Cup Crisis
Dugout Inter-Regional Cup 2nd Round
Culter 0 Elmwood 1, H-T 0-1 Scorer Leah 45 (pen)
For the second Saturday on the trot Culter were dumped out of a cup. This
time they must consider themselves unlucky as they played some solid
football with newcomer Gordon Farmer having a good debut, particularly in
the first period. The Deesiders were without their main strike force of
McRitchie and Cameron although the latter came on as a second half sub.
Culter started on the offensive and Davidson broke into the box but he chose
to cross instead of shooting and the chance was gone. In the 7t' minute
Farmer went crashing in the box but referee Craig Sim waved away the appeals
and a minute later Farmer sent in a whipping cross but there were no takers.
Stewart was next to try his luck from a good Cowell ball but keeper Lindsay
did well to block the shot. Moments later a mistake by Black of Elmwood let
in Stewart and his cute lob beat the keeper but drifted just over. Adam then
had a good effort saved by Lindsay from an Allan pass as
Culter piled on the pressure. With 18 minutes gone Elwood had their first
opportunity but Stevenson blasted well over from distance before Sommerville
volleyed well wide from outside the box. At the other end a super Ord ball
found Stewart but Lindsay got down well to save the winger's attempt.
Farmer was having a field day on the left and his stinging grounder was held
by the keeper before the same player smacked a cross cum shot against the
post in 31 minutes. In a rare attack Elmwood were awarded a free kick which
Black blasted into the wall. With a few minutes of the half remaining a long
Rattray ball was superbly killed by Orawwho swivelled before sending in a:
clipped shot which just cleared the bar and ended up on thex-roof of the net
with Lindsay beaten. Disaster struck for Culter in the 45"' minute when a
Watson shot from distance struck Rattray on the upper arm and the ref
pointed to the spot. Despite the protestations the decision stood and LEAH
stepped up to net. Culter had another chance in time added on but Cowell's
blistering drive whistled over.
Culter started were they left off in the second period dominating possession
without really getting much on target but they had keeper M. Pirie to thank
when he turned a Leah shot out for a comer. Culter then sent on Cameron for
Davidson in an attempt to get something from the game and their chances
seemed to be enhanced when Duncan of Elwood was shown red for lashing out at
Rattray. Cameron's introduction almost told when his snap shot from a Calder
pass went agonisingly wide. The woodwork came to the rescue once again for
the visitors when a Craik header from a Farmer comer crashed off the
underside of the bar before being booted to safety by Watson. Culter kept
pushing and had almost all the possession and a visionary shot from Ord from
a seemingly impossible position shrieked past the upright. With time rapidly
running out Cameron tried his luck with a lob but once again the chance went
over before a great strike from Cowell was turned behind acrobatically by
the keeper.
After the final whistle one of the Elwood supporters commented that "We were
gubbed 0-1".
Culter: M. Pirie, Cowell, Allan, Calder, Rattray, Adam,
Davidson, Stewart, Ord, Craik, Farmer.
Subs: Cameron, Smith, Thain, Grant, l. Pirie
The ABERDEIN CONSIDINE man of the match award went to Watson of Etwood who
was calmness personified at the heart of the visitors defence. The award was
presented by Harvey Aberdein who also sponsored the game.
Numbers Reduction.
Since there were no winners again the numbers available for selection will
_be reduced by one for the next draw, i.e. 1 to 21 for Lottery dated
Saturday 12 February 2005.
Match Day Prize Winners - Saturday 5 February
2005.
Half Time Raffle: Bottle Whisky - Denis Adam, Aberdeen;
Bottle Wine - Doug Grant, Culter (who is thanked for
donating his prize back for next week's Half Time Raffle);
6 Cans Tennent's Lager - Andrew Fraser, Culter.
After Match £20 "Choose
Your Team" Competition: Colin Low, Culter.
Scoring Table to Date.
In 24 games played Culter have won 15, drawn one and lost 8 games, scoring
68 goals and conceding 28 in the process.
R Cameron 26
C Craik 3 K Christie 2 A Cowell 1
N McRitchie 17 M
Rattray 3 D Ord 2 G Davidson 1
P Stewart 10 D
Adam 2 D Calder 1
Committee Convenes.
A Committee Meeting of Culter Football Club will be held in Crombie Park
Pavilion, Culter, on Tues 8 February 2005, commencing at 7.00 pm.
Next Week's Fixture
- Soccer World Superleague - Saturday 12 February 2005 Culter v Sunnybank
(at Crombie Park, Culter) Kick Off 2.30 pm.
Forthcominq Fixture
- Acorn Heating Cup 1St Round - Saturday 19 Feb 2005 Glentanar v Culter (at
Woodside Sports Complex, Aberdeen).
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