This Saturday see’s us kick off our second season in the cinch following a dramatic final day showdown against Elgin City last season. A Keiran McGachie brace followed by a late Scott Gray strike secured our safety and ensured we’d be playing SPFL football for another season.

Just like last season, the fixture computer has given us a home fixture on the opening weekend. This time around we welcome Dumbarton to New Dundas Park. The Son’s proved to be a thorn in our side last term as they remained unbeaten against us after four meetings. Two narrow 1-0 defeats at the Rock along with a 1-1 draw and 2-0 defeat at NDP in what were extremely tight encounters. That was no different when we met again just a few weeks ago in the Viaplay Cup group stage. A visit to the Rock ended in a 0-0 draw with only a penalty shootout won by the hosts separating the sides.

Even if we go all the way back to 2016 and our famous Scottish Cup win over Saturday’s visitors, a 0-0 stalemate at NDP was followed up by a late single goal victory for the Rose in the replay at the Rock. If all of the previous, notoriously tight contests are anything to go by, this Saturday will be much the same.

With the exception of Tuesday night’s 3-1 defeat to Kilmarnock B at Rugby Park in the SPFL Trust Trophy, the Rose defence has looked fairly solid going into Saturday. Our Viaplay Cup group campaign ended with narrow, single goal defeats to full time Premiership and Championship opposition in Dundee, Inverness and Airdrie, as well as the aforementioned goalless draw against Dumbarton. There were plenty of positives to take from those games with some impressive defence displays as well as a number of chances created. That said, we only registered a single goal, Keiran McGachie’s late consolation at Inverness, that’s something that’ll need to be improved on if we’re to get off to a winning start on Saturday.

Dumbarton’s Viaplay Cup campaign saw them fall to a 2-0 defeat to Airdrie before bouncing back with an impressive 2-1 win in the Highlands against Inverness. They followed that up with a goalless draw against ourselves before registering a bonus point by winning the penalty shootout. They rounded off their campaign with a 3-1 defeat to Dundee with skipper Mark Durnan seeing red, ensuring that like ourselves, it was an early exit from the competition.

Admission
Saturday’s game kicks off at 3pm, gates will open at 2pm. Admission is £14 Adults / £9 Concessions / £5 Youths & U12s go free with a paying adult. Cash and card payment available.

Match Programme
Don’t forget to pick up your match programme, brilliantly produced by Jamie McQueen, available to purchase for £2 at all entrance gates.

Catering
Our newly refurbished snack bar will be open, as will the snack bar in the away end.

Club Shop
Our newly opened club shop will also be open before the game and at half time. Pop in and have a look at the range of Rose merchandise available. Supporters who sponsored a player last season will also be able to collect their match worn shirt from the shop, we will also be taking renewals for the 2023/24 season. These can also be renewed online HERE.

NDP Guide
Whether this will be your first visit to NDP or even if you’re a regular, please take a few minutes to familiarise yourself with our Match Day Guide

Season Tickets
Season tickets are still available to purchase online HERE with instalment option available

We can’t wait to see you all back, packing out the terraces at NDP for another season of cinch action. Your unwavering support got us over the line last time around, Robbie and the boys would love to see a big crowd on Saturday roaring us on to a winning start to the new season.

‘Mon the Rose!

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Match details

Match date

Sat 05 Aug 2023

Kickoff

15:00

Attendance

682

Team overview