Strathclyde United v EKYC, Sunday 26 March 2006

This Sundays game is against Strathclyde United at the Priory Pitches in Blantyre with a 1000 kick off. We are meeting at Hairmyres at 0900 or 0915 at the pitch. Let's hope we can play as well as we did on Sunday against Aston Villa Colts, as that has been the best performance by far all season.

Kits for Kids Update Tuesday 21 March 2006

After the first 10 days of collecting we have surpassed all expectations. So far we have collected 2145 tokens .
We are well on the way to our target of 6000, and must be high up on the list of collectors, the highest of which gets to play at Hampden.
So don't let up . Keep them coming !!!!
As we stated earlier the boy who collects the most will get a prize.
The standings to date are :

Dean Arrol - 616
James Kinniburgh - 249
Thomas McGuire - 215
Jack Kerr - 159
Liam Crichton - 152
Gary McCulloch - 121
Sam Hill - 108
Lee Elliot - 106
Cameron Gibson - 100
Ryan Kelly - 65
Graham Baillie - 59
Jamie Cunningham - 56
Darren Smith - 54
Christopher Park - 44
John Dingwall - 30
Bobby Barclay - 11

EKYC Reach 100 Goals So Far This Season

Goal Scoring To Date After 19 Games

RYAN KELLY - 18 GOALS
LIAM CRICHTON - 17 GOALS
SAM HILL - 15 GOALS
SCOTT MITCHELL - 12 GOALS
JACK KERR - 6 GOALS
THOMAS MCGUIRE - 6 GOALS
DREW WATSON - 5 GOALS
CAMERON GIBSON - 5 GOALS
SCOTT GRAHAM - 4 GOALS
DARREN SMITH - 3 GOALS
DEAN ARROL - 3 GOALS
ROSS MCDONAGH - 3 GOALS
GARY MCCULLOCH - 1 GOAL

Played 19 - Won 18 - Lost 1 - Drawn 0 - Scored 100 - Conceded 37

Aston Villa Colts 2 EKYC 9

A break in the weather saw us visit Aston Villa Colts at the Priory Pitches in Blantyre. Our opponents had been on a good run of results prior to the break for the bad weather. The continued absence of Scott Mitchell meant a re-shuffle of the pack.
Dean Arrol moved into centre midfield, Gary McCulloch to right back, Christopher Park to left back, Darren Smith to centre half and Cameron Gibson to centre forward.

The changes worked almost immediately with Sam Hill bringing out a great save from the opponents keeper. From the corner Ryan Kelly swung the ball in and again the kepper had a great save. We kept up our early pressure and played some great passing football, probably the best all season, but some great goalkeeping kept us out for 10 minutes.

The breakthrough came after some quick thinking between Ryan Kelly & Dean Arrol who whipped the ball in for CAMERON GIBSON to head home. Our pressure was constant and again Dean ran beyond the defence to fire a ball across goal that RYAN KELLY finnished off at the back post.

There was no break in the pressure and in almost a carbon copy move CAMERON GIBSON added a third. With the end of the period approaching DEAN ARROL got his reward with a chipped cross from the left which went over the line before Cameron Gibson made sure. The ref gave the goal to Dean, probably to stop him moaning !!!!!

At the start of the second period, John Dingwall, Thomas McGuire and Jamie Cunningham came on. Almost immediately we were five up when a Ryan Kelly cross into the box was missed by everyone, but fired into the net by an unfortunate Colts player.

SCOTT GRAHAM added a sixth with a great header from another corner.

At the end of the second period it was 6-0, and more changes were made bringing on trialists Graham Baillie and Bobby Barclay.

Due to the changes Colts came into it and scored a good goal on the break to make it 6-1.

LIAM CRICHTON added to his seasons's tally before CAMERON GIBSON completed his hat trick to make it 8-1. Colts then scored another after James Kinniburgh had made a great save from a free kick, but the rebound broke to a Colts player who made it 8-2.

