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Albion Rovers FC

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About Me

Albion Rovers is a professional football (soccer) team based in Coatbridge, on the outskirts of Glasgow. We current play in the Scottish Third Division generally in front of a modest crowd as the people of Coatbridge prefer to glory hunt with Rangers of Celtic.
This site is not official and is in no way affiliated to the club apart from the fact that the committe that run it love The Rovers.
Year Founded : 1882 Admitted to League : 1903 Colours : Primrose yellow shirt, red shorts and socks Nickname : The Wee Rovers Largest Ever Crowd : 95600 (Scottish Cup final 17/4/1920 at Hampden) Largest Victory : 12-0 v Airdriehill (3/9/1887) Largest Defeat : 11-1 v Partick Thistle (11/8/1993) Most Capped Player (while with club) : Jock White (1) SCOTLAND 1-2 Wales 4/2/1922 in Wrexham Most League Goals In Season : 41 John Renwick 1932/33
Scottish Cup : Runners Up 1919/20 Second Division Champions : 1933/34, 1988/89 Scottish Qualifying Cup : 1913/14 Competitions Now Defunct :- Scottish Football Combination : 1913/14 Lanarkshire Cup : 1899/1900, 1920/21, 1948/49, 1950/51, 1973/74, 1974/75, 1981/82, 1986/87 Lanarkshire Express Cup : 1893/94, 1912/13, 1921/22 Airdrie Charities Cup : 1891/92 Western League : 1917/18
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My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Real fans of the beautiful game.

Music:

Kasule, Hue and Cry, The Ronelles, Bay City Rollers.

Movies:

Escape To Victory, The Mean Machine.

Television:

Scotsport, Sportscene, Soccer AM, John Barnes Soccer Night, Babe Station.

Books:

Boys From The 'Brig

Heroes:

Vic Kasule, Bernie Slaven, Peter Dickson, Jock Stein, Jock White, Tommy Kiernan, Tony Green, John Brogan, Jed Stirling, Scott Chaplain.

My Blog

Result - Albion Rovers 3 Montrose 1

This was a must win game today as a loss would have seen a gap between the bottom 3 and the rest of the league but an outstanding performance saw all three points stay at Cliftonhill thanks to 3 excel...
Posted by Albion Rovers FC on Sun, 29 Oct 2006 11:04:00 PST

Result - East Fife 2 Albion Rovers 2

The Rovers fought for a point today against East Fife who are currently the team at the top of the league. To be honest most Rovers fans would have taken this before the game and in view of their leag...
Posted by Albion Rovers FC on Sun, 22 Oct 2006 04:59:00 PST

Result - Albion Rovers 2 Stenhousemuir 5

The disappointing week continued today with a bad lose to rivals Stenhousemuir. The Rovers started really well and Ciaran Donnelly rose above the Stennie defence to head home in 13 minutes and 12 minu...
Posted by Albion Rovers FC on Sun, 01 Oct 2006 02:42:00 PST

Albion Rovers v Stenhousemuir (3pm home)

After the disappointment of midweek The Rovers have to get back on the rails today but it won't be easy against Stenhousemuir. Last season we constantly outplayed them but took NO points from our 4 ga...
Posted by Albion Rovers FC on Sat, 30 Sep 2006 01:06:00 PST

Result - Rovers out the cup!

A gallant effort by The Wee Rovers over 1st Division opposition but in the end it wasn't enough and it looked like nerves got the better of the team. Ross County started stronger and made the most of ...
Posted by Albion Rovers FC on Sat, 30 Sep 2006 12:56:00 PST

Result - Rovers slip to 7th thanks to Sons

As predicted this was indeed a difficult game. An own goal, a missed penalty and minds wandering saw The Rovers slip to 7th in the league. A set back but we'd better get sorted for a difficult week, w...
Posted by Albion Rovers FC on Sat, 23 Sep 2006 12:36:00 PST

23 Sept 2006 - Dumbarton vs Rovers (3pm away)

Although we're above them in the league, this will be a difficult trip especially as the minds of the fans and team might be o the Challenge Cup semi-final. We'll also be without Joe Savage, which is ...
Posted by Albion Rovers FC on Sat, 23 Sep 2006 12:27:00 PST

**Semi-Final Date Confirmed**

The club has announced that the Challenge Cup Semi-Final against Ross County in Dingwall will be played on Wednesday 27th September as originally announced. There was a move to change this to Sunday 8...
Posted by Albion Rovers FC on Tue, 19 Sep 2006 05:17:00 PST

Result - Rovers win against bottom club Elgin.

20 great opening minutes saw The Rovers take all 3 points against Elgin who are still to get off the mark this season. Two nil up and cruising it appeared that the team decided to turn off and the goo...
Posted by Albion Rovers FC on Sat, 16 Sep 2006 02:07:00 PST

16 Sept 2006 - Rovers vs Elgin City 3pm Cliftonhill

The Rovers take on the lowly Elgin City today, we should take 3 points but Elgin have a history of being our bogey team so we should tred carefully and take NOTHING from granted. Chappy will have...
Posted by Albion Rovers FC on Sat, 16 Sep 2006 04:01:00 PST