SCOTSPURS

Tuesday November 24th 2009

FC Scotspurs played our second One For The League match and battled out a 2-2 draw with Ormond Saints to go back top of the table. It's been two months since we opened the campaign with an excellent 5-1 win at Queens Park.

We had a pretty threadbare team, with the same eleven playing the entire 90 minutes, and two players - Derek Jarvie and Barry Oswald came in for their debuts. From the side that put Queens Park to the sword in September only Steve Oliver, Gav McDonald, Neil Quigley and Mike Vallance remained.

The first half was fairly even and we came close through a Neil Quigley effort that bounced back off the post but the hosts took the lead just before half - time when Steve MacPhee was allowed time to jink into the box and fire past Heller.

Early in the second half the hosts doubled that advantage when Left Back Graeme Laing cut inside and fired a dipping shot into the postage stamp corner. Ormond Saints looked to get a grip of the game and it looked ominous for Scotspurs.

With 15 minutes left we pulled a goal back and it was Craig Oliver who battled through a couple of challenges before squeezing a shot under Craig Taylor. It was no more than we deserved for our endeavours. With the match ebbing away from us Steve Oliver jinked his way through the box and managed to get a chipped shot away which came back off the bar.

As the game looked to be petering out Ormond Saints won a throw in deep in their own half on the left. Thankfully for us, Graeme Laing was woefully short in his throw in back to keeper Craig Taylor and Gav McDonald capitalised, running onto the throw to beat Taylor and fire a low shot into the bottom right to give us a deserved point.

TEAM - Colin Heller, Richie Murrell, Chris Johnson, Derek Jarvie, Mike Vallance, Barry Oswald, Steve Oliver, Ross McInnes, Craig Oliver, Neil Quigley and Gav McDonald.

SUBS - None

FC Scotspurs MOTM - Chris Johnson

Ormond Saints Opposition MOTM - Ross McInnes

FC Scotspurs Ormond Saints MOTM - Steve MacPhee

Venue - Strathearn Community Campus, Crieff.

Monday September 20th 2009

FC Scotspurs went into this One For The Road League game having never beaten Queens Park in four previous attempts and with only one previous win at 11's level, and at that in a shortened 15 minute a half game against Ormond Saints in the Caledonian Spring Cup in April.

So essentially Iain Campbell and his Queens Park side were no doubt favourites going into the game, having posted two wins from three in their games so far this season. However, unlike in previous games, we got the formation right and held our game plan well to ensure a fantastic result against a QP side that never gave up and didn't actually play all that badly.

We took an early lead when Neil Quigley was released by a fantastic Steve Oliver through ball and that was soon doubled when the same player tapped in from a couple of yards after great play from Mark Smith to set him up. Young Smithy showed great tenacity in the run up to Neil's easy tap in.

 

It wasn't all one way though and a fantastic lob from Paul Joyce saw the Spiders pull one back and they may have scored more in the first half, with a header smashing back off the bar and a couple of chances being wasted. Danny Oliver might have put us 3-1 up towards the end of the half but after a great run he lost his composure, much like a virgin would trying to throw his sausage up a close for the first time! Sorry Dan!!!

HALF TIME - Queens Park 1 FC Scotspurs 2

Into the second period we started to take control with Ray Bates providing real energy and no little ability in the middle of the park. Ray got himself on the scoresheet, deservedly so, and was heavily involved in the brace that substitute Graham Rennie scored in the second half. Queens were not at all helped by the number of injuries they picked up throughout the game but nevertheless they put in a dogged display and will no doubt be much improved when we come to play them in our 'home' game some time in the new year.

Once again Mike Chadwick was exceptional between the sticks for us and in defence the starting quartet of Mike Vallance, Stuart McDonald, Gav McDonald and Alan Holloway were solid enough. In the middle Davie Bates, Steve Oliver, Danny Oliver, Ray Bates and Mark Smith did the job well and Neil Quigley did a fantastic job as a lone striker. As the game progressed Graham Rennie and Steve Gibson joined the fray and both added to a great team performance, with Graham in particular outstanding in the middle of the park.

Not for the first time though it was Ray Bates who was the star man - full of running, always wanting the ball and making himself available. After the game he was presented with his man of the match trophy and i am sure he loved his refresher bar!!

Afterwards we went back to the Queens Park Social Club at Hampden for the hospitality and to have the crack with the QP lads and watch the big Spurs get humped 3-0 at Chelsea - see it's all that ying yang carry on!!!

