Cumnock Match Preview – Troon Football Club

The big matches just keep coming, and this weekend we travel to a familiar venue in Townhead Park to take on Stephen Swift’s Cumnock in our 16th GreenVersity WOSFL Premier Division match of the season.

⚽️ Cumnock versus Troon F.C. ⚽️
Saturday 22nd February 2025
GreenVersity WOSFL Premier Division
Townhead Park, Cumnock
Kick-off 2pm

Rollercoaster of a few weeks, culminating in Wednesday night’s rout of St. Cadoc’s at Portland Park. A few weeks of frustrating performances where we were excellent without a goal threat, but as soon as the early goal went in a cloud lifted & we saw a really different side again, back to what we saw earlier in the season. Great to see a number of players involved in the squad from our Development Team as well.

Cumnock have had a season of frustration after another summer of huge change. Their new Management team, in the shape of former Kilbirnie gaffer Stephen Swift and former Glenafton gaffer Craig McEwan, oversaw a raft of new signings, but the season has not gone quite to plan & they currently sit in 11th. A superb squad will surely click & kick on anytime soon.

Here’s everything you need to know ahead of Saturday’s match…

Captain Mark Morrison misses out today after picking up his 6th booking of the season last Saturday against Johnstone Burgh.

Dean Fulton & Ben Black miss out with hamstring strains and Logan Smith isn’t quite ready to return after a hamstring injury, although he is edging ever closer. Only other absentees are long-term absentees Scott McLean & Ewan McLevy.

Well, that was a little better on Wednesday night! I felt a wee bit for St. Cadoc’s, because we could have done that to anybody in the last wee while, but I was very pleased to see us hit the goal trail. Kyle has been superb this season, delighted for him to net a hat-trick.

Look at the matches between Troon and Cumnock in the last 3-4 years, it normally equals goals. The new management at Townhead haven’t been shy in the transfer market & recruited really well, so as always we’ll look forward to shaping up against a top side. It’s the sort of challenge we relish, that’s for sure.

Jimmy Kirkwood (Manager)

Full Name	Cumnock Football Club
Nickname(s)	The ‘Nock
Founded	1912
Ground	Townhead Park, Cumnock
Capacity	3,000
Club President	Kevin Orr
Manager	Stephen Swift
Captain	Jamie Wilson
2023-24	WOSFL Premier Division, 8th from 16

⚽️️ CAMMY CHALMERS ⚽️

The young midfielder is considered a hot prospect at Townhead, having been a summer recruit from Broomhill where he was included in the Lowland League Team of the Year last season.

The 19 year old came through the youth ranks with Broomhill, and has a composure which belies his youth. A creative force in their midfield which requires careful attention.

⚽️️ JAMIE WILSON ⚽️

Despite the huge transfer activity at Townhead in the summer, it is still Jamie who is arguably the biggest influence on the park & is a leader from midfield.

League winner, Scottish Cup winner, League Cup winner. There have been few better midfielders in the West in the last decade than Jamie, such was his impact with Beith.

Began his Junior career with Troon, and after brief forays with St. Cadoc’s & Hurlford he now looks settled at Townhead Park.

© Thanks to our club photographer Graeme McKenzie for his photos

Cumnock

DREW	LOST	LOST	WON	LOST
1-1	1-0	1-0	4-0	1-1 (5-4 on pens)
Hurlford (H)	Glenafton (A)	Gartcairn (A)	Darvel (H)	East Kilbride (A)
Wed 19th February	Sat 15th February	Sat 8th February	Wed 5th February	Sat 1st February
WOSFL Premier	WOSFL Premier	WOSFL Premier	WOSFL Premier	South Challenge Cup R4

Troon F.C.

