Coldstream
Coldstream
FOOTBALL CLUB
A lot of work is being put into Coldstream FC in order to
make sure that the club is successful both in the short and
long term. Football Focus Magazine recently caught up with
their manager Jonathon Fairbairn to find out more.
Involvement
He told us, “I was contacted about
the managerial vacancy at Coldstream
whilst still playing professionally at
Berwick Rangers around March time
last season. By this stage I was almost
two seasons into my coaching career
in which I was the Head Coach of the
Academy team there, as well as being
involved in a coaching capacity with the
U20’s development squad.
I knew the club well because of
living only nine miles away from the
town and I had also played against them
whilst they were in the same league as
Berwick Rangers Reserves, who at the
time competed in the East of Scotland
First Division. At the end of this season
(2012/13), I was offered professional
terms at Berwick but would look on with
interest and admiration of Coldstream
FC and always considered them the best
ran club in the area outside the SPFL.
With this in mind, I was always open
to discussing the possibility of taking on
the vacant managerial role. This interest
was cemented after first meeting with
the club’s Chairman David Lauder and
Vice Chairman Bob Martin. I was hugely
impressed and, in all honesty, surprised
at their levels of professional thinking
and ambition.
In terms of what attracted me to
the role on top of the impressive initial
impressions, the fact that the East of
Scotland Football League were in the
process of receiving applications from
a lot of the top Junior Association clubs
to join the league was a major influence.
I saw this as an exciting challenge to
compete against these well established
and in many cases, financially well
supported clubs.
More importantly though, I felt that
Coldstream FC were able to support
me in making sure the season ahead
could be a successful one. Looking
back, I didn’t realise how important a
decision it was to ensure my first role as
a manager was at a club where I do get
this support – I was lucky that this is the
case at Coldstream.”
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