Fixture Free

30 Years Ago.     On Saturday 31stDecember 1977 Culter drew 2 - 2 with Cove Rangers in an Amateur Division 1 game at Cove.   Our team that Hogmanay afternoon was-.

K Davidson; G Galashan, G Gauld; R Westland, P George, G Spry; R Smith, D Jamieson, G Stuart, I MacDonald, A Watt; Substitutes: R Clark and G Scott

The Referee was John H Wilson and the attendance was 87.  Our scorers were Graham Spry (10 mins) an( Ronnie Smith (66 mins).   My match report started - "The last game of 1977 was played in calm conditions with the oil scene being reflected in the low setting sunset."

I published my Weekly Bulletin on both Sundays 25 December 1977 and 1 January 1978 and went round Culter with over 100 deliveries with our Sunday team (with many drams en route -not quite over 100!).  Our Weekly Sweepstake £50 Prize was won outright by Gordon Morrison on Christmas Day.            There were no Sweepstakes on Sunday 1 January 1978 as the Sunday Post, which we used for our winning numbers, was not published on New Year's Day.

20 Years Ago.           We had free dates on Saturdays 26 December 1987 and 2 January 1988. Junior FA newcomers Culter played a couple of Friendly Fixtures at Crombie Park against Premier Division sides Lewis United and East End resulting in friendly score-lines, both being drawn.     On Sunday 27 December 1987 we drew 0 - 0 with Lewis United and on Wednesday 30 December 1987 we were drawing 1 - 1 when the match was abandoned during the rain which started at the beginning of the game and gradually became atrocious. Our Sunday Sweepstake Prize had increased to £60 and was won outright by Helen Brown on Boxing Day. Culter were drawn against Stonehouse Violet in the Scottish Junior Cup on Saturday 9 January 1988 at Stonehouse for the start of an epic 3rd Round struggle.         The press photo reproduced below was captioned:­"On their marks for Scottish Junior Cup glory are in-form Culter trio (left to right) Neil Bremner, Peter George and Murray Bird pictured with the rest of their team-mates during a training session before Saturday's crunch match with Stonehouse Violet."

 Weekly Lottery - Numbers Reduction. The numbers available for selection will be reduced by one for the next draw i.e. 1 to 20 for Lottery dated Saturday 5 January 2008.

Forthcoming Fixtures

Saturday 5 January 2008 - Rainbow International Superleague: Culter v Maud (at Crombie Park, ~ Culter) Kick Off 1.45 p.m.   Referee: C Veitch.

Saturday 12 January 2008 - Rainbow International Superleaque: Ellon Utd v Culter (at The i Meadows, Ellon) Kick Off 1.45 p.m.

Saturday 19 January 2008 -Norsco Regional Cup Preliminary Round: Hillhead v Culter (at Hillhead l of Seaton) Kick Off 2.15 p.m. Played to a finish - straight to penalties if level at 90 minutes

Saturday 26 January 2008 - to be advised

Saturday 2 February 2008 - North/Tayside GA Engineering Cup 3Id Round: Maud v Culter (at ~, Pleasure Park,          Maud) Kick Off 2.00 p.m. - played to a finish.

Committee Convenes.        A Committee Meeting of Culter Football Club will be held in Crombie Park Pavilion on Tuesday 8 January 2008 commencing at 7.00 p.m.

Scoring Statistics.  In 25 games played Culter have won 18, drawn 3 and lost 4, scoring 76, goals and conceding 26 in the process.  Scorers: Chris Mountford 24, Martin Shand 11, Murray Rattray 8, Gordon Farmer 7, Peter Stewart 7, John Brown 6, Graham Cadger 4, Opponents 3, Donny Adam 1, Phil McCall 1, Ryan Pressley 1, Steven Robertson 1, Andy Sim 1 & Bruce Smith 1.