Morrison Motors (Turriff) Aberdeenshire Shield Final Fraserburgh V Cove Rangers Harlaw Park, Inverurie Saturday 7th May 2016 Kick-off 3.00 pm Official Programme £2.00 2 Above: Action from this season’s Fraserburgh v Cove Rangers clashes at Bellslea Park. Centre: The Aberdeenshire Shield. Morrison Motors (Turriff) Cove Rangers FC Main Sponsor Advert 2 Aberdeenshire Shield Final Contents 3 Fraserburgh FC v Cove Rangers FC Aberdeenshire & District FA Presidents Message 4 Saturday 7th May 2015 Harlaw Park, Inverurie Sponsors Message/A Word from the Chairmen 5 A Word from the Chairmen 6 Programme Contributions Fraserburgh FC: Managers Notes 7 Editors Cove Rangers FC: Managers Notes 8 Duncan Little (Cove Rangers FC) & Mark Simpson (Fraserburgh FC) Fraserburgh FC: Captains Corner 9 Cove Rangers FC: Captains Corner 10 Both Cove Rangers FC and Fraserburgh FC would like to express our thanks to Aberdeenshire Shield Snippets – Easton Thain 11 the Aberdeenshire & District FA for Fraserburgh FC Player Profiles 12 & 13 their permission to compile a Cup Final programme. Today’s Squads 14 & 15 Our Thanks to Formartine United FC Cove Rangers FC Player Profiles 16 & 17 for provision of printing facilities Cove Rangers FC: Road to the Final 18 Contributions from Match Officials 19 Duncan Little Fraserburgh FC: Road to the Final 20 Mark Simpson Easton Thain Cove Rangers FC History 21 Ross McTavish Aberdeenshire Shield History 22 to 24 Front Cover: Action from this season’s Ross McTavish (HFL Hub and OET) 25 Aberdeenshire Cup match between Fraserburgh and Cove Rangers at Broch’s six of the best 26 Bellslea Park. Fraserburgh FC Main Sponsor Advert 27 3 tasted success this season have reached the Final after some very hard fought victories on the way. I am sure both teams will be all out to add more silverware to their trophy cabinets and be this season’s proud holders of the Aberdeenshire Shield. I would like to thank Morrison Motors (Turriff) for their continued sponsorship and support. I am sure both sets of fans and the neutral support from Inverurie will witness another cracking final in keeping with the trend set over the past few Mike Macaulay, President ADFA seasons. May the Best Team Win I would also like to thank Inverurie Loco Works Football Club for hosting the final, and the On behalf of Aberdeenshire and District Association secretary Brian Christie who works hard Football Association I would like to welcome behind the scenes to make sure everything goes to you to Harlaw Park, Inverurie, for this plan. afternoon’s eagerly awaited Morrison Motors (Turriff) Aberdeenshire Shield Final between Finally I would like to wish both teams the best of Fraserburgh FC and Cove Rangers FC. luck for today’s Morrison Motors (Turriff) Aberdeenshire Shield Final, may the best team win With the competition now into its 26th year it and proudly display this magnificent trophy in their is fitting that two clubs who have already board room. Action from the 3-3 draw between Cove Rangers and Fraserburgh at North Lodge Park, Pitmedden earlier this season. 4 Today’s match will be a fitting finale to another great Highland League Season which has kept us all enthralled with a great race for the Highland League Championship eventually won by one of our teams today, Cove Rangers, who we congratulate on their achievement. Once again Fraserburgh are contesting the final and Mark Cowie is certainly growing into being a fine young manager with an exciting squad of local Eddie Morrison, players ensuring a large travelling support for his Morrison Motors team. (Turriff) We are sure both teams will want to end the “Fitting Finale to another season on a high and we will be treated to a great game today. great Highland League season” Our thanks go to Aberdeenhire and District Football “It gives us great pleasure to welcome you all to Association for their stewardship of the today’s Morrison Motors Turriff Aberdeenshire tournament and to Inverurie Loco Works FC for Shield final here at Harlaw Park, Inverurie.” hosting today’s match and also to you, the fans, for coming to support your team. “We are proud of our long association with this trophy and watch many fine tussles over the All that remains is for us to wish both clubs well in winter months to produce the 2 teams we will what will be a keenly contested match. see today.” Eddie and Brian Morrison ourselves into the position where that was in danger. We need to make sure that we plan next season’s competition better and get it back to what it was before. A short sharp tournament. We are indebted to Morrison Motors for their continued support of this competition and you know