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The good people at Apex Publishing recently sent me a copy of Graeme Ross's “The Scottish Football Quiz Book” launched at the end of last season.It is a great book for anyone with an interest in Scottish football past and present. I say past and present because you'll find questions from way back to the 1800s and the early 20th century as well as thankfully lots from more recent seasons! You'll

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A couple of excellent videos from BASU Warrior

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Berwick made it back to back wins for the first time since April 2007 with a 2-1 defeat of 10-man Annan Athletic. Not long after we'd fallen behind to a 13th minute header from Kevin Neilson, their striker Steve Archibald was sent off. Nearly 70 minutes of the game to go with 10 v 11. Surely we could turn this around?Fraser McLaren though he'd got one back when the keeper seemed to bring the

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Berwick lost on their travels again at the weekend when ex-Berwick Kevin McLeish hit a stunner into the top corner to take all 3 points for Forfar just as the game looked like it would end 1-1.I thought Berwick, under Jimmy Crease and Ian Little, had some confidence about them and certainly played reasonably well in the first half when they had the wind advantage. Second half was pretty much all

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Berwick went down 5-2 at the Rock today. With seven goals it was a hugely entertaining game if you were a home supporter.For Berwick, Mark Lunn made his debut in goal while Chris McMenamin started his first game playing right wing. Tommy Lennox lasted 30 minutes at right-back before being replaced by Graham Guy (Lennox walking straight down the tunnel). Gary Greenhill, who had been a late

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Berwick lost to East Stirling on Saturday for the first time since February 1999. The 1-0 scoreline would have been 4-0 or 5-0 but for Ryan McGurk who pulled off several top-class saves to give Berwick a chance but we failed to create any real chances. We are now just a point off the bottom of the league after Elgin's demolition of table-topping Stenhousemuir. Check out highlights at ShireTVSome

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I went along to the Co-operative Insurance game at Ayr this evening. First time watching Berwick under Allan McGonigal and it was good to see us go one up through David Greenhill. One of only two players in the 16 that I've seen play for Berwick before! It wasn't much better on the terraces with only a couple of familar faces amoung the 15-20 folk in the away end. How things have changed in 6

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The news and fixtures on the right will continue to function but it is unlikely that there will be any new photographs for a bit. See you in the Third Division (regrettably).

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Brechin City 2 - 2 Berwick RangersMichael Renwick's Berwick Rangers had to settle for a point away at Glebe Park today despite twice going ahead in an entertaining game that very few Berwick fans made the trip to see.I felt today there were signs of improvement as the boss changed things around. He welcomed back Robbie Horn (above) and introduced "emergency" signing Kevin Davison, the former

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It's been a real pleasure this week, as I've turned each page of Chris Sanderson's excellent "Mission Impossible" book, to have been reliving the highs of last season's Championship win. Paul Smith and friends at the Berwick Rangers Supporters' Trust have put together a high quality publication that is a must for any Berwick fan.The book starts way back at the end of the 2004/05 season when Sandy

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Dumbarton 2 - 0 Berwick Rangers"Garbage" was among the words being hurled from the stands on Saturday as Berwick fans watched on as their Dreamteam went down 2-0 at Dumbarton in the Scottish Cup. Two first half goals sealed the win for the third division side.It really was dire (not just the atrocious weather), especially in the first half where after David Greenhill's early effort we struggled

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After their 3-0 win over Forfar tonight Dumbarton have set up a 3rd round Scottish Cup tie against Berwick. The game will take place in Dumbarton on 24 November.

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Christmas presents for all the family are sorted folks. A new publication is coming soon commemorating the club's second ever league championship trophy. Titled "Mission Impossible", the book celebrates Berwick Rangers' Championship success last season and hits the shelves on Monday 3rd December, just in time for the Christmas shoppers. The book covers two contrasting seasons at Shielfield Park,

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Welcome to Michael Renwick who has replaced John Coughlin as the manager of Berwick Rangers. The former Hibs player has taken up his first managerial post after a stint at Cowdenbeath as a coach. An unknown quantity clearly (although every manager has to start somewhere) & with a small squad and a number of players older than he is - it will interesting to see how he imposes his authority on the

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It's always nice to welcome a new Berwick Rangers related web site to the scene and this one is well worth keeping an eye on. The ducketblog webmaster, Paul Smith, is promising to say on his site what others are not able to say, if you get what I mean.Personally it's great, because I guess this is what I'd wanted to do when I relaunched theducket.com last year but have never been able to do it

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A sad day, as the man who orchestrated only the second league title in our history resign his job as manager. Rumours abound about exactly why - however for now let's just remember the football, players, results and trophy that he gave us. My thanks go to John and good luck for where ever you go next.

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Berwick Rangers 3 - 3 Brechin CityBerwick went from being two goals up at half time, to 2-3 behind by 4.15. However an excellent strike from David Greenhill gave Berwick a deserved point. The result though still sends us to the bottom of the Irn Bru Division 2.Berwick lost Robbie Horn early on which, with Jordan Smith unavailable today, meant Gary Wood had to play at centre back for 75 minutes.

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Partick Thistle 3-1 Berwick RangersBerwick went out of this year's Challenge Cup after going down to two late goals at Firhill this evening. Berwick spent the majority of the first half defending and conceded the opening goal from a set piece. The Jags' Gary Harkins putting his free kick round the wall and into the net for the opener. The second half saw Berwick slowly but surely gain confidence

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Albion Rovers 1-1 Berwick Rangers. Berwick win 4-3 on pensI thought Chris Flockhart had a terrific game in goal for Berwick tonight, making a string of top-class saves to keep Albion out. In contrast the Rovers keeper was dreadful and Berwick had some good chances because of that but couldn't put them away. He was subbed at half-time.Coughlin was clearly keen to give the rest of the squad an

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Following on from Tuesday night's extra-time success, Berwick have been handed a home draw against First Division Hamilton. The game will take place on Tuesday August 28th at Shielfield with a 7.45pm kick-off.Accies overcame the third division Shire 2-1 in their first round game.

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Action from the opening day 1-1 draw with Cowdenbeath.above: Third Division Champions Flag. The flag is very near to the main stand and seems protected by it - it was quite windy yesterday and this was about as near to unfurling as it got.above: Robbie Horn, Michael Bolochoweckyj and Gary Wood up in attack.above: Gary Greenhill celebrates scoring Berwick's goalabove: Scott Gemmill gets on as a

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So, just hours to go until the start of the new campaign. There can't be anyone out there who is seriously expecting a campaign as successful as last year - this will be tough given the make up of the division but we do have the talent to stay up and that must be the aim.I expect two divisions within this league with Ross County, Airdrie and Raith Rovers surely the teams expected to be

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Berwick have a formidable line up in attack this season with three proven strikers and a new signing with a terrific reputation for scoring goals.Gary Wood originally joined Berwick in 2000 and spent three and half seasons at the club scoring nearly 50 goals before a big money move to Queen of South. He wasn't nearly as prolific at Palmerston playing division one football but they tended to use

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You might like to take a look at these pics from the Blyth Spartans' game.

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On paper Berwick have eleven, yes, a whole team of midfielders vying for just 3, 4 or 5 places each week. Last season Berwick fielded a reasonably settled midfield. They were without Danny Swanson and Ian Little for most of the season too. They're back now and some new boys have been recruited so let's just say competition for places looks like it could be tough!Stuart Fraser, Gary Greenhill, Ian

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