A MID Scotland and Fife MSP has called upon the Scottish Government to step up and help support Cowdenbeath Football Club as it fights for its future.

Recognising the club’s ‘honour the past, ensure a future’ campaign that aims to see the club raise £135,000 to keep the team afloat, Scottish Labour MSP Claire Baker asked what assistance the Government can provide.

With the club now no longer owning Central Park, it has lost the ability to receive rent from the weekly market and stock car racing, proving a blow to the club’s coffers.

An emergency general meeting and a full public meeting had to be cancelled recently because of the snow from the Beast of the East.

In response to Claire Baker’s questioning the Minister for Sport has instructed her officials to contact the club directly to discuss the campaign in more detail.

Speaking after the question, Claire Baker MSP said: “Having been born in Kelty and gone to school in Cowdenbeath, I know just how important the Blue Brazil is to the local area.

“The club deserves a huge amount of credit for the work of its Club 135 campaign, ‘honour the past, ensure the future’.

“Football is Scotland’s national game and we must do all that we can to ensure that the town still has a club in the long term. Even fans of other Fife teams should consider getting involved, as football thrives on passion and rivalry.

“Scottish football is more than just Celtic and Rangers. It is just as much about Cowdenbeath, East Fife, Dunfermline and Raith Rovers, their histories and their fans.

“I welcome the Government’s commitment that they will work with the club and I hope that we can see a solution that allows Cowdenbeath FC to once again go flying up the table.”