Nairn 1 – Wick 4

8th August  2018 – Breedon Scottish Highland Football League	Station Park
Nairn County	1 (Max Ewan 31)
Team: Dylan MacLean, Adam Naismith, Kenny McKenzie (Callum Ednie 44), Fraser Dingwall, Glenn Main, Cohen Ramsay (Inaki Fernandino-Soto 62), Ryan MacDonald, Ewen Urquhart, Dylan MacKenzie, Tom MacLennan, Max Ewan. Subs:  Inaki Fernandino-Soto, Jack MacLean, Callum Ednie, Danny Highet, Craig Munro, James Kendall.
Wick Academy FC	4 (Marc Macgregor 23,Gary Manson 53, Craig Gunn 67,89)
Team: Sean McCarthy, Michael Steven, Grant Steven, Alan Farquhar (c), Gary Manson, Jack Henry,  Jack Halliday (Greg Mackay 87), Marc Macgregor (Alan Hughes 67), Richard Macadie, David Allan, Gordon MacNab (Craig Gunn 67). Subs: Craig Gunn, Greg Mackay, Alan Hughes, Gordon Clark.
Referee:	Alan Proctor
Bookings:	Ewen Urquhart (59)   Michael Steven (69)   Fraser Dingwall (red) (75)   Michael Steven (red) (77)   Davie Allan (89)   Inaki Fernandino-Soto (89)
Sponsors Man of the Match:
Match Photos – Mel & Bob Roger:	Match Photos to follow

Wick took the lead in the 22^nd minute  when a Marc Macgregor shot from just inside the left edge of the 18 yard box took a slight deflection of the toe of Nairn’s Glen Main and the ball squeezed between Nairn keeper Dylan Maclean and the near post.

Academy looked comfortable pressing forward and had several chances to increase their lead but in the 31^st minute Max Ewan let fly from the right and his shot left Wick keeper Sean McCarthy with no chance.

The visitors restored their lead in the 53^rd minute when Davie Allan was brought down in the penalty area and Gary Manson dispatched the spot kick past Dylan Maclean.

Craig Gunn replaced Gordy MacNab in the 67^th minute and immediately ran on to a long ball from Sean McCarthy and fired the ball past the Nairn keeper with his first touch of the ball.

The 75^th minute saw the games only real flashpoint when Nairn’s Frase Dingwall and Wick’s Michael Steven were both red carded for violent conduct.

The former Elgin City man then rounded off the scoring for Wick in the 89^th minute with a swerving and dipping free kick from the edge of the 18 yard box after Davie Allan had been bundled over .