Junior football: Kilwinning Rangers gear up for title run-in

KILWINNING Rangers are just five games away from winning promotion – or the Ayrshire League title – and assistant manager Ross Findlay has told his players to treat then all like a cup final.Read

Junior football: Meadow put four past Greenock

THIS game was switched to Meadow Park because Ravenscraig Stadium was unplayable and Chris Strain’s side took full advantage of the perfect conditions to march into the next round.Read

Amateur football: McGinn hits four for Irvine side

THE top performance of the day came from Girdle Toll United’s Craig McGinn who hit all four of his side’s goals as they won 4-3 at Newmilns Vesuvius. Clark Drive and Dirrans Athletic fought out an entertaining James Scott/NAC Cup tie which ended with the Premier League side just edging out their Division Two opponents.Read

Junior football: Kilwinning Rangers ease to three-goal win

TABLE-TOPPERS Buffs made heavy weather of their win over lowly Saltcoats but, to be fair, the Seasiders fought their corner well and battled hard for the entire 90 minutes.Read

Irvine Meadow boss Chris Strain

Irvine Meadow face most important game of the season

IRVINE Meadow face their most important 90 minutes of the season when they take on First Division leaders Rutherglen Glencairn in the Emirates Junior Cup on Saturday.Read

Irvine Meadow boss wants no repeat of riot matches

IRVINE Meadow manager Chris Strain takes his team to Greenock on West of Scotland duty on Saturday – and it’s a tie which brings back some incredible memories.Read

Sport

Injury hell ends for Irvine Meadow striker

FOURTEEN months of hell finally came to an end for striker Gavin Friels on Saturday when he peeled off his tracksuit and ran onto Meadow Park for the last few minutes of their game with Vale of Clyde.Read

Irvine Meadow thump Vale of Clyde

MEADOW took the points on Saturday but they were made to work hard for them by a resolute Vale team who belied their lowly league position.Read

Irvine aces Drive into last four

British Energy Ayrshire Challenge Cup quarter-finalsRead

Kilwinning Rangers beat Irvine Vics to go back on top of league

GOALS from Lee Grant and Michael Fulton fired Buffs back to the top of the league but in truth this was a match either team will want to remember with Vics surprisingly adopting a rather physical approach and the Abbey Park outfit struggling to recapture their best form.Read

Sport

Weather wipes out junior fixtures

IT’S as you were again this weekend after the Junior card was yet again wiped out on Saturday. Read

Win or bust as Irvine Vics travel to Kilwinning Rangers

WEATHER permitting the long-awaited clash between KILWINNING RANGERS and IRVINE VICS should finally take place at Abbey Park on Saturday.Read

Irvine aces Clark Drive suffer second cup defeat

CLARK DRIVE, beaten in the Scottish Cup the previous weekend, crashed out of the West of Scotland Cup on Saturday with a sloppy performance against a team they really should have beaten. Spare a thought too for WINLINTON WOLVES striker Colin McAdam who grabbed a hat trick against Troon only to see his side suffer a 4-3 defeat.Read

Winton knock Kilwinning off top

KILWINNING'S long winning streak came to an end as they were knocked off the top of the table by a Winton side who looked the more determined of the two.Read

Irvine Meadow

Brilliant Beith end Irvine Meadow’s title hopes

THE Scottish Cup now looks to be Irvine Meadow's only hope of major success this season after their already flickering hopes of retaining the title were torn apart by Beith's super second half show.Read

Irvine Meadow must concentrate on cups now

FRUSTRATED Irvine Meadow manger Chris Strain admitted his team now have no chance of retaining the Premier Division title afer their 4-1 defeat by table toppers Beith on Saturday.Read

Irvine Vics back to winning ways

TEN-MEN Vics bounced back to winning ways with a comfortable win over a very physical Darvel side.Read

Irvine Meadow

Irvine Meadow reach last 16

MEADOW marched into the last 16 of the Emirates Cup after what eventually turned out to be a comfortable win over a stuffy Annbank side.Read

Kilwinning Rangers go clear at top

A GAVIN Brown hat trick helped Kilwinning Rangers move clear at the top as they went nap against Muirkirk on Saturday.Read

Important games ahead for Irvine Meadow and Kilwinning

TWO league clashes dominate the programme on Saturday with IRVINE MEADOW and KILWINNING RANGERS involved in games which could make or break their title ambitions.Read

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