A Son of the Rock

https://almax1.files.wordpress.com/2022/04/gayfield-1.jpgGayfield is the home of Arbroath FC.

In May 2018 Sons played Arbroath in the semi-final of the Tier 2 relegation/Tier 3 promotion play-offs. We won there 2-1 and drew 1-1 at home to reach the final where we lost in extra time to Alloa.

Since then it’s fair to say the two clubs’ paths have taken very different courses.

The next season Arbroath absolutely strolled to promotion. Their sojourn in Tier 2 has been even more successful than ours. They have already reached the promotion play-offs this season and might even finish first being only one point behind with two games left – one of those a difficult one away to Kilmarnock, the only team above them.

It’s a magnificent achievement for a part-time club in these times but their performances this season should make them able to approach the game with no trepidation – and the pressure ought to be on Kilmarnock as favourites and a full-time team.

As for us, we could easily be relegated to Tier 4 in our forthcoming play-offs.

The photo below, showing Gayfield in all its lower league football ground beauty, is taken from a private blog I frequent.

Edited to add: the embedding of the photo no longer works.

But you can view it here.