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'Coming Soon - Lichties TV'

Showing highlights of Gayfield League matches on the Internet

Arbroath have signed experienced striker Jim Hamilton in a one year deal.

34 year old Hamilton lists Dundee, Dundee United, Aberdeen, Hearts and Dunfermline Athletic as former Clubs.

He will be eligible for The Cooperative Insurance League Cup against Dunfermline Athletic on Saturday.
Gayfield Hospitality Offer - 14th August - Arbroath v Annan Athletic

Arbroath FC have a budget hospitality package available for the first home match of the season against Annan Athletic on Saturday 14th of August. The cost is £30.00 and includes a buffet, 2 complimentary drinks, half time refreshments and a pay bar after the match.

Bookings can be made through Maggie Reid on 07525 630100.
Alba Challenge Cup

Round 1

24th July 2010

Dunfermline 1-0 Arbroath

Dunfermline striker Andy Kirk grabbed a second-half winner to secure a narrow victory over Arbroath in the first round of the ALBA Challenge Cup.

Kirk scored the vital goal in 64 minutes, collecting a pass from Pat Clarke and rounding the keeper. Arbroath had given the Pars a fright in the second minute when Keith Gibson drilled a right-footed shot wide.

The visitors' Kieran McAnespie headed wide from a corner then Dunfermline's Gary Mason went close with a header.

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Dunfermline: Smith, Woods, Dowie, Keddie, McCann, Willis (Cardle 60), Bell (Phinn 82), Mason, David Graham, Clarke, Kirk (McDougall 76). Subs Not Used: Allison, Higgins.

Goals: Kirk 64.

Arbroath: Hill, Shields, Malcolm, Griffin, McAnespie, Dimilta, McCulloch, Gibson (Swankie 50), Josh Falkingham, Sheerin, McGowan (Scott 54), Scott (Nimmo 66). Subs Not Used: Burns, Rattray. Booked: Josh Falkingham.

Attendance: 976

Referee: B Madden

Gavin Swankie signs up at Gayfield for this third spell as a Lichtie albeit the second time was on loan

Arbroath have signed winger, David Dimilta, after impressing during the last 2 friendlies.

David was previously with Bellshill Athletic.

David Dimilta in action against Dundee
After impressing during pre season, Paul Sheerin has agreed terms with 3 players.

Stuart Malcolm is a centre back who featured prominently in Saturday's match against Dundee. His previous Clubs include Forfar Athletic, Ross County and Alloa.

Stuart Malcolm, left, tackles whilst playing for Finn Harp

Jordyn Sheerin is a striker who scored the Lichties goal in that match and was at one time associated with East Fife.

Jordyn Sheerin hits the opener against Dundee in pre-season friendly

David McGowan returns for a second spell at Gayfield as an attacking forward. He was previously on loan the season before last from Clyde.

David McGowan at Clyde

Bryan Scott, Marco & Josh Falkingham model the 3 new strips for this season

Saturday 17th July 2010 - Pre-season friendly

Arbroath 1 Dundee 1

Jordyn Sheerin hits his opener at Gayfield

The Lichties earned a thoroughly deserved 1-1 draw against Dundee at Gayfield.

Trialist Jordyn Sheerin put Arbroath up in the first half with a fine strike from the edge of the box, made all the better considering that he was shooting against a strong wind.

Action from the match

Dundee levelled in the second half when the ball was scrambled over the line, with Sean Higgins the most likely to have touched it last.

Both sides had chances to increase their scores with McIlravey forcing a great save from Rab Douglas and Darren Hill in the Arbroath goal also making 2 fine stops.

There were many positive performances from the Lichties, with Stuart Malcolm impressive at centre back, David Di Malta on the wing and both Jordyn Sheerin and David McGowan up front worked hard all afternoon.

Sheerin and Falkingham player well together in the middle.

Teams - Arbroath: Hill, Shields, McAnespie, Falkingham, Malcolm, Griffin, Di Malta, Gibson, Jordyn Sheerin, Bryan Scott, Paul Sheerin, Subs: Nimmo, McMullen, McGowan, Rattray, Suttie & McIlravey.

