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Westdyke Community Club are celebrating two success stories this week - with both the Boys Under 17s and Under 19s qualifiying for their first ever Cup finals, and the clubs first final in three years. What makes the achievement all the more remarkable is that in both ties the Westhill outfit were overwhelming underdogs!
The 17s were the first team into a showpiece, with a 3-2 victory over Colony Park in the NOSKAB Trophy. An early Andrew Bremner strike was cancelled out by their oponents only for Alex Wright to resotre the lead followed by a terrific Raymond Gray goal. A late counter ensured a tense finale to a great cup tie but the home team held on to secure a final against Albion next month.
There was even more drama on the adjacent pitch at Lawsondale with the 19s hosting top of the A League CBC Hilton, undefeated locally all season, in the Sunnybank Shield.
Hilton started the match on a high with Jake Connon netting in the opening minutes, only for Tyler Reid to equalise soon after. Mohammed Mbarki restored the visitors advantage on the half-hour only for Reid, later the obvious choice for man of the match , to equalise a second time and ensure a level half time scoreline.
Euan Armstrong put Westdyke 3-2 ahead minutes into the second half before a crack in a crossbar brought the tie to a halt.
A delay of over thirty minutes later, the tie resumed - and Hilton, seemingly incensed at the length of the delay, levelled the scores through former Westdyke forward Daniel Scott.
With no further goals extra time was played - and Hilton took the lead for a third time in the match when Scott Cowper scored from range.
With two minutes of extra time remaining, Armstorng scored his second of the tie to make the score 4-4 - and penalties seeming certain.
However, deep in injury time - added on solely through a stoppage to treat the Hilton keeper's cramp - Westdyke's Kevin Otto netted after a goalmouth scramble to win the game for the hosts, sparking celebrations on the home touchline, and set up a derby final with Kintore at Sunnybank Juniors' Heathryfold Park next month.
17s Head Coach Kevin Buchan said "That was probably the proudest moment in my entire time playing and coaching football. Winning a semi final, fantastic feeling - however I wouldn't want to put myself through that again, I think I kicked every ball! So proud of the entire squad to get this far from where we have been. Thank you to all of the players for the hard work put into this match and the whole campaign. You deserved this win!"
19s counterpart Dave Elphinstone had the biggest gleaming smile for miles around "When you look back at the cup run it's been fantastic - and truly memorable. We were two penalty misses down in the first round shootout against Alford and ended up winning, then won the second round tie at MBC United through a last minute winner - and to earn a final by defeating the Leagues top two (Cove Rangers and CBC Hilton) in the Quarter and Semi-Finals with perofrmances like those is just tremendous - well done to the squad, we'll look forward to facing Kintore in the final."
Westdyke's cup hopes do not end there with the 13s and 16s having Quarter and Semi-Final ties respectively this weekend. The 13s are away to Albion in the Colony Park Cup while the 16s travel to Glentanar for a potential Final with Culter Boys at Pittodrie Stadium in the President's Cup.
