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Mixed loyalties, upheaval, Berwick has delivered it all to me over the last few seasons. 6 managers in 5 years and god knows how many directors have passed through the doors at Shielfield. Over the last 3 seasons it’s been great taking my dad to the games (despite the results) and I try to support the club as best I can. I wasn’t happy when the Chairman was voted out and the directors stepped down, it came as a real shock. But the club needs to move on, we all need to move forward and support the club as best we can. I don’t know the new directors but things seem to be happening, a few new advertising boards, game day sponsors sold out for the remaining games etc. Even the launch of the 1881 fund seems to have generated money and interest. Whether or not the £10k target is achieved it’s still (at the time of writing) generated £2370. Not an insubstantial amount. Supporting Berwick is a rollercoaster and does provide ample amounts of passion and division..... Still we have to move on and i have donated £500 to the club 1881 fund in order to do so. https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/the1881fund?utm_term=ZbAvyBdXV   St Andrews Berwick Rangers Supporters would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas. It’s been a difficult time off and on the pitch but hopefully things can start to progress. Times ahead will be tough but there alway many worse off than most of us. St Andrews Berwick Rangers Supporters have made several donations this festive period, Help the Homeless in Glasgow, Several shoeboxes for the Berwick shoebox appeal and a donation to the people’s kitchen in Newcastle to name a few. Thanks to all who have contributed and a Merry Christmas to you all.  A small donation from St Andrews Berwick Rangers Supporters to The people’s kitchen of £50 to help those less fortunate than ourself. “The People's Kitchen support hundreds of friends across the city every day. Volunteers have supported people in Newcastle for over 30 years serving over 140 meals every session, cooking everything from scratch. The Kitchen is the home that people have never had or that they have forgotten about. It gives back love to those who have never had it or have forgotten what it was like. It is part of our city and you can help sustain it. As well as serving a hot meal, volunteers provide friends with clothes and sleeping bags. Not only on Christmas Day, but six days a week all year round. Newcastle is a city that cares and every penny helps. At Christmas, your fiver donation will mean that friends can enjoy their dinner in good company. Donate your £5 to feed a friend.” https://www.peopleskitchen.co.uk/ https://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/charity-web/charity/displayCharityCampaignPage.action?charityCampaignUrl=feedafriendforafiver  I have around 70 travel mugs from a student event looking for a home. I’m going to try homeless charities as a suitable home. They should be ideal for that sort of thing. They are branded with the American Express logo but I don’t think that matters. They are all brand new unused mugs. There is one damaged one, it escaped the box and hit every single step on the way down the stairs at work, bounced off the wall at the landing and made its way down the rest of the stairs. It did crack but they are pretty strong.  We caught up with Ryan Kidd this week. We had a list of shoot magazine style questions for him, the ones we asked Sean Brennan and Shea Dowie last year.(https://www.berwickranger.com/blog/catch-up-with-the-keepers-the-answers). As part of the catch up we handed over £100 to Ryan to help with his expenses as a keeper and at 16 years old it was welcome support. Thanks to Ian Runciman for the photo.  What do you do when you are not playing football?
when I am not playing football I like to go out with my friends or mostly like to sit in and watch tv. What's your favourite song? My favourite song would probably be AJ Tracey, Ladbroke Grove. What’s your favourite car? (or What type of car would you like to own?) I would like to own a Mercedes Benz a class. What is your favourite meal? My favourite cooked meal would be steak and chips. What is your favourite holiday? probably Barca with my team mates last summer. Right-handed or left-handed?(Right footed or left-footed?) all right sided, confident in ma left foot. boot size and glove size? 8.5 or 9 in boots gloves 8.5 depending on the sizing. Are there any other footballers in your family? nah no footballers. Who told you that you should be a goalkeeper? To be honest no one, our keeper broke his nose and I was tall for my age at the time so they asked me to put me in goals. Who is your footballing hero? I would probably say De gea or Ederson cause I try to emulate their style of play into my game. What is the best moment in your career so far? I would probably say my school team winning the league 4 times in a row plus we only conceded 5 goals in those 4 seasons. What’s the worst? when a was younger it was my second trial game in youth development and I tried to clear the ball and it ended up at the strikers feet. What is your match day routine for a home game? I don’t really have a routine. What’s in your kit bag for a match? boots/gloves/shin pads/socks. Do you have any pre match