Dee Defeat / Maud Mauled

Grill League Cup Section D. Tuesday 14'hAugust 2007: Banks o' Dee 2 v Culter 0 (at Spain Park, Aberdeen) Half Time: 1 - 0.         Banks o' Dee Scorers: Smith (31 minutes) and Taylor (63 minutes). Saturday 18th August 2007: Culter 5 v Maud 0 (at Crombie Park, Culter) Half Time 3-0 Scorers: Chris Mountford (19, 44, 79, 81) Bruce Davidson 0. G. (37)

Banks o' Dee v Culter.          Culter started brightly with Brown linking up with Cadger before seeing his shot held by Pennct. Cadger then headed wide a Cowell free kick.   Pirie held a Fyfe long range effort easily on 15 minutes before Pennet did well t hold onto a Brown 20 yarder. The home team went in front in 31 minutes when SMITH had the easy task of tapping home a Taylor cut back. Culter replied with Sim shooting wide and a Craik daisy cutter before Long blasted over his own bar from a Farmer cross just on half time.     Half Time: 1 - 0.

In the 47 minute Stainer was clean though on the Culter goal only to see his 18 yard effort crash back off the crossbar and Mountford had a great chance to level but his close range shot was well saved by Pennet.            Brown's 54th minute free kick led by a goalmouth scramble that ended with Campbell's header hitting the crossbar.     Brownhill was left to wander into the box but Pirie got down well to save with his feet    Dee went 2 - 0 up after TAYLOR turned Rattray in the box and blasted the ball home in 63 minutes.     White should have finished the game but missed from 5 yards when it looked easier to score. Shand played Stewart though with a terrific long ball but Stewart's chip over the advancing keeper scraped past the wrong side of the post fo Culter's last chance of the game.

Banks O Dee: Pennet, Philips, Milne, Galashan, Long, Brownhill, Fye, Smith, Taylor, Stainer, White. Substitutes: Scaiffe, Hardie, Thomson, Stewart, Forbes.

Culter: Pirie, Cowell, Rattray, Campbell, Craib, Craik, Brown, Mountford, Cadger, Sim, Farmer.

Substitutes: Shand, Smith, McCall, Robertson, Stewart. Referee: M Johnston.           Reporter: Gus Johnstone.

Culter v Maud. Section D of the Grill league cup will go to the wire with Culter and Formartine United closely contesting the runner. up spot. If both teams win their final games then goal difference will come into the equation. Culter are marginaly ahead in this department. The Maud match was a personal triumph for Chris Mountford who netted four to take hi! season's tally to five to draw level with Skipper Murray Rattray at the top of the scoring table.

The early encounters were fairly even until Peter Stewart threw in a cross for Chris Mountford but his header squirmed wide c the target. Moments later Peter Stewart had a dirl himself but `keeper Michael Towson saved well. Gordon Farmer wa prominent on the left for Culter but he failed to get in a meaningful cross. The Deesiders went ahead in the 19th minute when the Maud defence went to sleep allowing Chris Mountford a free header from a deep John Brown cross. Culter almost went : up soon after when a Danny Craib header pinged off the keeper's knees before it fell to Murray Rattray who bleezed threbound over the bar. By this stage Culter were in the driving seat but Maud continued to try to play football on the ground bL they were stung when a powerful Bruce Smith piledriver cannoned off Bruce Davidson and into the back of the net. Just before half time the home side were on easy street when Chris Mountford picked up the ball deep in enemy territory an meandered through a befuddled defence to net a wonderful solo effort. Peter Stewart could have made it four just before th break but the `keeper denied him with a fine save.

At the start of the second period Peter Stewart sustained a nasty head injury and had to be treated in the pavilion before getting back onto the field. Maud then had a chance to pull one back but Ian Murray shot wide from good position. Mid wa through the half Gordon Farmer made a complete hash of a simple chance but he made amends a few minutes later when h crossed for Chris Mountford who gleefully netted for his hat-trick. Two minutes later Gordon Farmer once again provided the ammunition for Chris Mountford who snuck in ahead of sub Phil McCall to net from close range. With the end in sight Gordon Farmer made a gype of himself by trying to be too fancy in front of an open goal and the ball was cleared to safety.

Culter: Pirie, Sim, Rattray, Craib, Campbell, Craik, Brown, Stewart, Mountford, Smith, Farmer, Subs: Cowell, McCall, Robertson, Knox.

Maud: Towson, Rae, Usher, B. Davidson, Arthur, McDonald, Middleton, S. White, Murray, Willox, A. Davidson. Subs: McGruther, Stevens, A. Whyte, Johnson, Hunter

Referee: C. Veitch. Assistants: W Duncan and J Gover. Reporter: [an "Kip" McKenzie.

Weekly Lottery.        Numbers Reduction - Since there were no winners again, the numbers available for !! selection will be reduced by one for the next draw, i.e. 1 to 21 for lottery dated 25 August 2007.

Prize Increase - In addition our prize goes up by £100 to £2400.

Match Day Prize Winners - Saturday 18 August 2007.    Half Time Raffle: Bottle Whisky - Mr McCoull, Kingswells; Bottle Wine - Ian Deacon; 6 Cans Tennent's Lager - Arne Bjorkvoll, Dyce (Arne is thanked for donation his prize back to Culter FC for our next Match Raffle).   After Match £20 "Choose Your Team" Competition: Johnny Mc, Maud FC.

Next Week's Fixtures

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Tues 21 August 2007 - Parkvale v Culter (at Findon Park, Portlethen) KO 6.45 pm. Referee: D Watt. Grill League Cup Section D

Saturday 18 August 2007 - Culter v Cruden Bay (at Crombie Park, Culter) Kick Off 2.30 pm.

Scoring Statistics.     In six games played Culter have won four, drawn one and lost one, scoring 15 goals and conceding 4 in the process. Scorers: Chris Mountford 5, Murray Rattray 5, John Brown 1, Graham Cadger 1, Gordon Farmer 1, Phil McCall 1 and 1 Opponent 1.

60 Years Ago.           I still hold the Amateur Registration Forms of 1947.         The players signed were:- Lewis Bisset, George Brown, John Brown, Evander Campbell, Edwin Davidson, Ashley Forbes, George Jamieson, Alex Mitchell, J McConnachie, Donald Renfrew, William Smith, John Whyte, David Williams and Robert J Williams.     The Club Secretary was James Hunter.     This was our playing pool for the first season as founder members of the Aberdeenshire Amateur Football Association.