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U13 Colony Park Cup - Round 4
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Pitmedden Road
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21/04/2013
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Dyce welcomed Paul Lawrie Foundation to Pitmedden for this Colony Park Trophy 4th Round tie, the second meeting between the two teams in four days with Paul Lawrie Foundation looking to avenge their defeat in the previous game. Dyce had a slightly depleted squad due to injury but started the game well and within nine minutes were ahead when Lebo Norris scored following good play down the right and three minutes later following a corner from the right by Keiran Simpson, Calum Mitchell rose well to head the ball into the net to increase the lead. Dyce were in control and in the seventeenth minute a well worked passing move saw the ball passed through the midfield with Calum Mitchell playing the ball forward to Harrison Hinks who drilled the ball into the net from long range. Dyce were three goals to the good. And three minutes later Findlay Stalker this time set up Harrison Hinks for his second of the game. The Dyce defence switched off when they allowed Paul Lawrie Foundation to score following a good passing move from the restart this goal gave the Paul Lawrie players a boost and with thirty minutes gone they scored again following a free kick about ten yards outside the Dyce penalty area. Half Time: Dyce BC 4-2 Paul Lawrie Foundation Paul Lawrie Foundation kicked off the second half and the next goal was going to be crucial and it fell to the opposition just a minute into the second half when a long range shot was not dealt with by the Dyce defence. Game on and both teams were now in a battle for a place in the semi finals, with forty minutes gone Findlay Stalker found him self clear and he ran on to finish well restoring a two goal lead. Paul Lawrie Foundation continued to fight and with five minutes remaining a high ball into the box was fumbled by Jamie Pashley in the Dyce goal and as the attacker ran in Jamie brought him down to give away a penalty from which Paul Lawrie Foundation scored Dyce were now battling to hold on to their lead and it was backs to the wall for the last five minutes. Well done both teams for making it an entertaining game. Full Time: Dyce BC 5-4 Paul Lawrie Foundation |
Huntly FC
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U14 ADJFA League 'B'
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21/04/2013
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An overcast start to the match in Huntly quickly turned to frequent heavy showers and in amongst the rain, both teams pressed for the first goal. Culter, playing catch up in the league with games in hand, were desperate for the victory which showed in their early play being rushed with poor decision making in the last third of the pitch.
Eventually, Culter broke through the Huntly lines with both Adam Reid & Liam McKintosh having shots at goal but both off target. Not to outdone, Huntly pressurised the Culter defence on several occasions in the first half and Culter have Thomas Stewart to thank for keeping the Huntly strikers out. Culter had a couple of penalty shouts as well but waved away by the referee on the day. As the half wore on, Shaun Corthels missed a chance in the 6 yard box after good work from Adam Reid and Liam McKintosh, looking more dangerous, struck the bar from outside the 18 yard box. Half Time: Huntly FC 0-0 Culter Deeside Moving into the second half it was still 0-0. Culter finally break the deadlock with probably their scrappiest goal of the season as Adam Reid eventually bundles the ball over the line. The goal seem to relax Culter as they quickly followed this up with another, Adam Reid this time with a good strike past the Huntly goalkeeper. At 2-0 Culter started to switch off and Huntly grab their opener with their striker first to react to a long range parry from Thomas Stewart. At 2-1, it seemed it was game on again. However, Adam Reid was on a mission for his hat-trick and finised in style with a fine strike after a nice turn in the box. 3-1 Culter….. Euan Ross then goes close with a mazy dribble and shot but then gets the goal of the day with a fine volley into the top corner to make the final score 4-1 Culter. Full Time: Huntly FC 1-4 Culter Deeside
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13's SWF Youth Cup
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21/04/2013
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Weather and pitch condition were sure to play a key part in this match, as the wind howled and the pitch had a definite incline in favour of Aberdeen in the first half. It took time for the deadlock to be broken as the stand-in Montrose keeper was proving a good shot stopper, although had some trouble holding onto her saves. Aberdeen were unable to capitalise on the spills as much as they might have hoped. Aberdeen continued the pressure and eventually were rewarded for their efforts by going into the half time break at 4-0 up. Half Time: Aberdeen FCL Youth 4-0 Montrose Youth Second half was an entirely different story, Montrose took full advantage of the conditions now in their favour and fought back honorably to 4-3 with about 10 minutes to go. Aberdeen had a shot which deflected off the crossbar and back into play, then going onto score. Montrose hotly contested that it was out, but the referee saw otherwise for AFC to go 5-3 up. Montrose pushed on again and found the net again but time was against them and a very relieved Aberdeen team took the victory by a narrow margin to progress to the next round of the Scottish Cup. Full Time: Aberdeen FCL Youth 5-3 Montrose Youth |
Albion beat Broch to stay on course for cup glory
Written by Daniel McKay
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Half Time: Albion BC 1-0 Fraserburgh Link-Up YFC
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Hot shot Latimar sends Nicolson into national final
Written by David Reid
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Discuss the Match | Buy Photos and Souvenirs Beaming sunshine descended on Dingwall for this Scottish Shield semi final between Nicolson Institute and Williamwood. The match saw Nicolson go through to the final winning 4-2 and now to face Boroughmuir at Grant Street Park, Clachnacuddin on Wednesday. Full Time: Nicolson Institute 4-2 Williamwood HS |
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Discuss the Match | Buy Photos and Souvenirs Aberdeen Grammar are in two cup finals and this was their first chance to try and get some silverware. They were up against a Harlaw outfit who have players playing at SFL clubs and Chris Liversedge an ex Scottish Cup winner with Albion. Full Time: Aberdeen Grammar School 1-5 Harlaw Academy |
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Discuss the Match | Buy Photos and Souvenirs A sandstorm affected parts of the North East during Tuesday and there was no sand affecting the pitch however it was going to be a wind assisted game. |
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It has become a bit of a tradition for the current Ellon Meadows U15 side to travel to this tournament as the club has now taken part for a number of years . The U15’s from 2010 won the tournament so the current team had a pretty high target to aim for.
