Stirling Observer

I’LL ADD TO FAB FOUR

Stirling squad boosted

- DAVID OGILVIE

Stirling Albion manager Darren Young is still planning to add a number of players to his squad ahead of next season after bringing in four new recruits so far.

Stenhousem­uir striker Robert Thomson and East Fife trio Aaron Dunsmore, Ross Davidson and Danny Denholm have already been snapped up for 2022/23, with several others likely to follow.

Ten of last season’s squad have also been retained - goalkeeper­s Blair Currie and Callum Law, defenders Adam Cummins, Paul Mclean, Jordan Mcgregor and Ross Mcgeachie, midfielder­s Jack Leitch and Kyle Banner, winger Kieran Moore and top scorer Dale Carrick.

The former Airdrie striker ended the campaign with 11 league goals, including a first career hat-trick in the 5-0 thrashing of Edinburgh City on the last day of the season.

Young has confirmed that he will again be assisted by James Creaney, who will largely concentrat­e on coaching duties but will again be registered as a player. Young himself, now 43, was on the bench a couple of times last season when the squad was hit hard by injuries and Covid.

The Binos boss (pictured), who is playing in a charity match in Aberdeen this weekend, has a number of targets in mind as he seeks to bolster his squad for the forthcomin­g campaign.

Young said: “We have brought in four so far but we are looking at another three or four anyway and we also have the loan market available to us. We hope to be in a position to announce at least one or two new signings soon and we start back training next week.

“Danny Denholm was the most recent of our signings - he did well for me at East Fife and is a player with a lot of experience. He is also a very good profession­al and I’m sure he will do well.”

Pre-season training begins on Thursday, June 9, with the opening game in the Premier Sports Cup

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away to Dumbarton on Saturday, July 9.

Albion then travel to

Kirkcaldy to play Raith Rovers on Saturday, July 16 and host Aberdeen on Tuesday, July 19 before completing their Group A fixtures with a home match against Peterhead on Saturday, July 23.

The cinch League 2 season kicks off on Saturday, July 30, with fixtures due to be published in a fortnight on Friday, June 17.

Meanwhile, experience­d midfielder Marc Laird has signed for Lowland League side Civil Service Strollers after leaving Stirling Albion last month.

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