This Saturday the League will present Spartans FC with the League trophy following their home match with Dalbeattie Star.

Spartans were crowned champions last month and this Saturday will be a special day as the Edinburgh club will lift the inaugural Scottish Lowland League trophy.

League sponsors The Scottish Sun have arranged for former Manchester United, Hearts and Hibs Player Michael Stewart to present Spartans with the trophy.

League chairman Andrew Waddell said “We are really looking forward to Saturday, it will be a great day for Spartans and the League. Spartans won the league last month and we have been planning for Saturday for a number of weeks.

“It should be a great game between Spartans and Dalbettie and I hope that spectators get along to what will be a memorable day for the League and for Spartans.”

Spartans welcome Dalbeattie Star to Ainslie Park with the game kicking off at 3:00pm, the presentation will be made after the match.

As you walk onto the playing surface at Saracen Park you get a feeling that you are stepping into a ‘real’ football stadium, you get the sense that Saracen Park has a wonderful story to tell, and it does.

Since being built in 1937 it has been used a dog racing tack, speedway track, the home of Ashfield Juniors and now the home of BSC Glasgow, on of the new additions to the Lowland league. Back in 1953 the stadium housed one of the biggest crowds to ever watch a junior football match when Ashfield Juniors played Clydebank, the home side ran out 6-1 winners on the day.

Next season it’s the ground that BSC Glasgow will call ‘home’. After reaching a three-year agreement with Ashfield Juniors BSC Glasgow will play all their home games at Saracen Park. BSC Glasgow are an ambitious sports club in Glasgow and currently have over seven hundred members, twenty eight youth football teams, eight netball teams and the club aim to expand to one and half thousand members within the next year.

Director of Football, Kenny Moyes, said “We decided that as part of our development we should submit an application to the Lowland League as we are off the opinion that the Lowland League is a better standard and will allow us to develop young players. Currently we don’t have a team at this level and we have been overwhelmed by the quality of applicant we have been getting for the coaches job.

“We have been and watched some League games and I have been very impressed with the level of coaching and professionalism within the league, it seems to be having a very positive effect on the individual clubs. Our ethos is not to judge players at the age of ten or eleven, our club offers young players the opportunity to go and be the best player they can be.

“So far since we started developing youth players, over forty of them have gone on and signed with professional clubs. We hope to be in a position to announce our manager by the end of this month and we have already started planning for next season and we are really delighted to be given this chance.”

Club chairman Stephen Prince added “This is a great opportunity for our club and we will embrace and are delighted to be part of the Lowland League. We have had great support from Ashfield Juniors and they have done everything they can accommodate us. We are hoping that in the future to have a new facility and negotiations have already started between the local authority and ourselves.

“We have also started the process for gaining a license and we are confident that a license can be achieved without any major issues.”

BSC Glasgow will kick off next season on the grass pitch at Saracen Park that is ninety two meters in length and fifty six meters wide.

If you want to know more about this new up and coming club visit their website at http://www.broomhillsportsclub.org.uk

The Scottish Sun Lowland Football League is delighted to announce that two club have been accepted as members for next season.

Seven clubs in total had applied for membership for next season and as a result of a selection process we are delighted to confirm that BSC Glasgow and Edinburgh University have been elected to play in the league next season.

League Chairman Andrew Waddell said, “The Board looked carefully at all the applications and decided that BSC Glasgow and the University of Edinburgh met our requirements most.

“It was a tough decision for the Board as each applicant was assessed on its own merit.

“Its very encouraging that so many clubs are aspiring to play in our League and have all started to take steps to achieve club licensing, I am hopeful that the clubs who were not elected this time continue to work towards achieving their license and I am sure they will look to get elected next season.”

BSC Glasgow spokesperson Stephen Prince said “We are absolutely delighted that we have been elected to play in the Scottish Sun Lowland League. Today’s announcement is a wonderful piece of news, we look forward to building a very strong team that can go on and compete in the League.

“We are grateful for the opportunity to be part of this wonderful set-up. Its great to be part of history in Scottish Football as the Pyramid system comes into play this season.”

Stirling University were yesterday crowned Scottish Sun League Cup winners with a convincing win over Preston Athletic.

Chris Geddes opened the scoring in the opening minutes when he got on the end of a long ball forward and he composed himself well to slot the ball past the advancing keeper. Twenty minutes later he doubled is account for the day when he went through one-on-one with the keeper and slotted the ball low in the corner of the net.

The students struck again barely two minutes after the restart, delivering another sucker punch to Preston. Geddes this time took a turn to provide the assist, setting up Sludden to rifle home from 12 yards.

Geddes completed his hat-trick in the 59th minute with an audacious lob over Gilbertson, and then tapped in for his fourth in the 64th minute after Sludden had stolen the ball from Dodd at the near touchline.

Just before Geddes had grabbed his third and fourth goals to wrap up the victory for Stirling, Bingham had taken to the field to partner Michael Osborne in attack. Although too late to change the result, Bingham latched on to a low cross from the right to direct the ball into the net in the 66th minute, prompting Preston’s brightest spell of the match. Ryan Marshall knocked Osborne off the ball five minutes later to gift Athletic a penalty, and although the Stirling goalkeeper stopped Ross Elliot’s spot-kick, Elliot buried the rebound.

After the match at Netherdale Arena Chris Geddes said ““The other boys have all won three medals already this season so this was extra special for me to be part of the team winning the Lowland League Cup.

“I’m delighted with my goals, too – scoring four goals in any cup final is a big achievement.

“To score so quickly was a bonus. I know that for Preston to lose a goal so early, and then to lose a goal so early in the second half as well, would have changed their whole game plan.”

Preston Manager David Bingham said ““I’d easily have given up my goal for a closer game, I said to the boys before the match that during my career I played for 19 years and made it to two cup finals – they don’t come around very often, and so you’ve got make the most of it.