The Broch, Aberdeenshire Cup Winners 2015-16 Official Match Programme £2.00 Fraserburgh v Keith Press & Journal Scottish Highland Football League Bellslea Park, Fraserburgh, Saturday 12th December 2015. Kick-off 3.00 pm Official Matchday Programme, Vol 6. No. 13 Fraserburgh Football Club (Formed 1910) Manager: Mark Cowie Bellslea Park, Seaforth Street, Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, AB43 9BB, Tel No. 01346 518444 Assistant Manager: James Duthie Chairman/Secretary: Finlay Noble Coaching Staff: Alex Mair, Stevie Doak Vice Chairman: Peter Bruce Brent Bruce, Antony Sherlock & Charles West Directors: Peter Bruce, Peter Cowe, Robert Cowe, Community Coaches: Shelley Sutherland & Graeme Noble James Gibb, David Milne, Calvin Morrice, Kit Man: Jordan Buchan Ewan Mowat, Jason Nicol & Finlay Noble Team Captain: Russell McBride Treasurer: Stephen Sim Club Physio: Ross Cardno Youth Co-ordinator: Alex Mair Assistant Physio: Leanne Reid Web Master: Finlay Noble Club Doctor: Dr Michael Dick Committee Members: Club Honours Highland League Champions: Mike Barbour, Angela Chegwyn, Stuart Ellis, 1932/33, 1937/38, 2001/02 Frank Goodall, Sam Mackay, Iain Milne, League Cup Winners: 1958/59, 2005/06 Lewis Milne, Craig Mowat, Alex Noble, Qualifying Cup Winners: Stephen Sim, Mark Simpson & Colin West 1957/58, 1995/96, 2006/07 Programme Contributors: Aberdeenshire Cup Winners: Mark Simpson (Editor) 1910/11, 1937/38, 1955/56, 1963/64, Finlay Noble 1972/73, 1975/76, 1996/97, 2012/13, Barry Walker (Photographer) 2014/15, 2015/16 Email: [email protected] Aberdeen Charity Cup Winners: 1911/12, 1913/14, 1921/22, 1926/27 Web: www.fraserburghfc.scot Aberdeenshire Shield Winners: 1991/92, 1993/94, 1995/96, 1996/97, 1999/2000, 2011/2012 Fleming Shield Winners: 1919/20 Bells League Cup Winners: 1972/73, 1973/74, 1975/76, 1976/77, 1978/79 Aberdeenshire League Winners: 1994/95, 1995/96, 1997/98 Front Cover: Michael Rae in action in the recent match against Rothes. Michael made a scoring Highland Youth League Champions: return in his second spell with the Broch notching 1992/93, 1993/94, 2001/02, 2003/04 the opening goal of the game. Fraserburgh FC Official Matchday Programme Today we welcome the players, management, officials and support ers of Keith Football Club to Bellslea Park for our Press & Journal Highland League tie. A special mention to the new management team of Allan Hale and Gavin Wemyss who were recently appointed at Kynoch Park. We all know Allan and Gavin from their time at Bellslea and know that the great job they did at Maud will stand them in good stead in the Keith dugout. Allan place in the Scottish League Cup. This will be in the made 223 appearances scoring 83 goals while Gavin made new revamped group stages and with the guarantees 320 appearances scoring 97 goals so they know what it of a Premier League club being in their group it will takes to score here at Bellslea. hopefully be a money spinner for the champion club. The flip side to that however is the realisation that for Last Saturday at Buckie we scored late on to get a point the rest of the clubs there will be no glamour but how we didn’t manage to get the win I don’t know. friendlies anymore in July. All the SPFL teams will The important thing is however that there are no ill either be in Europe or playing in the League Cup so the effects to Joe Barbour after his injury scare at the end of chances of seeing SPFL opposition at Highland League the match. We were all worried seeing him lying grounds during pre-season are all but gone. unconscious on the ground for so long and it was good to see him eventually get to his feet on his way to the That’s a shame as it was a major part of the pre- ambulance. Thankfully all he had was a sore head and a season build up with a few games against senior stiff neck for his troubles. Thanks go out to the medical opposition mixed in with some against Junior teams. personnel at Buckie who helped prior to the ambulance We will need to think on something else now. arriving on what was a cold miserable day. Not so to the person who thought it appropriate to announce the raffle I would like to take this opportunity to wish Sandy and hadn’t been claimed while Joe was so obviously in everyone at Keith FC a very merry Christmas when it distress. It wasn’t his finest hour and I am sure there was arrives. no malice intended