HL & SC Roundup - 2nd Nov 2013
Highland League and Scottish Cup round-up
Saturday November 2nd
Academy come from behind to claim the points
Clachnacuddin 1 - Wick Academy 4
Wick Academy had to come from behind in Inverness against Clach to claim all
three points. The Scorries got off to a nightmare start when Kyle Whyte scored
after a mix up in the Wick defence. Richard Macadie equalised after 23 minutes
with a low drive across the keeper John Campbell. Davie Allan put Wick ahead
when he fired a low shot past the keeper. Gary Weir made it three when he
converted Ross Allan's low cross and Lukasz Geruzel completed the scoring
getting on the end of a Richard Macadie cross to head home.
Keith 2 - Fort William 3
Fort William moved off the foot of the table thanks to an away win at Keith.
The home side missed an early penalty through Andy McAskill but took the lead
after 25 minutes when Andrew Martin scored an own goal. Duncan Campbell
equalised in the 40th minute with a deflected shot. The same player put Fort
William ahead in the 56th minute with a super shot from 18 yards. Murray
McCulloch levelled the scores after 71 minutes but just three minutes later
Iain Foggo netted the all-important winner for Fort William.
Strathspey Thistle 1 - Lossiemouth 2
Lossiemouth took an early lead away to Strathspey Thistle thanks to Ryan
Farquhar's strike. Strathspey equalised in the 23rd minute when youngster Josh
Peters netted for the second week on the trot. The winning goal came ten
minutes before halftime when Lossiemouth were awarded a penalty, Strathspey had
Scott Hendry sent off and Lossiemouth Grant Mitchell was also sent off for
their part in the penalty incident. Scott Miller managed to keep his cool to
fire home the penalty to give the Coasters all three points.
Huntly 1 - Nairn County 3
Huntly took the lead at home to Nairn in the 23rd minute when a Neale Davidson
shot deflected off Michael Morrison and the ball found the net. On the stroke
of halftime Stuart Leslie drew Nairn level with a drilled shot. Conor Gethins
gave Nairn the lead in the 57th minute before his strike partner Robbie
Duncanson wrapped up the points with an 18 yard strike.
Formartine United 4 - Buckie Thistle 3
Formartine took the lead at home to Buckie in the 13th minute when Paul Napier
curled the ball home. Buckie drew level on 34 minutes when Nikki Smith headed
home from Shaun Carroll's free-kick. Seven minutes later Buckie took the lead
thanks to a fine effort from Aaron Conway. Buckie extended their lead in the
58th minute when Carroll chipped the keeper. Michael Ewen pulled one back for
Formartine before Hamish Munro equalised with an unstoppable shot from 35
yards. Formartine were not finished though and Cammy Keith netted the winner
from close range in the dying moments to give Formartine the three points.
Scottish Cup 3rd round:
Fraserburgh 2 - Montrose 1
In
the Scottish Cup Fraserburgh were the only Highland League side to progress
thanks to a home win against Montrose. Montrose took the lead eight minutes
before halftime when Ross McCord scored. Fraserburgh got back into the game
with 17 minutes remaining when Graham Johnston netted. Grant Noble scored the
winning goal in the dying seconds with a right foot shot to fire the Broch into
the fourth round.
Albion Rovers 1 - Deveronvale 0
In
a game devoid of any real cut chances Albion Rovers managed to hit Deveronvale
on the counter-attack to seal their place in the fourth round. The
all-important goal came in the 72nd minute, a Vale move broke down and Albion
raced up the park and Mark McGuigan was on hand to net from David Crawford's
low cross.
Turriff United 0 - Stirling Albion 3
Stirling scored two early goals to kill off Turriff's hope of reaching the
fourth round. The first goal came in the 8th minute when Ross Forsyth headed
home a corner. Four minutes later and it was 2-0, a Stuart Cumming back pass
somehow found its way into his own net. Stirling wrapped up the tie just after
the hour when Mark Ferry scored.
Clyde 2 - Brora Rangers 1
Zander Sutherland gave Brora an early lead away to Clyde when he netted from 18
yards under the keeper. Clyde however equalised after 13 minutes, Stuart McColm
played Stefan McCluskey in one on one with the keeper, he rounded the keeper and
netted from a tight angle. Kevin Watt proved to be super sub for Clyde when he
netted the winner with his first touch with 16 minutes remaining.
Alloa Athletic 3 - Inverurie Locos 0
Alloa took the lead in the 58th minute against Inverurie when Kevin Cawley
netted with a low strike. Ben Gordon added the killer second for Alloa in the
70th minute with a close range finish. Alex Salmon added some gloss to the
final score line with an angled drive in the final five minutes.