The Ellon boys were drawn in a qualifying group with six other teams, four from Germany and two from Belgium, and knew that in order to qualify for the knock out stages on the final day they would have to finish in the top two.
An early start on day one of the competition saw Ellon up against Spvg Versmold of Germany in their first game. Following a nervy start from both sides Ellon settled down to play some fantastic football on their way to a magnificent 6-0 victory. The six goals came from six different scorers, these being Murad Mahmood, Hayden Cochrane, Michael Macintosh, Michael Moffatt, Matthew Malcolmson and Reece Dempster.
Ellon’s next opponents were a very strong and physically big German team SV Weiden. Ellon were being outmuscled at times but stuck to their task manfully before losing out 3-1. The Ellon goal was worthy of note, being scored by Kyle Bruce direct from a corner kick.
That evening the team attended the official opening ceremony for the tournament where Ellon’s Dillon Bray had been selected to make a speech promoting the tournament’s fair play ethos. Plenty of singing and waving of saltires let the other nations know that the Scots were in town!
At the start of day two Ellon were sitting in third place in the group league table and knew that they had to get some more points on the board.
The first opponents of the day were Ent. Sp. Winaloise from Belgium. Ellon struggled to find their form at the start of the game but turned things around at half time and ran out worthy 7-1 winners. Goals came from Michael Moffatt, Hayden Cochrane, Thomas Blakey, Chris Argo, plus a fine hat trick from Alexander Blair.
Going into the third and final day of the groups stages Ellon were sitting in second place in the table and were due to play the two teams immediately below them. The only way to be sure of qualification was to go for two wins.
Ellon’s first game of day three was against KVS Branst from Belgium who were sitting third in the table. The Belgians turned up with a huge support who were waving a massive flag and banging a drum!
The Meadows boys soon silenced the opposition support when Michael Moffatt made space in the box and rifled home a shot. Early in the second half good battling by Fraser Gill saw an opposition player handle the ball in the box. Murad Mahmood confidently netted the resulting penalty. Ellon sealed the win ten minutes later, Murad Mahmood rifling the ball home through a crowded penalty area following a corner. Final score Ellon Meadows 3 KVS Branst 0.
Game two was against SG Hemer of Germany and the Meadows boys wanted another win to make sure of progressing to the quarter finals.
Ellon were looking a bit jaded in this game and the Germans were moving the ball about well. Hayden Cochrane scored midway through the first half to put Ellon in front. SG Hemer had a great chance to draw level towards the end of the game but Eden Cooper pulled off a great save at the striker’s feet. Final score Ellon Meadows 1 SG Hemer 0.
Having finished second in their qualifying group Ellon Meadows returned to the excellent venue on the final day of the tournament to play a quarter final match against FC Cinacien of Belgium.
Unfortunately despite dominating possession the Ellon boys seemed to have lost their goal scoring form, unlike their opponents who fashioned three chances and finished them clinically. Despite their disappointment at losing the Ellon Meadows team showed great sportsmanship by applauding their victorious opponents off the park. Final score Ellon Meadows 0, FC Cinacien 3.
