Post by Brian Mackay on Mar 20, 2005 14:00:23 GMT
Saturday 26 March 2005
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Fraserburgh 3 v Wick Academy 0 at Bellslea Park,
report from www.highlandleague.net :-
Fraserburgh record vital win in title chase 26-Mar-2005
The Home team took to the pitch knowing that the only hope they have of taking the league title was probably only going to materialise if they won their last five games of the season. The home team might have been forgiven for being a bit rusty after being out of action for the past month. Wick however have been playing and will have been looking to take advantage of the Broch’s lack of activity.
Michael Stephen was the first one to cause the visitors any trouble with a rasping 25-yard drive whizzing just past the post after just 2 minutes.
On 9 minutes a forty yard long ball from Neil Main sent Stephen down the left flank and a low cross, intended for Ian Murray, was badly dealt with by Wick’s Kevin Miller and he pushed the ball past his own keeper into the net.
On 16 minutes Wick’s Graeme Reid should have levelled things up for the visitors. The ball to him from the left gave him plenty of room on the right with only the keeper to beat. However his shot was straight at Billy Gordon and he dealt with it comfortably.
Gary Weir less than a minute later broke through the Broch defence and Gordon was again called into action this time pulling out a good stop to deny the Wick striker.
Neil Main was the next to threaten for the Broch. His 30-yard piledriver just going past Don McMillan’s right hand post.
McMillan was again called into action on 25 minutes. This time a sting shot from Stephen to contend with. He stopped the shot but couldn’t hold it and the incoming Graeme Johnston looked certain to score but McMillan some how stopped the ball and kept the visitors in the games.
On 38 minutes Stephen got Fraserburgh’s second. Gordon’s kick-out was headed through by Kevin Norris and Stephen was left with the somewhat easy job of tucking it past the Wick keeper.
Fraserburgh started the second half as they had finished the first piling pressure on Wick. The visitors were managing to stop the home side but were having trouble formulating their own attacks and were losing the ball very cheaply.
On 56 minutes Murray was replaced by Gavin Wemyss and on 57 minutes he scored from the penalty spot. Johnston barged in the back by Miller and the ref had no hesitation in awarding the penalty. Wemyss stepped up for his first kick of the game and sent the keeper the wrong way as he put it into McMillan’s bottom right.
Fraserburgh were controlling the game by this point and were all over the visitors. Although dominant they were not producing anything of real quality and no one had threatened McMillan’s goal too much.
This chance on 76 however when an excellent diagonal ball to Wemyss sent him through on goal and with only the keeper to beat McMillan did well to stop the shot.
Wick did however have a good chance against the run of play. A deflected Weir shot fell Ryan Rutherford who should have made it 3-1 but his chip went just over the bar.
On this evidence Fraserburgh didn’t look like a title winning team. However Wick have had some good results of late and had they took their chances in the first half this may have swung the other way and considering the Broch have been out of action for so long they can be forgiven for some ringrust.
Fraserburgh 3 Wick Academy 0
Reporter: Gary Cruden
Other scores
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Brora Rangers 0 v 0 Inverness Clachnacuddin
Buckie Thistle 0 v 1 Fort William
Cove Rangers 1 v 1 Forres Mechanics
Lossiemouth 3 v 2 Deveronvale
Nairn County 2 v 0 Keith
Rothes 0 v 4 Huntly
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Fraserburgh 3 v Wick Academy 0 at Bellslea Park,
report from www.highlandleague.net :-
Fraserburgh record vital win in title chase 26-Mar-2005
The Home team took to the pitch knowing that the only hope they have of taking the league title was probably only going to materialise if they won their last five games of the season. The home team might have been forgiven for being a bit rusty after being out of action for the past month. Wick however have been playing and will have been looking to take advantage of the Broch’s lack of activity.
Michael Stephen was the first one to cause the visitors any trouble with a rasping 25-yard drive whizzing just past the post after just 2 minutes.
On 9 minutes a forty yard long ball from Neil Main sent Stephen down the left flank and a low cross, intended for Ian Murray, was badly dealt with by Wick’s Kevin Miller and he pushed the ball past his own keeper into the net.
On 16 minutes Wick’s Graeme Reid should have levelled things up for the visitors. The ball to him from the left gave him plenty of room on the right with only the keeper to beat. However his shot was straight at Billy Gordon and he dealt with it comfortably.
Gary Weir less than a minute later broke through the Broch defence and Gordon was again called into action this time pulling out a good stop to deny the Wick striker.
Neil Main was the next to threaten for the Broch. His 30-yard piledriver just going past Don McMillan’s right hand post.
McMillan was again called into action on 25 minutes. This time a sting shot from Stephen to contend with. He stopped the shot but couldn’t hold it and the incoming Graeme Johnston looked certain to score but McMillan some how stopped the ball and kept the visitors in the games.
On 38 minutes Stephen got Fraserburgh’s second. Gordon’s kick-out was headed through by Kevin Norris and Stephen was left with the somewhat easy job of tucking it past the Wick keeper.
Fraserburgh started the second half as they had finished the first piling pressure on Wick. The visitors were managing to stop the home side but were having trouble formulating their own attacks and were losing the ball very cheaply.
On 56 minutes Murray was replaced by Gavin Wemyss and on 57 minutes he scored from the penalty spot. Johnston barged in the back by Miller and the ref had no hesitation in awarding the penalty. Wemyss stepped up for his first kick of the game and sent the keeper the wrong way as he put it into McMillan’s bottom right.
Fraserburgh were controlling the game by this point and were all over the visitors. Although dominant they were not producing anything of real quality and no one had threatened McMillan’s goal too much.
This chance on 76 however when an excellent diagonal ball to Wemyss sent him through on goal and with only the keeper to beat McMillan did well to stop the shot.
Wick did however have a good chance against the run of play. A deflected Weir shot fell Ryan Rutherford who should have made it 3-1 but his chip went just over the bar.
On this evidence Fraserburgh didn’t look like a title winning team. However Wick have had some good results of late and had they took their chances in the first half this may have swung the other way and considering the Broch have been out of action for so long they can be forgiven for some ringrust.
Fraserburgh 3 Wick Academy 0
Reporter: Gary Cruden
Other scores
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Brora Rangers 0 v 0 Inverness Clachnacuddin
Buckie Thistle 0 v 1 Fort William
Cove Rangers 1 v 1 Forres Mechanics
Lossiemouth 3 v 2 Deveronvale
Nairn County 2 v 0 Keith
Rothes 0 v 4 Huntly