LATEST NEWS

LATEST NEWS
Bud Forrester and Bruce Simpson have been released from the club.

NEW SIGNING

Right sided Defender/Midfielder, Simon Sanaghan has signed for the Albert from Rosyth


NEW SIGNING
Left back Ross Kinnell has rejoined Lochgelly Albert from Ballingry Rovers. Welcome back Ross!
 
NEW SIGNING
Having impressed as a trialist against Lochore Welfare, right sided midfielder/striker Bruce Simpson has signed for the Albert from Star Hearts.

EMIRATES AIRLINES JUNIOR CUP
Lochgelly Albert were drawn away to North Region Superleague side Lewis United in the 2nd round of the Junior Cup. The match will be played on Sat 31st October at the Aberdeen Sports Village (aka The Chris Anderson Stadium) and kicks off at 2pm.

LATEST NEWS
The fixtures for Sat 24th October 2009 have been announced and we are at home to Luncarty in a league match.
 
FIFE AND LOTHIANS CUP
Just a reminder that season tickets are NOT valid for the match against Broxburn Athletic on Sat 17th October. Admission prices are. Adults £5 and Concessions £2
 
NEXT LEAGUE FIXTURES
Due to the club receiving a bye in the 1st round of the Emirates Airlines Scottish Junior Cup, the following league fixtures have been arranged.
Sat 3rd Oct Thornton Hibs (away)
Sat 10th Oct Lochore Welfare (home)
The 2nd round of the Junior Cup will be drawn on Sun 11th October with the matches due to be played on Sat 31st Oct.
 
PROGRAMME
 
The new match programme "THE BERTS" was launched at the match versus Rosyth on Sat 19th Sept. There are a limited number of copies available at £1 + postage.

CLUB MERCHANDISE
The new club scarves are now available to buy. They cost £6 each (not including p&p) but we will post to anywhere in the world.

INJURY UPDATE
Goalkeeper Stevie Clarke will miss most of the season after damaging knee ligaments in the 1st pre-season game.
 
Midfielder Gordon Birse, who was carried off with a dislocated shoulder in the match v Kelty will be out for upto 6 weeks but he'll hopefully be able to return to some light training next week.
 
Defender James Davis picked up an ankle injury in the win at Dundonald and will be out for upto 4 weeks.
 
Defender Neil McLeod should be back in training soon after picking up a hamstring injury in the 1st pre season match.

Striker Stevie Brown was taken off in the opening minutes of Saturdays match with Ballingry after being badly winded in a challenge with the Rovers keeper. Salmon will be missing the next 3 matches anyway as he gets married and will then be on honeymoon.

FIFE & LOTHIANS CUP
Lochgelly Albert will play Broxburn Athletic at home in the Fife & Lothians Cup, likely date for this tie is the Saturday 17th October 2009.

CONGRATULATIONS
Everyone at the club would like to offer their congratulations to striker Stevie Brown (Salmon), who is getting married this Saturday 29th August.

MATCH PICTURES

Due to holidays and work commitments, sadly there are no pics from the Lochore and Dundonald matches but hopefully normal service will be resumed against Ballingry on Saturday.

FIXTURE CHANGE
The Aca Sports league cup match between Lochgelly Albert + Lochore Welfare has been brought forward 24 hours to Tuesday 11th August @ 6.45pm to avoid a clash with the Norway v Scotland match on Wed 12th.

CLUB MERCHANDISE
The new Lochgelly Albert scarves should be available for purchase at the League Cup match against Ballingry Rovers  on Saturday 22nd August. Hopefully there will be a match programme available for this game. 

01/08/09  NEW SIGNINGS
Lochgelly Albert have today signed Colin Potter, previously with Kirkcaldy YM, Davy Stein, signed from Newburgh  & Ryan Dair, previously with Hill of Beath Hawthorn. Bud Forrester has signed a new deal today too.

KENNOWAY MATCH CANCELLED

The match against Kennoway which was due to be played this Wednesday (July 29th) has been called off. This is due to the number of injuries that the Albert players have picked up in the previous 2 matches. The management team had no option but to ask Kennoway to cancel as we would have been struggling to field 11 players for this game.
Next match is Sat 1st Aug versus Blackburn United.

25/01/09 CHARITY MATCH
The sum raised from donations at the gate and various raffles on the day was £509, which will go to the family of Sean Stark. Both teams involved thank everyone for their generosity.

22/07/09   NEW SIGNINGS
Attacking Midfielder Gordon Birse and Central Defender James Davis signed for the club today. Right back Andy Macfarlane signed a new deal with the club today also.

18/07/09  NEW CLUB KIT
The club will be appearing in a new kit from the start of the league season, first pictures will be available on the website very soon.

14/07/09 CLUB MERCHANDISE
Lochgelly Albert plan to do a small club merchandise range in the near future, watch this space for further details.

07/07/09 PRE SEASON TRAINING
Lochgelly Albert players returned to pre-season training. Hopefully there will be some new singings soon, as soon as they are confirmed they will appear here.

30/06/09  STRIKER RETURNS TO ALBERT
Lochgelly Albert have signed striker Stevie Brown from Ballingry Rovers. Stevie was only sold to Ballingry last November but has returned to the Albert after an unsuccessful spell at Ore Park.