One F was never intended to make vast amounts of profit. In fact when the first edition came out we sweated waiting to see if our costs were covered, as we were fairly gob smacked at the cost of printing. However costs were covered and with a small profit to show for our efforts.

We decided then that any profit would go back to the club in some form. So far we have sponsored a Junior Bairns bus trip, youth players trip to play in the Gothia cup some years ago, bought fitness equipment for Alex McQueen and tools for Jim Dawson. However, the main use we have made of the profits is by sponsoring players jerseys. We thought we could make double use of these by donating them back for auction at some future fund raiser.

We have sponsored Ian Morris and Rickey Waddell. We chose to sponsor these young players as better known ones are usually snapped up first. Kiss of death you may say after seeing the fate of these two youngsters (Anyone want to buy an autographed Ian Morris jersey? ed). They may just develop their skills under John Lambie but after getting first hand experiance of Lambie's management skills One F seriously doesn't think so.

However we have not given up hope and this year we are sponsoring Hagi's jersey.

This year we also decided to support the Bairns Trust and use funds we have raised to the advantage of the fans.We feel this is the best use of the profit we have made as it gives us all a say in the future of the club. If you are interested in buying shares through the Trust you can contact them through the website Bairns Trust