Albion Rovers F.C. (Scotland)

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(UTC):Albion Rovers is also the name of a Welsh football team, see Albion Rovers F.C. (Wales).

Albion Rovers F.C.

Full name

Albion Rovers Football Club

Nickname(s)

The Wee Rovers, The Vers

Founded

1882

Ground

Cliftonhill,
Coatbridge, Scotland

Capacity

1,249

Chairman

Frank Meade

Manager

Jim Chapman

League

Scottish Third Division

2005-06

Scottish Third Division, 8th





Home colours





Away colours

Albion Rovers Football Club (Albion Rovers F.C.) are a Scottish football team from the North Lanarkshire town of Coatbridge, who are currently playing in the Scottish Football League. Their head-coach is former hero of their 1988-89 championship winning side Jim Chapman AKA "Chappie". Their home stadium is Cliftonhill which was opened on Christmas Day 1919.

The club are currently considering plans to redevelop their stadium, the plan involves selling part of the land for use for offices. The funds gained would build a new stand and probably install the latest artificial pitch.

1 History
2 Honours
3 Club Records
4 Current squad
5 Famous Albion Rovers players
6 External links

[edit] History

The club was formed with the merger of Albion and Rovers in 1882 and admitted to the Scottish Football League in 1903. They play in primrose yellow and red strips having changed from royal blue, white and black in 1961. Their greatest claim to fame is that they were Scottish Cup runners up in season 1919-20, losing in the final to Kilmarnock F.C..

Famous players in the club's past include former Celtic and Scotland manager Jock Stein, Bernie Slaven, Peter Dickson, John "Jock" White (the only player capped for Scotland while with the club), Tony Green and Jim Brown as well as many more. In the 1970's The Rovers had a half-back line of Curry, Sage and Rice which raised a few smiles at the time.

Rovers (as their fans prefer the team to be called, rather than "Albion") contested the 2004-05 season in the Third Division and have twice in the last few years been denied promotion on the final day of the season.

In early 2005 a group of fans set up Albion Rovers Supporters' Trust with a view to raising money to benefit the club and local community.

The 2006-2007 season sees the club celebrate its 125th anniversary and various events and souvenirs are planned This season also saw the club progress to the semi-finals of the Challenge Cup, their first semi-final since 1921, a match they lost 4 - 1 to Ross County in Dingwall.

Albion Rovers F.C. from Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales, playing in the Gwent County League, are named after Albion Rovers F.C. in Scotland, by "expats". There are also clubs of the same name in Australia (currently using the name Cairnlea but has changed to and from Albion Rovers several times over their 40 year history) and the Republic of Ireland.

[edit] Honours

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

[edit] Club Records

Biggest win: 12-0 v Airdriehill (Scottish Cup, 3 September 1887)

Biggest defeat: 1-11 v Partick Thistle (Scottish League Cup, 11 August 1993)

Biggest home attendance: 27,381 v Rangers (Scottish Cup, 8 February 1936)

Record Scorer: John Renwick (41, 1932/33)

[edit] Current squad

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Jamie Ewings
		GK	Lee Thompson
		DF	Gordon Moffat
		DF	Gordon Lennon
		DF	Graham McGhee
		DF	Peter Watson
		DF	Kevin Nichol
		DF	Ciaran Donnelly
		MF	Philip Creaney
		MF	Scott Chaplain
		MF	Iain Chisholm
		MF	Martin Bonar

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Jamie Doyle
		MF	Scott Friel
		MF	Andy Sim
		MF	Tommy Lennox
		MF	Martin McBride
		MF	Alex Cleary
		MF	Brian Smith
		FW	Lee Sichi (loaned to Maryhill)
		FW	Davie McFarlane
		FW	Stephen Donachy (loaned to Larkhall)
		FW	Bryan Felvus
		FW	Pat Walker