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Weekly Bulletin |
Sunday 2 October 2005
Issue No. 1796 |
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Turra' Coup |
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Soccer World Superieague - Saturday 8 October 2005 Turriff United 1 v Culter 2 (at The Haughs, Turriff) Half Time: 0 -1 |
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Turriff United Scorer: Lobban 68 mins, Culter Scorers: Shand 4 mins and Craik 89 mins. Turriff United: Will, Ralton, Wight, Gill, Massie, McLeod, Henderson, McKenzie, Chalmers, Stewart, Lobban; Subs: Walker, Duncan, Craib, Wilson, Bruce. Culter. Pirie, Collie, Robertson, Scott, Rattray, Calder, Farmer, Shand, Morrison, Christie, Stewart; Subs: McRitchie. Allan. Craik. Glass. Smith Referee: L Robertson In only four minutes a Morrison cross was headed beautifully into the top comer of the net by SHAND to open the scoring - a great goal. In the 7th minute a strong long range Rattray drive went over the bar. Two minutes later `keeper Will produced a good save to stop a good Stewart try. After 12 minutes had been played another Stewart shot was comfortably held by Will. Pirie raced out to snatch the ball away from Lobban's feet in 18 minutes. Three minutes afterwards a Farmer free kick was fisted out by Will. A 26th minute Stewart comer went beyond reach of Culter's attackers. Next minute a good through ball from Scott was directed towards Shand but Will dived to collect. In a 36th minute Turriff raid Lobban shot narrowly past. Next minute Pirie was fouled as he dived to stop the ball at Chalmers' feet and the Turriff forward earned a lecture from Referee Robertson. Wight earned a booking in 39 minutes, apparently for dissent. Five minutes before the interval Robertson broke through but Will dived at his feet to save.Two fruitless Farmer comers followed prior to the break. Half Time: Turriff United 0 v Culter 1. Two minutes after the restart a dangerous ball into Culter's goalmouth was headed out by Scott. In the 50th minute Henderson was booked for a deliberate handball. Next minute Stewart came oh so close when his chip shot went narrowly past the far post. A 54th minute Rattray free kick went high over the bar. A minute later a Stewart try was deflected back to `keeper Will. Pirie held a 57th minute Lobban effort. On the hour mark a Stewart free kick went tantalisingly across the Turriff goalmouth but there were no takers. Immediately after McLeod went through but his shot was comfortably held by Pirie. A 62"d minute Henderson free kick was clutched high in the air by Pirie as McKenzie went racing in to try and obtain advantage. A couple of minutes later Calder sent a fine ball to Stewart whose high shot was easily held by Will. A 65th minute Chalmers free kick from a dangerous position was headed out by Scott. Pirie tried to knock out a crossball but it broke to LOBBAN who crashed in the equaliser in 68 minutes. Off a 71st minute Henderson corner a Turriff try was heading towards the corner of the net but was cleared off the goal-line by Robertson. Next minute a Henderson drive was tipped past the post by a diving Pirie save. A cracking 78th minute Shand volley went narrowly past the far post. Next minute McRitchie and Craik replaced Farmer and Morrison. Both Culter's substitutes had an immediate chance to score when Stewart cut the ball across the Turriff goalmouth, was just missed by "Toastie" and Craik's try was deflected past for a corner. Henderson's 81st minute shot went closely over the crossbar. Calder was booked for dissent in 85 minutes. At this stage a Stewart corner eventually broke back to him and he hit the ball into the net but the Referee blew for an infringement. In 86 minutes a Calder try was deflected past. In the last minute Goalkeeper Will, normally so reliable, inexplicably dropped the ball and CRAIK accepted the gift opportunity to score from a tight angle. At this last gasp stage Smith was fielded as substitute for Calder. Culter were jubilant on hearing Referee Robertson’s final whistle after gaining this late, late winner. A welcome Superleague win.
Next Week's Fixture - Saturday 15 October 2005 - Semi Final Grill League Cup Banchory St Ternan v Culter (at Milton Park, Crathes) Kick Off 2.15 p.m. - played to a finish - penalty shoot out after 90 minutes if required. Dugout Draw. The 2nd Round Dugout Inter Regional Cup draw has resulted in an away trip to play Forfar West End (at Strathmore Park, Forfar) on Saturday 22 October 2005 KO 2.00 p.m. 25 Years Ago. Culter FC's new pavilion at Crombie Park was opened on 5 October 1980 with a visit from Scottish Premier Division Champions Aberdeen. The late Chris Anderson, Dons vice-chairman and Scottish Sports Council vice-chairman made the official opening. Culter lost 4 - 0 to an Aberdeen XI which included four first team squad members, but were not disgraced. Alex Ferguson also made his speech at our historic occasion. In his season-end poem Keith Davidson quoted from my Bulletin "the sun shone and SPIRITS were high"!
Dinner Date. Our 20th Celebrity Dinner takes place in the customary venue, the Dyce Skean Dhu on 11 November. Guest Speaker will be Jimmy Nicoll, Aberdeen FC Assistant Manager, Comedian/Speaker will be John McKelvie whilst once again the Compere will be Peter Mitchell. |
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Bulletin Produced by Albert J. Moir Tel. 01224 732006 |
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