Arbroath vs Queen’s Park – Match Preview
cinch Scottish Championship – Game 04 – Season 2022/2023
Saturday 20th August 2022, Gayfield Park, Arbroath, 3.00pm kick off
Arbroath welcome Owen Coyle’s Queen’s Park to Gayfield tomorrow for our first meeting since April 2018 when a certain Luke Donnelly scored twice against the Lichties at Hampden Park.
It was our debut season in League One, and the Lichties came out on top 3 times against the Spiders with the host’s winning the final game of the season at Hampden 3-0.
A lot has changed for Queen’s Park in that time, and tomorrow’s match will be an extremely tough test against a side full of goals, creativity and raw talent.
There are a number of familiar faces in the Queen’s Park side with former Loanee’s Lewis Moore and Jake Davidson and of course not forgetting Simon Murray!
There is also another huge connection as Scott Stewart goes up against his father, Sandy Stewart, the highly experienced and respected first team coach for Queen’s Park.
Dom Thomas is another player familiar to Arbroath fans, and is one of the many threats that the visitors have at their disposal.
Arbroath will be looking to get over the defeat at Den’s Park last Friday, with the arrival of Scott Allan giving the entire club a huge lift with Arbroath Manager Dick Campbell still looking to bring more new faces in attack.
We hope that you will be at Gayfield in your numbers cheering on the team!
C’mon the Lichties
Queen’s Park
Head Coach / First Team Coach – Owen Coyle
First Team Coach – Sandy Stewart
Goalkeeping Coach – Glen Johnson
Goalkeepers
1 – Calum Ferrie
17 – Jacques Heraghty
Defenders
2 – Jason Naismith (Kilmarnock)
3 – Tommy Robson
4 – Lee Kilday
5 – Charlie Fox
12 – Jake Davidson
16 – Cameron Bruce
66 – Stephen Eze (NK Solin)
Midfielders
6 – Liam Brown
7 – Louis Longridge
8 – Jack Thomson
10 – Josh McPake (Rangers, loan)
11 – Dom Thomas (Dunfermline Athletic)
14 – Lewis Moore
18 – Calum Biggar
25 – Alex Bannon
27 – Patrick Jarrett (Stoke City)
42 – Malachi Boateng (Crystal Palace, loan)
Forwards
19 – Scott Williamson
21 – Grant Savoury (Peterhead)
26 – Gregor Nicol
23 – Simon Murray
Queen’s Park Departures and Loans
15 – Max Gillies – On loan at Peterhead
Callum Yeats – On loan at Stenhousemuir
Michael Doyle (Hamilton Academical)
Grant Gillespie (Greenock Morton)
Peter Grant (Clyde)
Darren Lyon (Queen’s Park)
Bob McHugh (East Kilbride)
Stuart Morrison (Queen of the South)
Wullie Muir (Alloa Athletic)
Jai Quitongo (Greenock Morton)
Max Gillies (Peterhead, loan)
Callum Yeats (Stenhousemuir, loan)
Luca Connell (Celtic, end of loan)
Ronan Darcy (Bolton Wanderers, end of loan)
Luis Longstaff (Liverpool, end of loan)
Connor McBride (Blackburn Rovers, end of loan)
Connor Smith (Heart of Midlothian, end of loan)
Will Baynham
List of departures credit to http://nareystoepoker.blogspot.com/p/all-spfl-transfers-summer-2022-window.html
Arbroath vs Queen’s Park – Head to Head
Queen’s Park 3 – 0 Arbroath
28th April 2018 – Scottish League 1 – 2017/18
Goals – Leitch 1, Donnelly 46, 70
Arbroath 2 – 1 Queen’s Park
13th January 2018 – Scottish League 1 – 2017/18
Goals – Swankie 43, Gold 60 – McGhee 12
Queen’s Park 0 – 2 Arbroath
11th November 2017 – Scottish League 1 – 2017/18
Goals – Swankie 19, Hamilton 55
Arbroath 2 – 0 Queen’s Park
5th August 2017 – Scottish League 1 – 2017/18
Goals – Goals – Denholm 37, Yule 62
Queen’s Park – Scottish Championship Results 2022/2023
Game 1 – Inverness Caledonian Thistle 1 – 1 Queen’s Park
Game 2 – Queen’s Park 2 – 3 Ayr United
Game 3 – Queen’s Park 3 – 2 Partick Thistle
Suspensions;
Neither Team has any players suspended.
Officials;
Referee – Steven Kirkland
Assistant Referee 1 – Gordon McCabe
Assistant Referee 2 – Michael MacDermid
Would all supporters please be aware of the following information ahead of tomorrow’s match.
