Wick AcademyWick Academy |
0 - 10 - 1 |
Formartine UtdFormartine Utd |
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League |
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Goalscorers | |
None. | Graeme Rodger (90) |
Team Managers | |
Tom McKenna |
Paul Lawson |
Starting Eleven | |
Sean McCarthy Michael Steven Gary Manson Alan Farquhar Danny Mackay Jack Henry Craig Gunn Marc MacGregor David Allan Gordon MacNab Grant MacNab |
Kevin Main Jonathan Crawford Kieran Lawrence Stuart Anderson Craig McKeown Jevan Anderson Archie MacPhee Graeme Rodger Garry Wood Aaron Norris Andrew Greig |
Bench | |
Jack Halliday Richard Macadie Grant Aitkenhead Mark Macadie Alan Hughes Sam Mackay Gordon Clark |
Joseph Macpherson Paul Lawson Liam Burnett Stuart Smith Scott Ferries Conor Gethins Ewen Macdonald |
Substitutions | |
Alan Hughes for Gordon MacNab (61) Sam Mackay for Grant MacNab (61) Jack Halliday for Marc MacGregor (67) |
Conor Gethins for Kieran Lawrence (67) Liam Burnett for Aaron Norris (78) Scott Ferries for Andrew Greig (78) |
Cautions | |
Grant MacNab (39) Danny Mackay (77) Danny Mackay (90) |
Archie MacPhee (7) Stuart Anderson (57) |
Red Cards | |
Danny Mackay (90) |
None. |
Match Officials | |
Craig Macrae (Referee) |
Formartine United took advantage of a late red card to Danny Mackay to hit an injury-time winner and consign Academy to a second defeat over the festive period.
The Scorries struggled to create any clear chances but defended resolutely and the game appeared to be drifting towards a goalless draw before Graeme Rodger's late strike.
Manager Tom McKenna made two enforced changes to his side, with Ross Allan and Andrew Hardwick replaced by Gordon MacNab and Craig Gunn. Sixteen-year old Mark Macadie, brother of Richard, made his first appearance on the bench.
Academy started positively and Marc Macgregor twice tested Formartine keeper Kevin Main within the opening 10 minutes - first when he scuffed a shot straight at Main after being set up by a driving run down the right from Davie Allan, and then seeing an edge-of-the-box effort comfortably held.
With Wick sitting deep in clear defensive blocks of four and five, the visitors took control after that and passed up several decent opportunities to take the lead.
Archie Macphee found himself with a clear look at goal a quarter of an hour in but he somehow poked wide of Sean McCarthy's left-hand post, and Rodger followed that moments later by guiding a shot wide of the same spot.
After coming through that tough 15-minute spell, it was Academy who threatened next when, after a great spin in midfield by Grant MacNab, the ball came through for Macgregor whose shot was blocked by Main.
Academy made a tactical switch with Craig Gunn and Davie Allan swapping wings and Gordon MacNab moving upfield to partner Macgregor up top. The move failed to pay dividends as Wick couldn't trouble the away defence throughout the half, Davie Allan coming closest to goal when he skewed his shot wide after a one-two with Macgregor.
Formartine similarly struggled to break down a well-drilled home defence, but they smelled blood when Mackay was given a second yellow card in the last minute after a collision with substitute Scott Ferries.
It was another Formartine sub who played a key role in the winner when Liam Burnett skipped past Craig Gunn to the by-line and cut back for the unmarked Rodger, who had the simple task of tapping it home.
Click on the link below to read a newspaper report for this match.
Match report written by Mel Roger
Click here to view newspaper report.
Newspaper extract from John O' Groat Journal - 4th January 2019.
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Sean McCarthy (GK) | 25 |
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20 | - | 156 | - |
Michael Steven | 28 |
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16 | 2 | 251 | 15 |
Danny Mackay | 27 |
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18 | 1 | 128 | 5 |
Marc MacGregor | 24 |
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20 | 9 | 111 | 33 |
Gordon MacNab | 24 |
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24 | 5 | 42 | 11 |
Jack Henry | 27 |
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21 | 3 | 37 | 3 |
Alan Farquhar | 30 |
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21 | - | 303 | 4 |
Gary Manson | 35 |
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25 | 6 | 621 | 46 |
Grant MacNab | 27 |
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6 | - | 20 | 1 |
Craig Gunn | 31 |
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22 | 5 | 72 | 34 |
David Allan | 29 |
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24 | 8 | 337 | 143 |
Sam Mackay (sub) | 29 |
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13 | - | 312 | 136 |
Alan Hughes (sub) | 23 |
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16 | - | 87 | 4 |
Jack Halliday (sub) | 24 |
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21 | 5 | 68 | 9 |
Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | ||
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1. | Cove Rangers | 19 | 18 | 0 | 1 | +53 | 54 |
2. | Fraserburgh | 21 | 16 | 1 | 4 | +57 | 49 |
3. | Brora Rangers | 19 | 16 | 0 | 3 | +48 | 48 |
4. | Formartine Utd | 20 | 15 | 2 | 3 | +32 | 47 |
5. | Inverurie Locos | 22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | +32 | 43 |
6. | Forres Mech | 21 | 14 | 1 | 6 | +29 | 43 |
7. | Buckie Thistle | 20 | 10 | 2 | 8 | +19 | 32 |
8. | Huntly | 20 | 9 | 2 | 9 | +3 | 29 |
9. | Deveronvale | 22 | 9 | 1 | 12 | -8 | 28 |
10. | WICK | 20 | 8 | 3 | 9 | +9 | 27 |
11. | Keith | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | -6 | 25 |
12. | Rothes | 20 | 7 | 3 | 10 | +9 | 21 |
13. | Turriff United | 21 | 6 | 3 | 12 | -11 | 21 |
14. | Strathspey | 20 | 6 | 3 | 11 | -18 | 21 |
15. | Nairn County | 19 | 6 | 2 | 11 | -6 | 20 |
16. | Clachnacuddin | 19 | 4 | 3 | 12 | -22 | 15 |
17. | Lossiemouth | 22 | 1 | 0 | 21 | -88 | 3 |
18. | Fort William | 21 | 0 | 2 | 19 | -132 | -7 |
Sixteen-year old Mark Macadie, brother of Richard, made his first appearance on the bench today for Wick Academy.