The club are delighted to announce Next Generation USA as our main club sponsor with their logo appearing on the front of both our VSN home and away kits. Scottish based Next Generation USA had already partnered with the club to provide an additional pathway option for the clubs Under 20’s and the partnership has been going so well that a deal was brokered that will see the Ants proudly display the Next Gen logo on the kit.

Next Gen Owner John Crawley was delighted to extend the partnership. “We have been delighted with how the partnership has gone so far and we are excited to work alongside the Ants and their partners to help each other grow”. Ants Match Secretary Martin McKenna was also a happy man. “We are delighted John and Next Generation can see the potential in what we are trying to do at the club, and have bought into a proper partnership, We look forward to helping Next Gen build as a business and can’t wait to see how the partnership grows over the coming months and hopefully years”.

We can’t wait to see the logo proudly adorning the front of the famous old hoops and our vibrant away kit!

This is only the second meeting of the sides since Glasgow Uni entered the West of Scotland Football League, with the conferences of last season keeping the clubs apart. The first meeting at McKenna Park back in October where a Graeme Crawford double and a goal from Rui Carballo gave the Ants a 3-1 win.

We meet tonight at the Excelsior Stadium in Airdrie at 8pm with Glasgow Uni looking to bring a 3 game losing streak to an end having suffered defeats to Maybole (Home 1-3), Kilsyth Rangers (Home 2-3) and last Saturday away to Wishaw (2-0). The Uni currently occupy 11th place in the Division on 28 points having played 25, winning 9, drawing 1 and losing 15. They have a goal difference of -10 having scored 44 but conceding 54 goals.

Having lost out narrowly on Saturday to Maybole, Danny and the team will be itching to get back to winning ways with only 5 matches remaining of what has been a great season so far for the club.

The Excelsior Stadium is ticket only entry and if you want to come along tonight tickets are priced at £5 for Adults and £2.50 for Under 16’s. Tickets MUST be purchased online and can be done so here

If you can’t get along to cheer on the team then we will have live updates on the clubs Twitter feed from 7pm

MON THE ANTS 🐜🔥💚

The development of the young players at the club has played a big part since we launched our Under 20’s squad as we joined the West of Scotland Football League, and as part of our commitment to the youngsters we are always looking at ways to help aid their development.

Naturally not all players in the pathway will make the step up to the first team for a myriad of reasons and we looked at ways we could provide other pathways, both with the club and away from the club and have explored a few new partnerships that will help us in providing those alternative pathways.

We are delighted to announce today the first of these partnerships which will see the club link up with NEXT GENERATION USA who are a Soccer Scholarship company who specialise in providing colleges in America with both male and female student athletes aged 16-20 from Scotland, who go and live in America whilst studying for a degree and playing in the ultra competitive college leagues Stateside.

This partnership will open the door for those players who are interested in a scholarship in America to discover if it is something viable for them and will see us work closely with NXT GEN USA in identifying and assisting players who are looking to move stateside.

There are a multitude of benefits for the club with this partnership and we look forward to working with John and the team at NXT GEN in the coming months and years as we look to offer our young players the pathway that is right for them.

NEXT GEN USA will host a series of soccer trials across the UK & Ireland for all potential Soccer Scholarship candidates to showcase their ability and have trials coming up on Tuesday 2nd May 2023 at New Douglas Park, Hamilton between 7-9pm. If you are interested, or know someone who may be, visit the trials section of the NXT GEN USA website to apply or for more information.

The future looks bright for the #YoungTeam

The Club are delighted to announce that we have signed up as a #CheckYourBallsForLIFE partner with Cahonas Scotland, ensuring that the players, coaching team and officials have the locker room lowdown on Testicular Cancer.

Cahonas are a Scottish charity dedicated to raising awareness about testicular cancer and want testicular health to be talked about openly and self-checks to be part of everyone’s monthly routine. At events, workplaces and education establishments, they share their message about the symptoms of testicular cancer and how to check for them.

Cahona’s have lots of free resources for you to download: including education materials, their Self-Check Guide and a Self-Check poster to help you spread the word! A link is available to those materials at the bottom of this article.

They also run award-winning marketing campaigns to raise awareness of testicular cancer. From their inaugural #TartanChecks to the annual #CheckYerBawballs, the campaigns have reached more than 100 million people online, garnered support from a host of celebrities and got the nation talking balls for the past three years running.

As part of the partnership Cahonas will host a session with our Under 20’s, Walking Football Team and First Team players and officials explaining the #CheckYourBallsForLIFE concept and self examination guides will be placed in the toilets, committee room and home and away changing rooms each matchday

Click here to browse their full range of downloadable materials.

The club are delighted to announce a partnership with Scottish fan engagement company Fanbase that will see us offer matchday, Season and even fundraising event tickets through the platform starting with our next home match v Ashfield at McKenna Park on Saturday 11th February.

We can’t wait to develop our partnership with them and continue to work to improve the fan experience at McKenna Park

To purchase tickets for the Ashfield game and then use them it couldn’t be simpler –

go to https://app.fanbaseclub.com/Fan/Tickets/SelectType?fixtureId=2500

register with the App then you can use a payment method of your choice

A QR code ticket is sent to you which you present to our ticket scanning committee member upon entry, and that’s it. Job done

The first Ants Ladies night is almost upon us, In partnership with Breakthrough Entertainment and Legacycomps and we can’t wait. We’ve got music from the amazing Laura B and our squad will be there as your waiters on the night. There will also be a few surprises throughout the night as you take to the dancefloor and get partying. A full buffet will be available so that you don’t go hungry through the night and its from 7pm – late. All this for only £10.