The Ellon boys picked their spirits up by lending some vocal support to an excellent Clydebank FC U17’s side who were playing their way to victory in their age group.
The final tournament stats of 7 games played, 5 victories, 2 defeats, 22 goals for and only 7 against were very pleasing as were the 4 clean sheets. Over the piece ten of the Ellon players got on the scoresheet with Michael Moffatt just edging out Hayden Cochrane and Alexander Blair to claim the top scorer spot.
The Ellon Meadows tournament squad was : Christopher Argo, Alexander Blair, Thomas Blakey, Dean Bowie, Dillon Bray, Kyle Bruce, Hayden Cochrane, Eden Cooper, Reece Dempster, Fraser Gill, Michael Macintosh, Murad Mahmood, Matthew Malcolmson, Michael Moffatt, and Kieran Noble. There in spirit was Matthew Wilson who unfortunately could not make the trip due to illness.
Park and Broch share points in topsy turvy tie
Written by Graham Cheyne
Colony Park
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Under 13's
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14/04/2013
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In top of the table clash between first place Colony Park with a 100% league record against second-placed place Fraserburgh Link-up, Colony kicked off the match and immediately brought the game to Fraserburgh with some great attacking play, with Adam Smith and Rian Wilson in particular causing the Broch defence plenty of problems. With both teams struggling to adapt to the windy conditions, it was Smith of Colony who opened the scoring, finding space cutting in from the wide right area to side foot past Jamie Bruce in the Fraserburgh goal. Link-up soon equalised with a carbon copy of the first goal, Ryan Sargent the Broch number 11 cutting in from left wide area to leave the right back trailing and strike the ball past the keeper into the Colony goal to make it 1-1. In an evenly matched game it was Colony who again took the lead with Smith grabbing his 2nd goal with a solid strike into the Fraserburgh goal from a great through ball. Colony weren't going to hold on to their lead for long though as Sargent again placed the ball past McDonald in the Colony Park goal after a great pass from Darren Anderson. With time added on in a thrilling first half, Colony were awarded a penalty for a foul on their striker. The resultant penalty was hit powerfully past Bruce to make the half time score 3-2 to Colony. Half Time: Colony Park 3-2 Fraserburgh Link-Up A determined Fraserburgh kicked off the second half focused on getting back into the game with both teams playing great football, and Colony came close to goal on a couple of occasions but it was Fraserburgh who scored the next goal with great build up play involving Jamie Park and Dylan Ritchie feeding Jordan McLean who shot high over the colony keeper into the net. Fraserburgh continued to put pressure on the Colony goal with William Third sending a dangerous in-swinging free kick into the box which Reece Taylor superbly hit straight at goal only to see the Colony substitute keeper pull off an amazing reflex save. With the ref blowing for full time shortly after, both teams were happy with a share of the points in what was an excellent and entertaining match. Full Time: Colony Park 3-3 Fraserburgh Link-Up |
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U14 SR Wood Trophy - SF
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Pitmedden Road
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14/04/2013
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Dyce took on on Colony Park in an all 'A' League semi final of the SR Wood Trophy.
The home side took the lead after Kalvin Mundies 20 yard effort found the net. Ryan Silvers then managed to find the net from a longer distance after he found the net from 25 yards. Mundie then got a brace after a cool finish made it 3-0.
Cammy McArthur got in on the act and scored the 4th after a great ball from Corey Ritchie. Fellow striker Josh Milne also got a goal to add to the score sheet after he found the back of the net with a volley with his left foot from the edge of the box. Silvers also netted a brace as his header found the net after a great ball from Cammy McArthur. Colony Park keeper did well to keep the score down and Dyce booked their place in the final and this is good preparation before their game against rivals Albion BC on Tuesday in a re-match to the Scottish Cup Semi Final. Dyce will have to wait and see who they face in the final after after the Banchory Swifts v Albion BC tie was postponed.
Full Time: Dyce BC 7-0 Colony Park
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