WON	LOST	LOST	LOST	LOST
7-2	1-2	4-0	1-0	1-1 (3-5 on pens)
St. Cadoc’s (H)	Johnstone Burgh (H)	St. Cadoc’s (A)	Pollok (A)	Armadale Thistle (H)
Wed 19th February	Sat 15th February	Sat 8th February	Sat 1st February	Sat 18th January
WOSFL Premier	WOSFL Premier	WOSFL Cup R4	WOSFL Premier	Scottish Junior Cup R5

If you can’t make it along to the game , you can keep up to date with all the latest info via the club’s social media channels:

Live updates from the BRAND NEW official Troon F.C. Twitter feed (I’m not calling it X yet)

Team news pre-match
Goal alerts
News flashes
Real time alerts

Make sure you follow our NEW feed!

Match news via the official Troon F.C. Facebook page

Team news pre-match
Half-time score & update
Full time results

All news on the club FIRST via the official Troon F.C. WhatsApp Supporter’s Group chat

Vote for your Man of the Match
Info on functions & events
Book your seat on away buses
Discuss the match with fellow Troon fans!

Troon and Cumnock have enjoyed some superb encounters in recent years, and last season wasn’t much different in two enthralling league matches and a West of Scotland Cup match. A win apiece and a draw only serves to show the parity between the sides of late.

AWAY MATCH

Wednesday 15th November 2023

Match Centre

CUMNOCK	LOST	Townhead Park
TROON FOOTBALL CLUB	4-3	WOSFL Premier

The first encounter of 2023-24 was on the carpet at Townhead, and it’s safe to say – it was a bit of a mental match!

Troon had comfortably the worst half of their entire season as Cumnock ran riot. Robbie Buchanan opened the scoring on the 13th minute, and former/future Troon forward Sam Jamieson doubled that lead on 25 minutes. Five minutes later he made it three, before Findlay Frye made it 4-0 after only 35 minutes to leave the travelling Seasiders outraged, fearing the worst & some heading for the exits already.

Nobody expected what came in the second half! Troon came roaring out of the blocks after a half-time rollicking and had been knocking on the door straight from the whistle, but former Talbot forward Mark Shankland brought Troon back into the game on the hour mark before he halved the deficit on 69 minutes. Troon chased more goals but were kept at bay by a resolute ‘Nock, until Kyle Gilroy netted the third just on the regulation time. Controversy reigned as Troon claims for a late penalty were waved away by ref Paul Timmons, as Cumnock held on for the win after looking comfortable at half-time.

HOME MATCH

Saturday 13th January 2024

Match Centre

TROON FOOTBALL CLUB	DREW	Portland Park
CUMNOCK	2-2	WOSFL Premier

In comparison to November’s encounter, this was a rather tame affair with “just” the four goals!

Kyle Gilroy opened the scoring for the home side after just 6 minutes, only for Allan MacKenzie to equalise almost immediately from kick-off. Findlay Frye gave the visitors the advantage after 15′ and the two sides traded blows for the remainder of the half without any further scoring. After a slow start, Kyle Gilroy gave the hosts parity 10 minutes after the restart & the two sides largely cancelled each other out as the game continued for a well-earned draw.

(before this week’s matches)

	REFEREE:
	Josh Hay
Assistant Referee 1:		Assistant Referee 2:
Aidan Adam		Ross McCormick

Referee Observer:

To be appointed

For travelling supporters, follow the Google Map below for directions to Townhead Park.

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Billy Inglis is doing a head count to check viability for a supporter’s bus for this weekend. Please contact Billy on: 07957 539491 if you’d like to reserve a seat.

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To plan your journey from Troon to Cumnock, visit the “Journey Planner” section of Stagecoach’s website.

🔗 STAGECOACH.com

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For train times from Troon to Cumnock, or to book tickets, visit Scotrail’s website.

🔗 SCOTRAIL.co.uk

Tickets are available at the turnstiles at Townhead Park:

Adult:	£8.00
Concession:	£5.00

You can find out all about the match itself by visiting the match centre both before and after the game, with the team line-ups, scorers & bookings on the specific match page for the fixture.

To visit the match centre, CLICK HERE.