Dundee: Fox, Paton, Talbot, Forsyth, McKeown, Benedictus, Riley, O'Donnell, Curier, Harkins, Griffiths, Subs: McMenamin, McHale, Kerr, Higgins, Rennie, Bartlett.

The match Mascot was Connor Yeats

Connor was also photographed with Dundee Keeper, Rab Douglas, and Arbroath Young Player of the Year (2008-9), Craig Forsyth

Team Mascots

We were unable to meet all requests for Team Mascots last season due to a high demand in the latter weeks of the season.

In order to avoid disappointment this season we request that you book up ASAP

Contact Mike at the Office (01241 872157) to arrange.

Plan for the new season book your 2010/11 Matchday Hospitality at Gayfield
Contact Maggie Reid on 07525 630100 to Book

Match Day Hospitality Brochure

Support the Lichties - sponsor a player for Season 2010/11 - Details here

Players and Fans at the Open Session at Gayfield on Saturday which was enjoyed by all.

Saturday 10th July 2010 - Pre-season friendly

Arbroath 2 Cove Rangers 3.

The Lichties lost 3-2 in Saturdays preseason friendly against the Highland League side.

A brace from Daniel Park put the visitors 2-0 ahead at half time before trialist David McGowan pulled one back with a fine finish.

Park then made his hat trick before trialist centre back, Robbie Stephen pulled it back to 3-2.

The Lichties pressured the Cove goal towards the end, including a shot off the bar from Keith Gibson but could not draw level.

Teams:- Arbroath: Hill, Shields, McAnespie, Falkingham, Stephen, Griffin, Nimmo, McCulloch, McGowan, Scott, Sheerin. Used subs: Mcilravey, Suttie, Ross, Gibson, Neil, McMullan.

Cove Rangers: McKenzie, Jeffrey, Lawrie, Redford, Watson, Heads, Webster, Johnston, Watson, Black, Park. Used subs: Huggins, reid, Middleton, Scully.

After impressing Paul Sheerin during pre-season, Kieran McAnespie has signed for Arbroath in a one year deal.

Kieran in action at Morton

Kieran featured at left back in last nights friendly against Stenhousemuir and lists Falkirk, St Johnstone, Alloa and Ayr among his former Clubs.

Paul Sheerin has appointed Stewart Petrie as his assistant manager.

Petrie (40) has just returned to Scotland from Australia where he was number two to Ian Ferguson at North Queensland Fury.

The former Dunfermline and Forfar midfielder had previously been player-coach at Ross County.

Arbroath FC is delighted to announce that a new shirt sponsorship deal has been secured with Prosperity Offshore Investment Consultants who are based in Dubai.

Arbroath FC snap up Josh Falkingham

Paul Sheerin has pulled off a major coup by landing highly regarded former Leeds midfielder Josh Falkingham on a one-year deal.

But Sheerin, who beat off competition from Ayr United to land Falkingham, has admitted the Lichties will do well to retain the 19-year-old's services for the duration of his contract as he's too good for the third division.

Paul Sheerin has completed the signing of Jay Shields.

Jay can act as a utility player and is comfortable on both sides of the field. He started his career at Hibernian and lists Dundee, Morton and Cowdenbeath among his Clubs played for. He has also had 2 loan spells at Berwick Rangers.

The Lichties start of their Third Division campaign with an away match at Elgin City on Saturday 7th August.

The New Year fixture on 2nd January is away to Montrose and we finish up the season home to Montrose, away to Annan and home to Elgin City.

View All Lichtie League Fixtures here

A full list of all SFL fixtures is available to view here

Paul Sheerin has now completed the signing of Steven Doris to remain at Gayfield for the Lichties.

Paul Sheerin has successfully negotiated the signing of Danny Griffin in a one year deal.

Griffin, who has been capped 29 times for Northern Ireland, lists St Johnstone, Dundee United, Stockport County, Dundee and Aberdeen among his former Clubs. He was also an integral part of the Livingston 3rd division championship winning side from last season.

