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'WE CAN DO IT!'

UPBEAT IRVINE VICTORIA boss Rab Madden is hoping his team can live up to their tag as title favourites after opening their District League campaign with a 3-1 home victory against Troon on Monday night, but is keeping his feet on the ground.

Vics unlucky as Meadow plough on

UNCONVINCING Meadow edged out gritty Vics to clinch a quarter-final showdown at Beith but a goalkeeping blunder helped secure them victory.

Buffs blast back for their share of the points

RESILIENT Buffs blasted back from behind to claim a share of the points in their league opener.

Gifted John takes another title!

GIFTED teenage North Ayrshire athletics star John McCafferty Jnr was celebrating another glorious triumph at the weekend.

MEADOW HAVE 20/20 VISION

STRIKER Brian McGinty says free-scoring IRVINE MEADOW's failure to lift any trophies last season is spurring him on towards a glorious treble in the new campaign.

Twenty's Plenty

IRVINE Meadow got the season off to a sensational start by clocking up a staggering 20 goals in their first two games!

Buffs feel the pain

Buffs started the season with a stutter, getting hit with five goals in their first two games - and failing to win either match.

READY FOR THE BIG KICK OFF!

SWEEPING changes have been made by North Ayrshire big guns IRVINE MEADOW, who have embarked on yet another summer spending spree which triggered a clearout in very determined effort to win the top prizes in the game, the blue riband Citylink Scottish Cup and the Stagecoach Super League Premier Division for the firs time.