SAINTS HAVE NO FIXTURE THIS WEEKEND
This weekend's scheduled trip to Cumbernauld to face Condorrat Club in the Scottish Amateur Cup third round has been unfortunately been cancelled. Regrettably Condorrat Club have folded due to a lack of players presenting Saints with a walkover and a place in the fourth round draw. Saints were looking forward to the trip to test themselves against Central Scottish Amateur Football League opposition and would like to express their sympathies towards the players and management of Condorrat Club and their good wishes for whatever the future holds for them.
Upon learning of Condorrat's predicament Saints Secretary Davie Buchanan requested a league fixture from the Scottish Amateur Football League. However with only three Premier Division clubs (Finnart, East Kilbride Rolls Royce and Alba Thistle) not involved in the Scottish Amateur Cup, and two of those (East Kilbride Rolls Royce and Alba Thistle) already committed to facing each other in the league, Davie's request had little chance of success and was eventually turned down. Saints will therefore use the unexpected free weekend to re-charge the batteries ahead of next week's league fixture which looks likely to be a home match against Argyll rivals Campbeltown Pupils.
West of Scotland Amateur Cup
Saints opponents in the West of Scotland Amateur Cup third round also remains in some doubt at this stage following the cancellation of the second round tie between Springhill of the North South Lanarkshire Amateur Football Association Premier League and Waterside of the Central Scottish Amateur Football League Division 1B due to have been played on Saturday 17th October. Saints must now wait on the outcome of a meeting of the Western District Executive Committee to discover who their opponents in round three will be. The tie is scheduled for Saturday 14th November with a 1.30pm kick off at Glencruitten 2.
This Saturday's cancelled match against Condorrat Club was to have been Lewis Cameron's farewell appearance before his departure for a land down under. Lewis will be accompanied on his antipodean adventure by his girlfriend Rebecca MacDougall and everybody at Oban Saints wishes them well. Lewis will continue to play football while in Australia and already has a trial arranged with semi-professional club Rochedale Rovers of the Brisbane Premier League. Rochedale's Technical Director is Scott MacNicol who can count Dunfermline Athletic and Brechin City among his former clubs as well as a fleeting pre-season friendly appearance for Saints. Scott is the nephew of Saints legend Dugie Campbell who has recommended Lewis to him. Details of Ludo's progress down under will hopefully appear on the pages of this blog.
While the loss of Scottish Amateur international Lewis is undoubtedly a blow to Saints it does release a starting position in attack which is an area where Saints are relatively well off for players. Manager Alex Craik has plenty of options to consider ahead of Saints next game on 7th November with Ross Maitland, Scott Maitland, Allan Mackay and Shaun MacIver all vying to fill Ludo's boots in the starting line-up alongside Craig MacEwan and Dean Smith.
Down Under
This Saturday's cancelled match against Condorrat Club was to have been Lewis Cameron's farewell appearance before his departure for a land down under. Lewis will be accompanied on his antipodean adventure by his girlfriend Rebecca MacDougall and everybody at Oban Saints wishes them well. Lewis will continue to play football while in Australia and already has a trial arranged with semi-professional club Rochedale Rovers of the Brisbane Premier League. Rochedale's Technical Director is Scott MacNicol who can count Dunfermline Athletic and Brechin City among his former clubs as well as a fleeting pre-season friendly appearance for Saints. Scott is the nephew of Saints legend Dugie Campbell who has recommended Lewis to him. Details of Ludo's progress down under will hopefully appear on the pages of this blog.
While the loss of Scottish Amateur international Lewis is undoubtedly a blow to Saints it does release a starting position in attack which is an area where Saints are relatively well off for players. Manager Alex Craik has plenty of options to consider ahead of Saints next game on 7th November with Ross Maitland, Scott Maitland, Allan Mackay and Shaun MacIver all vying to fill Ludo's boots in the starting line-up alongside Craig MacEwan and Dean Smith.
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