superstitions? Lucky socks for example. I don’t really have any. How do you wind down after a game? Shower then something to eat on the way home. And finally When do the Christmas decorations go up in your house? At the beginning of December. St Andrews Berwick Rangers Supporters are delighted to offer support to Ryan Kidd, the 16 year old goalkeeper that has joined the squad St Andrews Berwick Rangers Supporters are fond of a keeper, we sponsor Sean Brenan’s kit this season and have sponsored his home kit for the last couple of seasons. Sean was also the winner of the St Andrews Berwick Rangers Supports outstanding performance award a couple of years ago in season 16/17 for his standout performance in an away game to Forfar. So as we are so fond of keepers we are going to offer further support. We approached Sean last season to ask about his gloves, the hidden expense of a keeper, that additional thing that you have to buy that an outfield player doesn’t and can cost a fair bit. Sean has a deal with s1goalkeeping.co.uk who provide his glove at a discount rate as part of a sponsorship deal and Sean suggested that we support Shea, the reserve team keeper. We are going to continue this year by offering the same support to Ryan. We are hoping to catch up with Ryan in the next few weeks and badger him with the following Shoot! Style questions that we put to Sean and Shea. Their answers can be found here. https://www.berwickranger.com/blog/catch-up-with-the-keepers-the-answers The Questions.Fun/personal: What do you do when you are not playing football? What's your favourite song? What is your favourite car? (or What type of car would you like to own?) What is your favourite meal? What is your favourite holiday? Right-handed or left-handed?(Right footed or left-footed?) boot size and glove size? Are there any other footballers in your family? Goalkeeping: Who told you that you should be a goalkeeper? Who is your footballing hero? What is the best moment in your career so far? What’s the worst? What is your match day routine for a home game? What’s in your kit bag for a match? Do you have any pre match superstitions? Lucky socks for example. How do you wind down after a game? And finally When do the Christmas decorations go up in your house?  St Andrews Berwick Rangers Supporters will be delighted to continue the sponsorship of Sean Brennan’s kit. We have sponsored Sean for the last two seasons and we shall continue to do so for this season. We shall also maintain our advert in the match day programs and our advertising board in the stadium.     The donations are almost complete. Northern Soul Kitchen received theirs and the money for the debating society was handed to them to pass on. All that is left is the Church in Spittal but I’ll attend to that in a couple of weeks. The Northstar centres donation will be sorted out with the football club when the fixtures are released.   The first of the donations have been issued. The food bank and Northern spirit have had their donations today via the internet. The foodbank also benefits from a gift aid boost. The rest will be issued hopefully at the weekend other than The NorthStar centre. Their hospitality will be later when the fixtures are issued and they can arrange a date with Berwick Rangers.   Having won a stonking £615 from the Tweedmouth Rangers monthly draw i have decided to put the money back into the local community. Tweedmouth Rangers were told to keep a portion for the club and the remainder will be split between other community projects in the town over the next few weeks.  Northern Soul Kitchen.North Star Centre.Again no surprise here. We will be using some of the money to offer them hospitality at a Berwick Rangers game this season as i did in the previous season. This will be organised through Berwick Rangers once the fixtures are released. https://www.northumberland.gov.uk/Care/Disabled/Made-in-Northumberland.aspx Northern Spirit Berwick.stumbled across these guys while searching the internet for community clubs in Berwick. New to me but will be receiving a donation. http://www.northernspiritberwick.co.uk/ Northern Spirit Berwick are a Peer Support Group for people suffering Mental Health conditions. Berwick food bank.Again no real surprise. We offer donate to he foodbank in Berwick, especially at Christmas. https://berwicktrust.org.uk/wordpress_e/food-bank/ Messy Church, Spittal.A donation towards craft materials. It’s a fun activity for children. What to expect We start off with different crafts, arranged on tables around the church, run by members of the congregations. We have 6 different tables, with things like making models, or fridge-magnets, or windmills, or planting, drawing, cutting, sticking and painting with brushes or fingers or sponges or straws! It's different every month. Then we all eat together (the food will be provided), again giving us more opportunity to get to know each other. http://www.potss.co.uk/creative-church.html Berwick debating society.They run out of Northen souls kitchen and were suggested to my by Northen Soul Kitchen. A new society starting up and have a few costs that we can cover to help them on their way. https://m.facebook.com/Berwick-Debating-Society-359959681464555/?ref=nf&hc_ref=ARR-DmJbDxdZpqD9VggaF-9dO6ffKcbOqmP-BhkF43juSu8ZVoRpdWFkSl2WJNRdKxA       |