Once again, thanks to Iain Campbell and his team for having us.

Team - Chadwick, Holloway, S. McDonald, G. McDonald, Vallance, D. Oliver, R. Bates, D. Bates, S. Oliver, Smith, N. Quigley.

Subs - Rennie and Gibson (both used)

MORE PICTURES FROM YESTERDAY IN THE 09/10 GALLERY

Saturday 19th September 2009

Tomorrow, Sunday 20th September, sees FC Scotspurs take on Queens Park SFC at Toryglen Sports Centre in Glasgow, in the opening game of the newly created One For The Road League. This is our away game at Queens Park.

At this late stage we have a squad of 14 heading into the game, which is good news as we were expecting to have a threadbare 12 as late as this morning. Our record against Queens needs to improve very much if we are to take the points, having lost 1-3, 0-1 and 0-7 to them in 11's games. We managed a 1-1 draw with them in The Scotspurs Sevens in August in a game that decided our fate as wooden spoonists!!!!

Come on You Scotspurs!!

Wednesday 2nd September 2009

FC Scotspurs will this season take part in a 4 team mini league with Ormond Saints, Queens Park SFC and Appin. We will be playing for a trophy - named after Rab MacDonald - and it will be presented at The Caledonian Spring Cup in Perth, which we will take part in again with the other three teams also involved as was the case earlier this year.

Our first game will take place in Glasgow on Sunday September 20th against Queens Park and there is a very good chance that the 'away' game against Ormond Saints will be arranged for sometime in October.

Sunday 29th August 2009

FC Scotspurs have a couple of games arranged for September and October. Firstly, we will play Queens Park SFC in Glasgow on Sunday September 20th. Finer details are still to be announced but the kick off will be arranged with the big teams live tv game against Chelsea in mind.

For October, we will play a small sided game against a Bournemouth supporters team on Sunday 18th October, the day after we play Portsmouth at Fratton Park - confirmed for the trip are Steve Oliver, Danny Oliver, Gav McDonald, Rob Osborne and Ross McInnes as well as Rob's better half.

This season will also see us play in a 4 team mini league with Queens Park, Ormond Saints and Appin and the game against QP in September will be the first game in that wee competition - no other dates are confirmed as yet.

Sunday 9th August 2009

 

Today saw our first Sevens tournament take place at Meadowbank Sports Centre in Edinburgh. Despite a few logistical problems as the competition approached we managed to get kicked off, around 15 minutes late, at 1.15. The fixture list was amended suitably as we knew that a couple of teams were en route but were having problems getting through Edinburgh with the roadworks and the Festival playing havoc.

PSJ and FC Scotspurs along with Queens Park and Edinburgh Saints got the tournament underway, with the hosts going down 1-0 and Queens Park edging out Edinburgh Saints 3-2. Overall the games were played in the right spirit and we managed to get the football finished by around quarter to five.

 

FULL RESULTS

Appin 0 Abler 1

Appin 2 FC Scotspurs 2

Appin 0 PSJ 0

Appin 1 Ormond Saints 0

Appin 4 Edinburgh Saints 1

Appin 4 Queens Park 1

Abler 2 FC Scotspurs 0

Abler 2 PSJ 1

Abler 5 Queens Park 0

Abler 4 Edinburgh Saints 3

Abler 4 Ormond Saints 1

Edinburgh Saints 4 FC Scotspurs 1

Edinburgh Saints 3 Queens Park 2

Edinburgh Saints 3 Ormond Saints 0

Edinburgh Saints 0 PSJ 4

FC Scotspurs 0 PSJ 1

FC Scotspurs 1 Queens Park 1

FC Scotspurs 0 Ormond Saints 4

Ormond Saints 0 PSJ 2

Ormond Saints 3 Queens Park 0

PSJ 1 Queens Park 0

 

FINAL TABLE

 

	W	D	L	F	A	PTS
Abler	6	0	0	18	5	18
PSJ	4	1	1	9	1	13
Appin	3	2	1	11	5	11
Edinburgh Saints	2	0	4	13	15	6
Ormond Saints	2	0	4	8	10	6
Queens Park	1	1	4	5	16	4
FC Scotspurs	0	2	4	4	14	2

 

Thankyou to all the teams who attended the tourney today and especially the lads from Appin who had a mega journey to be there. Thanks to all who helped keep time in the games, and especially to Danny and Steve Oliver who helped on so much with little things on the day.