The 2010/11 Season Tickets are now on sale and can be bought from the office at Gayfield on weekday mornings. Prices are £180 for adults, £90 for Senior Citizens, £60 for Juveniles (Under 16) and £30 for Junior Lichties (Under 12).

The Arbroath FC Hospitality Suite

View 20010-11 Hospitality Packages here

Over 120 years ago Arbroath defeated Aberdeen side Bon Accord 36-0 in a Scottish Cup tie. That remains the highest score recorded in a senior football match. But, after delving into the history books, some doubt exists over the accuracy of that scoreline. View article.

Behaviour Policy

Arbroath Football Club is a community Club and wishes to portray a family atmosphere at its matches to encourage everyone to enjoy football at Gayfield Park in a friendly atmosphere. As such, bad behaviour, persistent use of foul or abusive language or any forms of racial or sectarian abuse will not be tolerated. Offenders are liable to be ejected from the stadium.

Arbroath FC are delighted to announce the appointment of Paul Sheerin as Player/Manager.

Sheerin (35) was released by St Johnstone at the end of the season, began his career with Alloa Athletic before heading to Southhampton.

He then had a spell in Sweden before seeing service with, among others, Aberdeen and Inverness Caledonian Thistle.

Sheerin was in the running for the job after John McGlashan resigned in November, but lost out on that occasion to former Hearts, St Johnstone and Hamilton defender, Weir

Paul said: "I was delighted that the board had kept me in mind from the interview I had in October because it was the first one I have ever did in football. We are not going to make any rash promises but I definitely hope that next season we will be a challenging club even though it can be hard to bounce back after relegation. I am more than happy with the players that I already have here and I hope to bring in a few new faces too. I have been speaking to a couple of people about the position of assistant manager and it will be somebody experienced who will be able to run things if I am playing."

AFC Chairman (right) & Vice-chairman welcome Paul

Best wishes for the game East Fife came from Josh Caird, son of Vice Chairman Mike Caird, who lives in the Spanish town of Empuriabrava, which is about 100 km north of Barcelona. 21 year old Josh, who has worked at Skydive Empuria for the past 2 years and has completed over 1000 jumps, leapt out of the plane at 13,000 ft in an Arbroath shirt to promote Arbroath Football Club to his Spanish skydiving mates..

Josh said, "when I was home earlier in the year I spoke to my dad and told him I wanted to skydive in an Arbroath shirt, and with the important East Fife match on Saturday coming up thought this would the ideal time to do it. Although it was a lovely sunny day on the ground it was minus 20C when I left the plane!"

Josh who specialises in Free Flying, that is skydiving feet or head down, was heard to shout "Come on the Lichties" as he sped to the ground at over 100mph!

We ask fans to send in photo's of themselves for future programmes with the most unusual location that they have worn an Arbroath kit in.?

Down Memory Lane - May 1^st1982 v East Fife (League) at Gayfield

The Halliburton table in Hospitality at the East Fife match on 1st May.

Arbroath v Cowdenbeath - Sat 17^th April 2010

Mascots

Name: Kieran McMillan Age: 6

School: Stewart’s Melville Junior School

Hobbies: Football, Golf, Tennis & Rugby

Favourite Player: Robbie Ross (ex Edinburgh City the team Kieran plays for)

Name: Finlay Stickings Age: 5

School: Corstorphine Primary School

Hobbies: Football (Finlay plays for Edinburgh City) & Golf

Favourite Player: Bryan Scott

Match Ball Sponsor

John McMillan - John, originally from Arbroath, is a lifelong Arbroath supporter and celebrating his 70^th birthday. John and his pal Bob Fairweather travel to games both home and away from their Edinburgh homes, and are often seen on the terraces cheering on the team in their own passionate way!!! John’s grandsons Kieran and Finlay are today’s mascots.

Bran McIntosh celebrated his 40th birthday at Gayfield

IRN-BRU kicks off a PHENOMENAL New Deal with The Scottish Football League……..

