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latest update 28/11/09
WEBSITE STATEMENT Musselburgh Athletic's website was praised by the 20 supporters who have signed up with its text alert service which helped again for the 3rd time this season, after being given the all clear at around 10am the match was called off at 1pm. Without this service many supporters would have had a wasted journey and I hope that you had enough time to re-route and get to another game. More information on the text service can be found further down the page. |
BURGH AWAY KIT AVAILABLE NOW! Musselburgh Athletics popular new away kit is available to order from the club shop. Order before 1st December and receive in time for Christmas, all shop orders also receive free window stickers. To Order call the Website administrator on 07743927878
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RONNIE MCPHERSON Musselburgh goalkeeper Ronnie McPherson has signed for Linlithogw Rose of the Super League.
The former Scotland Junior Internationalist leaves with the best wishes of all at Musselburgh, after starting over 60 games for the club. Musselburgh Honors: Premier League Champions, St Michaels Cup, Brown Cup, St Michaels Cup |
TEXT ALERT SERVICE In order to continue to keep supporters up to date regarding any late games being called off involving Musselburgh Athletic the popular Text alert service will be re - introduced. The service is simple, text the word 'FOOTBALL' to 07743927878. In return you will receive a text message as soon as any Musselburgh game has been confirmed as being called off. Please note no text will be sent if the game is on. |
NEW EAST JUNIOR PROGRAMME An East Region Football Programme dedicated to the Junior Leagues which consists of Super League, Premier League, North, Central & South Divisions. Each Monthly Issue has Results, Fixtures, Goal Scorers, Club Info and featured clubs each month from each league. The Programme is on its third issue and seems to be a success. |
BUSES RETURN TO PRINCES STREET Musselburgh would like to inform supporters travelling by bus to Olivebank Stadium after Sunday the 29th November that all bus services are returning from George Street to Princes Street. Supporters changing from Train to bus in Edinburgh City Centre should walk to St Andrew Square for Bus services to Musselburgh. Full directions to Olivebank Stadium Musselburgh click here
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TANSEY & NELSON SELECTED Lochee United are to host a East Region Juniors select for a testimonial match for former player Ross Dorward at Thomson Park on Sunday 6th December with a 2pm kick-off. From Musselburgh a big congratulations must go to Adam Nelson and Paul Tansey who have been selected to play. I suspect that a few other Musselburgh players may make the next Scotland team if they keep up the good start to the season. The East Region team will be managed by Scotland Junior manager Keith Burgess with his Assistant Stuart Williamson, and all players will be on trial for a Scotland Juniors game to be played at a later date.
The pool of players selected and their own team they represent are as follows...
J Hutchison Camelon
R Carlin Bathgate Thistle R Duffin Boness Utd J Ward Linlithgow Rose The website will give further details as soon as they are known |
CLUB THANK FANS FOR BACKING After the clubs Scottish Cup game at Irvine Meadow the club passed on to the website a note to thank the fans for their terriffic backing in Ayrshire. The website would also like to thank the support especially those who travelled on the supporters bus. I hope you enjoyed the weekend as much as I did and I hope we can continue this way of supporting the team on away days.
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CONTACT THE CLUB The Club can be contacted by phone on 07743927878 or email any photos or news to ryank@blueyonder.co.uk |
QUAY PROUD TO DISPLAY TROPHIES Our friends at the Quay are really proud to support Musselburgh Athletic even displaying the cups won by the team last season. Pictured in their main bar area the Brown Cup, Premier league Champions Cup and the St Michaels Cup.
Opperations manager Iain White said 'With the team and the Quay doing well over the last few years we thought it would be great to show our customers just how good the football team is', He added ' we get plenty of football fans coming in, many from Olivebank and I am sure on their next visit they will like the change in the decor!'.
Next time your at the Quay see if you can grab a photo next to the cups, send it to the website and we will be more than happy to display it here.
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WEBSITE LAUNCHES KIDS CLUB ONLINE Musselburgh Athletic again leads the way as the new Kids Club takes shape for the start of the season. Offers such as Free admission with an adult and penalty shoot outs are just some of the deals and it's free to join in. Read the full website statement Click here
To join now and receive a free newsletter every 2 weeks email the club at ryank@blueyonder.co.uk
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OPEN TOP BUS CELEBRATIONS CROWDS LINE STREETS DESPITE WEATHER Musselburgh Athletic were given a fantastic reception by the community as thousands of people braved the rain to honor their local team during the parade. All the players, management and committee enjoyed the night. As the bus progressed along the route the crowds got bigger, the cheers got louder and hopefully the club and sponsors The Quay gained a few more fans! The club would like to thank the Quay and Chaplins Disco, for supplying the bus. I would like to thank Charan Gill for taking time out of a busy evening to be interviewed on Radio, also Iain White, Russell Aitken of Black Diamond 107.8fm, the Edinburgh Evening News, The East Lothian Courier and Musselburgh News, Andy Sutherland and all the management and committee for helping publise the event. For Photos of the event click here I More Photos Video from Musselburgh High St I Video Bridge St I Rambo's Dancing More Video - Pinkie Road I New Street
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BURGH SNAP UP PHOTOGRAPHER The club are delighted to reveal that Photographer Andrew Sutherland has been secured for this season. Commenting on the news Andrew told the club website that he is a huge football fan and enjoyed the final 2 games of the season saying that the drama at the end of the Linlithgow game was 'the best five minutes of football I have ever seen'. 'The tension and excitement was great and hopefully I have reflected that in the photos and look forward to covering more of the clubs games this season'. Andrew will be at Olivebank most weeks, however he is a well sought after photograpgher so work commitments will limit the games he is able to attend We are grateful for his time. Welcome to the club!
This famous picture of St Michaels cup winners Musselburgh Athletic is now available to buy as a print. Click image to order Hire Andrew for your functions & special events
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