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Weekly Bulletin |
Sunday 15 March 2009
Issue No. 1950 |
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In conditions more suited to windsurfing and officials more suited to the Casino by virtue of the amount of cards dealt out, Cutter were sucker punched into defeat by opposition who were content in lashing the ball upfield at every opportunity. This having been said, the opposition richly deserved their victory over a changed but subdued Deeside team.
With the wind at their backs Dyce took the early part of the game to Culter and
a telling cross by Stewart Henderson was ably dealt with by John Farquhar before
Darren Lewis pinged a free kick off the wall which fortunately skyted to
safety... Stewart Henderson should have put the visitors ahead in the 7th minute
but hit the side netting from an acute angle. Five minutes later John Farquhar
inexplicably dropped an easy cross but Ryan Pressley was on hand to hoof the
ball clear. The Deesiders’ first chance came in the 13th minute when Andy Sim
crossed for Martin Shand but his header drifted tamelessly wide. A moment later
a beaut of a Cohn Craik cross was thumped behind for a corner with Derek Craigie
lurking large. Just when Cutter seemed to be gaining the upper hand Dyce went in
front when Barry Wilson fired in an astonishing free kick which left the Culter
‘keeper looking to the heavens. This seemed to knock the wind, and there was
plenty of it, out of Culter’s sails and it took them another 8 minutes to put a
decent chance together but Cohn Craik fired straight at Tony Buckley. It could
all have been so different in the 38th minute as Dyce conceded a plethora of
free kicks near the edge of the area and from one of these Aflie Youngson
smacked one off the post with Tony Buckley totally beaten. The same player tried
his luck again four minutes later but this time his fizzer just about took the
paint off the bar on its way into the car park.
Culter sent on Ryan Stott following his recent ankle break for debutant Jake
Strachan and it paid dividends when a Derek Craigie free kick blootered off the
wall and fell kindly for the sub who bashed the ball home from close range. Andy
Sim then went on a typical rampaging run but just about when he was about to
pull the trigger he was thwarted by a combination of Tony Buckley and Steve
Webster. Referee Tom Shaw then must have decided yellow was the colour of the
weekend and he must have had a hole in his pooch and a short pencil as he showed
cards galore as the match deteriorated into a farce of Frankie Howard
proportions. When he had stopped writing War and Peace Dyce went back in front
when John Farquhar allegedly handled outside the area and from the resultant
free kick the ball hit the post and squirted off Cohn Craik’s nether regions and
into the net. The yellow cards then started to fly again as did the amount of
subs for both sides but it was the visitors who went further ahead when Kevin
Neish gave Strictly Come Dancing a lesson when he waltzed and jived through the
Culter defence to send a perfect grounder past John Farquhar and into the net
off the post. Culter almost got back into it a few minutes later but former
Culter custodian Tony Buckley pulled off a remarkable double save as the home
side strived for a lifeline. The game was over with nine minutes to go when
Kevin Neish who was so far offside he might have as well been in the pavilion
but neither the ref nor the road side assistant saw it and Martin Cooper had no
choice but to howk down the lanky striker which earned him a straight red. Kevin
Neish dusted down his skyrie boots and sent in a perfect penalty to earn Dyce
all three points.
Culter: Farquhar, Sim, Pressley, Cooper, Garioch, Wilson, Strachan, Shand,
Craigie, Youngson, Craik,
Substitutes: Stott, Farmer, McKimmie, H. Robertson, Rattray
Referee: Tom Shaw. Assistant Referees: Bill Gerrie and Jim Stephen.
Footnote: The match reporter could not find a bus to sleep in. More is the
pity!!
Match Day Prize
Winners — Saturday 14 March 2009. Half Time Raffle: Bottle Glenlivet Whisky
— unclaimed (Ticket No 206); Bottle Wine — Alexander J Irvine, Culter; 6 Cans
Tennent’s Lager — Gordon Buist, Kincardine o’ Neil (Gordon is thanked for
donating his prize back to Culter FC).
After Match £20 “Choose Your Team” Competition: - Auton, Dyce Juniors FC.
Weekly Lottery — Numbers Reduction. The numbers available for selection
will be reduced by one for the next draw i.e. I to 23 for Lottery dated Saturday
21 March 2009.
Forthcoming Fixtures — both at Crombie Park, Culter (Lewis United’s home ground
is closed)
North Regional Cup 3 Round — Saturday 21 March 2009: Culter v Banks o’ Dee Kick Off 215 p.m. — played to a finish — straight to penalties after if level at 90 minutes.
North Region Superleague - Saturday 28 March 2009: Lewis United v Culter Kick Off 2.30 p.m.
Top Team. It was announced at last Sunday’s NRJFA Meeting that Culter had
been named as Superleague team of the month for January/February 2009. In these
two months Culter only played four games but were undefeated — winning 3 games
and drawing the other. Three Superleague matches were all played at Crombie Park
beating Hermes 5-2, drawing 0-0 with Longside then most importantly winning 2-1
against reigning Champions Banks o’ Dee. The other win was at Milton Park,
Crathes when Culter beat Banchory St Ternan 2-1 in the 2id Round of the North
Regional Cup.