Beith Juniors FC: My Site News

It was with regret that Beith Juniors FC reluctantly accepted the resignation of Frank Lynch and Raymond McColl from their positions on the management team at the club.  At the end of the day they were completely honest with the club and said that due to their personal circumstances that they felt it best for them,  and more importantly the club that we appointed someone who had more long term plans for the club than either of them could commit to at present.  This honesty is to be admired and only contributes to what we at Beith already knew about them in relation to their dedication for the club and during each of their 2 spells with the club they put in a tremendous amount of work, effort and sacrifice and for that every one at Beith Juniors owes them a sincere debt of gratitude. We therefore wish them well in what they choose to do in the future either in football or out with football and they will always be well received any time they return to Bellsdale, which will be quite often hopefully.

In order to limit the amount of uncertainty the club felt it best that we made an appointment as soon as we could given the few games we had left this season and also to give the new management every opportunity to assess the current playing staff and set-up at the club.  We also felt that it would be an advantage if we could get someone who was familiar with the club and had relative experience within the West Region set up.  It was therefore decided to approach John Millar and we are delighted to announce that he accepted the position last night and will take up his position with immediate effect from today.  John will be assisted by Steven Convery and Iain Ashcroft with Derek Rhoddan remaining with the club as coach.

There is no doubt the timing of this change is not ideal but perhaps it is better now rather than had it been a few weeks further down the line for the reasons stated above.  What we need as a club at this moment is everyone getting right behind the new management team and showing their support for both them and the players in a positive fashion for what we have left of this season and beyond.  

Frank Lynch has resigned as Beith Manager citing personal reasons and Raymond McColl leaves along with him with Coaches Derek Rhoddan and Andy Graham remaining along with Physio Iain Anderson

 The club would like to thank Frank and Raymond very much for their efforts and time spent helping to improve the football club.

The club would like to welcome John Millar in his return to Beith as Manager along with coaches Stevie Convery & Iain Ashcroft.

Stevie Easton and his management team left Beith Juniors last night.

The club would like to wish them well and wish them every success in the future and thank them for their efforts on behalf of the club.

Kristopher Irvine signed tonight to further increase the squad for season 2012/2013.  

Along with numerous other clubs we had been tracking Kris over the last 2 to 3 weeks. Although only just turned 21 years old Kris has been at Celtic and captained the under 17's under the watchful eye of the late Tommy Burns.  He was with Clyde last season and has previously played with Kelty Hearts in the Junior ranks.  The management team have been very impressed by Kris during his training sessions with us and are delighted to have secured his services for next season.

Saturday 18th August    Beith  v  Clydebank

Saturday 25th August    Auchinleck  v  Beith              

Saturday  1st September  Glenafton  v  Beith

Saturday  8th September  Beith  v  Petershill

Beith Juniors  v Whitletts Vics at Bellsdale

Park, Beith Wednesday 25th July 2012  7.00pm Kick Off

2012/2013 Squad Update.

Hi, this is the first post of the season on how the assembly of a playing squad for the new season (2012/2013) is progressing. My apologies for not having posted this earlier but as today was our first training session of the new season and there being the possibility of some additions to the squad after today's session, together with some final talks and formal signings to be completed I thought it appropriate to wait until after today's session was finished.

The squad at the moment is as follows;   Kenny McLean, Andy Reid, Marc McShane, Gerry Joyce, Calum Hardie, Jay Lang, Stuart Callaghan, Neil Greenwood, Adam Strain and Mark Bristow.

I will keep this squad information updated as soon as I can in the coming weeks and for the benefit of those with a sarcastic dispensation we will endeavour to pass on the information prior to any new players appearing for the team.  Hopefully it will be appreciated that on occasions there may be more urgent priorities to be completed by the club secretary before the web-site can be updated. 

The following friendlies have been arranged;-

Saturday 21st July 2012  Camelon Juniors FC v Beith Juniors FC

Saturday 28th July 2012 Whitburn Juniors FC v Beith Juniors FC  KO 2.00pm

Tuesday 31st July 2012  Beith Juniors FC  v  Glasgow Rangers FC.  KO 7.00pm

Thursday 2nd August 2012 St. Anthony's FC  v  Beith Juniors FC    KO 7.00pm 

Kick Off times for Camelon still to be confirmed.

Beith Juniors Football Club 2012 AGM will be held at Bellsdale Park, Beith on Sunday 10th June 2012 with a 3.00pm start.

Everyone is welcome to attend the AGM and we are as usual desperately seeking new committee members, so please come along with an open mind to taking part in the general discussions.  What we are finding more and more travelling around the country to other clubs during the course of the season is that most of these clubs have larger committees than we do, most certainly the clubs in the premier league, so to be able to compete with these clubs on and off the park the first priority is to increase our committee numbers and thereby hopefully increase our efficiency levels and capability to undertake more activities and raise the professional profile of the club.  

