Dunfermline Athletic have boosted their squad for an assault on the division one championship with a triple signing.
The Pars have swooped for left-sided defender Stephen Jordan after the player impressed in pre-season games and joining him at East End Park will be Italian trialist Ivan D’Angelo and experienced striker Craig Dargo.
Jordan (30) has successfully negotiated his release from Rochdale after featuring as a trialist for the Pars in recent weeks and will go straight into the squad for Saturday’s all-important league opener at Cowdenbeath.
Jordan was a product of the Manchester City youth academy before going on to play for Burnley and Sheffield United, later moving to Rochdale last season.
”We were tipped off about him being available and he was quite happy to come up,” Pars boss Jim Jefferies said.
”He’s an experienced player, we needed that and he can cover at left centre back and left back, so he gives us a few options. It’s a shame he has not done a full pre-season but we will work on him as well.”
Winger D’Angelo (22), who also featured in pre-season, has impressed in friendly fixtures.
Dargo (34) made his name with Raith Rovers before spells with Kilmarnock, Inverness CT, St Mirren and spent last season with First Division play-off winners Dumbarton.
l Raith Rovers’ Supporters Trust has urged local football fans of all persuasions to boost their bid to pack out Stark’s Park on Saturday.
The Kirkcaldy club play their first home game of the season against Hamilton this weekend and will be looking for a spike in attendance as a result of the national Sell Out Saturday campaign – which is encouraging all supporters to go along to their nearest fixture.
With that in mind, the Raith Supporters Trust hope all football fans in the Kirkcaldy area will play their part to make the initiative as successful as possible.
Alan Russell, trust chairman, said: ”The last few months have been a difficult time for Scottish football but we were delighted that our club played such a leading role and, more importantly, that the voice of supporters was heard loud and clear on the whole Rangers debate.
”Now that the issue is settled we need to focus on football and that starts with our first league game on Saturday. I would love it if we could sell out Stark’s Park for the game against Hamilton.
”We have seen the potential level of support for Raith Rovers in recent seasons with the club taking 3,000 fans to East End Park for a league match and over 8,000 fans to Hampden for our Scottish Cup semi-final.
”We can do it and I would ask anyone with an interest in the Rovers or football in general to come along to the game and bring a friend or two or three!
”Football is for fans and if people get behind their local team both Scottish football and the Rovers can have a much stronger future.”
Rovers received hundreds of messages of support following vice-chairman Turnbull Hutton’s stance on the Rangers situation, while a group of Aberdeen fans also chipped in to sponsor the Fife club’s mascot Roary Rover.