Game on wednesday is a big one with the winners most likely to get to the final .

Dont no about our chances as we are so inconsistent but at times this season weve been really good and thats usually against the teams that are haf decent e.g took more points off Stranraer and havent been beat by them all season than points weve took off Forfar , a win against East Fife and not one win against Dumbarton , Getting beat 1-0 at home to the shire and getting gubbed 4-1 and 5-2 by Albion Rovers . So we usually play good in the big games which could be good .

As for Cowdenbeath not so sure about them , no we played them earlier on this year in the Scottish Cup but the only difference was a penalty in 5 mins and we played 60 mins with 10 men and not even a full strength team, And Cowden have lost players since then most notably Pat Clark so that will give us a boost, also the injury problem at Cowden is pretty bad aswell while we have only got Stuart Ferguson missing long term which isnt really a big loss.

Since the last game we have brought in 2 very good youngsters from Dundee and Dunfermline , Deasley and McBride and signed two of this divisions best players in Lunan and Rattray.

For Wed my Arbroath team would be

Hill

Flyer
Rattray
Bishop
Tully
Black

Sellars
Lunan
Watson

Scott
Reilly

Hope wednesday will be a good game and enjoyable , hopefully get a crowd of over 1200 for the game , how many fans will Cowden bring 2 years ago Alloa brung about 200 to ours and we brung about 700 to theirs , hope its a good game and ill go for in my biasd view 2 - 0 to the Lichties , Scott and Watson , may the best team win.

MON THE COWDUNG!!

Cheers for the vote of confidence on us next season 1320Lichtie on the 2nd Div forum. I'd take 4th place no problem !!

I'll repeat what I said on there. From what I've seen this season, I think Arbroath will take care of Cowden and also take care of the winners of the other game and join us in Div 2 next season but I would like to have 2 Fife derbies next season (even though we could end up with no other Fife rivals in the league at this rate )

That's rather an upbeat assessment of Arbroath's chances 1320. Of course it's only two games (then maybe another two) but we've done little in recent months to suggest we can put on a show at the end of the season.

Conventional wisdom suggests momentum of the team in form can carry them through the playoffs. The record of the four teams over the past 6 games points to Stranraer:

Stranraer 16 points
Montrose 9 points
Cowdenbeath 7 points
Arbroath 6 points

And we've only scored 6 times in the past 8 games suggetsing another issue and the failure to perform at home these past 2 seasons is a concern, especially trying to get an edge after the first leg.

Still. we're there and who knows what might change.

Good luck Arbroath. I would love you lot to come up so we have at least one decent train journey to an away game.

I think that Cowden are on a bit of a downer and going by our play-off against Stranraer last season, the team in the lower league (IMO) has the psychological advantage. Also, I hate CP it's a coup.


(notice Vince lurking on this thread, the last sentence was for your benefit love!)

Didn't Bruce Grobbelaar once take a brung?

In my view, that's quite poor banter.

looking forward to the game wed. I am quietly confident. The players were up for it after speaking with them on sat night at the POTY dance.
Should have a good starting x1. However up front we will miss dempster (heard he was major struggling)
should be a decent cowden crowd considering its midweek. If it were a sat we would have taken loads of people.
Sat will be a good crowd also.Arbroath usually bring quite a few down.

mone the cowden.

I'm just hoping Cowden don't resort to bully boy tactics like in the past.

surely a wind up eh?

Oh the irony!

I just hope our fans keep their eyes peeled too in case they are attacked by Cowden players again.

Can't argue, the ground is dire, the 4 QP females must have been really desperate on Sat using the toilets

Hopefully we'll survive and Raith don't go up, but I'm not confident on either

Best odds at the moment on Cowden for the game on Wednesday is 7/4 with Betfred. Arbroath are 13/8 with William Hill and the draw 13/5 with Stan James. Bookies are making it tight, but no surprise in that.

Tell me Ladyfan are you the Announcer for East Fife who informed everbody in Bayview at the Arbroath game that it was a goal when Dougie Cameron missed from the penalty spot?

good luck to arbroath! an angus final would be a big profile/money spinner/grand piss up for both sides and the fans

Im hoping Arbroath for the simple fact that I want ma hat back that I left in the boozer up there on Saturday! Gutted! And we need to win in our game to help my cause!

Who is kiddin who? If it is the usual Arbroath kicking match I think the best we can hope for is a draw.
However, if they try and play football !!!!!! should be good.

Good luck Arbroath.

If you go up i'll miss you. I certainly don't miss that dump in Fife.

You've never been there - East Stirling only have a travelling support of 1 (and he is about 90yrs old)

East Stirlings got a good travelling support of 60 or so (probably more than you) and they never stop singin

Much is it to get in?
Might go along as Jimmy Neutral...