Thanks also must go to the staff at Scotties Bar in Northfield Broadway for providing a buffet and to everyone who came back to the pub afterwards. Iain Campbell, Jim Weir and Gav Stewart deserve special mention for their teams efforts in staying on at the boozer.

Finally, congratulations to Abler in winning the tournament today.

Wednesday 29th July 2009

The First Scotspurs Sevens takes place in ten days time at Meadowbank Sports Centre, with 7 of the 8 places now confirmed. Queens Park, Ormond Saints, PSJ, Abler, Appin and Edinburgh Saints and of course ourselves will fight it out. There are one or two other irons in the fire for the 8th place but if we need to run with seven then it will be no problem and the format will change to a round robin league as opposed to 2 smaller groups.

 

Sunday 19th July

FC Scotspurs battled it out with Falkirk Supporters team Bairnfica AFC today for the John White Memorial Trophy at Alloa Athletic’s Recreation Park.

Despite a 3-1 defeat we were very competitive and perhaps deserved better as all three Bairns goals could be described as lucky.

The first half was evenly poised and Sandy Quigley should have put us a goal up 5 minutes before the break when with just the keeper to beat he tried to lift it into the net rather than skelp it past him.

As it was Bairnfica scored the opener just on half time when a mishit 20 yard shot found its way past the excellent Mikey Chadwick in our goal.

Soon after the break The Bairns went 2-0 up when a Danny Oliver sliding clearance rattled back of the Falkirk attacker and into the net.

Within a few minutes we pulled a deserved goal back. A move involving Ally McIntosh, Sandy Quigley and Gav McDonald saw the latter hold off a Bairnfica challenge and release Neil Quigley who saw off a challenge before finishing coolly past the advancing keeper.

At that time we were on top and Ally McIntosh had a great opportunity to gain parity but screwed his shot wide from the edge of the area.

Bairnfica were then awarded a dubious penalty when Steve Oliver and an attacker challenged for a through ball. It looked like Steve won the ball but a spot kick was awarded and Bairnfica’s Stephen Hoggan converted from 12 yards to seal victory for his side.

 

Team (4-1-4-2)  Chadwick, Millar, D.Oliver, Heller, Holloway, J.Oliver, R.Bates, McDonald, S.Oliver, N.Quigley and S.Quigley.

Subs – McIntosh and D.Bates.

 

After this game the FC Scotspurs Kitty stands at the princely sum of £10.00.

 

 

 

Friday July 17th 2009

ITS ALMOST HERE!!

It's now only two days till FC Scotspurs battle it out with Bairnfica AFC for the John White Memorial Trophy at Alloa Athletic's Recreation Park. Until now there has been very little movement in the squad with Ally McIntosh having made himself available after initially ruling himself out and Leon Yau has picked up an injury which might mean he misses the game.

The game has a 1pm start and everyone is reminded that if they are not too busy they should get themselves along to Alloa to support the lads. There is a refreshment bar open and there will be a programme available on the day.

Squad at 17th July - Colin Heller, Mikey Keeper, Jim Oliver, Andy Millar, Danny Oliver, Alan Holloway, Davie Bates, Ray Bates, Ally McIntosh, Gav McDonald, Neil Quigley, Sandy Quigley, Steve Oliver, Ross McInnes and Leon Yau (injury doubt).

 

 Tuesday July 7th 2009

Its now just under a fortnight until our big game with Bairnfica at Recreation Park in Alloa. We play the Falkirk Supporters Team for the John White Memorial Trophy at the ground where the tragic player started his career before moves to Falkirk and then Tottenham.

The match programme for the game is all but ready and we have secured sponsorship for that with Grant Todd at www.edinburghsouth.minutemanpress.com sponsoring it. A big thankyou to Grant for that.

Hopefully we will see a few of the players family and friends in the stands as we get the chance to strut our stuff at a senior ground. There will be a refreshment stall open and there will be a token admission charge on the day to help both teams meet the cost of the event.

 

Tuesday 16th June 2009

 The first FC Scotspurs Sevens will take place on Sunday 9th August at Meadowbank Sports Centre in Edinburgh with the tournament kicking off at 1PM.

 Further details will be available later.

 If anyone out there would be interested in Sponsoring the tournament then please mail us at scotspurs@hotmail.co.uk

Sunday 14th June 2009

FC Scotspurs yesterday took part in The Ian Younger Sixes at Lesser Hampden and went onto a respectable quarter final place before bowing out to eventual finalists Coasters. Paired up in Group D with Shrewsbury Town, Nottingham Forest and MacDonald Rovers we negotiated that stage with two great wins from three.

