Join football poets for an evening of chat and verse
MIND THE TIME EVENING OF FOOTBALL CHAT AND VERSE
This event will take place at McDiarmid Park on Sunday, November 26 from 7–9pm in aid of The St Johnstone Community Trust and Football Memories Scotland, supported by Nutmeg Scottish Football Periodical. The evening will be hosted by Saints poet in residence Jim McIntosh and will include poetry readings and football reminiscing with a panel that so far consists of Atholl Henderson, Danny Griffin and the one and only Henry Hall. We are hoping to add one or two guests.
All three of Scotland’s football club poet’s in residence will attend: Stephen Watt of Dumbarton FC, Thomas Clark of Selkirk FC and Jim. We will also have Karyn Buckland, Graham Fulton and Andy Jackson - all published, veteran performance poets and all contributors to Mind the Time. Mind the Time is an anthology of poetry published to support the work of Football Memories Scotland. It was edited by Jim McIntosh and contains 100 football related poems by 50 contemporary poets using the core theme of the good old days, a theme which is entirely subjective and could be last year or 50 years ago. It also contains various articles about the Football Memories project. Admission to the event will cost £5 with proceeds going to the community trust and copies of Mind the Time will be available to purchase.
TERM TIME SAINTS KIDZ AT McDIARMID PARK
SEVENS CHALLENGE: For boys and girls in P5 to S2 every Monday from 5 to 6pm up until December 11.
STREET GAMES: For boys and girls in P1 to P4 every Wednesday from 5 to 6pm up until December 13.
MINI KIDZ: For boys and girls aged 3 to 5 every Saturday from 9.30 to 10.30am.
FOURS: For boys and girls in P1 to P2 every Saturday from 9.30 to 10.30am.
FOURS AND FIVES: For boys and girls in P2 to P4 every Saturday from 10.30 to 11.30am.
PREMIER GAMES: For boys and girls in P4 to S2 every Saturday from 11.30am to 12.30pm.
Saints Kidz Saturdays run until December 16. No need to book for any of these sessions. Just turn up and pay £3.
FOOTBALL FANS IN TRAINING
With funding support from the Scottish Government and the SPFL Trust, Football Fans in Training provides 13-weeks of light exercise and useful advice on how to get fitter, lead a more active life and improve your general health. Our next course will be for ladies and will start at McDiarmid Park on January 11, 2018. The session will take place in the Muirton Suite and gym on a Thursday evening from 6.30 to 8pm. FIT FANS is free and everyone receives a special Saints FFIT t-shirt. Get in touch to book a place: admin@ saintsinthecommunity.co.uk or call Danny for more information 01738 459095.
ANDY’S MAN CLUB
Saints in the Community are proud to be the first football club in Scotland to host Andy’s Man Club. The club is for“any man who is going through a storm, been through a storm or just wants to come along and meet a good group of people with the aim of improving one another.” Andy’s Man Club (for men aged 18+) meets every Monday at 7pm in the Muirton Suite at McDiarmid Park.
SAINTS TEASER
Last week: On the Wednesday before we beat Celtic 1–0 at Parkhead in October 1971, we beat SV Hamburg 3–0 at Muirton to move into the second round of the UEFA Cup. This week: International break this weekend so an International theme for the teaser. The following players were all capped while playing for Saints: Rachid Djebaili, Momo Sylla and Jason Scotland. Which countries did they represent?