Message to Our Fans and Our Community

Firstly, we have already passed on our congratulations to Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic on their play-off win and have wished them well for the future.

Secondly, and most importantly for Cowdenbeath FC, we thank you all for your most loyal support both yesterday, all season and indeed always. We are proud of our community and to be your football club. In our 142 year history there have been many ups and downs and of course yesterday represented one of the lows. Days of great joy and some of sadness are very much the lot of most football followers. Self-pity though won’t do us much good so today we begin anew – the first day of the rest of our lives as the saying goes. Changes and challenges lie ahead but with your ongoing help and commitment we will focus on ‘bouncebackability and the Blue Brazil’. We are indeed encouraged by the depth and warmth of support we see for the club on Social Media and from messages sent to us.

We of course now immediately have to take a bit of stock and deal with a number of key matters. But as regards the bigger picture, we have already had meetings with a number of fans and other parties in recent weeks regarding being involved in playing a part and bringing fresh ideas and impetus to the club. That process is continuing. We are looking in some ways too to evoke the spirit of the famous Cowdenbeath Cooperative and the core part it played in our community. Elements of a cooperative approach involving the wide engagement of a range of people can help shape our future – an ethos whereby many can play an active part be it large or small at differing levels. MERIT is an acronym we are using – key aspects to refresh the club being centred on Money, Energy, Resources, Ideas, Time.

If you can, please BE involved – that is the spirit of our community and our fans.