Ruffs and Tuffs Issue 1
The Kilwinning Rangers Magazine Auchinleck Talbot 7th Aug 2019
The Kilwinning Rangers Magazine
Auchinleck Talbot 7th Aug 2019
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AUCHINLECK TALBOT<br />
The Benchmark of Junior Football<br />
Andrew Leishman<br />
Gordon Pope<br />
William Lyle<br />
Jamie Glasgow<br />
Neil McPherson<br />
Gareth Armstrong<br />
Stephen Wilson<br />
Graham Wilson<br />
Dwayne Hyslop<br />
Calvin Kemp<br />
Mark Shankl<strong>and</strong><br />
Craig McCracken<br />
Steven White<br />
Keir Samson<br />
Jack McDowell<br />
Bryan Boylan<br />
Kieran Healy<br />
Corey Pearson<br />
Brian Hewitt<br />
Aidan Wilson<br />
Dillon Young<br />
Goalkeeper<br />
Defender<br />
Defender<br />
Midfielder<br />
Defender<br />
Defender<br />
Midfielder<br />
Forward<br />
Midfielder<br />
Forward<br />
Forward<br />
Defender<br />
Midfielder<br />
Forward<br />
Midfielder<br />
Forward<br />
Defender<br />
Midfielder<br />
Goalkeeper<br />
Defender<br />
Defender<br />
We welcome Talbot for<br />
the first time to The Buffs<br />
Park.<br />
Talbot are a team we<br />
know well <strong>and</strong> always<br />
provide the fans with hotly<br />
contested matches. They are<br />
the last league to play us at<br />
Abbey Park <strong>and</strong> will be the<br />
first league team to play The<br />
Buffs Park<br />
The “Bot” were formed<br />
in 1909 after being gifted<br />
Beechwood Park from Lord<br />
Talbot de Malahide.<br />
Those not so familiar with<br />
junior football will be sure to<br />
be aware of Talbot’s efforts<br />
in the William Hill Scottish<br />
Cup putting out Championship<br />
side Ayr United winning<br />
1-0 at Beechwood Park with<br />
a goal from Craig McCracken.<br />
They were drawn against<br />
SPL side Hearts in the next<br />
round at Tynecastle their<br />
Scottish Cup journey was to<br />
come to end as The Jambos<br />
thrashed them 4-0. However<br />
they would find success<br />
in the junior ranks winning<br />
the McBookie West Region<br />
Premiership <strong>and</strong> The Macron<br />
Scottish Cup against Largs<br />
Thistle<br />
One person who is no<br />
stranger to The Buffs is striker<br />
Bryan Boylan who signed<br />
for the Beechwood Park side<br />
in the close season. Bryan<br />
a fans favourite at Abbey<br />
Park had this to say ahead<br />
of the match “Firstly I’d just<br />
like to thank the fans for all<br />
their support over the last<br />
few months since moving on<br />
from Kilwinning to talbot it’s<br />
been much appreciated. I’'ll<br />
be back following Kilwinning<br />
as a fan <strong>and</strong> am looking<br />
forward to the season<br />
ahead,unfortunately I am<br />
going to miss tonight’s game<br />
through injury but I’ll be<br />
looking forward to welcoming<br />
Kilwinning to Beechwood<br />
Park later in the season”<br />
Another person who will<br />
be well known to The Buffs<br />
fans is manager Tommy<br />
Sloan. Tucker was a part of<br />
the all conquering Kilwinning<br />
side who won the Scottish<br />
Cup at Firhill in 1999. After<br />
a short spell with Ardrossan<br />
Winton Rovers where<br />
he played alongside his son<br />
Tommy jr. He joined Talbot in<br />
2003 as player coach before<br />
taking up the manager’s<br />
job. Sloan has had a very<br />
successful spell so far as<br />
manager winning 6 league<br />
titles <strong>and</strong> 7 Scottish Junior<br />
Cups including back to back<br />
wins in 17/18 <strong>and</strong> 18/19.<br />
Talbot have added Kieran<br />
Healy, captain of Renfrew,<br />
defender Corey Pearson<br />
from Petershill. Ex-Stranraer<br />
defender Dillon Young <strong>and</strong><br />
of course Kilwinning’s own<br />
Bryan Boylan. Sean McIlroy,<br />
David Waite <strong>and</strong> Ross Harvey<br />
have departed Talbot in the<br />
summer.<br />
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