Please come along and support the club at the AGM, if you feel you have something to contribute to the AGM and to the club in general this is the time and place to put forward your views.  Remember the club is only as strong as the support and we desperately need new innovative ideas and people to assist in taking those ideas forward.  It may be that you are unable to commit to full participation at committee level for the club but could help on matchdays by manning a gate, selling programmes, half time draw or remaining behind after the final whistle for 30 minutes to take down nets and replace divots etc.  If you are not able to do this then perhaps you could give some time through the week to assist with laundry or general maintenance tasks at the ground, also we are looking for new members/agents to promote the weekly lottery which is a massive fund raiser for the club and has been falling away this season with the departure of some of our biggest collectors.

SEE YOU ALL ON SUNDAY THE 10th JUNE 3.00pm START

The club urgently requires new enthusiastic people to act as lottery agents.

We require people to sell and collect tickets week ly on behalf of the club.  This is a prime fundraiser for the club and it is vital we build on the success of the lottery and keep the sales as high as possible.

Whether the sales are large or small, it all helps the club so don't think that a small amount would be insignificant as it would be greatly appreciated.

Please contact Kevin Nelson or any other committee member for further details.

Thanks

Apologies for the delay in the announcement, ex Berwick Rangers captain and midfielder Stuart Callaghan has joined the club.

Stuart has just turned 35 and has a wealth of senior experience with his career having been spent at Berwick, Brechin, Alloa, Hamilton, Clydebank and Hearts.

Welcome to the club Stuart!

Derek McCulloch has re-joined Beith to kickstart his third spell with the club.

Derek is a fan's favourite and this is a move sure to delight fans and was quoted to say "I'm just happy to get the opportunity to rejoin the club and to help try and push the club back to competing for silverware again."

Beith Juniors Football Club Statement 

This season’s league games against Kilbirnie Ladeside will be not be played at Bellsdale or Valefield Parks. These games will also be behind closed doors.

Both clubs have had this imposed upon them by Strathclyde Police in conjunction with the SJFA and West Region and have been reluctantly endorsed by both Beith Juniors and Kilbirnie Ladeside.

The club feels great embarrassment and regret that the actions of a minority of both clubs has seen this once proud derby reduced to a sideshow. Beith Juniors and Kilbirnie Ladeside football clubs will stand side by side and re-double their efforts and show a united front to put an end to this social problem which has crept back into the junior game.

If you are one of the troublesome minority please note you are not welcome at any game involving Beith Juniors and that you have no right to wear Beith Juniors colours or call yourself a fan. The actions of these minorities prove they are no friend to either club.

This sanction has arisen after both Clubs were called to a meeting on the 15th August 2011 at Kilmarnock Police office by the Police Commander. The SJFA & West Region Secretary’s also attended this meeting along with other high ranking officers and officials from both clubs.

It was reported that the ongoing violence that has arisen between both clubs since April 2007 is untenable and serious steps must be taken. It was brought to both club's attention that policing of our matches is more demanding than policing at Kilmarnock or Ayr Utd games. 

Strathclyde Police advised that 39 officers were called to our most recent game, with this increasing trend becoming unacceptable to the authorities. We were also advised that a Sergeant was injured and is currently off work due to an injury sustained whilst arresting someone, we were further advised that the assistant referee’s car sustained damage this along with the 9 arrests, this sheds a bad light on our club and junior football.

Strathclyde Police recognise the steps that both Beith Juniors and Kilbirnie Ladeside have taken and have committed to work with both clubs to help eradicate these people from our game.

The ever increasing Police costs makes the home game uneconomical for both clubs, to this end we endorse the action forced upon us so that maybe the short term pain will have long term gain. The games will eventually resume at either ground with the Police stance being robust with probable custodial sentence handed down to future offenders.

Beith Juniors and Kilbirnie Ladeside will be issuing bans to recent offenders and these people will be shortly notified of our action.

Those involved in violence at our games are in the minority (<2% at the last game), we would call upon our decent supporters and the parents of the younger element of both supports to aid us in cleaning up both club's image. Beith Juniors and Kilbirnie Ladeside Football Club both have a proud history within junior football and will no longer tolerate behaviour than brings shame on our clubs.

We recognise that social problems are at the heart of the problem, we wish to play our part to try and restore some semblance of order. We plan to contact the local school where we believe some of the problems may emanate from to offer help and hopefully introduce initiatives that may help both parties.

Please be assured we will not tolerate any further bad publicity and will take every possible step and assist the other club to exclude those individuals who tarnish the name of Beith Juniors and Kilbirnie Ladeside.

Gary Wilson

Craig Brittain

Gary Lynn

Joe Carruth

Any interested parties please contact the club manager, Stevie Easton or the club secretary, Robert McCarter.

