
North Region Archive (532)

The ADJFA has had another eventful five months since the season started back in August. It has seen a new president on board, new teams being introduced as well as bigger sized C Leagues in the event that if teams decide to fold midway through the season.
Every age group still has a team left in the competition except from the Under 16s and Under 13s. The teams remaining in the Cup are Colony Park Under 19s, Broomhill Juniors Under 17s, Lewis United Under 15s, Dyce BC Under 14s, Albion BC Under 14s as well as Torphins Tornados at the same age group.
We'll start with the Under 19s an age group which I have been unfortunately not been able to report on this season and it has staged some cracking games. It also has cracking teams to match with Colony Park, the only North Region contender still left in the Scottish Cup, are battling with CBC Hilton, Cove Rangers and Kintore to see who will take the crown at the end of the campaign.
The B League hasn't seen a lot of action to date, however Formartine United are currently top with Alford Amateurs behind them undefeated and with a game in hand. There are teams around them which have only played one game, kick starting their campaigns.
In the Under 17's it looks to be a two way fight towards who will be crowned champions between Albion BC, Broomhill Juniors. Albion have already played eight games this season with Broomhill played just three, with the fact there in the Quarter Finals of the Scottish Cup, these sides have yet to face each other. Another pairing is going to the wire in the B League with Banchory BC and Cove BC Colts currently scrapping to get the crown.
From the leagues that play on a Saturday the Under 16's A League has been the most enjoyable so far. It currently has Deveronvale top after 7 games winning 6 and losing 1 to one of their main rivals Dyce BC. Other teams that are in the hunt are Glentanar, Albion, Dyce and Culter. Cove BC managed to get to a cup final last season and have made an excellent start to this term winning eight out of eight. Another team with a 100% record is Kemnay with six wins out of six.
We now move to the list of leagues which play on a Sunday. The A League will have a battle of two hunting for the title with Albion still having a 100% record intact, winning 10 out of 10 including beating Lewis United, who are still in the Scottish Cup, 3-0. It's entertaining to look at who could go down with a few teams trying to seek points to play A League football again next season.
In the B League two sides have still got 100% records;Colony Park and Cove BC with Peterhead Colts still undefeated after 6 games winning 4 and drawing 2, The C League has got four teams aiming for promotion this season.
The Under 14's has been a great season for spectators in the Scottish Cup. There are three teams remaining; Dyce, Albion and Torphins. There is also one team vying with Dyce and Albion, Fraserburgh Link Up who have made a great start, winning 7 out of 8 games.
Three teams are in with a shout of promotion in the B League with Deveronvale, Formartine United and Peterhead Phoenix getting off to a good start, two teams are in with a shout in the C League with Byron Spurs and Stoneywood in contention.
Some teams in the Under 13's have played a few league games where as some have only played just once. Albion are sitting comfortably at the top with six wins from six. The last survivor from the North region teams in the Under 13's Scottish Cup was Culter Colts, they are in the B League this season; they have won 2 out of 2 and are locked in a title race with Portlethen, Ellon Meadows and Deveronvale. Colony Park are sitting comfortably at the top of the C League with 6 wins out of 6.
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Written by Scott Cormack
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Torphins into last 16 after entertaining tie
Written by Bruce Dryburgh
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Discuss the Match | Create a Souvenir Newsprint This game went ahead in extreme conditions in snow on the astroturf pitch in Inverurie but the referee was happy for the game to go ahead and it was all smiles for Torphins at full time as they came out on top and progressed to the last 16 of the Scottish Cup in what was a closely contested match. Half Time: Torphins Tornados 1-1 Calderbraes BC
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The home side suffered even more when a cross from the right resulted in another agonising miss - an absolute sitter of a goal! But not for Vale! Finlay Johnston was next to have a go at the Albion goal, but his shot was blocked by a mass of defenders. Another good high cross from the right resulted in the ball dropping tantalisingly over the Albion crossbar. Full Time: Hutchison Vale 1-3 Albion BC |
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Congratulations to Aberdeen Ladies 13's, Deveronvale Girls 15's, and Buchan Quines 17's for winning their respective leagues in the North Region this year. The winners of all the North leagues came down to their final game of the season.
Aberdeen 13s were close runners up last year, it is Deveronvale 15s second successful year and Buchan Quines were third last year.
A big thank to all parents, volunteers and players from every team for their time and effort this season to make sure girls across the North Region are provided with the opportunity to play football.
This year there have been some new teams in the league at 13's level which has been fantastic and hopefully this will feed into the older age groups in the next few years. This is also the benefit from all the hard work being done at the Primary School Leagues which are administrated by David Silcocks in the Aberdeen/Aberdeenshire area This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..">This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
For further information on these leagues or girls football please contact North Region league administrator Lorna Young on 01343 540101 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or Girls and Women’s Football Development Officer Finella Annand on This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..">.
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Buchan Quines 17's
Lewis overcome stubborn Ellon to progress in cup
Written by John Elder
Portree HS
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Liniclate HS
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Seniors Friendly
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24/11/2012
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Liniclate School’s senior football team returned home satisfied last week after recording a 3-1 penalty shoot-out win against Portree in a one-off friendly match.
