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Culter’s topsy turvy season came to an unspectacular end when they were
thrashed by Banks O’Dee in the last game of the season at a crowded Crombie
Park. In a season Where little has gone right on the injury front hit man
Chris Mountford suffered a double leg fracture late in the first half. The
Deesiders have come away without a trophy for the first time in many years
and this leaves Bobby Gray the task of motivating his current squad and any
new signings for the start of next season’s campaign. Congratulations go to
Dee who deserved to win the Superleague with only one defeat in the league.
Dee started strongly and tested Carson Riches early on but he looked
confident following his return to the team. The champions elect went ahead
in the 8th minute when they were awarded a penalty after the Culter
custodian brough down a Dee forward in the box. Richard Scaiffe stepped up
to slam the spot kick into the net. Culter tried hard to ge back into it and
it almost paid off when an Andy Sim cross was met by Adam Wilson but his
header went agonisingl’ over. As the half went on Dee grew in confidence and
Lewis McKimmie had a decent chance but Carson Riches brough out a fine save.
With 40 minutes gone Chris Mouniford raced onto a through ball and was
challenged by Grant Pennan on the edge of the area but it soon became
apparent that it was a serious injury and the Culter striker had to b
stretchered off the field. Peter Stewart replaced the striker but it was Dee
who added a second deep into time added or when following a series of
corners Lewis McKimmie out jumped Andy Sim to score with a fine header.
The Deesiders fell further behind in the 3rd minute of the second half when
Richard Scaiffe provided a clinical finish an two minutes later Lewis
McKimmie sealed the championship with another super goal. The Deesiders
huffed and puffed to pull back to deficit and were unfortunate when an Andy
Campbell effort hit the post and away to safety. Culter did ge a consolation
in the 68th minute when Dod McBain surged past a static Dee defence before
cutting back to Martir Shand who finished with aplomb. Both teams made a
series of changes as the Dee support howled for the final whistle and when
it came they were ecstatic as the picked up their first league championship
for twenty years. Association President Dennis Ewing presented the trophy to
a jubilant Dee team.
Culter: Riches, Sim, Campbell, Pressley, Rattray, Wilson, McBain, Shand,
Mountford, Rintoul, Farmer.
Substitutes: Craik, Stewart, Smith, Adam, Cadger.
Banks O’ Dee: Pennet, Phillips, Turnbull, Corser, Long, Stephen, Fyfe,
Scaiffe, Taylor, McKimmie, Brownhill.
Substitutes: Galashan, Stainer, Milne, Smith, Forbes.
Referee: K. Milne. Assistant Referees: D Forbes and T Shaw
Match Half Time Raffle Winners:- Bottle Southern Comfort Whisky —
Gordon Christie, Banks o’ Dee FC; Bottle Brand — Alan Smith, Aberdeen; 6
Bottles Lager — Derek Craigie; Bottle Wine — George J Aitken, Culter (George
is thanked for donating his prize back for our next Match Raffle).
Floral Football Farewell. The grandchildren of our former goalkeeper
Arthur Stuart laid a special wreath, a flora football, from his funeral
service at the Crombie Park goalmouth. This touching tribute was much
admired by members of the huge crowd to our final fixture against Banks o’
Dee.
Peter’s Passion. An interesting gentleman visited Crombie Park for
our final fixture. Peter Ford from Coventry is E “Ground Hopper”. His
passion is visiting football grounds and Crombie Park was his 1960th in his
journeys. He had been at Hampden Park last weekend and is going to Lochside
Park on Friday to witness the ATR Group Cup Final between Ellon United and
Sunnybank. We gave him some souvenirs of his visit to Culter — a Club Scarf,
a Club Postcard and a copy of the Culter v Huntly Scottish Cup programme,
much to his delight.
Scoring Statistics. In 53 games played Culter have won 33, drawn
8, lost 12, scoring 146 goals and conceding 69.
Scorers: Chris Mountford 34, Martin Shand 29, Gordon Farmer 12, John Brown
11, Murray Rattray 11, Peter Stewart 10,Graham Cadger 8, Andy Campbell 8,
Opponents 4, George McBain 3, Andy Sim 3, Bruce Smith 3, Adam Wilson 3,
Donny Adam 1, Mark Hamilton 1, Phil McCall 1, Michael Ord 1, Ryan Pressley
1, Steve Rintoul 1, Steven Robertson 1.
Last Lottery. Our last draw prior to the close season break was
held today. The Lottery will resume at the start of next season.
Race Night/Season End Social/Annual Awards. Our Race Night/Season End
Social/Annual Awards will take place in The Seafield Club on Friday 20 June
2008. Voting sheets for the Annual Awards are now on issue to all Committee
Members and Players for return to me on or before Friday 20 June 2008
please.
AGM Ahead. Culter Football Club’s Annual General Meeting will be held
in Crombie Park Pavilion, Culter, on Sunday 22 June 2008 commencing at 11.00
a.m. The Annual General Meeting is open to all enrolled Members and Honorary
Members of Culter Football Club. Any Member wishing to alter the
Constitution and Rules must submit the proposal along with a seconder 14
days prior to the Annual General Meeting.
“Scottish” Score. After the conclusion of the 2007/08 Scottish Cup on
Saturday 24 May 2008 when Rangers beat Queen of the South at Hampden Park an
interesting fact emerged. Culter’s historic debut against Hawick Royal
Albert on 29 September 2007 with a 7 — 0 victory turned out to be the
biggest match winning score in this season’s competition. Our l Round Tie at
Crombie Park featured us as the smallest ranked team in the Scottish Cup so
to have the top match score was a remarkable feat.
Bulletins Break. After this week’s issue there will be a close season
break of our Weekly Bulletins. We will resume publication in July 2008
dependent on the programme of fixtures.
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