Former Petershill manager Stevie Easton has this morning been announced as the new Beith Juniors manager.

6th June update: Harry Erwin, former Pollok assistant manager has been appointed as the new assistant at Beith Juniors.

Physio Billy Henderson will remain at the club.

Beith Juniors Football Club regretfully inform you that John Millar has resigned his post as Manager of Beith Juniors.

John has stated his reason for resigning is that he feels he has taken the club as far as he can and hopes that someone else can further the work done already.

The club would like to thank John Millar and his management team for their excellent period in charge and for all the success they have achieved. Notably the Premier League championship, West of Scotland Cup and the prestigious run in the senior Scottish Cup.

Beith are delighted to announce they have signed Gary Lynn from Clydebank FC. Gary is an accomplished and composed central defender and further strengthens the squad.

Gary turned 31 last month and has played for Scarborough, Hamilton Accies, Arthurlie and in Australia as well as most recently being the club captain for Clydebank for the last few seasons.

All of last season's squad have resigned with the club with the exception of Graham Mort who is believed to have went back to Renfrew and Greig Cavanagh who is believed to have joined Bellshill. Andy Arbuckle is currently going through recuperation after his knee operation.

The club wish Graham and Greig the best in their future footballing careers and more importantly their life outside of football. They will always be welcome back at Bellsdale, they leave as Champions and are welcome back anytime as friends. 

New Signings:

Paul Keegan - Veteran Irish striker Paul spent last season with Airdrie. Paul was also the first Irishman to play in the US Major League Soccer (MLS) after being involved in the first college draft and going to New England Revolution. In the last few seasons,   Paul has played for  Partick Thistle and Dumbarton.

Stephen O'Keane - An exciting goal scoring attacking midfielder who was on the shopping list of many Premier League clubs, "Keano" has decided to join Beith to further his footballing ambitions. Stephen joins us from Super 1st Champions Rutherglen Glencairn.

Tony Fraser - A left sided and versatile midfielder with a great engine, Tony along with Stephen were recognised as the best players in Glencairn's back to back Championship/Promotion campaigns with the Rutherglen side.

Joe Carruth - A sweeper and right back, Joe joins us after a successful spell with Pollok. Having previously played for Glenafton and Scotland Junior, Joe comes with a tremendous amount of experience and an excellent pedigree.

Mark Staunton - a centre half who can also play anywhere along the back line and up front if required. Mark is 21 years old and has Celtic, Charlton, Falkirk, Berwick and East Fife on his footballing cv. He also captained Scotland at u17 level as well as playing for our country at u19 level so it is clear Mark has a great deal of ability. 

Kris Robertson - a goalkeeper we have signed from Pollok in the middle of September after injuries to goalies Keith Ross and Stevie O'Neill. Kris was previously with Pollok and Arthurlie before that after having short spells with Aberdeen, Queen of the South and Dumbarton after leaving St Mirren.

I'm sure you will all join us in wishing them the best of success and enjoyment in their time with Beith Juniors.

Beith Juniors were recently featured in the popular Football Focus magazine which retails at £3.50.

http://www.footballfocus.sportip.biz/FootballMags/FF07-2010/FootballFocus07_2010.html

Welcome to Show Racism The Red Card’s Fortnight of Action, 16 – 31 October 2009.  Before kick off on Saturday 31^st October, clubs playing at every Emirates Junior Cup tie, will be united in calling for an end to racism in football and in society. Players in over 40 European countries are involved in similar events as part of the Football Against Racism in Europe (FARE) network against racism and discrimination. 

Since establishing an office in Scotland in October 2003 the anti-racist message that Show Racism The Red Card has been promoting has received excellent support from football clubs, football authorities and football fans the length and breadth of Scotland, we would like to thank you for this. This period has not been without it’s challenges, and we urge fans to continue to support the anti-racist message. We have heard of many instances where real supporters have turned on racist fans making it clear that they are not welcome at their club.  

In society, racism is sadly still on the rise and there has been an increase in fascist activity. In September 2008, the Scottish Government published a bulletin, which showed that the total number of incidents recorded by the Police in Scotland were 4, 543. These figures provide an indication to the amount of racism that our BAME communities are facing every day. We firmly believe that most racist incidents go unrecorded. Irresponsible groups and media outlets continue to encourage racism against citizens from minority faiths, travellers, immigrants from EU-accession countries, and refugees and asylum-seekers. Within football racism has even been directed towards players who although born in Scotland have elected to play for other countries. The campaign will continue to speak to all football clubs, the football authorities and the police to eradicate all forms of racist behaviour. 