The game, despite being classed as a friendly, started at a frantic pace with both sides struggling to hold onto the ball and throwing themselves into strong tackles. Both teams had players warned about their ferocious tackling but this did not deter the players from giving it their all when making challenges. After a particularly strong but fair tackle from one of the Liniclate midfielders Portree were forced into an early change. This change seemed to galvanise the away side as they identified the hesitancy within the new Portree formation. The Liniclate midfield three of Ali MacDonald, Calum MacDonald and Martin MacPhee began to control the tempo of the game but were unable to find the final pass. A number of balls over the top were easily dealt with by the composed Portree defenders who were consistently beating the Liniclate forwards for pace. The only clear cut opportunity of the first half fell to Portree against the run of play. Liniclate had piled a number of players into the box awaiting the delivery of a free-kick from the right hand side. A poor cross was cleared at the front post by one of the defenders and the ball fell nicely to the speedy Portree left winger on the edge of the box. He had acres to run into and quickly set about hitting Liniclate on the break. The lack of numbers for Liniclate at the back saw the winger easily beat the defence and go in one on one. It seemed certain that he would score but the Liniclate keeper managed to parry the shot. Unfortunately for Liniclate, the ball fell to another Portree player who had the whole goal to aim for with the keeper sprawled on the deck. Fortunately for Liniclate however, was the poor shot the striker struck and centre back Owen MacInnes was able to get back and clear the ball off the line. The away side breathed a sigh of relief as the half time whistle was blown with the score still 0-0.
Half Time: Portree HS 0-0 Liniclate HS
The start of the second half saw Liniclate adjust their personnel slightly to match the physicality of the Portree centre backs with 6ft 4 tall John MacDonald replacing Shaun MacCormick up front. The golden chance of the half fell to MacDonald who, after a corner, was unable to hammer his half-volley home. This was as good as it got for both sides in the second half with most of the game being played within the midfield. The game finished 0-0 and with the away side having to catch a ferry it was decided to go straight to penalties.
Liniclate captain Ali MacDonald stepped up first and coolly slotted his penalty into the bottom corner. Portree then saw their first penalty saved by the Liniclate keeper. Calum MacDonald then hammered his penalty home to give Liniclate a 2-0 lead. Portree pulled one back with a composed finish down the middle. Liniclate players Alasdair ‘Barvas’ Steele and Shaun MacCormick both saw their penalties saved but Portree were unable to capitalize and saw both penalties go wide. Liniclate centre back Owen MacInnes stepped up and won his team the game by riffling his penalty just inside the post. The win was made all the sweeter for the Liniclate boys as it was their manager, Mr Craig Cooper’s last game in charge before leaving for a new job in the mainland. The team are grateful for his contributions over the past two years to the school’s football teams and felt this was a fitting end to all his hard work!
Full Time: Portree HS 0-0 Liniclate HS (Liniclate win 3-1 on penalties)
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Discuss the Match | Create a Souvenir Newsprint This game was moved to an astroturf pitch to get the game played and it was Cove who made the brighter start of the two sides. In the 4th minute of the game Nicky Lynch cleverly flicked the ball through for Drew Canale but Liam Cook was sharp on his line to deny Cove an early advantage. Just two minutes later and Canale had another chance to open the scoring after Kyle Bilsland slipped the ball through to him but the keeper denied him again. Cove almost had a goal back just 3 minutes into the second half after Smith's long range shot hit off the bar, Cook smothered onto Ben Church's rebound when he looked more likely to score. Banchory took advantage of that miss and went up the pitch and scored a goal of their own as Kerr Docherty drove forward from the right back position and played the ball inside to MacIntosh who had space on the edge of the box and he played the ball over Mitchell into the corner of the net to round off his hat-trick. |
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Lewis hit cloud nine as Scottish Cup dream lives on
Written by David Reid
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Discuss the Match | Create a Souvenir Newsprint Dalmuir made the trip North with themselves being in the A league, in the Dumbartonshire FDL, and in the bottom half of it, they faced a great footballing side in Lewis United, The Aberdeen side sent them home to think again as a Barcelona minded attack was on United's mind and it saw them gain four goals after 12 minutes and seven goals by half time. |
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Half Time: Cove BC 4-2 North Star |
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Deveronvale FC
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U16 SYFA Challenge Cup
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Polo Park
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10/11/2012
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Vale are today suffering after continous chances but no cigar meant the game went straight to penalties with Dyce coming up on top, the visitors felt that the game should have been wrapped up inside eighty minutes.
A Vale player said "We played well throughout the whole game but just couldn't get a goal that would put us into the next round, we had to settle for penalties however Dyce had more luck than us."
It was an open game with some good attacking football, both sides had great chances but Grant Yates and Gavin Still both produced some great saves to keep the game all square, Dyce then held their luck to beat Vale and move into the next round where they will play Southside.
Full Time: Dyce BC 0-0 Deveronvale FC (Dyce win 4-2 on penalties)
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Comfortable win for Westdyke in Scottish Cup
Written by Bruce Dryburgh
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Discuss the Match | Create a Souvenir Newsprint With the kick off being delayed by fifteen minutes to allow the pitch to thaw a little it was Westdyke that came out as comfortable winners in a Scottish Cup Third Round fixture against Kennoway United. Craig Mackie's astonishing four goals helped them along the way as well as strikes from Hadyn Burgoyne and Glen Donald and Connor Brown's goal for the visitors proved to be only a consolation. Half Time: Westdyke BC U15s 5-0 Kennoway United U15s |
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