Zac Hannay

ANNAN Athletic fans are invited along to a special open training session at Galabank on Christmas Eve. Wullie Gibson and his team will be taking to the pitch to get a session in before the big day and ahead of their derby clash away to Queen of the South next Saturday. And Black and Golds […]

DOONHAMERS chief Peter Murphy reckons his Queens side looked like a completely different team for the last 20 minutes of their League One fixture against Stenhousemuir Strikes from Reece Lyon and Adam Brooks had the Palmerston side 2-0 up with half an hour left. But when Corey O’Donnell pulled one back for the visitors it […]

MOFFAT Rams’ final game of 2024 was postponed on Saturday due to the opposition having insufficient players. The Rams were due to entertain Hyndland at the Holm in a West Division Three clash. The visitors have since been sanctioned four points by Scottish Rugby. And the postponement means Moffat end the calendar year in mid […]

Lenzie 35-7 Annan ON the road this season Annan have not had the best results and, coupled with the fact the hosts have become a bit of a bogey team over the last few seasons, they would have to play at their best to get a result from this match. The match started very well […]

They secured an outstanding 5-1 victory away to the bottom of the table Sons on a difficult grass pitch at the Rock. Paul Smith, Wullie Gibson, Rhys Breen, Aidan Smith and Tommy Muir were all on target for the Black and Golds. And the win, in Annan’s penultimate away contest of the year, has lifted […]

THE lack of any hospice facilities in Dumfries and Galloway has been raised by one of the region’s MSPs. Finlay Carson, who represents a Galloway and West Dumfries, believes hospices are needed more than ever to help keep people out of hospital and reduce the pressure on the already overstretched NHS. And he has written […]

PARTNERING primary schools near Annan have started a fundraiser as they get set to host workshops with Cumbrian athlete Bethan Lishman early next year. As part of the campaign, being run by Sports For Champions, Brydekirk and Hoddom Primary School will help Bethan raise funds for training, medical and competition costs, as well as money […]

But, thanks to PFA Scotland, the striker received special dispensation allowing him to get back involved before then. And when QOS boss Peter Murphy got in touch, the former Celtic youth jumped at the opportunity and penned a deal at Palmerston until the end of the season. The 20-year-old got his goalscoring account up and […]

Last weekend the Raydale side suffered a 5-0 hammering in Coatbridge against Albion Rovers. Dom McMahon opened the scoring for the hosts before former Gretna loan man Peter Mendy added a second. In the second half Kai Kirkpatrick, Nathan Brown and Adam McMillan got one each to make it five without reply. Unbeaten in their […]

They were commuting together to their separate workplaces in Carlisle but whilst on the A74(M) near Gretna, things took an unexpected turn as an HGV travelling in front of their car ventured off the carriageway, careered down a banking and crashed onto the railway. Despite not knowing the potential dangers, their first instinct was to […]