Our first game, against Shrewsbury, saw us race into a two goal lead courtesy of Danny Oliver and Sandy. However within about 30 seconds of the restart The Shrews had pulled it back to 2-2 and it looked like they might go onto win. However Sandy scored a fantastic solo goal and we defended brilliantly to hold on for a 3-2 win. The team against The Shrews was Martin, Stevie M, Alan, Danny, Sandy and Gav. Neither Mark nor Steve O came on.

In our second group game we faced Nottingham Forest and we changed it around a little with Gav in goal and both Mark and Steve O making an appearance. We played superbly well and posted a 5-0 win with Sandy grabbing them all, though we decided to donate his 5th to Alan as he really should have squared it the greedy $5^*&^^%!!!!!

Our third game saw the pressure off as we had already qualified for the knock out stages. We lost 2-0 to Appin side MacDonald Rovers in that game.

Onto the quarter finals and we faced Coasters, a side made up with some guys from the amatuer scene in the Oban area, and despite taking the lead through Sandy we eventually ran out of steam and went down 4-1. Coaster went on to skelp PSG 7-1 in the semi final before losing out to Appin (winners in the Spring Cup we played in at Perth too) in the final.

After the football it was great to see the entire squad go for an Indian together in the nearby Shezan before going back to the Queens Park Social Club for the presentation and a few drinks and dances to The Specials!!

The day passed by without any hint of bother from our guys and i am sure we will be welcome back to next years event. Thanks to everyone who made the effort to be there and hang around for a while afterwards too. It was a pretty big commitment and one that was really appreciated.

 

£10.00 of the FC Scotspurs Kitty money was used to help cover the cost of the tournament, leaving £8 remaining.

Tuesday 9th June 2009

 FC Scotspurs will play Falkirk Supporters team Bairnfica on Sunday 19th July at Recreation Park, home of Scottish Senior side Alloa Athletic.

 The game will be played for a Trophy in memorial of John White, the Spurs, Falkirk and Scotland legend killed on a golf course at Enfield in 1964.

 The match will kick off at 1PM and we have full use of all the facilities and the ground will be open for anyone that would like to come along and support us. The refreshment stall will be open and it is hoped that there will be a souvenir programme available on the day.

  If anyone or any business would like to consider sponsoring us for this event, or would like to advertise in the programme then please email us at scotspurs@hotmail.co.uk

Date	Opponent	Venue	Comp	Score	Scorers
5/01	Ormond Saints	Bells, Perth	5’s Fr	18-9	McDonald 8, L.Yau 4, S.Oliver 3, D. Oliver 3
29/01	Bairnfica	Braes High, Falkirk	Fr	1-4	Cheeseman
22/02	Queens Park	Holyrood, Glasgow	Fr	1-3	McDonald
05/04	Queens Park	North Inch, Perth	CSP	0-1
05/04	Ormond Saints	North Inch, Perth	CSP	3-0	D. Yau, C.Oliver, R.Bates
05/04	Appin	North Inch, Perth	CSP	0-2
14/04	Beechwood Albion	Stirling Uni	Fr	1-9	R.Bates
19/04	Queens Park	Toryglen, Glasgow	Fr	0-7
13/06	Shrewsbury Town	Lesser Hampden	IY	3-2	S.Quigley (2), D.Oliver
13/06	Nottingham Forest	Lesser Hampden	IY	5-0	S.Quigley (5)
13/06	MacDonald Rovers	Lesser Hampden	IY	0-2
13/06	Coasters	Lesser Hampden	IY	1-4	S.Quigley

 

FR – Friendly, CSP – Caledonian Spring Cup, IY – Ian Younger 6’s.

Overall Record

Played       Won       Drawn       Lost       GS       GA

12                4             0                 8            33        43

Tuesday June 9th 2009

FC Scotspurs will take part in the Ian Younger Sixes Tournament at Lesser Hampden on Saturday 13th June. The event, hosted by Queens Park SFC, will kick off around noon and we have been drawn in a group with MacDonald Rovers, Shrewsbury Town and Nottingham Forest.

The fixtures are -

12.30 vs Shrewsbury Town

13.50 vs Nottingham Forest

14.35 vs MacDonald Rovers

Then dependant on our group placing we will either play for the Ian Younger Trophy or drop into the Consolation Plate Trophy.

