Mighty Mo Donate Artificial Pitch to Local Youths

Montrose FC have gifted a large portion of their old artificial 3G pitch to Montrose Youth FC for the creation of an all weather training surface at Kenny Park.

Bob McCombie, Chairman of Montrose Youth said, “We are extremely grateful for this very kind donation by Montrose FC and it will go a long way to improving the facilities we provide for our youngsters. We are a very active club and with 13 teams at ages from 8 to 17 years, including 3 girls teams, we are one of the biggest youth setups on the east coast of Scotland. The demand for floodlit winter training is therefore high and at present we only have a grass surface under the lights at Kenny Park, which can quickly become unplayable. Converting this to an all weather surface will make a huge difference to so many of our kids.

Derek Sim, Chairman of Montrose FC added, “We are delighted to see our old pitch go to such a worthy cause. We had been trying to sell it on, but it was proving both impractical and time consuming so instead we decided to make the offer to Montrose Youth. In the end it made sense that our turf should support the development of grass roots football in the town.

“We already have a good relationship with the club as not only do they use Links Park for some of their training and matches, they also provide us with Ball Boys and Girls for all our home games.

“I am sure our local residents will be delighted too, as the rolls of turf and bags of infill have become a bit of an eyesore in our car park since the pitch was lifted back in June.”

Our photo shows MFC Chairman Derek Sim (left) and MYFC Chairman Bob McCombie (right) with some of the kids getting a feel for their new training surface.

Montrose v East Fife Goals

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Captain Recovering After Groin Surgery

Club Captain Paul Watson underwent surgery last week to repair the groin injury that has kept him out of action recently.

Paul said "The operation last Thursday, for the condition known as Gilmour's Groin, was fairly straight forward and went well. I was out of hospital the following morning and since then I have been at home recovering and starting my rehab exercises."

Overall recovery is expected to be around a month and Paul hopes to be running again by next week, building back up to full fitness and being ready for selection again by mid-October.

It goes without saying that all at the Club wish him a speedy recovery.

Trialist Keepers

In the absence of Jordan Millar due to shoulder injury which might take a further four weeks to heal, Montrose have called upon a couple of trialist keepers in the last two matches. On the bench against Elgin City was Sandy Wood a familiar face at Links Park having three spells with the club prior to his departure to Arbroath in January 2014. Last season Sandy played for Cove Rangers in the Highland League. With Sandy unavailable against Stirling Albion it was the turn of another former Arbroath goalkeeper Scott Morrison to take his seat on the bench. Scott is currently playing for amateur side Drymen United.

Montrose 1 East Stirlingshire 0

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Montrose 2 East Stirlingshire 0

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