Scotland’s Soft Drink Renews Sponsorship of the SFL Championship

IRN-BRU, Scotland’s favourite soft drink, and The Scottish Football League at a Press Conference on Thursday 18th February announced that their partnership will continue for another three years, until the end of season 2012/13.

The new deal was unveiled at Hampden Park by A.G. Barr’s Head of Marketing, Adrian Troy, and SFL Chief Executive, David Longmuir. The agreement, which will commence at the start of the 2010/11 season, is worth in excess of £3 million over the course of the sponsorship and will comprise of both financial investment and added value activity.

Both parties announced that they are looking forward to continuing to build on the investment and development the previous sponsorship deal has provided at grassroots level and also promised fans that there will be several exciting new initiatives introduced during the new sponsorship in which they can get involved with to help their local club.

Adrian Troy commented: “We are delighted and proud to be extending our sponsorship of The Scottish Football League Championship. The SFL and IRN-BRU are a great partnership for one another with their shared strong Scottish heritage and community involvement. The partnership over the last two and a half years has proved a very successful one for us, helping us build IRN-BRU at a national but also a community level. We hope that we have been able to make significant contribution to the League not only through financial support but also throughout marketing and promotional activity. We look forward to working with the SFL over the next three years and we are already working on a range of exciting new initiatives, which clubs and fans nationwide can enjoy.”

David Longmuir, Chief Executive of The Scottish Football League, said: “On behalf of myself and The Scottish Football League, I am delighted Scotland’s best loved and iconic brand, IRN-BRU, will continue to support the League. The two brands have a long and established history in Scotland and are a part of daily life for many people throughout the country. It is fitting that this successful partnership will continue. Our partnership with IRN-BRU has worked hard to promote and develop the League in communities throughout the country and I am sure clubs and fans across the country welcome this exciting news. I look forward to continuing our hard work with IRN-BRU and to more exciting and innovative campaigns ahead.

Down Memory Lane with Davie Dewar - Season 1970-1971
Arbroath 2 Brechin 2
Brechin City 1 Arbroath 4

Q&A with Steven Doris

Arbroath Youth Player Profile - Dale Barron

A REVIEW OF LEAGUE ATTENDANCES BY FRASER CLYNE ©

Slight Improvement in Crowds

By Fraser Clyne (c)

Promotion to the Second Division didn’t do much to attract more people through the Gayfield turnstiles last season. The average home gate of 636 for league matches was only marginally up on the previous season’s 612 and is still lower than in 2006-07 when home crowds averaged 735.

For the first time in many years the 1,000 tally was never achieved. The highest home crowd was 921 for the March 2009 meeting with championship-chasing Raith Rovers. The lowest home crowd was 411 for the visit of struggling Stranraer in November 2008.

Champions Raith Rovers, not surprisingly, attracted the best average of 2,225. The Kirkcaldy side also drew the five biggest crowds of the season. Rovers’ final home match with Arbroath, when the championship trophy was presented, was watched by 4426 people – the second biggest turnout of the season in the Second Division.

Relegated Stranraer, with an average home crowd of 366, attracted nine of the ten lowest crowds, including the 228 and 277 who watched the two matches with Arbroath at Stair Park.

Arbroath FC 2009-20010 Squad

Back Row, L-R
Jamie Bishop, Keith Gibson, Barry Sellars, Steven Rennie, Ian Dobbins, Steve Hislop

Middle Row, L-R
Kevin McGowne (Asst. Manager), Catriona Dick (Sports Therapist), John Toner, Jamie Redman, Alan Rattray, Darren Hill, Ryan Suttie, Scott Morrison, Robbie Ross, Paul Lunan, Daniel McKay, Leona Kidd (Sports Therapist), Mike Cargill (GK Coach)

Front Row, L-R
Kevin McMullan, Kenny McLean, Steven Doris, Jim Weir (Manager), Scott Gates, Kevin Milne, Bryan Scott
Marc McCulloch was not there when the photo was taken as he had been held up in traffic!!