Revenge Reaped

Culter: Pirie; Thain, Rattray, Calder, Pressley, Craik, Morrison, Shand, Ogboke, Christie, Farmer; Substitutes: McRitchie, Allan, Glass, Stewart, Smith.

Ellon United: Farquhar; Clark, McCraw, King, Spence, Marwick, Chapman, Batty, Pirie, Craigie, McNamara; Substitutes: MacDonald, Birnie, Sim, Whyte, Yule.

 Referee: M Johnston. Assistant Referees: B Spence and W Duncan.

 The pre-match Press & Journal Junior Football column was headlined "Culter target some revenge" after Ellon United had beaten Culter 3 - 2 at The Meadows, Ellon on 3 September 2005 and revenge was duly reaped. After a wet morning we were favoured with a sunny afternoon.

An 8^th minute Morrison corner was gathered on the goal-line by `keeper Farquhar as Ogboke tried to connect at close range. Two minutes later Chapman's comer was parried and held by Pirie. Next minute Ogboke his the ball across the Ellon goalmouth but there were^-no^-takers and it broke^-to Farmer whose shot was blocked for  a comer.in17 minutes Craik slipped the ball neatly to OGBOKE who shot into the far corner of the net for a fine opening goal. Craik passed to Farmer whose crossball from the left wing beat Goalkeeper Farquhar but hit the far upright in 22 minutes.

Next minute McCraw was booked for a foul.Pressly's resultant free kick was held by Farquhar. A high 27^th minute ball into-the goalmouth was well caught by Goalkeeper Pirie. In 29 minutes a good try by Ogboke vvas thwarted by a great save by Farquhar.

On the half hour mark Allan replaced Thain who had suffered a groin injury. Ellon came close in 39 minutes when a dangerous cross into Culter's goalmouth was headed narrowly past by former Culter player Craigie. Two minutes later Craigie crossed and Pirie just failed to connect.  A minute before the interval a superb Ogboke cross was powerfully headed home by RATTRAY to give Culter a comfortable 2 - 0 lead at the break.

A 54^th minute Allan free kick was headed past by Ogboke. In the 62n^d minute a Morrison comer was headed off the Ellon goal-line by Marwick. A couple of minutes afterwards the same player Marwick was booked for a foul on Rattray. A 67^th minute McCraw free kick was headed over by striker Pirie. Next minute Whyte replaced Marwick. Off a 69^th minute Allan free kick a Shand back-header went wide. A minute later Whyte was spoken to by Referee Johnston for a foul on Allan. A 72nd minute cross into Culters goalmouth was put wide of keeper Pirie by WHYTE to reduce the leeway with Culter appealing vainly for offsides. In 74 minutes Ogboke was breaking through but was intercepted by Spence and went down in a collision with Farquhar then limped off.  Rattray and Craigie were both booked following a clash at the brink of Cutters penalty box after 78 minutes had been played. At this stage Ogboke came back on then Craigie's free kick was blocked by Cutters defensive wall.  A dangerous cross into Culters goalmouth in 80 minutes was headed out for a comer by Christie. Next minute Smith replaced Craik. After a great 83 minute run by Calder he cut the ball in to Shand whose low shot towards the corner of the net was deflected past by a defender for a corner. In 84 minutes Farmer hit the ball across the Ellon goalmouth and OGBOKE knocked it into the corner of the net to restore Culter's two goal lead. Immediately afterwards a long range Smith drive went over the crossbar. McRitchie came on as substitute for Ogboke in the 86^tth minute. In the last minute Pine fisted out a free kick and Ellon's try off the loose ball went out for a corner, followed by another corner which proved fruitless. In injury time a Farmer try from well out was tipped over the bar by Farquhar.

Match Day Prize Winners - Saturday 18 February 2006.           Half Time Raffle:

Bottle Royal Lochnagar Whisky – Frank Milne, Aberdeen;

Bottle Wine - Norman Sim, Ellon.

6 Cans Tennent's Lager - Norman Mackay, Aberdeen (who is thanked for donating same back to Culter FC for our next Match Raffle);

After Match £20 "Choose Your Team" Competition: Val Jamieson, Aberdeen_

Bulletin Produced by Albert J. Moir Tel. 01224 732006 Match Reporter Ian "Kip" McKenzie

Next Week's Fixture - Soccer World Superleaaue - Saturday 25 February 2006

Longside v Culter (at Davidson Park, Longside).      Referee: D Donohoe.      Kick Off 2.30 pm

Our special bus will depart from Crombie Park Pavilion, Culter at 11.45 am and collect the Aberdeen contingent at The Palm Court Hotel, Seafield Road, Aberdeen at 12 noon. The bus will depart from Longside at approx 5.30 pm for the return journey to Culter via Aberdeen.                                         Fares to be £3 for Adults and £1.50 for Senior Citizens/Children.

Dugout Draw. The 4^th Round of the Dugout Inter Regional Cup draw has resulted as follows for Culter:­

Montrose Roselea v Culter (at Broomfield Park, Montrose) on Saturday 4 March 2006.         Kick Off 2.15 pm – played to a finish - straight to penalties if level at 90 minutes.                                                                       

Referee: C Duncan.

Our special bus will depart from Crombie Park Pavilion, Culter at 11.30 am and collect the Aberdeen contingent at The Palm Court Hotel, Seafield Road, Aberdeen at 11.45 am.The bus will depart from Montrose at approx 5.30 pm

Scorina Statistics. In 30 games played Culter have won 24, drawn none and lost 6 games, scoring 96 and conceding 34 goals in the process. Scorers are: - M Shand 20, C Ogboke 11, P Stewart 10, N McRitchie 9, M Rattray 9, D Ord 6. D Calder 4, R Cameron 4, K Christie 3, C Craik 3, G Farmer 3, D Glass 3, C Robertson 3, K Scott 3, C Collie 2, A Sim 1, B Smith 1 and Opponent 1.

Culter FC 100 Club. Organiser Frank Watt held his draw in The Culter Mills Social Club on Saturday 18 February 2006 and the four prize winners were as follows:- £50 - Arne Bjorkvoll, Dyce;

£20 - Eileen Morrison, Cults;. £10 - Nancy Davidson, Culter (very sadly Nancy died on Monday 13 February 2006); £10 - Allan Menhinick, Aberdeen.

Bulletin Produced by Albert J. Moir Tel. 01224 732006
Match Reporter Ian "Kip" McKenzie