Musselburghs' season started as last season finished with a fantastic win against a tallented Hearts side that battled well. New signings Chris Gordon and Ryan McCallum 2 got the goals but Paul Currie hit what turned out to be the winner to complete a excellent game watched by a very sizable crowd.
Musselburgh face Raith Rovers on Sunday Kick off is 12pm
You can get photos with the cups from 10am
BURGH SIGN CHRIS GORDON
More good news for Burgh fans the club today agreed a fee for tallented Penicuik star Chris Gordon. The 26 year old former Berwick Rangers player is the third major signing of the summer having just completed the deal to bring in gifted striker Ryan McCallum.
Commenting on the shock news manager David McGlynn said he had been an fan of Chris for some time describing him as 'a great addition to the squad. A player that gives 100% every week, a top quality player'
Also ex Whitburn and Linlithgow star Iain Ramage will join the club and the coaching team. We welcome the three guys and hope that they can help our push this season towards the super league
Ryan McCallum (left) delighted to join Musselburgh, Manager David McGlynn (middle) welcomes Iain Ramage to Olivebank today
The club has now concluded several sponsorship deals with local businesses. We appreciate this immensley and hope to continue to work together for mutual success.
Want to help us even more? If you think you can then contact us now - we are building for the league and we need everyone pulling in the same direction. Be part of it.
FINAL SQUAD DETAILS
Musselburgh Athletic manager David McGlynn today gave the full details of his final squad ahead of the seasons opener against Hearts on the 22nd. His coaching team will be Mark Wilson, Simon Oxley and joining us from Whitburn Iain Ramage.
Goalkeepers: Del Polowj and Ronnie McPherson
Defenders/Midfielders: Danny Sweeney, Johnny Bain, Wes Mitchell, Craig McManus, Brian Murray, Andy Porteous, Martin Murphy and just signed from Penicuik Chris Gordon
Midfielders/Attackers: Scott Devlin, Danny Kelly, Paul Tansey, Paul Currie, Matti King, David Turnbull, Chris King and from Arniston Ryan McCallum
SEASON PREVIEW 2008/2009
With the squad returning to training soon we will take a look at the teams we will be playing in our quest to reach the super league. This will be updated right up to the start of the season.
Take a look click here>>
Read Musselburghs' season Review click here>>
FIXTURES UP FOR 08/09
All the Pre-season dates are up and now all the League Cup & first league dates as well
Take a look click here>>
Cup Draw
In the East Of Scotland Cup Draw Musselburgh will visit Armadale in October, tie of the round was Linlithgow V Tayport
View the full draw click here>>
Paul Currie and Andy Porteous have joined the short list of Musselburgh players to have started more than 100 games. Andy is now 8th in the table and Paul is 10th. The table also includes manager David McGlynn who closed the gap on the 3rd place. All have a long way to go to catch leader Johnny Combe who has started 269 games since 1997
take a look at the standings click here>>
MUSSELBURGH SEASON TICKETS
The club today announced the deals for season tickets in season 2008/2009
Adult season ticket £100
Concession season ticket £45
prices include pie and drink at half time
contact the club for the full terms and conditions
With the season finished two days ago already the build up starts for the new campain. Musselburgh returned to training in July and have the following games as friendlies
Sunday 27th July: - Musselburgh V Raith Rovers - Olivebank 2pm
Tuesday 29th July: - Musselburgh V Musselburgh Winsor - Olivebank 7pm
Saturday 2nd August: - tba - away 2pm
BURGH WIN THE DOUBLE
Three penalty saves from Ronnie McPherson helped bring the Brown Cup home to Musselburgh, but all the players that took part in the 5-1 win at Dunbar, the 2-1 win over Bathgate and the 2-0 win over Linlithgow as well as the managemnet team deserve huge credit.
The Brown Cup final against Bo'ness was played at Albyn Park and after a tense 0-0 draw Musselburgh won 3-2 on Penalties.
In the St Micheals cup Musselburgh beat a battling Arniston thanks to a late strike from Chris King.
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL AT MUSSELBURGH ATHLETIC - WINNERS OF THE BROWN CUP& ST MICHEALS CUP 2007/08!
LOCAL MSP ENJOYS BURGH GAME
Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill was a welcomed guest at Olivebank on Saturday for our cup semi final win against Linlithgow. The Edinburgh East and Musselburgh MSP s takes in a range of policy areas, from criminal law and sentencing policy to fire and rescue services, religious and faith organisations.
A keen football fan Kenny commented on the excellent condition of the Olivebank pitch and had been following closely the progress of the club since his last visit.
After the game Club Chairman Charlie McGlynn presented Mr MacAskill with a Musselburgh scarf which will take pride of place in his constituancy office.
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CLOTHING RANGE READY TO ORDER
We have T shirts, Polo Shirts, and hooded tops(to keep out the rain!) and certainly with the summer just around the corner now is a great time to get the fantastic products
To order contact the club: email - ryank@blueyonder.co.uk
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