A Lot Can Happen In A Year!
back again
By The Spider
July 30 2003
Coach John McCormack left to be temporarily replaced by Paul Martin & David Hunter who were, in turn, replaced by Kenny Brannigan. Kenny has now recruited old pal Scott Murdoch from Clydebank who will provide specialist defensive coaching.
On the field, debuts were handed out to no less than 14 new players, half of whom have put pen to paper again for the forthcoming season.
The total list of ins and outs is as follows:
Outs
John Gemmell went to Partick Thistle
John Gallagher, Willie Martin and Jamie White all went to Elgin City
James Allan went to Gretna
Mark Cairns went to Stirling Albion, and now appears to have left them
Colin Stewart returned to Kilmarnock when his loan period expired
Ross Jackson, Tony Mitchell, Jim Bruce, Stuart Jack, Brendan Crozier, Gordon Lappin and Karl Lehman were all released
Chris Fisher and Stephen Canning were also effectively released but invited to attend pre-season training effectively leaving the door open for them to impress. Stephen Canning appears to have done so but remains unsigned so far.
Ins
Frankie Carroll has returned to the fold after a years absence
Steve McAuley has signed from Airdrie
Steven Reilly has signed from Stirling Albion
Ally Graham has signed from Hamilton
The new season starts this Saturday at Love Street with a 1st Round Challenge Cup tie against St. Mirren and a full preview of the game will appear on this site tomorrow evening.