Squad as at 9th June - Martin Jackson, Steve Oliver, Alan Holloway, Ray Bates, Gavin McDonald, Danny Oliver, Mark Leisk, Steve Murrell.

 

Sunday 26th April 2009

FC Scotspurs will compete in at least two Summer tournaments, with invitations to play in Fifes Finest Raith Sevens in Kirkcaldy on Saturday June 6th and The Ian Younger Sixes (Queens Park SFC) at Lesser Hampden in Glasgow a week later.

Names for the tourney at Raith are required by May 4th as they have asked for the tournament fee to be paid by May 9th.

The cost for the Raith tourney is £55 per team (which will include a buffet and one pint after the tournament) and for Queens Park it is £50 per team so dependant on squad numbers it will be around £5 - £7 per head.

Monday 20th April 2009

FC Scotspurs will likely be still playing football throughout the summer, having been invited to a couple of small sided tournaments and there is a possibility we could stage our own tournament as well.

We also have one elevens friendly confirmed for the summer, against Ormond Saints in Perth, on June 7th. Also, Bairnfica and ourselves are working together to organise a match to be played at Ochilview, home of Stenhousemuir FC, for a trophy in the memory of John White, the Scottish Internationalist who played for both Falkirk and Spurs and died tragically young whilst a member of the Spurs side.

Monday 20th April 2009

After the 9-1 cuffing we received at the hands of Beechwood Albion at Stirling on Tuesday evening we went into this fixture thinking that at least Queens Park are at a similar level to ourselves. Not yesterday!

Despite a few chances we never really looked in control on a wonderfully sunny Sunday morning at the magnificent new Sports Centre in Toryglen. There was debuts for Stefan Raue and Steve Murrell and Danish Spurs fan Tuncay Baysal made his second appearance for us.

In the first half our best chances fell to Richie Murrell and Gav McDonald, the latter blasting wide after winning a 50/50 in the area with one effort and testing the keeper from distance with the Queens custodian holding the effort at the second attempt.

The second half was not much better with only a couple of chances of any note with McDonald going close after creating space and hitting a shot which the shaved the frame from 25 yards and Martin Jackson had a decent effort after latching onto to a McDonald ball over the top.

Team - Andy Millar, Padraig Clarke, Tuncay Baysal, Steve Murrell, Alan Holloway, Ally McIntosh, Leon Yau, Richie Murrell, Stefan Raue, Gav McDonald and Dan Oliver

Subs - Martin Jackson and David Bates

 Wednesday 15th April 2009

FC Scotspurs last night fell to a 9-1 defeat at Stirling Uni against Beechwood Albion. We made a positive start to the game and David Bates and Owen Atkinson both had decent efforts before we went a goal down, probably against the run of play. As the first half came to an end there was a flurry of goals with the home side going 3-0 up before a superbly finished penalty from Ray Bates brought us back into the game. Not for long however as Albion netted a further two before the break to lead 5-1. The second half saw Beechwood add another 4 without reply, though bizarre as it sounds, we did have a few chances and on another day the score may have been a lot closer. Gav McDonald really should have scored, having done the hard work rounding the keeper, put a foot wide from the edge of the box.

Overall a day when we defended as poorly as we have done and were toothless in attack. Emerging with particular credit from the game were Owen Atkinson and debut keeper Mikey. Now we have to look forward to a game on sunday against Queens Park at Toryglen Sports Centre in Glasgow.

Team - Mikey Keeper, Richie Murrell, Tuncay, Dan Oliver, Alan Holloway, Owen Atkinson, David Dutch, Ray Bates, Craig Oliver, Gav McDonald and David Bates.

Subs - Martin Jackson, Shaun Currie

Wednesday 8th April 2009

FC Scotspurs have been invited to play Stirling Albion Supporters side Beechwood Albion at Stirling University next TUESDAY 14TH APRIL. Beechwood are members of the Scottish Supporters Football League.

Sunday 5th April 2009

FC Scotspurs today took part in the Ormond Saints SFC Spring Cup on the North Inch in Perth. Three games were played against Queens Park SFC, Ormond Saints SFC and Appin were played.

In our first game, against Queens, we lost 1-0 despite playing well, particularly in the first half. In our second game we played Ormond Saints SFC and had a terrific 3-0 win with Daryl Yau, Craig Oliver and Ray Bates on the scoresheet. The second and third goals in particular were things of beauty, the second a great hit from 25 yards from Craig Oliver and the third a superb finish from Ray Bates after a great move involving him and his brother David.

