Tulliallan Training Day Cancelled

Sunday's training day at Tulliallan has been cancelled due to a number of players being unable to make the trip for various reasons. Pre season training will continue on Tuesday only this week, due to our participation in the Glasgow City Cup on Friday. Last Thursday we had 13 players at training and hopefuly this week we will have the full squad back in preperation for a busy weekend of matches. All the boys have been working extremely hard in training, with the ones being there from day one feeling the benefit and already looking good.

Training re started this week and the 8 boys who were there on Tuesday and the 9 on Thursday have put in a tough shift in preperation for the season ahead. We will continue to train both nights until the season starts. We also have a planned visit to the Scottish Police College, Tulliallan on Sunday 29th July.

The draw for the pre season tournament the Glasgow City Cup has been made. The tournament will take place over the weekend of 3rd to 5th of August.

The games will all take place at the Glasgow Green Football Complex.

We have been drawn in Section A alongside holders Clyde Soccer Cumbernauld, Partick Thistle FC BC and Port Glasgow BC.

The winners of each group and best runners up qualify for the Semi Final with the remaing teams dropping into a consolation tournament called the Plate.

Our fixtures in the tournament are ;

Friday 3 August 1100 Glasgow City Cup v Partick Thistle FC BC

Friday 3 August 1320 Glasgow City Cup v Clyde Soccer Cumbernauld

Saturday 4 August 0900 Glasgow City Cup v Port Glasgow BC

Saturday 4 August 1120 Glasgow City Cup Semi Final / Plate ¼ Final

Saturday 4 August 1340/1450 Play Off / Plate Semi Final

Sunday 5 August 1000 Glasgow City Cup Final / Plate Final / Play Off

We are looking forward to more boys returning to training next week.

Training Restarts Tuesday 17th July at Dunedin

After a 3 week break, pre season training will start at Dunedin Playing Fields on Tuesday 17th July ay 6pm and will finish at 8pm. We will be training twice a week until the season starts, on a Tuesday & Thursday at Dunedin. Come ready for some hard work in preperation for the new season ahead!

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.

New Kit For Season 2007 / 2008 Launched Today

The new kit for Season 2007 / 2008 was launched today. We would like to thank Martin burke of MB Electrics for very kindly sponsoring the team yet again. We hope that Martin will join us at this years Player of the Year awards to be held at Ballerup Hall on Friday 22 May 2005, where we can show our gratitude to him and his company.

The strip is available to buy from all good retailers and from our club shop!

Goal Scoring To Date

Played 32 - Won 24 - Lost 6 - Drawn 2 - For 185 - Against 39

Goal Scorers

Sam Hill - 40 goals
Tommy March - 29 goals
Dean Arrol - 23 goals
Ryan Kelly - 23 goals
Craig Hamilton - 22 goals
Cameron Gibson - 11 goals
Darren Smith - 10 goals
Jack Kerr - 5 goals
Gary McCulloch - 5 goals
Liam Crichton - 5 goals
Scott Graham - 5 goals
Simon Purves - 5 goals
Own goals - 3

Disappointment as EKYC Finish Season Runners Up

On the final day of the season Wishaw Wycombe Wanderers beat Hamilton Boys Club to win the LFDA League by 3 points. We are left to rue our 2 defeats to eventual winners, and we congratulate them on winning the League. We have the National Play Offs to look forward to and fingers crossed may still end the season with some silverware.

Season Extended As EKYC Qualify For Scottish Regional Play Offs

We have been informed by LFDA that due to our form this season, we have qualified for the Scottish Development Associations Regional Play Offs. This is a tremendous achievement in our first year of competative football, and only clubs that finish in the top 2 of their League qualify for the event. Teams from Development Leagues all over Scotland compete in the play offs over the weekend of Saturday 16th/ Sunday 17th June. The event will take place at a top venue and in the past has been at Scottish National Sports Training Centre, Inverclyde, Strathclyde University Pitches, Stirling University Pitches and Heriot Watt University Pitches(the training ground of Hearts FC). The finals take place the following week, Sunday 24th June at Ochilview, the home of Stenhousemuir Football Club. It is essential that everyone continues to turn up and work hard in training, as this will be our stiffest test of the year.

League Title Goes All The Way To Last Day of The Season

This Sunday 27th May, Hamilton Boys Club take on Wishaw WW in the last LFDA game of the season. If Hamilton win, a play off between ourselves and Wishaw WW will take place for the League title. The game takes place with a 1030 ko at Bent 3G Astro on Sunday 27th May. Keep your eye on this sight for an update on the score.

Boys Pictured At Training With Signed Sevilla Ball

The boys pictured at training tonight with the signed Sevilla ball up for grabs in aid of club funds.

Congratulation to St Andrews & St Brides, Scottish Under 13 Schoolboy Cup Winners

Everyone at EKYC would like to congratulate St Andrews & St Brides High School from East Kilbride in their victory in the Scottish Under 13 Schoolboy Cup Final at Fir Hill Stadium, played on Monday night. Our players Simon Purves, Ryan Kelly, Sam Hill(pictured above) along with Christopher Park all played their part in an emphatic 5-2 victory.