ENTRY AND STADIUM
Segregation will be in place. All supporters will access the game via Turnstiles 1 and 2. Please have your ticket either printed out on ready on your phone to be scanned.
Queen’s Park supporters will enter via Turnstile 1 and have sections A and B in the CoelBrew Main Stand, and the Pleasureland End round to the Pie Hut.
The pie hut is open, along with the toilets and food kiosk behind Section A. There is a Disabled Bay in front of Section A.
Arbroath supporters will enter via Turnstile 2 and have the small section next to the CoelBrew Main Stand, the Harbour End and the East Terrace up to the corner flag.
The pie hut is open, along with the toilets and food kiosk behind Section H. There is a disabled Bay in front of Section H.
Supporters who have purchased a season ticket in the CoelBrew Main Stand can sit in their seats in Section F and G and supporters who purchased a seat in CoelBrew Main Stand will be able to find the seat they purchased.
Section C in the CoelBrew Main Stand is being used for Hospitality, with D for Visiting Directors and E for Arbroath supporters.
Smoking is not permitted in the main stand of Gayfield Park.
It should go without saying that No pyrotechnics are allowed inside of Gayfield.
TICKETS
There will be no cash gates so we must remind supporters to buy their tickets online. Tickets are available until 3pm
Season Tickets are of course valid.
Home Support – https://arbroathfc.co.uk/match-day-tickets/
Queen’s Park – https://arbroathfc.co.uk/away-tickets/
Just like last season we shall be operating a ticket only entry process meaning your matchday ticket must be purchased online and either printed out or shown on your phone to be scanned before entry to the ground.
Admission prices are as follows;
Terracing
£20 – Adults
£13 – Concessions
£23 – Adult and 1 child
£25 – Adult and 2 children
CoelBrew Main Stand (Sections F, G and H for Arbroath supporters and Sections A and B for Away Support)
£22 – Adults
£15 – Concessions
£25 – Adult and 1 child
£28 – Adult and 2 children
STREAMING
Arbroath FC TV will return on Saturday for our match against Queen’s Park for overseas subscribers ONLY.
Supporters living overseas can purchase the Arbroath FC TV match subscription service for £15 on arbroathfc.tv
Please note – Streaming / match subscription is no longer part of your season ticket. This is due to all clubs having to revert back to the pre-pandemic broadcasting arrangements that been brought back for this season.
We are delighted to announce that we now accept Apple Pay and Google Pay as well as the normal payment method. We hope the two new additions can make your payment process even more efficient.
As always we ask you to register and login by 2pm at the latest so that if you do encounter any problems our support staff can help you resolve your problem before kick off.
How to watch – Please watch this video https://youtu.be/kKFZBFLRo1E
There will be 2 types of supporters who will be purchasing our match subscription.
1 – Supporters who have already used Arbroathfc.tv Match Subscription.
Head to https://arbroathfc.tv/ then you can access the game by clicking “Login” on the home page.
You will use the same login name (your email address) and password as your previous live stream, then when you click “Get my Access” you will be prompted to enter in your payment details for this match. The cost is £15
2 – New Supporters to Arbroathfc.tv match subscription.
If this is your first time, you will have to create an account by clicking on “Get my Access” on https://arbroathfc.tv/
Your login will be your email address and then you will asked to create a password and enter in your payment details. The cost is £15.
Having successfully created your account you can then click “Watch Live” and then sit back and enjoy the game!
If you have any issues, PLEASE use the live chat box on the right-hand side of the Arbroath FC TV website. This will be live from around 2pm on Saturday afternoon.
Our support staff can help you directly from there and will have you logged in. This is the fastest and easy way to deal with any issues you may face.
For all other issues please email [email protected]
Match Day Programme
Our matchday programme producers, JJ Sports Promotions Ltd have produced a physical programme for today’s game.
A match day programme will be on sale as supporters enter the ground for £2.50
Alternatively copies of this programme can be purchased for £2.50 each plus £2 postage and packing, by emailing: [email protected]. It will be full colour and packed with great content and photography, but hurry because there is a limited print run
Parking
Supporters can park by Pleasureland, or on the Harbour end of Gayfield at Inchcape Park.
Rules
Smoking is not permitted in the main stand of Gayfield Park.
It should go without saying that No pyrotechnics are allowed inside of Gayfield.
We look forward to welcoming a large crowd to Gayfield for what is set to be a cracking match!
Thank you and C’mon the Lichties
