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ɢᴏᴏᴅ ᴀꜰᴛᴇʀɴᴏᴏɴ ɢᴀᴠ - Good afternoon Graeme
ʟᴀꜱᴛ ᴡᴇᴇᴋ ᴡᴇ ꜱᴇᴄᴜʀᴇᴅ ᴀɴᴏᴛʜᴇʀ ᴠᴀʟᴜᴀʙʟᴇ ᴛʜʀᴇᴇ ᴘᴏɪɴᴛꜱ ᴏɴ ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴏᴀᴅ. ɪᴛ ᴡᴀꜱ ᴀ ᴛɪɢʜᴛ ᴄᴏɴᴛᴇꜱᴛ ʙᴜᴛ ᴡᴇ ɢᴏᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡɪɴ. ʜᴏᴡ ᴅɪᴅ ʏᴏᴜ ꜰᴇᴇʟ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ɢᴀᴍᴇ ᴏᴠᴇʀᴀʟʟ. 
Aye it was massive win last week. Even more so with the other top 3 sides picking up all 3 points in their games so it was doubly important we did the same. 
And I think overall we deserved it. Conditions were awful and it wasn’t really conducive to any great football but we got the result and 3 points at this stage of the season when games come thick and fast is what’s important. 
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ᴀɴᴏᴛʜᴇʀ ᴄᴏɴᴛʀᴀᴄᴛ ᴇxᴛᴇɴꜱɪᴏɴ ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴡᴇᴇᴋ. ᴄᴏᴡɪᴇ ᴘᴜᴛ ᴘᴇɴ ᴛᴏ ᴘᴀᴘᴇʀ ᴀɴᴅ ᴡɪʟʟ ꜱᴛᴀʏ ꜰᴏʀ ᴀɴᴏᴛʜᴇʀ ꜱᴇᴀꜱᴏɴ. ʜᴇ’ꜱ ᴄᴇʀᴛᴀɪɴʟʏ ᴇᴀʀɴᴇᴅ ɪᴛ ᴡɪᴛʜ ʜɪꜱ ʀᴇᴄᴇɴᴛ ꜰᴏʀᴍ. 
Delighted to get Ryan Cowies extension down and he’s thoroughly deserved it. He’s a great lad aswell and adds to a fantastic group that we have in that dressing room. All terrific types as well as good players so we’re chuffed. 
There may even be one or two more to be announced soon so keep your eyes peeled. 
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ʟᴏᴏᴋɪɴɢ ᴀʜᴇᴀᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴛᴏᴍᴏʀʀᴏᴡ, ɪᴛ’ꜱ ᴇᴏꜱ Qᴜᴀʟɪꜰʏɪɴɢ ᴄᴜᴘ ᴀᴄᴛɪᴏɴ ᴀꜱ ᴡᴇ ᴛᴀᴋᴇ ᴏɴ ʟɪɴᴛᴏɴ ʜᴏᴛꜱᴘᴜʀ. ʜᴏᴡ ʜᴀꜱ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘʀᴇᴘᴀʀᴀᴛɪᴏɴꜱ ʙᴇᴇɴ ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴡᴇᴇᴋ.
Yeah a tough tie always at Linton, who have made terrific strides since joining the EOS leagues. I’m told they have a fantastic set up down there so looking forward to it. And as always we’ll be looking to reach the 1/4 final and a trip to Lowland League Bonnyrigg Rose, but we know we’ll need to be at our best to get through the tie so we’re under no illusions it’ll be tough. We’re on a decent run though so we go full of confidence. 
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ʏᴇꜱᴛᴇʀᴅᴀʏ ᴡᴀꜱ ᴀʟꜱᴏ ᴛʜᴇ Qᴜᴀʀᴛᴇʀ ꜰɪɴᴀʟ ᴅʀᴀᴡ ꜰᴏʀ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱᴄᴏᴛᴛɪꜱʜ ᴄᴏᴍᴍᴜɴɪᴛɪᴇꜱ ᴄᴜᴘ. ᴀɴᴏᴛʜᴇʀ ᴛʀɪᴘ ᴛᴏ ᴄᴜᴍᴍɴᴏᴄᴋ ᴀꜱ ᴡᴇ ᴛᴀᴋᴇ ᴏɴ ᴀᴜᴄʜɪɴʟᴇᴄᴋ ᴛᴀʟʙᴏᴛ ᴡʜᴏ ꜰᴀᴄᴇ ᴄᴇʟᴛɪᴄ ɪɴ ᴀ ꜰᴇᴡ ᴡᴇᴇᴋꜱ ᴛɪᴍᴇ. ᴡʜᴀᴛ’ꜱ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴛʜᴏᴜɢʜᴛꜱ ᴏɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴅʀᴀᴡ ? ɪꜱ ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴛʜᴇ ʙɪɢɢᴇꜱᴛ ᴛᴇꜱᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴀʟᴇ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ꜰᴀᴄᴇᴅ ?
Yeah Auchinleck are probably the most successful club in the recent junior cup history, so of course it would be a great tie, and we’d take a few hundred down there I’m sure of it. But we have a very very tough tie in Kirkintilloch Rob Roy and we can’t even give the Auchinleck tie a seconds thought and we won’t either. A 1/4 final tie like that has to be earned and we need to do that first before we can turn any attention to that.
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ɢᴀᴠ’ꜱ xᴍᴀꜱ ᴍᴇꜱꜱᴀɢᴇ
Can I just say a massive thanks to the Dale fans for their unbelievable support this year. Some memorable occasions were had. Notably, Hurlford, Troon, Largs and of course that terrific Trophy Day in May. Their support is never taken for granted and we couldn’t do it without them, so on that note, on behalf of the players, the gaffer and is as coaching staff we’d like to wish them all a very Merry Xmas and here’s to 2026 being another great year for the Dale .
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ᴛʜᴀɴᴋꜱ ꜰᴏʀ ᴊᴏɪɴɪɴɢ ᴜꜱ ᴛᴏᴅᴀʏ ɢᴀᴠ - ᴀɴᴅ ɢᴏᴏᴅ ʟᴜᴄᴋ.
Thanks Graeme 🤝🏼