EKYC 0 Newmains Hammers 0. Newmains Hammers win 5-3 on pens

The SFA National Play Final ended in dissapointment for EKYC, losing out 5-3 on penalties to fellow LFDA side Newmains Hammers. The game ended 0-0, but only because in the last minute Hammers goalkeeper had an outstanding save from a Tommy March drive. Our boys played their usual passing game, with only the finishing ussually provided by the holidaying Sam Hill was missing. The boys left the field bitterly dissapointed, but with praise ringing in their ears from everyone who watched the game, including the match officials, who all said that the best team had lost. That said, we offer our congratulations to Newmains Hammers, and we look forward to locking horns with them again next year. We will now break for 3 weeks holiday, returning to training on Tuesday 17th July.

Starting Line Up; Kinniburgh, McCulloch, Park, Smith, Graham, March, Kelly, Arrol, Hamilton, Gibson & Kerr. Subs. Purves, Crichton & McDonagh

Man of the Match; Darren SMITH

Player of the Year Awards 2006/2007

The player of the year awards for this year were held on Friday night at Ballerup Hall, East Kilbride. William Kinniburgh of Motherwell, Craig Bryson of Clyde and St Johnstone manager Owen Coyle very kindly gave up their time to prsent the awards.

Our winners this year were;

Player's Player of the Year: TOMMY MARCH

Player of the Year: RYAN KELLY

EKYC v Newmains Hammers, SFA National Final, Ochilview, Stenhousemuir FC, Sunday 24 June 2007, 1000 kick off

The SFA National Final has been arranged for Sunday 24th June 2007 with a 10am kick of at Ochilview, Stenhousemuir FC. The game will be 30 mins each way. No extra time will be played and in the event of a draw penalties will decide the outcome. A coach has been booked to take the boys and anyone who wishes to come and support them on the day. The coach will be leaving from Hairmyres Train Station car park at 0800. To book a seat on the bus see Andy ASAP as the seats are on a first come first served basis, and already half are gone. Ochilview is a 3G astro surface, so no metal studs. Come along and give your support to the boys in what has been a long hard season for them.

Player of the Year Awards 2007

This years Player of the Year awards will take place this the Friday 22nd June within Ballerup Hall, East Kilbride. We will be meeting in the car park outside the hall opposite from the Police Station at 6.15 for a 6.30 start. William Kinniburgh of Motherwell FC and Craig Bryson of Clyde FC will be the players who have very kindly given up their time to present the awards on the night.

Training Tuesday 19th June

This Tuesday at training we are having a visit from the Rangers Football in the Community coach. He will be putting his boys through their paces in the last session of the season, and working on counter attacking and set pieces. Hopefully we can learn something to take into Sunday's National Cup Final. We will be meeting at Dunedin at the usual time of 6pm and finishing at 8pm.

EKYC 1994 MAKE NATIONAL FINALS

After a long hard day of travel and football we have been rewarded with a place in the National Cup Final.

We left East Kilbride at 7.30 on Sunday morning to make the trip to Galashiels to play on the Netherton pitches. The result of our group section matches were

EKYC 2 Riverside FC (Stirling) 0

EKYC 2 Leven BC (Fife) 0

EKYC 9 Selkirk (D & G) 0

In the semi final we were drawn against the Inverness Clachnacudden Development Squad. We had almost an hour and a half between the last group match and the semi final, and the boys began to feel the effects of 3 games in such a short space of time. An injury to Christopher Park, and illness to Craig Hamilton left us with just 13 fit players for the majority of the day.

The Semi Final result was

EKYC 1 Inverness Clachnacudden 0

A last minute goal from Ryan KELLY put us into the final on Sunday to be held at Ochilview, home of Stenhousemuir FC. Our opponents will be fellow LFDA side Newmains Hammers who beat Wishaw Wycombe Wanderers on penalties in the other semi.

We have yet top be informed of the kick off time on Sunday, so keep your eyes peeled here. We will also be running a coach to the game which will be available to people on a first come first served basis. Lets hope we can turn out in numbers to cheer the boys on in what has been a long and hard fought season. Hopefully now we will be rewarded with some silver wear.

Meeting Time on Sunday 17th June 2007

A mini bus has been booked to take the players to the SFA Development Play Offs being held on Sunday 17th June 2007.

We will be meeting at 0730 and leaving prompt with a pick up at Sainsburys, Kingsgate Retail Park at 0740. Don't be late, as we need to register in Galashiels at 0930.

Fundraising Dance on Friday 15th June Cancelled

The fundraising dance due to be held on Friday 15th June at St Andrews Hall, Kittoch Street, East Kilbride has been cancelled due to insufficient ticket sales. Although we have had assistance from sponsor MB Electrics towards the costs of new strips, tracksuits and training kit for next year, we are left with a substantial short fall. Unfortunately this will mean each player being issued with hidden team cards and raffle tickets to fund the items. The dance will be re scheduled early next season, and hopefully there will be a better response.

SFA Development League National Finals - Sunday 17th June 2007

The details for the SFA Development League National Finals have now been released. The event will be held at Netherdale, Galashiels, Scottish Borders on Sunday 17th June 2007. The draw has placed us in group B and our group matches are;

1000 - Pitch 4 -v Riverside FC (Forth Valley FDA)

1110 - Pitch 3 - v Leven Boys Club (Fife FDA)

1220 - Pitch 4 - v Selkirk (Dumfries & Galloway FDA)

The schedule for the afternoon is

1345 - 2nd and third place play offs

1420 - 4th place play offs

1420 - Semi Finals

All games are 15 minutes each way.

The winners of the semi finals will play in the final on Sunday 24th June at Ochilview, Stenhousemuir FC.

Travel arrangements will be made in time for training on Tuesday 12th June which is back at Dunedin Playing Fields.

Training Tuesday 5th June 2007

This Tuesday's training has been moved from the playing fields at Dunedin to the park at Calderglen Country Park, due to Rangers Football in the Community coaches attending to work with the 1995 age group. This is for 1 week only. We too have asession with the coach booked on Tuesday 19th June at Dunedin.