Manager Gary Jardine continues to strive to improve his squad and this has led to some incomings and out goings.

Callen Robb – has joined us from Hearts. Callan is a striker and has 2 seasons of experience in the Lowland League while playing with Hearts B

Johnny Cain – is a midfielder and was previously with Ellon United Juniors while studying at Aberdeen University.Thats him on the right of the pic.

Max Mackay – The young striker has gone out on loan to Penicuik Utd in the East of Scotland Premier League.

Josh Scoon – the goalkeeper has gone out on loan to Dalkeith Utd in the East of Scotland League.

 

Always a high point of the season is the 1st Round of The Scottish Cup.

The draw took place on Sunday evening and we have been given a home time against Highland League Formartine Utd.

The match will be played on Saturday 3rd October,  K.O. 3.00pm.

Following on from our previous post,listed below are more of our new signings for the coming season.

Midfielder Archie joins us on loan from The Spartans. Many thanks to them for working with us to get his signing done for the start of the season

Mark is a familiar face. He spent 6 months with us on loan from Dunfermline and we are delighted he has rejoined.

Midfielder Logan joins us after being with Raith Rovers last season.

Attacking midfielder Harry joins us after playing with Edinburgh City u19s last season.

Manager Gary Jardine has been working hard to reshape the squad for the inaugural season of the Lowland League East. Listed below are some players who have joined us.

After spells with Bo’ness United,Broxburn and Armadale, Luis has returned to The Strollers. Luis can play anywhere across the forward area.

Centre back Lewis rejoins the club after a couple of years away. Last season he played with Pollock.

Striker Max Mackay joins after a successful season with Edinburgh City U20s

Full back Luke was with Bo’ness Athletic last season and also has had spells with Broxburn and Stirling.

Left sided defender Luke joins from Glasgow University. He previously played in the Lowland League with Broomhill.

 

The draws for two of the seasons major cup competitions have been made.

In the 1st Round of the Scottish South Region Challenge Cup we will meet Lesmahagow Juniors FC at Craighead Park. Tie to be played on Saturday 15 August.

If we are successful we will then meet the winners of Brechin City v Pollock in the 2nd round on Saturday 5 September.

In the East of Scotland Qualifying Cup we have been drawn at home to Stoneyburn JFC. Date to be confirmed.

As pre season continues we’d like to announce which players will be staying with and leaving the Club. See the attached graphic.

We’d like to thank all the guys,including loan players, who are off the pastures new and wish them all the best for the future.

Especially we’d like to thank Matty Shaw for his contributions. Matty was with the Club for over 5 years and shared in some memorable moments. Thanks Matty.  Likewise Alfie Smith who initially came to us on loan from Hibs and stayed with us for 2 and a half years.

We hope to be announcing some new signings soon so stay tuned👍⚽️

The coming seasons fixtures for the inaugural season of the Lowland League East have now been released, and we’re off to Linlithgow to take on The Rosey Posey on the opening day. You can see the full list at – https://slfl.co.uk/team/civil-service-strollers/

Our Fixture and Results page will be up dated soon.

 

This season our under 20s will be playing in inaugural Lowland League East Development League. This is a very competitive and well administered set up and is a pathway to Club’s senior teams playing in tier 5 of Scottish Football. If you think you have the skill and drive and want to test your self at this level get in touch now!

These are our pre season games. There will be some tough games that will test the boys thoroughly!

We kick off by travelling to the Indorill Stadium to take on League 1 Alloa Athletic. The Wasps finished in the play-off positions and were only edged out 2-3 in the Final by Stenhousemuir.

We had hoped to welcome Championship side Greenock Morton to Christie Gillies Park this Saturday but that has just been cancelled as I write.

Next up is a visit to Montose to take on the League 1 side who finished 6th last season.We hosted them last season when the game ended in a 2 – 2 draw.

We then travel to East Lothian to play Haddington from the East of Scotland Premier League. This match is becoming a bit of an annual fixture as this is the 3rd pre season in a row we have met.

To round off our preparations we head north to Angus and the seaside to play Carnoustie Panmure from the Midlands Premier League.