Troon are back on the road this weekend, with a crucial league encounter away to Rutherglen.

⚽️ Rutherglen Glencairn versus Troon F.C. ⚽️
Saturday 6^th November 2021
PDM Buildbase WOSFL Premier Division
Hamish B. Allan Stadium, Rutherglen
Kick-off 2pm

Troon come into this game on the back of a disappointing October, following a very fruitful September.

Last weekend’s embarrassing defeat to Ardeer needs to be put behind us quickly, and Jimmy Kirkwood & Dean Keenan will be looking for our squad to return to the form we showed in September where we climbed to a strong position in the league. This weekend’s game seems as good a place as any to start.

Rutherglen have had a solid season so far with 7 wins out of 17, despite their Manager Willie Harvey missing a large chunk of the campaign due to illness. Thankfully, Willie appears to be making a recovery & will hopefully be attending this weekend’s match.

Rutherglen currently sit in 9th place in the Premier Division table, just 4 points ahead of us sitting in 12th.

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

After a month of enforced absences, we are finally clear of suspensions & almost clear of injuries ahead of some important fixtures in the next few weeks.

Chris Murchie damaged his shoulder against Pollok a couple of weeks ago which may require surgery, so he will be missing the next few weeks at least. Stephen Wilson, Tommy Maitland & Raymond Montgomerie return after missing last week, so we have almost a full strength squad to choose from.

Of our long-term absentees, Mark Morrison (knee) remains out. Ross McCrea is working on his rehabilitation after a setback following surgery on his cruciate knee injury, all things going well we hope to welcome him back into the side at the turn of the year. Todd Henderson is grafting very hard indeed as he recovers from surgery on his knee injury & he is targeting a return to training very soon.

Apologies to all involved with the club for last week. Saturday fell well below the standards we accept as a football club, and that message has been reiterated to the players this week at training.

It’s been a season of ups and downs so far and if we are to survive we need to start being more consistent with our performances. Then in turn our results will improve.

Rutherglen Glencairn deserve to be higher in the league from what I’ve seen. They’re a very dangerous team, so this will be a very, very tough game.

We will need to be at our absolute best to get anything from the game.

Dean Keenan (Assistant Manager)

⚽️️ MICK O’BYRNE ⚽️

Joined up at Glencairn last summer after 5 seasons at Kilbirnie Ladeside, Mick will be a key player again this season at the Hamish B. Allan Stadium.

Began his career at Dundee United before moves to Albion Rovers, Livingston & Airdrie.

⚽️️ THOMAS MILLER ⚽️

He may be 37 now, but Tam is still an outstanding player at the back for Glencairn.

Spent the majority of his senior career with St. Anthony’s before a spell with Renfrew, he is equally comfortable at full-back or in the heart of the defence & is always a reliable performer.

Rutherglen Glencairn

WIN	v	Blantyre Victoria	(A)	0-3	Saturday 23rd October 2021
LOST	v	St. Anthony’s	(A)	2-0	Saturday 16th October 2021
WIN	v	Rossvale	(H)	3-2	Saturday 9th October 2021
DRAW	v	Beith	(A)	3-3	Saturday 2nd October 2021
LOST	v	Clydebank	(H)	1-2	Saturday 25th September 2021

Troon F.C.

LOST	v	Ardeer Thistle	(H)	3-4	Saturday 30th October 2021
LOST	v	Pollok	(A)	2-1	Saturday 23rd October 2021
WIN	v	Lanark United	(H)	3-1	Saturday 16th October 2021
LOST	v	Darvel	(H)	0-2	Saturday 9th October 2021
LOST	v	Irvine Meadow XI	(A)	2-0	Saturday 2nd October 2021

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 official Troon F.C. Twitter feed: @Troon_FC 

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

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

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

Troon seemed to have the hex sign over this week’s hosts last season, which was ultimately ended early due to the Covid 19 lockdowns.

Troon were the victors in the first clash of the season at the Hamish B. Allan Stadium, edging the contest 2-1 thanks to goals from Dean Fulton and Isaac Kerr as both sides finished with 10 men.

In the return leg, Ryan Stevenson scored the only goal of the game as the home side made it 6 points from 6 in our encounters last term.

Rutherglen were sitting 3rd bottom of the Premier Division at the time of the shut-down, having endured a difficult campaign that garnered just three points.

📆 PDM BUILDBASE WOSFL PREMIER FIXTURES – SATURDAY 6^th NOVEMBER 2021 📆

(before this weekend’s matches)

Referee: Andrew Bryson
Assistant Referee One: Sean Henderson
Assistant Referee Two: Will Gracie

Referee Observer: To be appointed

For travelling supporters, follow the Google Map below for directions to the Hamish B. Allan Stadium.

There will not be an official supporters bus this week.

Tickets are available at the turnstiles at the Hamish B. Allan Stadium:

Adult:	£7.00
Concession:	£4.00
Under-16:	£4.00

A detailed match report will be posted in the match centre after the game, with the team line-ups, scorers, bookings & some match photos, on the specific match page for the fixture.

To visit the match centre, CLICK HERE.

The club’s official Media Partner, Memories by Movie, unfortunately can’t attend this week, as they are filming a wedding.

In the meantime, you can watch the highlights of our league win against Cumnock here:

The club’s official photographer JP unfortunately can’t attend this week.

His last album from our game against Darvel, is below:

⚽️ Auchinleck Talbot U20s versus Troon Development Team ⚽️
Friday 5th November 2021
Lowland Development League (Conference F) Match
Barony Sports Village, Cumnock
Kick-off 7.45pm

⚽️ Troon F.C. versus Largs Thistle ⚽️
Saturday 6^th November 2021
PDM Buildbase WOSFL Premier Division
Portland Park, Troon
Kick-off 1.30pm