Ally McRoberts

Stories by Ally McRoberts

Below are recent stories by Ally McRoberts

• Published: 11 Mar 2010 08:28

  Athletic's debt creeps up to £11.7 million

  DUNFERMLINE Athletic's debt crept up to £11.7 million last year but the money is owed to club directors and 'friendly' companies rather than the Bank of Scotland.

• Published: 11 Mar 2010 08:20

  Wedding Bell hopes season ends on time

  PARS midfielder Steven Bell will be caught between fiancée Louise and boss Jim McIntyre if he's double booked on Friday 7th May due to the fixture chaos.

• Published: 4 Mar 2010 08:20

  Pars explain background to another off day

  "THE biggest problem we have is that even with this working to capacity, when faced with such a severe ground frost, such as that which hit on Monday night with temperatures dropping to minus five and the area of the pitch next to the Main Stand remaining in shade all day, it makes it extremely hard for the pitch to be playable in time."

• Published: 4 Mar 2010 07:10

  Kate's Arctic adventure

  "THE temperature up there the other night was minus 25, so I'll be hunting for every type of thermal wear going, although the weather we've been having is probably good practice."

• Published: 4 Mar 2010 07:00

  Tesco waiting for green light on new city centre store

  STORE giants itching to get cracking on 500-jobs new store but waiting for council paperwork.

• Published: 2 Mar 2010 12:46

  T in the Park tickets sell-out in 90 minutes

  TOP acts such as Muse, Black Eyed Peas, Kasabian, Eminem, Jay-Z, The Prodigy, Stereophonics and Paulo Nutini have fans flocking to outlets for gold-dust Balado briefs.

• Published: 25 Feb 2010 08:15

  Leish leads tributes to former Pars captain Bobby Smith

  "BOBBY was a great lad who played at the highest level and led by example."

• Published: 25 Feb 2010 08:05

  Rosyth look for FIFTH manager of the season

  ROSYTH Recs are looking for their FIFTH manager of the season after their latest boss resigned just days after agreeing to take over.

• Published: 25 Feb 2010 07:12

  Vet saves life of cat used as 'target practice' by airgun thugs

  A PET cat "used for target practice" and shot three times by cruel thugs with an airgun has been saved by a Dunfermline vet.

• Published: 25 Feb 2010 07:00

  Misery for West Fife families after house builders' collapse

  FROM "living the dream" to a living nightmare ...

• Published: 19 Feb 2010 11:34

  95 jobs threatened as homebuilder goes into administration

  THE Thomas Mitchell Group, which has been building houses in Fife for over 50 years, has gone into administration with 95 jobs on the line and a number of sites abandoned.

• Published: 18 Feb 2010 08:38

  Pars boss may have to lead from the front

  RUSTY Jim McIntyre faces leading the Pars forward line himself if the team suffers any more injuries to their hitmen.

• Published: 18 Feb 2010 08:35

  Mason takes Hearts from Pars return

  DOWN and out and facing up to Christmas without a club, Gary Mason picked the wrong place to try and cheer himself up - Tynecastle.

• Published: 18 Feb 2010 08:30

  Rosyth chairman battles to save club

  THE defiant chairman of juniors side Rosyth Recreation has declared the club will survive the financial crisis that has seen their manager and half their players leave.

• Published: 18 Feb 2010 08:15

  Young Dunfermline goalkeepers in safe hands

  FORMER Scotland international keeper Jim Leighton will be at Woodmill High School in Dunfermline to pass on the tips that made him one of the best in the business.

• Published: 18 Feb 2010 08:05

  Oakley set to field EIGHTH keeper against Super League leaders

  JEEPERS keepers ...

• Published: 18 Feb 2010 06:55

  Floody hell: £18.9m scheme brings misery to residents

  AN MSP has demanded action for residents who have been "severely affected" by the £18.9 million flood prevention scheme in Dunfermline.

• Published: 5 Feb 2010 09:20

  Pars sign Mason on eve of Celtic tie

  "THE deal is to the end of the season, I'd like to stay longer but it's up to me to earn that."

• Published: 5 Feb 2010 09:06

  Queens match on ice after second Pars call-off

  PARS feel the heat after match is postponed for a second time.

• Published: 4 Feb 2010 08:43

  Dunfermline tennis centre a step nearer as Murray factor takes hold

  THE Andy Murray 'feelgood' factor could soon sweep into Dunfermline as the city has been shortlisted as a site for a major new tennis centre.

• Published: 2 Feb 2010 18:38

  Pars match called off - again!

  Dunfermline's match against Queen of the South fell victim to the weather for the second time in four days, despite the club having undersoil heating.

• Published: 28 Jan 2010 09:33

  Relieved Pars chief says Pars must learn from error

  "WE have to learn from this. We know what happened and know where we went wrong."

• Published: 28 Jan 2010 09:30

  Striker defends Woods over Cup fiasco

  "IT was just an honest mistake, an error on the admin side I think, and Calum was stuck in the middle."

• Published: 28 Jan 2010 09:28

  McCann grateful Athletic didn't have to pay the penalties

  "THE longer it goes the more worried you are but we have great attacking players and Andy sniffed out the goal."

• Published: 28 Jan 2010 07:10

  VOTE: Councillor calls for 16-year-olds to be served in West Fife's pubs

  A DUNFERMLINE councillor wants to curb Scotland's alcohol problem - by allowing MORE young people to drink legally.

• Published: 27 Jan 2010 12:17

  Relief as Pars scrape through to finally meet Celtic

  IT was far from beautiful but some at the club will feel Andy Kirk deserves a statue in Halbeath Road after his extra-time goal secured a fifth round tie against Celtic.

• Published: 21 Jan 2010 08:25

  Pars head for Hampden cup appeal

  CHAIRMAN John Yorkston, director of football Jim Leishman, chief executive Bill Hodgins and manager Jim McIntyre are the four-man senior Pars delegation heading to Hampden Park this morning (Thursday) to discover if the club's appeal will be successful.

• Published: 21 Jan 2010 08:10

  Pars striker happy to have a 'shocker'!

  FRONT man Graham Bayne is hopeful his nagging foot injury will be cured by a new treatment which fires high energy sound waves at the affected area.

• Published: 19 Jan 2010 20:29

  Pars out of luck against leaders

  JIM McINTYRE'S men battered Dundee in the second half but were victim to the kind of daylight robbery that Dick Turpin made famous.

• Published: 14 Jan 2010 07:45

  Title race isn't over says Pars boss

  PARS manager Jim McIntyre is hopeful that he'll soon have a new striker to bolster his side's firepower as they face a testing set of league clashes.