glensmad Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 It's our annual pilgrimage to Valefield Park this weekend for The James Glen Memorial Trophy pre-season tournament at Kilbirnie. It's a particularly interesting one this year, with Shildon AFC coming up from County Durham as the champions of the Northern League (9th tier of the English pyramid), and they are Rutherglen Glencairn's opponents in the 2nd game on Saturday. Shildon have played three pre-season games so far, scoring twenty goals and conceding only one, so it'll be interesting to compare how our level compares to that level of English non-league football. The opening game on Saturday sees hosts Kilbirnie Ladeside playing Wishaw Juniors at 1pm, with Glens v Shildon at 3pm. It's the usual format with the two losing teams playing at 1pm on Sunday and the final at 3pm on Sunday. Glencairn are the current holders, having won it on a penalty shoot-out in the final last season v Kilbirnie. Bizarrely, all four matches ended in a scoring draw last year, all four games being decided on penalties. Hopefully this year's tournament is just as competitive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geordie Blastie Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 A Wee Taster !!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sancho Panza Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 Looking forward to this, hope it's a dry weekend, Shildon look a great set up, I'm tipping them to play Ladeside in the final. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommyboy Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 37 minutes ago, Sancho Panza said: Looking forward to this, hope it's a dry weekend, Shildon look a great set up, I'm tipping them to play Ladeside in the final. Oh yeah? Well I'm goin for a Wishy / Glens final! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sancho Panza Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 3 minutes ago, tommyboy said: Oh yeah? Well I'm goin for a Wishy / Glens final! You could well be right my friend, I'm the bookies best mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NE63 exile Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 Shildon have been knocking on the door for the Northern League championship for a few seasons prior to winning it last May. They are a decent outfit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fan of the juniors Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 Looking forward to seeing some football again as this will be our 1st pre season match . Also looking forward to seeing how Shildon fare as well . Will miss the Sunday games so hoping the weather is decent on Saturday at least . Lots of tidying up work & a new bar being built in the pavilion as well to cater for more people so pop in & have a look Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Pennel Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 I'm looking forward to seeing Shildon AFC too. I noticed they have a South Uist supporters club...that's a hell of a journey to get to a game ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glensmad Posted July 23, 2016 Author Share Posted July 23, 2016 Kilbirnie Ladeside 3 Wishaw Juniors 1Rutherglen Glencairn 1 Shildon AFC 1(Shildon won 5-4 on penalty kicks)Tomorrow's schedule :-Wishaw Juniors v Rutherglen Glencairn (1pm)Kilbirnie Ladeside v Shildon AFC (3pm) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno marsbar Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 Good wee tourney always good to get off to a winning start Meechan ,Brennan(penalty)& McElroy on his debut scoring a well taken goal after beating a couple of Wishaw players. Then on next a hard fought game Rutherglen V Shildon settled by penalty's with Shildon coming out on top. Should be a few neutrals turn up tomorrow 2 games for price of one & the world famous Wishaw Ultras Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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berryblastie Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 Glens were unlucky against a physical Shildon side today, couple of good games tomorrow, don't think there is a big gap between juniors and Shilton, well done the ultras junior football needs to encourage you guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glensmad Posted July 23, 2016 Author Share Posted July 23, 2016 Pictures and a full match report from Rutherglen Glencairn v Shildon AFC (from the Glencairn website) are here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
berryblastie Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 Glens were unlucky against a physical Shildon side today, couple of good games tomorrow, don't think there is a big gap between juniors and Shilton, well done the ultras junior football needs you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
berryblastie Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 Pictures and a full match report from Rutherglen Glencairn v Shildon AFC (from the Glencairn website) are here. Good report m8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NE63 exile Posted July 24, 2016 Share Posted July 24, 2016 The league Shildon play in is on a par with West Super League Premier IMO. I was told from the Shildon Assistant Manager they were missing six regulars who are still on holiday but it was still a strong starting line up according to some of their fans. Game could have gone either way very little between the two teams. Final should be a belter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glensmad Posted July 24, 2016 Author Share Posted July 24, 2016 The league Shildon play in is on a par with West Super League Premier IMO. I was told from the Shildon Assistant Manager they were missing six regulars who are still on holiday but it was still a strong starting line up according to some of their fans. Game could have gone either way very little between the two teams. Final should be a belter. Yes, it was an interesting comparison. Glencairn were also missing Fraser Team and Ryan Bennett. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fan of the juniors Posted July 24, 2016 Share Posted July 24, 2016 Day two of the james glen tournament. Runners up rutherglen v wishaw 1pm THE FINAL LADESIDE V SHILDON 3pm #COTB [emoji219][emoji281][emoji277][emoji471] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glensmad Posted July 24, 2016 Author Share Posted July 24, 2016 Wishaw Juniors 2 Rutherglen Glencairn 3.Grant (penalty) and Collinder had Wishaw 2-0 up by the mid point of the first half, despite Glencairn having dominated up to that point. Wishaw missed a real sitter to make it 3-0 before Glens came storming back with two Paddy Cullen goals just before half time. Cullen completed his hat trick in the second half for a deserved winner as Glencairn almost completely controlled the second 45 minutes.Pictures and full match report to follow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glensmad Posted July 24, 2016 Author Share Posted July 24, 2016 Final result :-Kilbirnie Ladeside 0 Shildon AFC 3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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