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REFLECTIONS OF THE BOSS

With the dust finally settled on another wonderful season, the Gaffer took time out to look back on what has been another incredible chapter in the Club’s history.

CAMPBELL CAPS MEMORABLE 150TH APPEARANCE WITH GOAL

Coming off the bench in the 86th minute at the Falkirk Stadium last month, veteran striker, and Montrose FC Assistant Manager, Ross Campbell already knew the day was a momentous one.

Making his 150th appearance for the Gable Endies, the 38 year old was so proud to have his 6 year old son watch on from the stand.

With the Mighty Mo already two goals to the good, the experienced front man took only two minutes to increase the margin of victory. Glancing a header past the Falkirk keeper, Campbell crowned the Clubs biggest ever win over The Bairns and secured a sixth consecutive top 4 finish for Stewart Petrie’s side.

Arriving at Links Park from East Fife in January 2015, Campbell showed his experience and versatility by being played at left back, centre half, midfield and upfront during his first season, missing only one match.

After the arrival of Petrie in 2016, Ross took on the additional role of Assistant Manager and helped guide the Club to their first league title success in 33 years, lifting the League 2 trophy the following season.

In the four years since, despite playing less and less, Campbell has helped Petrie establish the Angus side as a credible League 1 outfit, with four consecutive play-off finishes.

Despite having his gall bladder removed last summer, Campbell was determined to regain fitness and achieve the 7 appearances needed to reach his 150th milestone.

Club Chairman John Crawford said, “Many congratulations to Ross, this is a great achievement, and such a special day to do it on. His dedication and determination to recover from his operation last year is testament to his character and we are delighted and very fortunate to have him contracted to the Club until at least 2025.”

LOANEES DEPART LINKS PARK WITH BEST WISHES

With the season now at an end, Montrose FC’s four loanees will return to their parent clubs, having all assisted the Angus side in delivering another successful year.

Cammy F Ballantyne will return to St Johnstone after a second great, season long, loan spell in which he featured 30 times and netted 3 goals, including 2 in the unbelievable 6-4 defeat to Airdrieonians last weekend in the Championship Play-off semi-final.

Having arrived just at the end of February, Lyall Cameron heads back to Dens Park, having lit up each of the 11 games in which he featured, as well as netting the opener against Falkirk last month in the Club’s biggest ever win over The Bairns, a game which also secured a sixth consecutive top four finish for Manager Stewart Petrie’s side.

Although Blair Lyons will officially report back to Partick Thistle, the 25 year old won’t be gone long, as a pre-contract agreement was signed with the talented winger back in March that will see him return to Links Park over the summer on a 3 year permanent deal. Blair has made 41 appearances this term and scored 8 goals, making him the Club’s third top gaolscorer.

Finally, young Hearts goalkeeper Liam McFarlane will return to Tynecastle after the briefest of stints, having been drafted in last week on a 7 day emergency loan to provide cover following injury to Aaron Lennox ahead of the play-off semi-final first leg.

Petrie said, “I would like sincerely thank all four clubs for their co-operation and assistance throughout the year. The boys have all been a credit to their parent clubs, and have brought youthful enthusiasm, energy and incredible talent to our side.

“We are excited to have Blair back on a permanent deal and I would to wish the others every success for their undoubted bright futures.”

MUCH TO BE PROUD OF AS A MO FAN!

Morning Mo fans – how was your weekend?

Despite the incredible disappointment and surreal events of Saturday, we should not lose sight of the many great things the most recent campaign has delivered on and off the pitch for our great Club. So to help restore spirits, here we go…

- We secured, for the sixth consecutive time, a finish in the top four across two divisions, a 4th consecutive play-off placing in League 1 and our highest league placing in 30 years.

- Incredible away form, losing only 4 games and conceding only 16 goals.

- Most notable away results were a 5-0 win at Clyde in October, a slender 1-0 key fixture against Queens Park on a difficult surface in February, topped off with our biggest ever win over Falkirk in April to secure top four.

- Graham Webster’s biggest ever goal return (16) in a Mo shirt in his 9 years at the club, a season in which he also made his 250th appearance, as did Andrew Steeves.

- Terry Masson passing 350 appearances and chasing down David Larter’s Club record.

- Ross Campbell, Sean Dillon and Allan Fleming passed 150 games and Lewis Milne made his 100th appearance.

- An amazing 4 Youth Academy players all featured against Alloa in our last game of the season.

- Stewart Petrie won Manager of the Month for October, his 6th such trophy since arriving and both he and Assistant Ross Campbell extended their contracts to 2025

And away from first team:

- We became the first Scottish Club to join the campaign for welcoming and equally respecting women in football.

- We actively supported and promoted the NHS Covid 19 vaccination roll-out, including making Links Park a pop-up-centre for both home and away fans against Dumbarton in August.

- We have supported the Ukraine disaster appeal through our Community Trusts link with EFDN which included the raising of £1,100 in a bucket collection at our game against East Fife in March.
And of course…

- Our women’s team lifted the SWF Championship North trophy in invisible style, gaining promotion to the SWPL 2, going undefeated throughout the whole campaign in the process.

So a HUGE thanks to all of you who have backed the boys every step of the way, particularly the huge travelling and incredibly vocal support on Saturday - you did us proud!

Have a great summer and we look forward to continuing our adventure when things kick off again in July.