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2011 Review November & December: Ready for the New Year

November There were fireworks at Hamilton Park on the 5th November as Girvan banged in five goals to repeat the 5-0 drubbing they handed out to the Glens the season before. A first half double from former Arthurlie forward John … Continue reading

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2011 Review September & October : Steady progress

September The month began with the visit of newly promoted Thorniewood United for a league match at Loch Park.  Wood’s top goalscorer Stevie Mullen took only two minutes to add to his season’s tally and on 15 minutes Robert Allan … Continue reading

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Troon v Glenafton Athletic

Troon and Glenafton Athletic will meet on  Thursday 5th January at Greenwood Academy, Irvine with a 6:30pm kick off.  Of course there are more than a few familiar former Glenafton faces in the Troon team – Dougie Ramsay, Jonathan Baillie, … Continue reading

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2011 Review July and August: A Promising Start

July New faces continued to arrive at Loch Park with the signing of Craig Potter (Dalry), Lewis Sloan (Stenhousemuir), Kris Mitchell (Kilwinining Rangers), Gareth Campbell (Cumnock Juniors) and young New Cumnock goalkeeper Ryan Dunsmuir (Cumnock Juniors U16s). Meanwhile Loch Park … Continue reading

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2011 Review June: Play-off pain at Petershill

Glenafton faced Petershill in the 1st leg of the promotion/relegation play-off on Saturday 4th June at Loch Park.  The match failed to live up to cup-tie like expectations and a rather tense affair with defences on top ended goal-less. The … Continue reading

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2011 Review May: Glens secure play-off place

Glenafton kept their promotion hopes alive with a 3-2 defeat of Kilwinning Rangers in a rip roaring Monday night encounter at Loch Park. The home side took an early lead through a Gareth Armstrong header in 5 minutes and the … Continue reading

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2011 Review April: Afton Push for Promotion

The month began with a defeat away to holders Cumnock in the Ayrshire Weekly Press Cup 2nd round, a Steven Murray header separating the sides. The cup exit cliché of concentrating on the league bore fruit for Glenafton with four … Continue reading

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2011 Review March: Bo to the four!

Gareth Armstrong gave the Glens a first half lead at Blair Park before Hurlford drew level from the penalty spot, after a Willie Howie handball, just before the hour mark. The Glens were reduced to 10 men in the closing … Continue reading

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2011 Review February: Bankies make their move

Hannah Park proved to be a happy hunting ground as the Glens came back from a goal down at the break to secure the three points with goals from Stephen Docherty, his first for the club, and Paul McKenzie. The … Continue reading

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2011 Review January: Point at Pebble

Bad weather had wiped out the Junior card from late November 2010 through to early January 2011. The Glens had first footed the New Year precariously placed 9th in the 14 team league, in which the bottom four faced relegation … Continue reading

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