Albion Rovers Football Club (Albion Rovers F.C.) are a Scottish football team from the North Lanarkshire town of Coatbridge, who currently playing in the Scottish Football League. Their head-coach is former hero of their 1988-89 championship winning side Jim Chapman AKA “Chappie”. Their home stadium is Cliftonhill which was opened on Christmas Day 1919.
The club are currently considering plans to redevelop their stadium, the plan involves selling part of the land for use for offices. The funds gained would build a new stand and probably install the latest artificial pitch.
Contents
1
History
2
Honours
3
Club Records
4 Current squad
5 Famous Albion Rovers players
6 External links
History
The club was formed with the merger of Albion and Rovers in 1882 and admitted to the Scottish Football League in 1903. They play in yellow and red strips having changed from royal blue, white and black in 1961. Their greatest claim to fame is that they were Scottish Cup runners up in season 1919-20, losing in the final to Kilmarnock F.C..
Famous players in the club’s past include former Celtic and Scotland manager Jock Stein, Bernie Slaven, Peter Dickson, John “Jock” White (the only player capped for Scotland while with the club), Tony Green and Jim Brown as well as many more. In the 1970′s The Rovers had a half-back line of Curry, Sage and Rice which raised a few smiles at the time.
Rovers (as their fans prefer the team to be called, rather than “Albion”) contested the 2004-05 season in the Third Division and have twice in the last few years been denied promotion on the final day of the season.
In early 2005 a group of fans set up Albion Rovers Supporters’ Trust with a view to raising money to benefit the club and local community.
The 2006-2007 season sees the club celebrate its 125th anniversary and various events and souvenirs are planned This season also saw the club progress to the semi-finals of the Challenge Cup, their first semi-final since 1921, a match they lost 4 – 1 to Ross County in Dingwall.
Albion Rovers F.C. from Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales, playing in the Gwent County League, are named after Albion Rovers F.C. in Scotland, by “expats”. There are also clubs of the same name in Australia and the Republic of Ireland.
Honours
Scottish Cup : Runners Up 1919/20
Second Division Champions : 1933/34, 1988/89
Scottish Qualifying Cup : 1913/14
Competitions Now Defunct :-
Scottish Football Combination : 1913/14
Lanarkshire Cup : 1899/1900, 1920/21, 1948/49, 1950/51, 1973/74, 1974/75, 1981/82, 1986/87
Lanarkshire Express Cup : 1893/94, 1912/13, 1921/22
Airdrie Charities Cup : 1891/92
Western League : 1917/18
Club Records
Biggest win: 12-0 v Airdriehill (Scottish Cup, 3 September 1887)
Biggest defeat: 1-11 v Partick Thistle (Scottish League Cup, 11 August 1993)
Biggest home attendance: 27,381 v Rangers (Scottish Cup, 8 February 1936)
Record Scorer: John Renwick (41, 1932/33)
Current squad
No. Position Player
Scotland GK Jamie Ewings
Scotland GK Lee Thompson
Scotland DF Iain Chisholm
Northern Ireland DF Gordon Lennon
Scotland DF Graham McGhee
Scotland DF Peter Watson
Scotland DF Kevin Nichol
Scotland MF Philip Creaney
Scotland MF Ciaran Donnelly
Scotland MF Gordon Moffat
No. Position Player
Scotland MF Jamie Doyle
Scotland MF Scott Friel
Scotland MF Andy Sim
Scotland MF Tommy Lennox
Scotland FW Lee Sichi
Scotland FW Craig Young
Scotland FW Joe Savage
Scotland FW Alex Cleary
Scotland FW Stephen Donachy
Scotland FW Bryan Felvus
Famous Albion Rovers players
Peter Dickson
John “Jock” White
Jock Stein
Tommy Keirnan
Willie Findlay
Johnny McIlhatton
Matt Carson
Danny Hegan
Tony Green
Jim Brown
Mick Green
Sam Malcolmson
Jeff King
John Brogan
Bernie Slaven
Victor Kasule
Kevin McAllister
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