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4 September 2010: 7:26pm |

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Hoping for Wishaw Football Festivals success

SCHOOL janitor Paul McArthur is hoping this year’s Wishaw Football Festivals will prove just as successful as in recent years.Read

Talbot secure encouraging three points

CAMBUSNETHAN Talbot returned to action on Saturday, January 23, after the enforced break to record an encouraging 2-1 win over highly-rated Chryston in their Central Scottish 1B League clash.Read

Shotts focus on league business

SHOTTS Bon Accord club secretary Drew Wood has claimed that promotion remains the club’s number one priority this season despite their encouraging Emirates Junior Cup run.Read

Newmains and Wishaw set for derby battle

WISHAW Juniors and Newmains United are all set for this weekend’s derby clash with their respective managers confident of picking up all three points.Read

Overtown claim last 32 quarter-final spot

OVERTOWN Thistle showed no side-effects from their enforced six-week break on Saturday as they brushed aside Kilbowie Union in the fifth round of the Scottish Amateur Cup at Hamilton Palace grounds.Read

Motherwell hit form

FOR all intents and purposes, Motherwell had no right to win this game. Everything pointed towards almost certain defeat.Read

Wishaw concede five

ST ROCH’S completed a league double over Wishaw Juniors on Saturday thanks to a resounding 5-0 win.Read

Shotts progress to last eight

SHOTTS BON ACCORD progressed to the quarter-finals of the Emirates Junior Scottish Cup for the first time in a decade on Saturday after a hard-fought victory over Hurlford United at Hannah Park.Read

Wishaw keep pressure on Pollock

WISHAW High School FPs won their first match of 2010, defeating Denny 3-1 at King George V Park in a Division 1A Central Scottish League clash.Read

Craigneuk hit Third Lanark for five

CRAIGNEUK Amateurs retained their firm grip as Greater Glasgow Division 3B league leaders on Saturday after a resounding 5-1 win over Third Lanark.Read

Newmains Juniors face Royal Albert in bottom of table clash

NEWMAINS gaffer Ian Rankin is hoping Victoria Park will be playable for this Saturday’s visit of Royal Albert.Read

Shotts Bon Accord take on Hurlford in the Junior Cup

SHOTTS Bon Accord return to action on Saturday when they take on Hurlford United in the Emirates Scottish Junior Cup fourth-round tie at Hannah Park.Read

Wishaw Juniors aim for revenge against St Roch’s

WISHAW Juniors are hopeful they can travel to the north east of Glasgow on Saturday to face St Roch’s in the league and return with all three points.Read

Amateur football returns after whiteout

AFTER the long lay-off it looks as if amateur football fixtures will return to something resembling normality this week.Read

Local football wiped out by winter whiteout

IT’S NOT only the senior game in Scotland that has been suffering from the weather in recent weeks.Read

Wishaw High School FPs look to get back on track at Renton

Wishaw High School FPs hope to get their Central Scottish League Division 1A campaign back on track this Saturday when they travel to Dunbartonshire to take on Renton AFC.Read

Wishaw Specsavers sponsor Netherton under-13s football team

LOCAL optician Jonathan Dry, store director of Specsavers in Wishaw, has sponsored Netherton FC under-13s side for the 2009/2010 season.Read

Shotts Bon Accord seek place in last eight

SHOTTS Bon Accord are hoping to progress to the quarter-finals of the Emirates Junior Scottish Cup for the first time since 2000.Read

Rankin seeks forward momentum

NEWMAINS United manager Ian Rankin admits it will be difficult to attract new players to the club in the new year due to their league position and a lack of money.Read

Wishaw Juniors targeting mid-table

WISHAW Juniors gaffer Alex Young believes his side are capable of moving up the table in the second half of the season as they approach the festive break in a positive frame of mind.Read