Word then spread throught the team that the next goal scored would be our 100th of the season, and it was no surprise when left winger RYAN KELLY finished the scoring to make it a resounding 9-2 win.

Man of the Match was awarded by the Aston Villa Colts manager to DEAN ARROL for his tireless performance, having a hand in at least 5 of the goals.

The team that started was:
Kinniburgh, McCulloch, Park, Smith, Graham, Kerr, Arrol, Kelly, Hill, Gibson & Chrichton. Subs: McGuire, Cunningham, Dingwall, Baillie & Barclay.

Daily Record Kits for Kits

As you will all be aware, the promotion is now well up and running.
Everyone should ,make every effort to obtain as many tokens as they can.
I will collect the tokens on a weekly basis at Training on a Tuesday, and the boy who has collected the most over the 8 week period will receive a prize.

Aston Villa Colts v EKYC, Sunday 19 March

This Sundays game is against Aston Villa Colts and is due to be played at the Priory Pitches, Blantyre with a 1000 kick off. We are meeting at Hairmyres at 0900 or the pitch at 0915. Please check this website or phone Andy to see if the game is on.

EKYC v Strathclyde United, Match Cancelled

Todays game against Strathclyde United has been cancelled due to the heavy snow fall in East Kilbride. Training is at Clairmont on Tuesday 6-8pm.

Kit for Kids Collection Starts Today

The Daily Record/Sunday Mail Kit for Kids promotion starts today.Remember, we need to collect 6000 tokens in 8 weeks, so get collecting. Ask your friends, neighbours, grannies, mums & dads workplaces, schools, everyone you can think of to help us meet our total. The more tokens we get the more kit we get, and don't forget that chance to play at Hampden. There are 2 tokens in todays paper, so start today.
EVERYONE GET COLLECTING !!!!!!

EKYC v Strathclyde United, Sunday 12 March

This Sunday's match is against Strathclyde United at Brancumhall. The kick off is changed to 1030 at the referees request. Lets hope the weather clears up and we can get another game under our belt.

Training Tuesday 7th March

Training this Tuesday returns to Clairmont High School and will be between 6pm and 7.30pm due to Champions League football. Anyone with Bolton money or quiz sheet money outstanding, please bring it with them.

Netherton Claret v EKYC, Match Cancelled

Tomorrows game against Netherton Claret in Mothwerwell has been cancelled due to a frozen pitch. It is hoped it will be arranged in mid week later in the year.

Netherton Claret v EKYC, Sunday 5 March

This Sundays game is away against Motherwell side Netherton Claret. We are meeting at Hairmyres at 0930 to travel to Motherwell for a 1030 kick off. The pitch is being inspected on Friday, but due to the frost we might not know if the game is on/off til the last minute. Please phone to check on Saturday night.

Daily Record - Kit For Kids Collection

We have succesfully registered in the Daily Record - Kit For Kits promotion.
If you are not aware what it is all about, every day from Saturday 11 March the Daily Record and Sunday Mail will print tokens for collection towards kit for the team. The promotion will run for 8 weeks.

The target limits are ;

Rain Jackets - 1200 tokens - 1 token a day for 8 weeks per player

Strips - 3600 tokens - 2 tokens a day for 8 weeks per player

Track suit and Strips - 4800 - 3 tokens a day for 8 weeks per player

Rain Jackets, Strips, Track suits - 6000 - 4 tokens a day for 8 weeks per player


We are initially going for the rain jackets, but we can upgade our application if we are reaching our goal quickly.

Can I ask everyone to participate in this promotion - Parents, Grandparents, Neighbours, Friends, Work Colleagues, Local Shops to meet the required amount.

I have already taken steps to arrange a collection box in the Spar, Gardenhall and am going to approach Mossneuk Primary to do the same.

As well as team kit, the team who collect the most tokens get to play at Hampden Park, which is a great experience for any youth footballer.

SO COME ON, GET COLLECTING, GET YOUR FRIENDS COLLECTING AND LETS MEET OUR TARGET !!