In our third game we lost 2-0 to tournament winners Appin with two goalkeeper mistakes allowing the side from Oban the win. Oh yeah, and we won the Fair Play award.

Team v Queens Park - Colin Heller, Andy Millar, Chris Johnson, Danny Oliver, Roman Last, Leon Yau, Ray Bates, David Bates, Martin Jackson, Daryl Yau and Gav McDonald.

Subs - Richie Murrell and Craig Oliver

 

Team v Ormond Saints - Colin Heller, Andy Millar, Chris Johnson, Danny Oliver, Roman Last, Leon Yau, Ray Bates, Craig Oliver, Richie Murrell, Daryl Yau and Gav McDonald.

Subs - Martin Jackson and David Bates

 

Team v Appin - Martin Jackson, Andy Millar, Chris Johnson, Danny Oliver, Roman Last, Ray Bates, David Bates, Craig Oliver, Richie Murrell, Daryl Yau and Gav McDonald.

Subs - Martin Jackson and Leon Yau

Queens Park SFC  V FC Scotspurs

Sunday 22/02/09, Holyrood Sports Centre, Glasgow.

L1-3

Scorer - McDonald

Team - Andy Miller, Padraig Clarke, Chris Johnson, Danny Oliver, Alan Holloway, Ally McIntosh, Leon Yau, Ray Bates, Tommy Cheeseman, Steve Oliver, Gavin McDonald.

Subs - David Dutch, Tom Oliver (both used)




Bairnfica V Scotspurs

Thursday 29/01/09, Braes High School, Falkirk.

L1-4

Scorer - Cheeseman

Team - Colin Heller, Jim Oliver, Danny Oliver, Steve Oliver, Richie Murrell, David Dutch, Ray Bates, Ross McInnes, Ally McIntosh, Gavin McDonald, Owen Atkinson.

Subs - David Bates, Tommy Cheeseman, Alan Holloway. (All used)

 

Overall Record -

Played 7

Won 1

Lost 6

For 6

Against 26

PLAYER	APPS	SUB	GLS
Gav McDonald	7	0	1
Steve Oliver	2	0	0
Danny Oliver	7	0	0
Ray Bates	6	0	2
Ally McIntosh	3	0	0
Tommy Cheeseman	1	1	1
David Dutch	2	1	0
Alan Holloway	3	1	0
David Bates	3	3	0
Jim Oliver	1	0	0
Chris Johnson	4	0	0
Andy Miller	5	0	0
Leon Yau	4	1	0
Padraig Clarke	2	0	0
Owen Atkinson	2	0	0
Colin Heller	3	0	0
Tom Oliver	0	1	0
Ross McInnes	1	0	0
Richie Murrell	5	1	0
Roman Last	3	0	0
Craig Oliver	3	1	1
Martin Jackson	2	3	0
Tuncay Baysal	2	0	0
Shaun Currie	0	1	0
Mikey Keeper	1	0	0
Steve Murrell	1	0	0
Stefan Raue	1	0	0
Daryl Yau	3	0	1

After our visit to Bairnfica on 29/01/09 there was an excess of £19.00. After the Queens Park on  22/02/09 we donated the excess to their chosen charity, which is Yorkhill Childrens Hospital, details of which can be found here.

Current kitty - £19.00

Monday 2nd March 2009

St.Johnstone Supporters team Ormond Saints SFC have confirmed details of their first Caledonian Spring Cup, which FC Scotspurs have been invited to play in, along with Queens Park SFC and Oban team Appin. The eleven a side tournament will take place on Perth's North Inch on Sunday 5th April and the details are as follows.

Pitch 1

1.30pm - Queens Park V FC Scotspurs
2.05pm - Appin V Queens Park
2.40pm - FC Scotspurs V Appin

Pitch 2

1.30pm - Appin V Ormond Saints
2.05pm - Ormond Saints V FC Scotspurs
2.40pm - Queens Park V Ormond Saints

Each game will consist of two 15 minute halves and there will be a 1 minute half time turnaround. There will be no drawn games so any games drawn after 30 minutes will be decided on penalties and two points awarded.

Afterwards there will be a presentation and hospitality at Ormonds Bar in the High Street, where the 'party' can go onto 11.30pm if required. There will be awards for player of the tournament and top goalscorer.