the sign of a good sponsorship when the people refer to the competition with the sponsor’s name. That is where we are at with the Morrison Motors Finlay Noble, Chairman Aberdeenshire Shield. That is another reason why Fraserburgh FC the clubs need to make sure we plan next year’s competition properly. Once again I find myself in the proud position of doing a welcome piece for a Cup Final. I can assure you that I could never get bored of doing this. So This is our sixth Aberdeenshire FA Final (3 Cup & 3 without further ado, on behalf of everyone at Shield) in four years which is a great achievement Fraserburgh FC I welcome you to Harlaw Park for us but today is by far the hardest game of the today. lot. Much has been made of the fact we have played Cove Rangers three times this season and I am already on record as saying how great a not lost yet but to me that doesn’t work in our competition this is and don’t make any apologies favour. John will have his players well motivated for doing so again. I am so glad that we are able to for today so it will be extremely hard for us to get our hands on the famous old trophy first played for get the final played before the end of the season and if I am honest we should never have got 116 years ago. 5 The Association doesn’t run itself and this welcome note allows me to once again publically thank our secretary Brian Christie for all the hard work he puts in for our clubs. Likewise, to our President Mike Macaulay who has presided over us for another year with great professionalism in some trying times. It’s very easy to look from the outside in but not realise the effort that goes in to making the Association the success that it is. Finally, on a more personal note, I would like to thank our players and management for their efforts in getting us to our second cup final of the season and to our supporters who have backed us home and away for the past nine months. I hope we can Keith Moorhouse, Chairman Cove Rangers FC end the season on a high but whatever the outcome today I hope we can all enjoy the occasion. performance in this competition look a bit healthier. However, I am sure that John will remind Come awa the Broch. the players that Fraserburgh will also be looking to end the season on a high. Finlay Noble, Chairman, Fraserburgh FC Looking forward, our plans for our new stadium at Everyone at Cove Rangers Football Club are Calder Park continue to progress well and we delighted to be involved in this seasons Morrison expect some very positive news on this front in the Motors ADFA Shield Final and we look forward to next week or so. With regards to next season, we meeting Fraserburgh FC in what should be a very have all the necessary approvals for ground sharing entertaining game. Following on from the highs of already in place so we can look forward to next winning the league title to the lows of missing out season determined to continue to build on this in the pyramid play offs, this final game of the season’s success. season gives us an opportunity to end the season on a high. On behalf of Cove Rangers Football Club, I would like to take this opportunity to thank Morrison This is a great competition and is hugely Motors for their continued sponsorship of this competitive and we are proud to have made it to tournament and the Office Bearers of the the final, particularly, having played all our games Aberdeenshire and District FA for their usual away from home and coming through some tough efficient administration of the event. I would also ties at Huntly, Keith and Formartine United on like to thank our friends at Inverurie Loco Works FC route to the final. for permitting the use of Harlaw Park to hosts today’s final. After all the hype around the play offs, I am in no doubt that John and his Management Team will Finally, to the supporters of both sides, enjoy your have the team focused once again on today’s game. afternoon Our last success in this tournament was in season 2008/9, so a win today would make our Keith Moorhouse, Chairman, Cove Rangers FC Aberdeenshire Shield winners: 1990/91 Cove Rangers 1991/92 Fraserburgh 1992/93 Buckie Thistle 1993/94 Fraserburgh 1994/95 Deveronvale 1995/96 Fraserburgh 1996/97 Fraserburgh 1997/98 Keith 1998/99 Peterhead 1999/00 Fraserburgh 2000/01 Cove Rangers 2001/02 Keith 2002/03 Deveronvale 2003/04 Inverurie Locos 2004/05 Keith 2005/06 Keith 2006/07 Keith 2007/08 Buckie Thistle 2008/09 Cove Rangers 2009/10 Peterhead 2010/11 Turriff United 2011/12 Fraserburgh 2012/13 Turriff United 2013/14 Inverurie Locos 2014/15 Turriff United 6 them being suspended it will just give someone else a chance to play.