Season 1957-1958
After a defeat, 1 - 0 against Dunbar United, Arniston put together a great run of wins, starting with a 2 - 1 win over Penicuik Athletic at Penicuik, 2 - 1 over Broxburn Athletic, 3 - 2 over Pumpherson Juniors in the St. Michael Cup where Gillespie scored 2 and Smith the other. The run continued with a 2 - 0 win over Preston Athletic at Preston, and in the return fixture at Arniston, Arniston again won 2 - 0 with goals by Paterson and Dodds.
November saw Arniston gain a great 3 - 2 win in the Scottish Junior Cup over Kilsyth Rangers. Arniston scorers, Gillespie 2, Stewart. January, 1958 saw Arniston take their exit from the 'Scottish', losing 2 - 1 to Carluke Rovers at Arniston in front of a crowd of 3,000. Highlight of the rest of the season, was the winning of the St. Michael Cup, 1 - 0 over Bonnyrigg Rose, and reaching the final of the East of Scotland Cup, losing to Newtongrange at Tynecastle.
Topics of interest: December, 1957 Game against Bonnyrigg. Controversy arose when Paterson scored - the ball struck the upright and appeared to be cleared. To the consternation of the Rose, Referee Speirs awarded a goal. Play was held up for five minutes. Referee Speirs is from Uphall and is a former footballer.
September 5 1957 Arniston Rangers v Penicuik Athletic Edinburgh & District League
Match was played at Penicuik and ended in a 2 goals to 1 win for Arniston
Arniston scorer: Dodds
October 3 1957 Arniston Rangers v Pumpherson Juniors St. Michael Cup
Match ended in a 3 goals to 2 win for Arniston
Arniston scorers: Smith, Gillespie 2
October 24 1957 Arniston Rangers v Preston Athletic Edinburgh Junior League
Match was played at Arniston and ended in a 2 goals to 0 win for Arniston
Arniston scorers: Paterson, Dodds Fairbairn (Goalkeeper) was injured for most of the game. December 5 1957 Arniston Rangers v Bonnyrigg Rose Edinburgh Junior League
Match was played at Bonnyrigg and ended in a 2 goals to 1 win for Arniston
Arniston scorer: Paterson
February 27 1958 Arniston Rangers v Ormiston Primrose
Match ended in a 4 goals to 0 win for Arniston
Arniston scorers: Tulloch, Mitchell, Paterson
John Fairbairn reserved for game against Wales, Stewart is also capped
March 6 1958 Arniston Rangers v Dunbar United East of Scotland Junior League
Match ended in a 2 goals to 1 win for Arniston
Arniston scorers: Tulloch, Mitchell
April 3 1958 Arniston Rangers v Loanhead Mayflower Edinburgh Junior League
Match was played at Loanhead and ended in a 4 goals to 1 win for Loanhead
Arniston scorer: Dickens
Smith of Arniston ordered off, Tulloch head injury had to go off
May 8 1958 Arniston Rangers v West Calder Brown Cup, Semi-final
Match was played at Dalkeith and ended in a 4 goals to 1 win for West Calder
Arniston scorer: Paterson
May 15 1958 Arniston Rangers v Bonnyrigg Rose St. Michael Cup, Final
Match ended in a 1 goals to 0 win for Arniston
Arniston lost in Final to Star in the East of Scotland Cup at Tynecastle
May 22 1958 Arniston Rangers v Bo'ness United Thornton Shield, 2nd Round
Match ended in a 2 goals to 1 win for Bo'ness
Arniston scorer: Weir - Breslin missed a penalty
Newspaper Clipping dated 8.5.1958
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MEETING - At the annual general meeting of
the Arniston Rangers Football Club, Mr. James Winning intimated his
retiral from the legislative side of junior football, and as a club
representative to the East of Scotland Junior F.A. A former player, Mr.
Winning has been actively associated with juniordom for over thirty
years. In addition to having served in various official posts in the
local club, he is an ex-president of the East of Scotland Junior F.A.,
and a selector of the Scottish Junior F.A. A life member of the East of
Scotland F.A., Mr. Winning was one of the pioneers in the erection of
the present Newbyres Park On his recent international trip to Ireland,
he was 'capped' by the National Association. His place as legislator
will be difficult to fill. The secretarial report submitted by Mr. David
Tait and financial statement by Mr. Edward Williamson were unanimously
adopted. The following officials were elected for the season 1958 - 59:-
President, Mr. James McCrae, who was also appointed delegate to the East
of Scotland Junior F.A., vice-president, Mr. James Blyth; treasurer, Mr.
Edward Williamson, secretary, 53 Hunterfield Terrace, Gorebridge.
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Newspaper Clipping dated 19.6.1958
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With Arniston Rangers defeating Tranent
Juniors 2 - 1, the East Section of the Edinburgh & District League
was completed. Ormiston Primrose, the Section champions, have a great
chance of taking the title, as a magnificient 4 - 1 win against West
Section leaders Bo'ness United should almost certainly see them through
in the second leg at Bo'ness.
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Newspaper Clipping dated 26.6.1958
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Retentions are -
Arniston Rangers - J. Fairbairn, J. Dodds, S. Smith, B. Oliver, D. Breslin, W. Weir, N. Gillespie, J. Paterson, R. Mitchell, A. Stewart - now transferred to Kilsyth, J. Wood, J. Galloway, D. Allan and J. Baird who has been placed on the transfer list.
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