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Boxing Day Scottish Cup defeat to Buckie Thistle, but they will be hoping new signings including ex-Hearts star Ryan Stevenson, former Ayr midfielder Jamie McKernon and ex-Cowdenbeath defender David Cox can help them produce the form needed to climb the league standings.Rovers, who are second from bottom, re-start away to Stenhousemuir tomorrow.And caught up with boss Brian Reid and new boy Stevenson to get their thoughts on getting back underway amid a new Covid testing regime, a host of changes to the squad and a shortened season.Stevenson has been reunited with his old Ayr United gaffer at Cliftonhill and he admitted it was a "no-brainer" to join Rovers.He said: "I had a good three years under Brian at Ayr so I know him well, kept in

who this week joined Albion Rovers until the end of the season, caused a bit of a stir on social media with his attire as a pundit at Palmerston for the BBC's live Friday night Championship show.

After Albion Rovers' Scottish Cup first round exit to Buckie Thistle on Saturday, our Rovers fan blogger, Sam Tennent, gives a fans' perspective on the current situation at Cliftonhill.The club have been hit by Covid-19 chaos in recent weeks, but they have conceded seven goals in their last two games and sit just two points clear of League Two's bottom side Brechin City with a game in hand. Boss Brian Reid has insisted big changes are afoot in January, but Tennent believes there are "patterns emerging that are not being addressed" and says the Rovers board need to act now if they aren't certain Reid can keep them in League Two. Rovers' 3-0 Scottish Cup defeat at the hands of Buckie Thistle was disappointing but perhaps not exactly a

Here we are just a handful of games into the 2020/21 term and already it looks like a re-run of the last two seasons awaits for Rovers after they lost 2-0 at home to Brechin yesterday.It was Brechin's first win in 16 competitive games and alarm bells with be ringing even this early on into the shortened 27-game season, with Rovers rock bottom on zero points after three games.Here are the talking points after a tough day at the office for Brian Reid's men.We are only three games into the new season, but already it looks like Rovers fans will have to strap themselves in for another relegation dogfight.Brian Reid has had to bring in a completely new squad and while you could argue they still need time to gel as a team, the inexperience at

Albion Rovers.The 19-year-old had been plying his trade in the amateur ranks with Glasgow Diverse before making the move to the Rovers under-21 side before the Covid lockdown. Now the ex-Celtic Boys Club midfielder has been snapped up by Brian Reid for the first-team after less than a month in the youth set-up.

Ayrshire Post: “It’s a challenge because you’re trying to recreate the dressing room atmosphere out on a pitch.“At the moment the players are straight in and out from training in their gear and it’s not what we’re used to.“The little things like boys having their own places where they sit each day is something you take for granted.“But we’re not letting it affect us and the atmosphere has been brilliant.“The new boys are fitting in really well."Kerr swooped yesterday to make former St Mirren defender Jack Baird his fifth signing of the summer.And goalkeeping targets down south form part of the thinking as the squad building continues.Youngsters Gabe Skeoch and Finn Ecrepont have joined former United boss Brian Reid on season-long loans at

Albion Rovers new boy Paul Cairney wants to repay boss Brian Reid for rescuing him from the football wilderness.The former Hibs and Partick Thistle midfielder has been without a club for two years since leaving Peterhead.The 32-year-old reckons that an ill-fated spell at Balmoor put a lot of clubs off snapping him up.Cairney is delighted Reid, who he worked under at Stranraer, has taken the gamble to bring him to Cliftonhill.“I’ve not played for about two years now after leaving Peterhead,” he told Lanarkshire Live Sport.“I just found myself out of the game, but as soon as I spoke to Brian I jumped at the chance to go and work with him again.“That was a big thing for me when he phoned after being out of the game for so long.“He gave me a