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 Albion BC Under 15's met Peterhead Colts at a chilly Glenury Park this afternoon in the Stonehaven Youth Trophy final. The favourites, Albion, are league A champions, while Peterhead are one win away from being league B champions.
Richard Binnie looked to latch onto a ball over the top for Albion early on, but keeper Shaun Allen was off his line quickly to clear the danger. In the eighth minute, Peterhead’s Jonathan Duthie had an effort tipped around the post by Reece Duncan in goals.
The League B side were having a good opening spell, and Charlie Spellman nearly gave them the lead when he flashed a shot just past the post on 15 minutes. Albion then went straight up to the other end and Clark Scott was put through one-on-one. The striker’s attempted lob was well saved by Allen who was sharp off his line again.
In the 17th minute Albion grabbed the lead. Binnie was left unmarked at a corner and took full advantage, his bullet header going in off the post. Three minutes later it was 2-0. Mark Gilmour won possession on the right, battled to the by-line and cut the ball back for Scott who had an easy finish.
After a good start, Peterhead had now faded away a bit and Albion were dominant. Their third goal came in the 29th minute, and it was great link-up play between Gilmour and Scott once more. A long ball forward was flicked on by Gilmour, allowing Scott, who timed his run to perfection, to go clear. The striker kept his cool to slot past the keeper for his second of the match.
Just before half time Peterhead gave themselves a life-line as they pulled a goal back. Paul Duncan fired the ball across the face of goal and found Taylor Dawson waiting at the back post to finish it off.
Half Time: Albion BC 3-1 Peterhead BC Colts
 Clark Scott was on the hunt for his hat trick right from the start of the second half, but his low drive was easily stopped by Allen. In the 48th minute, Peterhead’s Liam Mackie latched onto a ball over the top, and with the keeper rushing out, tried an audacious lob from 30 yards which bounced just wide.
Shaun Allen had been in fine form, and made another excellent save from a powerful header in the 56th minute.
Albion’s fourth goal did arrive shortly after though. Scott found himself all alone with the ball at his feet just a few yards out and blasted it goalwards. It looked as though the keeper had saved it for a moment but the sheer power of the shot carried it over the line and Scott claimed his deserved hat trick.
At 4-1, Peterhead looked dead and buried, but their heads didn’t go down, in fact they came back into the game and dominated for a spell. Aidan Buchan’s effort at the near post flew just wide on 69 minutes, before Mackie nearly scored direct from a corner two minutes later.
Just as it looked as though Peterhead would finish strongly though, three quick goals from Albion put three final nails in the League B side’s coffin. The first was a screamer from Dylan Smith on the right-hand side, leaving keeper with no chance. The second just a minute later was a low, close-range shot from Gilmour, who deserved a goal, having had a good game. Having opened the scoring, Richard Binnie then finished it with the last kick of the game, a superb low drive across the keeper from wide on the right.
All in all, a well deserved, and expected, victory for Albion, although the scoreline was somewhat harsh on the opposition. Peterhead put up a good fight and made things difficult for the League A champions. They dominated spells of the game but crucially couldn’t find the net in those spells and then caved in at the end. Albion will take confidence from the win as they look ahead to another cup final against Lewis United next week.
Full Time: Albion BC 7-1 Peterhead BC Colts
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Andrew Milne, Coach of Albion, said: "I’m just absolutely delighted, the kids have been first class this year and I think they’re getting their just rewards. Started off a bit slow today though I thought, but we are getting better. It’s unusual because we haven’t really been in many cup finals, last year we didn’t actually win anything so we’ve now won the league, and this cup, and obviously we’ve got the cup final against Lewis Utd coming up next week which all the boys are probably thoroughly looking forward to. Maybe a bit of nerves at the start today but they did the job in the end so we’re absolutely delighted."
He continued: "I think Peterhead actually put up a really good fight today. The end result probably flattered us just ever so slightly, they maybe just ran out of a bit of puff, but we’ll take it." |
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Graeme Mackie, Coach of Peterhead, said: "The result flatters Albion a bit, 7-1, we were looking quite solid at 3-1 as well. I think the loons did us proud, I’m really pleased with them. I couldn’t fault the effort that the team put in, if we’d taken our chances early doors it could’ve been a different game."
Ally Marshall, Coach of Peterhead, said: "The guys have done really well getting this far, and barring the last 10 minutes, we gave them a really good game."
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YFS
It was a cloudy scene at Spain Park when CBC Hilton fresh from winning the league A play off against Colony Park took on Cove Rangers. With Rangers winning 2-0 the game looked over and done with however Hilton never fail to entertain anyone and put on an amazing comeback.
Cove started the brighter once again and went 2-0 up in the 50th minute after Ross Cochrane played in Scott Davie who took full responsibility by wonderfully tucking the ball away into the bottom left hand corner and at that stage in the game it looked like no way back for Hilton.
Deveronvale 16s met Culter Boys on Sunday afternoon in the first ever Castle Trophies Cup final. Deveronvale are 16s SoccerWorld League A champions while Culter look likely to finish runners-up. The home team won on both occasions the sides met in the league this season so it looked like a cracker was in store at the neutral venue of Ian Mair Park, Dyce.
Sutherland was put through one-on-one at the start of the second half, but didn’t catch his shot properly, resulting in an easy save for Dey. Two minutes later a Combe effort from range flashed wide.
Colony Park met Broomhill Juniors in the Final of The Raymond Kelly Association Trophy. This was the inaugural Final of this trophy in memory of the 56 year old secretary of the ADJFA and President of the SYFA. His widow Moira was in attendance to present the trophy and medals.
Garden was again called into action as he dived full length to turn a shot round the post. Broomhill piled the pressure on Colony second half but could not find a way through the Colony rearguard. 
Matches between Dyce and Albion at this age group has gotten more even and more enjoyable to watch for the neutral and the ADJFA heavyweights served up another great game with Albion left to rue missed chances which Dyce made them pay via a penalty shoot-out.
Dyce's two forwards linked up once again with McArthur's corner was met by Milne but his header just went over the top. Dyce were going to be given a real let off soon.
Sunday afternoon in Inverurie and the sun finally decided to come out for what was going to be an excellent final between the Under 15s heavyweights in Albion and Lewis United. The match was to go all the way with Albion having more luck and won the treble.
Albion were the more dominant as we started the 2nd half and had the ball in the net however it was disallowed for a foul after one of the Lewis defenders was fouled in the lead up to the attack by Albion.
Callum Youngson had a chance to save Lewis's day with their second penalty however Reece Duncan saved his penalty superbly before Richard Binnie calmly slid the ball past Eddie Flinn.
Over the past 5 years an Albion side who have enjoyed so much success over the years was to come to an era today but they managed to squeeze another trophy into the scrapbook to remember for everyone involved with Albion BC. However, this wasn't to go without a fright from Westdyke.
The Albion coaching staff knew it wasn't going right and made a half time substitution with Greg Watson coming off for Josh Milne. The second half started and Westdyke looked the better side once again looking more organised and once again looking like they were going to get their hands on the cup which would have been their first cup success in three seasons.
