Ellon Exit

Saturday 6 March 2010. The Deesiders crashed out of the Regional Cup after dominating for large periods of the match but the visiting defence stood firm despite the barrage.
The opening exchanges were pretty even with both sides trying to find some fluency. The first real chance came when a Chris Ogboke flick found Ryan Stott but he fired just wide before a speculative Matt Edmond cross glanced the top of the bar before going behind for a goal kick. Dod McBain then tried his luck but his tame effort was easily saved by the Elton ‘keeper. Richard Wyness then had a go but his attempt went agonisingly wide. At the other end in a rare Elton attack Cammy Bruce hoisted an effort well over the bar. There was just over half an hour gone when a sweeping Culter move saw Lewis McKimmje thrash a shot which whistled inches over the bar After 40 minutes played Culter took a deserved lead when a Hugh Robertson cross was spectacularly headed home by Richard Wyness. In time added on United got back into it when an Atholl Cadger overhead kick was blocked but Keith Reid followed up for the equaliser.

Culter started with their tails up in the second period with Hugh Robertson going close with a flashing attempt before Lewis McKimrnie set Chris Ogboke free but again he struck wide. The Elion ‘keeper then pulled off a lucky save from Lewis McKimmie as the home side completely dominated. Ryan Stott then had a fine attempt well saved before the same player saw his deft header strike the post with the ‘keeper beaten. Andy Sirn then replaced the injured Stott and Martin Shand came on for Richard Wyness but Elton stole into the lead from a corner when Scott Hendry bulteted home a header. With the game beginning to close out Cohn Craik went near on two occasions to deny what would have been a deserved equaliser.

Culter: McIntosh, Donald, Robertson, Craik, Wilson, Kelly, McBain, McKimmie, Ogboke, Wyness, I Stott. Substitutes: Sim, Shand, Cooper, Rattray, Farquhar.
Referee: Garry Duncan. Assistant Referees: James Robertson and Alistair Fleming

25 Years Ago. On Saturday 2 March 1985 Culter beat Longside 4-2 at Crombie Park, Culter in the
4th Round of the Aberdeen FC Trophy back in our Amateur days. The Referee was N.R. Stuart,
Aiford and our scorers were Stuart Davidson, Steven Munson (2) and Peter George whilst lvor
Buchan and Gary Maskame were on target for Longside. We were ahead 2-0 at the interval.
Culter’s team that afternoon was:-:
A Thain; M Persichini, P Irvine, J Sutherland, P George; I Massie, S Davidson, B Russell, S.Murison, i Smith, A Johnstone; Substitutes: R Clark and G Thomson.
At that stage of the season we had played 30 games as opposed to 23 this season.

Match Day Prize Winners — Saturday 6 March 2010: Half Time Raffle — Bottle Wine — VaT Jamieson,
18 Springfield Avenue, Aberdeen (Val won the 1st prize, the Bottle of Grouse Whisky, but kindly opted to take the lesser prize instead); Bottle Grouse Whisky - Billy Ord; 6 Cans Tennent’s Lager — John Robertson.

After Match £20 ‘Choose Your Team” Competition Winner — Steven McDonald, Aberdeen.

Forthcoming Fixtures
Saturday 13 March 2010 — Superleague: Culter v Sunnybank (at Crombie Park, Culter) Kick Off 2.30 p.m.
Saturday 20 March 2010 — 1/4 Final GA Engineering Inter Regional Cup: Culter v Sunnybank (at Crombie Park, Cuter) Kick Off 215 p.m. — played to a finish — straight to penalties if level at 90 minutes.

Calder Comeback. We welcome back Dave Calder to our playing pool, on loan from Elgin City. Dave previously played for us from 2004/05 to 2006/07.

Congratulations Colin. Congratulations go to our player Colin Craik on his engagement to Kelly Durno.
Our best wishes go to Colin and Kelly for a long, happy future together.

Scoring Statistics. In 23 games played Culter have won 16, drawn 1 and lost 6, scoring 71 goals and
conceding 33 in the process. Scorers: Chris Ogboke 11, Chris Mountford 10, Martin Shand 8, Allan Smith 7, Ryan Stott 6, Richard Wyness 6, Barrj Foster 5, Allan Youngson 5, Martin Cooper 2, Cohn Craik 2, Greg Donald 2, George McBain 2, Hugh Robertson 2, Kevin Garioch 1, Darryn Kelly 1 and Adam Wilson 1.
 

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