The Scottish Football League has produced a bumper 64 page Matchday Programme for Sunday's ALBA Challenge Cup Final between Airdrie United and Ross County at McDiarmid Park, Perth.
The Matchday Programme has extensive coverage of both finalists including interviews with the Airdrie United management team of Kenny Black and Jimmy Boyle, team captain Paul Lovering, goalkeeper Stephen Robertson, defenders Bobby Donnelly and David Nixon, midfielder Scott McLaughlin and forwards Simon Lynch and Paul Di Giacomo. Similarly, the programme has exclusive interviews with Ross County's Head Coach, Derek Adams, and his assistants, Ross Jack and Stewart Petrie, current captain Richard Brittain, goalkeeper Derek Soutar, defenders Alex Keddie and Andy Dowie, midfielder Richie Hart and strike pairing Steven Craig and David Winters.
The programme has interviews with Airdrie United's Chairman, Jim Ballantyne and Secretary, Ann Marie Ballantyne, as well as Ross County's Chairman, Roy MacGregor, and Director, Gordon MacRae and in addition, current BBC Radio Scotland summariser, Des McKeown, who played for Queen of the South in the 1997/98 Challenge Cup Final, sets the scene for Sunday's Final. There are various articles taking a trip back down memory lane and there is also an article with various officials from MG ALBA looking at their sponsorship of the competition.
Other features include an article on the match officials, a detailed report on the "Round by Round", Road to the Final, detailed statistical information, an ALBA Challenge Cup Quiz as well as a number of action packed photographs.
The Cup Final Match Programme is available both outside and inside McDiarmid Park and is an excellent read.
Programmes £3.00 plus £1.00 postage are also directly available from The Scottish Football League Office, Hampden Park, Glasgow, G42 9EB.
Tel: 0141-620-4160
Fax: 0141-620-4161
e-mail: [email protected]
For all Diamonds and County fans, and indeed, football fans in general, Sunday's Official Matchday Programme is a souvenir well worth treasuring.
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