Crease makes pitch to team; SCOTTISH LEAGUE.BERWICK Berwick, former county, Scotland: see Berwickshire. Rangers Rapidly deployable airborne light infantry organized and trained to conduct highly complex joint direct action operations in coordination with or in support of other special operations units of all Services. manager Jimmy Crease has asked his team to transfer their Shielfield Park There was a ground at Shielfield Park, named after land owned by local butcher William Shiel Dods, since 1890, however following an argument in 1902 Berwick Rangers left Shielfield and spent the following 50 years at a number of other sites in Berwick, including temporary spells at form to the Ochilview plastic today to keep the Borderers' promotion push on track, writes STUART RAYNER. Berwick travel to East Stirlingshire today on the back of last week's hugely disappointing home defeat by Forfar Athletic. The 1-0 reverse ended a six-match unbeaten run featuring five wins, and saw Crease's men lose their place at the top of Scottish League Division Three on goal difference. With the division's top teams playing one another in October - after taking on fourth-place Stirling, Berwick travel to fifthplaced Livingston before hosting leaders Albion - Crease understands the importance of ensuring last week's defeat remains a blip, rather than the start of a downturn Downturn The transition point between a rising, expanding economy to a falling, contracting one. downturn A decline in security prices or economic activity following a period of rising or stable prices or activity. . "The players had done great until last week and exceeded our expectations," said the manager. "We've got a couple of hard away games as our next two matches and if we can take points there, we will do very well this season. "We've had a run of home games where we've just lost the one. Away from home we've got to pick up as many points as we can now." The Borderers will have to contend with East Stirling's synthetic pitch, but Crease is more concerned by opposition who, like his own side, will be looking to put matters right after last week's disappointment. "I think all the games are hard this season," he said. "I saw East Stirlingshire a couple of weeks ago and they were a very, very impressive team so I was surprised to see them lose 3-0 at Albion last week. But they're a different prospect playing on astroturf. "Their manager will have had a few crossed words with his players as we did with ours after the weekend. We weren't unlucky, we just didn't play well. We're very disappointed with the way we played and I'll be looking for a reaction. "We went there last year and won 4-1, so we're certainly not afraid to go and play on the astroturf. A number of the players who played that day will be involved again." Paul McMullen Paul McMullen (born 19 February 1972 in Cadillac, Michigan) is an American middle distance runner who specialized in the 1500 metres. He finished tenth at the 1995 World Championships in Athletics in Gothenburg and the 2001 World Championships in Athletics in Edmonton. could be in line for a place on Berwick's bench as he makes his return from the knee injury which has sidelined him from the opening weeks of the season. |
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