Monday 23rd February 2009

FC Scotspurs next friendly will take place on Sunday 8th March against the Dunfermline Athletic Supporters team at Pitreavie Sports Centre in Dunfermline. Kick - Off is 2PM.

Sunday February 22nd 2009

Fc Scotspurs played their second elevens friendly at Holyrood Sports Centre in Glasgow, and despite a good performance went down 3-1 to the hosts.

The match started badly for Scotspurs when we had to begin with 7 or 8 players, the Edinburgh cars having been involved in a bump en route to Glasgow. Within a minute we were a goal down. Soon enough we were able to get eleven on the field and we started to take control of the game and thoroughly deserved our equaliser midway through the first half. Tommy Cheeseman swung in a corner and Gav McDonald smashed a left foot volley home from around the penalty spot. For much of the remainder of the half we were in control and had other good chances to score with Cheeseman going close after a wayward Queens back pass, Ally McIntosh shot across goal after great work in the box and McDonald had a looping effort saved by the keeper.

Then right on half time we were hit with the proverbial sucker punch, Queens scoring from a header at the near post after a corner.

Into the second half and we were still pushing forward with some intent - Ray Bates, who put in a fantastic MOTM performance, went close as did David Dutch from distance, just missing the frame from 25 yards. McDonald had a fizzing 20 yard effort tipped round the post when it looked a certain goal and there were other chances too.

Queens added a third right on the Full - Time whistle, but it was hardly what the deserved. For us Ray Bates was fantastic in the middle of the park, as was Tommy Cheeseman in that role. The back four were terrific and praise must go to Padraig Clarke, Danny Oliver, Chris Johnson and Alan Holloway for that. Steve Oliver defied his years with another composed run out, this time in midfield, and Ally McIntosh was excellent in a wide right role.

Team - Andy Miller, Padraig Clarke, Danny Oliver, Chris Johnson, Alan Holloway, Ally McIntosh, Ray Bates, Tommy Cheeseman, Steve Oliver, Leon Yau and Gavin McDonald

Subs - David Dutch, Tommy Oliver (Both used)

Back - Steve Oliver (c), Ally McIntosh, Davie Bates, Ray Bates, Ross McInnes, Colin Heller, Gav McDonald.

Front - Jim Oliver, Tommy Cheeseman, Richie Murrell, Alan Holloway, David Dutch, Owen Atkinson, Danny Oliver.

Friday 30th January 2009

FC Scotspurs last night took to the field for our first 11's match, and although we were on the wrong end of a 4-1 scoreline, there were many positives to take from the game. Bairnfica, who play in The Scottish Supporters League and train twice a week, were made to work hard for their victory. The Falkirk side took an 8th minute lead and went onto lead 2-0 before Tommy Cheeseman reduced the deficit after a lovely move. After our goal we had a wee rally and were a little unlucky to in at half - time 2-1 down.

We made a game of it in the second half but Bairnfica managed a further 2 goals without reply. We came close through Atkinson who hit the bar with a 20 yard effort, McInnes who hit an excellent free kick that was headed off the line and a corner from McInnes was also headed off the line. McDonald and McIntosh also both went close with low efforts as we pushed the hosts.

Team - Colin Heller, Jim Oliver, Dan Oliver, Steve Oliver, Richie Murrell, Owen Atkinson, David Dutch, Ray Bates, Ross McInnes, Ally McIntosh, Gav McDonald. Subs - David Bates, Alan Holloway and Tommy Cheeseman.

Wednesday 14th January 2009

FC Scotspurs have a another friendly arranged, this time with The Queens Park Supporters team, and the match will take place in Glasgow on Thursday 12th February, provided a pitch can be booked that evening.

07/01/09

FC SCOTSPURS have confirmed an 11 - a - side friendly with Falkirk Supporters Team. BAIRNFICA. The match will take place at Braes High School, Falkirk, on Thursday 29th January with a 8.10PM kick - off.

Provisional Squad - Steve Oliver, Dan Oliver, Richie Murrell, Ray Bates, Ross McInnes, David Bates, Ally McIntosh, Gav McDonald, Martin Jackson, Alan Holloway, David Dutch, Jim Oliver, Tommy Cheeseman.

Sunday 4th Janaury 2009

FC Scotspurs today beat St. Johnstone supporters side Ormond Saints 18-9 in a 5's friendly at Bells Sports Centre in Perth.