Airdrie Vs Raith Rovers (preview for 21st August)


By Chris Mac
August 20 2004

Bells 1st Division preview of the Airdrie Vs Raith Rovers game on sat 21st August.

Preview For Saturday, 21st August 2004

Airdrie

V

Raith Rovers

 Sandy Stewart

 

Claude Anelka

Late fitness tests will be given to players tomorrow before the game versus Raith Rovers. We know that Alan Gow, Neil McGowan, Willie McLaren and Martin Hardie are our main concerns but whether all will be given late run outs I have not been told.
Does this mean McLaren and Hardy could be returning early? Not sure but I wouldn't bet on it.
We need to get points from this one, Raith Rovers are in turmoil at the moment and their fans are up in arms concerning the running of the club. So this has to be a three pointer especially since were at home against the team at the bottom of the league.
Sandy realises that things have to be tightened up at the back but we seem to be in good form going forward. The Partick Thistle loss brought that to light.


Match Preview by Chris Mac

 

 

Referee: Michael Tumilty

Bus prices and time tables will be shown here for both A.I.S.A and West End Tour groups

 

 

 Airdrie Possible starting Line Up

 

 

 

Mark McGeown
Kevin Christie, Alan McManus, Scott Wilson, Paul Lovering
Jerome Vareille, Marvin Wilson, David Dunn, Mark Roberts
Owen Coyle, Stephen McKeown

 

 

 

 Opponents News

 

As I said above behind the scenes at Raith the club seem to be in turmoil the forum on the official site has been closed down and a fans forum has been  threatened with legal action concerning some accusations and has had to close down.
On the team front Claude Anelka seems to be adding to the squad on a weekly basis, latest additions  to the squad could be in place for tomorrows game, these are Wes Daly and Jack Perry. They also have Slovakian Peter Ocovan on trial for a month. They do not expect him to be fit for tomorrows game.
 

 

 Airdrie V Head To Heads

 

    Airdrie United wins   draws   Raith Rovers wins
League 0 3 1
Other 1 0 0
Total 1 3 1

 

2002/2003
Scottish Division 2 Airdrie United 1-1 Raith Rovers 05-04-2003
Scottish Division 2 Raith Rovers 1-0 Airdrie United 18-01-2003
Scottish Division 2 Airdrie United 0-0 Raith Rovers 16-11-2002
Scottish Division 2 Raith Rovers 0-0 Airdrie United 14-09-2002
Scottish League Challenge Cup Airdrie United 3-0 Raith Rovers 06-08-2002

 

 
    Airdrie (old) wins   draws   Raith Rovers wins
League 57 30 41
FA Cup 3 1 2
League Cup 5 3 5
Total 65 34 49

 

 

 Ref Review

Michael Tumilty

 

 

There are no details of this referees performances, are they giving us a brand new ref to break in?

 

 

 Prediction

We have to win and we have to make it a good one, Airdrie 3 Vs 0 Raith Rovers