat Brechin as I missed the Stranraer game?

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Valid point about the volume of pitch side advertising at Rovers compared to Airdrie .I think the pitch side adverising has been badly neglected over several years but perhaps it is something the club and stadium owners will be looking at just dont borrow the Rovers fall over new terracing advertising boards and their bags sorry buckets of sand.How many buckets of sand were there ?

<> What was that all about?! Although I was at the game I was over in the "stand" area so didn't see any buckets. Were they:-

A) Propping up the advertising "hoardings" ?!

There to put out any situation that got a bit too shall we say... heated?!

C) There to cover over any sickness spouting from the travelling support from ML6 should the result not have gone our way?!

Obviously not C given the result, nor B so A? <>



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Answer A correct



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Jamie Bain passes the 200 mark (Airdrie FC official site) - [www.airdriefc.com]

Kyle Richford signs for BSC Glasgow on loan (Iain King Twitter) - [twitter.com]

Victory over Brechin so...

Match report and statistics (BBC Sport Scotland) - [www.bbc.co.uk]

Not a great game, and some disappointing performances say the fans (Pie & Bovril) - [www.pieandbovril.com]

Academy training camp update (Airdrie FC official site) - [www.airdriefc.com]

A poor match but a win's a win (Colin Paterson Instagram) - [instagram.com]

Brechin match report online (Airdrie FC official site) - [www.airdriefc.com]

Report from Brechin on the game (Brechin City FC official site) - [www.brechincity.com]

Player statistics (Airdrie FC official site) - [airdriefc.com]

Reading between the lines it looks as if Kyle Richford's made a good start to his loan spell at BSC (BSC Glasgow official site) - [www.bscglasgow.co.uk]

Peterhead v Airdrie thread now up on Pie & Bovril - [www.pieandbovril.com]

Colin Paterson's report on the Brechin game (Advertiser/Record) - [www.dailyrecord.co.uk]

Airdrie fans reflect on trip to Mongolia (Colin Paterson, Advertiser/Record) - [www.dailyrecord.co.uk]

Mark Allison on Sky TV (Airdrie FC official site) - [www.airdriefc.com]

Opportunity to sponsor the young Diamonds (Airdrie FC official site) - [www.airdriefc.com]

Taylor Morgan pushing for promotion (Airdrie FC official site) - [www.airdriefc.com]

Got to maintain the form says Bollan (Colin Paterson, Advertiser/Record) - [www.dailyrecord.co.uk]

Peterhead manager Jim McInally hoping David Cox has a poor game (Peterhead FC official site) - [www.peterheadfc.com]

Mark Allison pics from Soccer AM (Iain King Twitter) - [twitter.com]

Latest Club newsletter (Iain King) - [airdriefc.com]

Diamonds need to keep pace up says McBride (Colin Paterson, Advertiser/Record) - [www.dailyrecord.co.uk]

Some good news first...

New sports science programme at the club (Airdrie FC official site) - [www.airdriefc.com]

So onto the Peterhead game...

Diamonds up and down form continues (Airdrie FC official site) - [www.airdriefc.com]

Blue Toon get the better of the Diamonds (Peterhead FC official site) - [www.peterheadfc.com]

Bollan must go!...and other assorted views on P & B (Pie & Bovril) - [www.pieandbovril.com]

58% to 42% possession in favour of Peterhead (BBC Sport Scotland) - [www.bbc.co.uk]

That must have been when we were having a good spell.Dont know what the answer is but most games we are dominated by the opposition.we will need a better team than this to be there at the end of season.

Better news again...

Under 20s through to the next round (Iain King Twitter) - [twitter.com]

(As mentioned elsewhere) Diamond Mark stands out in the crowd! (Soccer AM Twitter) - [twitter.com]

Derby game this coming Saturday, and the Rovers fans have started their predictions...

Albion Rovers fans forum - [excoboard.com]

Back to Peterhead, and here's Gary Bollan's take on the game - [www.peterheadfc.com]

Good seeing and hearing Gary's take on game.we lacked quality ,he is right there,honest report though.

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Good seeing and hearing Gary's take on game.we lacked quality ,he is right there,honest report though.

<> Disappointing performance and result, and that certainly came over in his reaction. <>

Airdrie v Albion Rovers thread now up on P & B too (Pie & Bovril) - [www.pieandbovril.com]

Gary Bollan has won around 37% of his games and lost about 35% in charge of Airdrie, according to the stats (Soccerbase) - [www.soccerbase.com]

A few updates from the Airdrie FC official site:-

Goalkeeping coach Stuart Garden's off to Dundee Utd - [www.airdriefc.com]

New sponsor for the under 13s side - [www.airdriefc.com]

Mark's fundraising efforts continue - [www.airdriefc.com]

...and more about that on P & B (Pie & Bovril) - [www.pieandbovril.com]

Other fans chat about the club/personnel on P & B - [www.pieandbovril.com]

Too many players off their game says Bollan (Colin Paterson, Advertiser/Record) - [www.dailyrecord.co.uk]

As we know it's Airdrie v Brechin City in the 3rd round of the Scottish Cup. Rest of the draw here (BBC Sport Scotland) - [www.bbc.co.uk]

Both teams will think there a good chance to get into next round.The first half against then last game was bad.

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Both teams will think there a good chance to get into next round.The first half against then last game was bad.

<> Home tie we should be favourites against the bottom of the league side, but it's a cup tie and anything can happen. <>

Promotion push can be relaunched says Bollan (Colin Paterson, Advertiser/Record) - [www.dailyrecord.co.uk]

Scott Stewart is determined to make amends on Saturday (Airdrie FC official site) - [www.airdriefc.com]

Relive the horror show at Balmoor Park! Peterhead v Airdrie highlights online (Peterhead FC official site) - [www.peterheadfc.com]

Newsletter coming out tomorrow morning (Airdrie FC Twitter) - [twitter.com]

Training at NB (Iain King Twitter) - [twitter.com]