Well that's 59 more than they had a couple of seasons ago. Mind you they are a much better team now and have more to sing about - humped Arbroath at Gayfield too! (and not many teams do that????)
You'll find out Wednesday if we have more than 60.

Neutral?

You'll be along to cheer on the lichties like you did last season at Gayfield, will you not Steven?

Obviously for wed youll have more than 60 as if East Stirling were in the play offs theyd have much more than 60 aswell

Yer spelling's as pish as yer banter Simon...

Spelling doesn't appear to be wrong in that post - correct me if i'm wrong

Are you saying your name isn't Steven, and you weren't at Gayfield last season at all at the same time East Fife were playing at other grounds?

Correct. My name is not Steven and the only time I watched Arbroath, other than against EF last season was on this day:

Tuesday 2nd January 2007
Albion 2 - 1 Queens Park
Arbroath 1 - 0 Montrose
Berwick p - p Dumbarton
East Stirling p - p Stenhousemuir

I can't believe I'm even responding to this pish. How old are you Simon?

Did you know there is another East Fife fan living in Arbroath, with a son in the same school and year as you? Superb coincidence eh!

Anyway - back on topic. I think we have a better chance this season in the play offs than we've had in the other 2 amazingly. This isn't to say our team is better this year, but last season after the Berwick defeat on the 2nd last day it was near enough impossible for the players to pick themselves up and we were up against a Queens Park side who were playing the best football I've ever seen in division 3. Against Alloa, we had a worse squad than we currently do marginally IMO, and Alloa had just started on a run of form.

Both teams this time around aren't exactly on form, and we have really struggled our way into the play offs this year, however if we play the way we can do and get right up for this match like we did against East Fife I think we can get through. From what i've heard the team are really up for it, and hopefully the support will be right behind them and we can get one stage further than we have in the previous years. I dont think I can handle failing in the play offs AGAIN.

Oh - I forgot to ask you Steven, did you enjoy the Vatican City when you visited?

You'd better prepare yourself then chum!

I think I'll go along tomorrow if I can persuade my mate to take his car.

I also go to some Dundee games and enjoy it there , so hopefully you enjoy the game 2morrow as an ARBROATH fan DERRY RUMBLE

Wont finish work early enough to get up the road to Arbroath tonight, Really gutted about that.

Cowden 2-0 win McQuade and Gates.

You see, you are not the only one who cannae spell...

You do realise that stalking someone on the internet is worrying behaviour...

No need for you to worry though, you're name isn't even Steven eh!

Part-timer

Keep your phone on

Got stuff cleared with my supervisor, and so can leave early for the game, excellent! That said, its going to be 0-0 or 1-1.

I'm actually quite nervous now!

Low scoring game, with a 1-1 draw at Gayfield or a 1-0 win for the Lichties I think. To be honest, i'd take a draw tonight

Actually a bit worried know also , im thinkin it will be a 1-1 draw also , weathers shit here just now so anyone from cowden hear this , BRING A COAT OR YOU WILL FREEZE YOUR BOLLOCKS OFF

No it isn't "Steven".

You're not the brightest are you?

As I asked before, did you know there is another East Fife fan your age living in Arbroath, who has a son in the same year at the same school as you? Quite a coincidence, dont you think?

All I can say is my name is not Steven. As anyone with my Email address will confirm...

Lies make baby Jesus cry

Out of interest Lichties - what sort of team would you all go for tonight?

Personally, I'd go with the 5-3-2 with wingbacks formation we've been using this year.

1 - Darren Hill
2 - Steven Rennie
3 - Roddy Black
4 - Alan Rattray
5 - Jamie Bishop
6 - Robbie Raeside
7 - Alan Campbell
8 - Alan Brazil
9 - Bryan Scott
10 - Barry Sellars
11 - Paul Lunan

Feel sorry for Paul Watson, but with Sellars back I think John will be putting him straight back into the team. Alan Campbell is really adapting to his defensive midfield role, and if Lunan and Sellars perform like they can then we have a very solid looking midfield.

'Mon Lichties

Sceonded with the 3-5-2 Simon , id go for

Hill

Rattray
Bishop
Tully or RAESIDE

Flyer
Black

Watson
Lunan
Sellars

Scott
Reilly

PS Simon are you at home or college the now

He's going to use some pish like "my name is Stephen actually"!



Pish! Man up!

Angusfifer makes noise like the cat off of Hong Kong Phooey...


How many open goals did Simon miss?

FFS, Get a room you 2

My minds not really on the ball, to busy thinking about the big game tonight.



He wishes.

I'm pretty certain that's what we'll see tonight. Sellars and Lunan together in midfield fills me with confidence. Since Lunan signed they have played very few games together due to suspensions and injuries.

I should probably add it's absolutly lashing it down here just now and has been for most of the morning.

rains stopped , good news but youl still need your jackets cowden fans as it will be freezin