Irvine Vics: Last News

Dougie MacDuff admitted he was 'absolutely raging' after Irvine Vics suffered a 3-2 opening day defeat against Larkhall Thistle.

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Cambuslang Rangers will start their West of Scotland League Premier Division campaign at home to Beith, as league bosses set out this season's fixtures.

Irvine Vics legend Kevin Adam has signed up for a second spell with the club.

Johnstone Burgh overcame a first half red card to fire four past Irvine Vics and stay in a promotion spot.

Frustrated Dougie MacDuff accused his Irvine Vics side of letting Saltcoats off the hook again after Saturday's Conference A basement battle ended in a 1-1 stalemate.

Fraser MacDuff insists Irvine Vics are on the march with his dad’s army.

Dougie MacDuff insists it’s still too early to judge him after six fraught months in the Irvine Vics hotseat.

Dougie MacDuff admits he’s created double trouble for himself after reuniting identical twins Chris and Shane Jackson at Irvine Vics.

Dougie MacDuff has warned his misfiring Irvine Vics players they are playing for their futures as he eyes a quick end to a wretched season.

Shotts Bon Accord assistant Martin Devlin praised hat-trick hero Danny Burns as he honed in on 30 goals for the season - then insisted he’s still got work to do.

Dougie MacDuff insists struggling Irvine Vics are capable of springing a surprise against high flying Shotts tomorrow.

Shane Jackson suffered a double dose of dread as Irvine Vics exited the South Challenge Cup at the hands of Vale of Leven - after losing out to identical twin brother Chris.

Dougie MacDuff admits he couldn’t find the words to console his crestfallen Irvine Vics players after a nightmare late goal sent them spinning out the South Challenge Cup yesterday.

Irvine Victoria and Pollok this afternoon.Both sides had a man sent off in the final two minutes of the match with Pollok leading 2-1 .But eyewitnesses say chaos ensued soon after when a heavy challenge sparked a melee involving numerous players.That led to the referee abandoning the match with the regulation 90 minutes almost up.The ugly scenes at Victoria Park in Irvine soured what had been a captivating second round tie.West of Scotland League Premier Division outfit Pollok went into the clash heavily favoured to beat an Irvine Vics side who play a division below and have only one win to their name this season.A goalless first half gave battling Vics hope of springing a shock.But goals from Ryan McGregor and Adam Forde put Pollok in the

Irvine Vics boss felt like winning the league.A 3-1 success at home to Johnstone Burgh on Saturday ended MacDuff's wait for a victory at the 14th time of asking.Shane Jackson's second-half double did the damage in the West of Scotland League Conference A clash after the visitors cancelled out Sean Cryans' early opener in quick fashion.And delighted MacDuff, who stepped into the hotseat at the end of June, admits emotions ran high at full-time as Vics finally gave their long suffering supporters something to cheer.He said: "There was relief because we've got that monkey off our back but the feeling was more like we'd won the league."The boys were absolutely ecstatic and rightly so.

Irvine Vics can turn the corner thanks to a fantastic team spirit under new boss Dougie MacDuff.Skipper Donnelly says the mood in the Westenders camp is positive despite a winless start to the season.A nightmare run of form continued last week with a midweek league loss against Saltcoats and defeat in Friday night’s Marymass derby.But Donnelly insists Vics are just a rub of the green away from putting things right.He said: “It will change for us, I’m positive about that.“Once we get that first win I’m sure we can push on from it. We’ve got a great spirit in the dressing room and that’s credit to Dougie and his coaching staff.“I came in at the start of the season and we had three players.

West of Scotland League Conference A leaders.And he reckons recent performances point to his players turning the tide soon.He said: “I just feel we’re getting to the point where something has got to give.“I felt we were the better side against Arthurlie in the second half and it’s taken a late penalty for them to put the game beyond us.“We’ve been playing well recently and improving with each game but basic errors have been costing us.“I can’t fault the boys’ attitude, they’ve been absolutely excellent."Vics are back on league duty tonight when they host Girvan and MacDuff admits playing twice a week since the start of the campaign has been a help rather than a hindrance despite results."Because we came in so late and had to build a team we

Irvine Meadow through a crazy fixtures pile-up.Medda face playing three games in four days later this month – including twice in less than 24 hours – with the annual Marymass Trophy derby against town rivals Irvine Vics sandwiched in between crunch league and Scottish Junior Cup clashes.And Spence and Latta, who quit playing last year to concentrate fully on management duties, admit they may need to throw themselves into the heat of battle once more to ease the burden on their players.Spence said: “It’s some schedule but we just have to get on with it.“We play Darvel in the league on Wednesday, August 18, then Irvine Vics on the Friday night in the Marymass game and Deveronside the following afternoon in the first round of the Scottish

Dougie MacDuff reckons he can build his team around brothers Ciaran and Declan Walsh.MacDuff made the midfield duo among his first signings this week – and believes Vics have landed a couple of crackers.The siblings stood out on Saturday as Vics lost 2-1 to Saltcoats in the annual Sheena Thomson Memorial clash.And MacDuff, who has brought in a total of five new faces with more expected to follow this week, insists the pair are at the very heart of his rebuild job at Victoria Park.He said: “Ciaran and Declan are two very talented young players and I’m delighted we’ve managed to bring them in.“I got them to sign before Saturday’s game because I know they have the potential to turn heads.“They are absolutely the kind of quality we’re looking

unveiled as successor to Brian McLuckie on Sunday.But the former Maryhill manager quit the post last night, citing health reasons for his departure.Kelly told Ayrshire Football News he was walking away on doctors advice, two months after suffering a spinal injury.He said: "I took the Vics job with the best of intentions but unfortunately the condition I have is not going to go away."My injury means I don't have the ability to function properly. The doctors have told me I'm potentially one fall away from being in a wheelchair."I came to the conclusion two days into the job that it was time to knock it on the head.