but hopefully that wouldn’t be repeated. Come awa the Broch, The league was handed a bonus this week with the Finlay announcement that the champions will be awarded a Contents Club Information 2 Chairman’s Welcome 3 Manager’s Notes 4 Today’s Teamlines - Keith 5 Match Sponsorship 6 Club Sponsors 7 To day’s Visitors – Keith 8 & 9 Match Reports 10 & 11 HFL Match Centre 12 & 13 Supporters Club News/Club News 14 Club Sponsor – Cheers Café Bar 15 Fraserburgh Stats 16 & 17 Club Sponsor - McWilliam (Abdn) Ltd 18 Commercial Page 19 Aberdeenshire League/Under 17’s 20 HFL Stats 21 FFC History - Season 1967/68 22 & 23 Fraserburgh FC Player Profiles 24 & 25 Match Reports 26 & 30 Match Action 27 Player Sponsors 28 & 29 Club Sponsor - PBP Services 31 Fraserburgh FC Official Matchday Programme After the highs of the Falkirk match it was always going to be difficult coming back down to earth with a tricky match against Rothes. How pleased were you with how the players applied themselves in what turned out to be a comfortable win? Historically, teams who have put in so much effort and been praised from all angles after a game, have tended to drop their standards in the next match. This is mostly down to their mindset. I emphasised to the players that we cannot let this happen and I told them that we must kick on from here and get our season back on track. Thankfully the guys did that, however I thought it was going to be one of those nights as we missed several chances before we finally broke the deadlock. Rothes set their marker very early. They tried to slow the game down as much as possible and had every man behind the ball so it was a case of us moving the ball quickly to create that chance. Once we did get the first goal, Rothes had to come out more, which in turn gave us more space to exploit. We did that and went on to score six more and like you say, won comfortably. After Michael has always been a player who I have admired. We played the game I had a wee go at the players for being too slow with the Maud in a pre-season friendly this year and Mikey ran the midfield. ball. I felt we could have moved the ball quicker, and also get the This was impressive as our midfielders that day were Dean Cowie and game started quicker after the ball went out of play. We can not Jamie Masson, yet Mikey controlled the game. I look for certain afford to take our foot of the pedal and stop playing as if we do this attributes in each position and as a midfielder, Mikey ticks a lot of then we will get lazy and that can transfer in to the next game. We the boxes. He is very energetic and has a great desire. This is what have to set standards and make sure we strive to maintain these midfielders need and I know this as much as anyone. He feels like he standards at all times. I have told the guys that the day I stop getting has a point to prove so he is even more determined to do well and I on at them is the day that I can no longer offer them anything as a have no doubt he will be a fans favourite going forward. To be coach. I always want to get better and we as a team can do that. honest, he has settled in to Fraserburgh life better than I expected and from what I have seen so far, he is better than what I realised. The match at Buckie Thistle last week was marred by the injury to Hopefully he goes on to be a success which he deserves to get as he young Joe Barbour at the end but the guys rolled their sleeves up is a great lad. I must say the very best of luck to Grant Thomson who and rescued a point. How impressed were you with the overall went to Maud as part of the deal. Grant has maybe been unlucky performance and determination to get something from the match? with his Fraserburgh career where we have a lot of similar players who can play in his position, so he probably didn't get the game time I think, bearing in mind of the conditions, as a team we played very he wanted. He has been at Maud on loan and has been doing well so well. I think we dominated the game from start to finish and not a hopefully this continues going forward. Also thanks to Maud FC for lot of teams can say this about playing Buckie away. They had 3 shots the way they handled the transfer. It can never be easy losing your on goal the whole game, scoring 2, where as we had several chances captain but they saw that Michael wanted another crack at Highland to score.