The Scottish Junior FA and its Clubs deplore all forms of racist behaviour.  Any racist behaviour will not be tolerated at Active Nation Scottish Cup fixtures.      Here’s a brief outline of what’s taking place during the Fortnight of Action this year:

• Love Music, Hate Racism concert (Classic Grand, Glasgow – 30^th October)
• Anti-racist football tournaments and projects in Glasgow, Dingwall, Inverness and Edinburgh
• Over fifty events taking place in communities nationwide to combat racism in our society, including events at Celtic F.C., Dundee United F.C., Falkirk F.C., Heart of Midlothian F.C., Partick Thistle F.C., St Johnstone F.C. and The Spartans F.C.
• Show Racism the Red Card actions at SPL, SFL, SWPL, SWFL, SJFA, SYF Initiative matches and all Active Nation Scottish Cup matches.
• ‘Unite Against Racism’ actions at UEFA Champions League fixtures.

• Educational workshops in schools and with community groups across Scotland.

 Football is a sport that is followed by people across the world, and football matches should be an enjoyable experience for all, whatever their racial or religious background. We hope you enjoy the game today and ask you to support the players’ action before kick- off. We all have a part to play in showing racism the red card.  

If you see or hear racism at any level of football, please report it to stewards or police. Our web site also includes updates on Fortnight of Action events and more information on the “Show Racism the Red Card” campaign in Scotland.

The club have secured the signature of Amadou Anglade, a French Defender who can play anywhere along the back line.

Amadou was with Nantes for 7 years between the ages of 12 to 19 and played for a number of other French clubs in the 5 years since then. 

Welcome to the club, Amadou!

Goalkeeper Steven O'Neil has joined the club from Ardrossan Winton Rovers.

Midfielder Gary Stewart has been released.

David McKenzie is now on the transfer list, any interested parties please contact the club.

Along with the earlier close season captures of Gary Wilson from Dumbarton and Graham Mort from Renfrew, the club have secured the signatures of 2 more new players.

Striker Greig Cavanagh - 19 years old, ex Harmony Row Scottish Cup winning team member

Goalkeeper Paul Douglas - ex Greenock Juniors keeper - NOW RELEASED

Midfielder - Willie Stuart - a familiar face to Beith fans, he left Beith and played with Largs Thistle before moving to Australia and playing there. - NOW RELEASED

Midfielder - Jordan Murch - released by Clyde in the summer, Jordan is a central midfielder.

CITYLINK SCOTTISH JUNIOR CUP-5^TH ROUND

AUCHINLECK TALBOT V BEITH JUNIORS

BEECHWOOD PARK

SATURDAY 14 FEBRUARY 2009

KICK OFF:                            2.15PM  

SPECTATOR ARRANGEMENTS. 

FOLLOWING DISCUSSIONS BETWEEN AUCHINLECK TALBOT FC, POLICE AND BEITH JUNIORS THE SPECTATOR ARRANGEMENTS WILL BE AS FOLLOWS: 

BEITH JUNIORS FANS ARE ASKED TO ENTER AND DEPART FROM THE GROUND BY THE BANK-END TURNSTILES, AND WILL OCCUPY THE TERRACING BEHIND THE GOALS AT THIS END OF BEECHWOOD PARK. 

(IF REQUIRED PROVISIONS ARE IN PLACE TO INCREASE THE AREA FOR BEITH JUNIORS FANS) 

AUCHINLECK TALBOT FANS ARE ASKED ENTER AND DEPART FROM THE GROUND BY THE SOCIAL CLUB TURNSTILES, AND WILL OCCUPY THE STAND, TERRACING FROM THE STAND TO THE SOCIAL CLUB, BEHIND THE COAL ROAD END GOALS AND THE MAIN STREET TERRACING. 

STRICTLY NO ALCOHOL ALLOWED 

FANS WILL NOT BE ALLOWED ENTRY INTO THE GROUND IF IN POSSESSION OF ALCOHOL

1. £200 in cash - Ticket Number  - 2399 - Kyle

2. Drinks Hamper - 0203 - Beith phone number, still to return call

3. £50 M&S Voucher - 2997- Alistair Clark

4. Signed Rangers Top - 1749 - Graeme Morton

5. Basket of Toiletries - 2872 - Sharon Kerr

6. Beith Juniors Polo Shirt - 0602 - Stephen Good (please claim, no contact no.)

7. Bottle of Whisky - 2836 - T Hamilton

8. Bottle of Vodka - 0543 - Robert McCarmley - donated back to club

9. 2 Bottles of Wine - 1769 - Lynne Bryson

10. 2 Bottles of Wine - 2434 - Peter McGlone

11. Tin of Sweets - 0252 - John Elliot

The club have transferred Stevie Dymock to Kirkintilloch Rob Roy for an undisclosed sum after he grew frustrated at not being able to break up the top scoring partnership in the West Region last season of Kenny McLean and Andy Reid.

 Stevie's stats in his time at the club are: