Caithness Football - Fixtures for Saturday 19th of Feb 2005

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Scotads Highland League
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Deveronvale v Wick Academy at Princess Royal Park, Banff - 3.00 p.m k.o

SWL Cup Second Round
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Golspie Sutherland V Halkirk United at King George V Park, Golspie - 2.30 p.m k.o

MSIS North Caledonian League
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Thurso V Tain St.Duthus at Sir Georges Park, Thurso - 3 p.m k.o

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News from highlandleague.net website for games off so far in The ScotAds Highland League.

By 8.15 am two of the seven Scot Ads Highland League matches had been postponed, by 9 am Huntly v Buckie Thistle had made it three and before 10 am Rothes v Nairn County was the fourth game to be called off.

Keith v Fort William and Brora Rangers v Lossiemouth were the first two to go with a snowbound Kynoch Park ensuring no play there while frozen goalmouths as well as a covering of snow has ruled the game at the Dudgeon out as well.

We expect more games to follow with the big question being how many will survive. Clachnacuddin v Fraserburgh and Deveronvale v Wick Academy would appear the two most likely to survive at this stage although the Vale are suggesting fans log on before leaving as the forecast is not good even though the pitch is definitely playable at the moment.

Harlaw Park will undergo a pitch inspection within the next half hour

Continue to log on to http://www.highlandleague.net throughout the morning to keep an eye out for the latest postponement news before setting off for your chosen game.

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In The MSIS North Caledonian League, The Thurso V Tain game may go ahead, the pitch is not too hard but the lines will need to be cleared. Thurso officials are contacting ref D.Anderson to inspect the pitch at Sir Georges Park, Thurso. The game is due for kick-off at 3 p.m

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Saturday 19 February 2005
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Thurso won 13-0 this afternoon in The MSIS North Caledonian League to close the gap on leaders Alness United to four points with still one game in hand.

Thurso's goals were scored by Alan Murray with five, taking his total to 31 for the season, three from Jamie MacKenzie, Phil Makhouli, Gavin Bremner, an own goal, youngster Martyn Bain and Gordie Steven both scoring their first goals for the club.

The Golspie V Halkirk SWL Cup tie was called off due to the bad weather.

Scotads Highland League
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Deveronvale 3 v Wick Academy 2 at Princess Royal Park, Banff - 3.00 p.m k.o

Wick goalscorer - Craig Shearer (2)

Report from www.highlandleague.net website :-

Vale slide past the Scorries 19-Feb-2005

The snow and the wind only seemed to add something special to this game as the two teams served up a five goal thriller that, in the end, went with the form book.

There was snow in the air as the game kicked off and it was Wick that looked the more used to the conditions in the opening exchanges. However they were to find themselves behind after 17 minutes and once again it was that man Mike McKenzie.

With the strong wind behind him the former Lossie striker fired the ball through the wall and beyond Don MacMillan, who was keeping the Duff House end goal to set the home side on their way.

Ten minutes later the Banffers went two up. A neat move lead to Bryan Dlugonski crossing the ball to Steve Dolan. The veteran fired goalwards only to be denied by Don MacMillan who made the save only to see Paul Urquhart follow up to claim the simplest of goals.

Paul Urquhart attempted to make full use of the wind to add a second to his tally with a thirty yard effort that Don MacMillan did well to keep out.

At the other end a deep Andrew Macleod free kick found Craig Shearer, who rose well to head goalwards but Ross Bremner got down low to make the save.

Nevertheless Craig Shearer didn't have long to wait to be rewarded for his efforts as he pulled Wick back into the game 2 minutes after the turn around. Martin MacGregor's low cross found Craig Shearer who turned Mark Slater before blasting the ball low beyond Ross Bremner form 12 yards out.

Vale immediately restored their two goal advantage when Paul Urquhart turned two defenders before laying the ball off for Kenny Gilbert and the assistant manager drilled the ball into the keepers right hand corner from 25 yards, marking his first goal for the Vale first team.

A pass back to Ross Bremner saw the former Huntly man miss kick the ball straight to Craig Shearer who gleefully headed into the gaping net in the 75th minute. The last fifteen minutes were a little nervy for the home support but the Vale made sure of the three points, keeping their title dream alive.

Full Time: Deveronvale 3 Wick Academy 2
Reporter: Jason Barclay