Arbroath stars given chance to earn deals

DICK Campbell says Friday night’s clash with Morton is a chance for some Arbroath players to stake a claim for a new deal at the club.

While the Lichties boss admits the game is “meaningless” in terms of the league, he insists it is a chance for soonto-be out of contract squad members to show what they can do.

Eight players, including Liam Henderson, Sam Ford and Michael Bakare, will see their deals expire in the summer.

Campbell has revealed most of them will get the opportunity of a run out at

Gayfield, meaning that the side will look very different to the one that lost out to Kilmarnock last week.

The veteran boss will also use the game to rest key players ahead of their Premiership play-off semi-final on Tuesday May 10.

“There are two or three boys that will get their chance to prove to me if they have anything to offer for next year,” Campbell said.

“The guys who play, Gavin Swankie, Bobby Linn, David Gold, these boys who haven’t had much of a game, they are all starting.”