2023/24 – Fraserburgh 1 v 2 Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic (aet)

Bellslea Park, Scottish Cup Round 2, 28/10/23

Me still 296, Wee Man still 164

Fraserburgh Football Club

Founded – 1910

Nickname – The Broch

Honours – Highland League – 1932/33, 1937/38, 2001/02 and 2021/22 Highland League Cup – 1958/59 and 2005/06, Aberdeenshire Cup – 1910/11,  1937/38,  1955/56,  1963/64,  1972/73,  1975/76,  1996/97, 2012/13, 2014/15, 2015/16, 2019/20, 2020/21 and 2022/23. Aberdeenshire Shield – 1991/92,  1993/94,  1995/96,  1996/97,  1999/00,  2011/12, 2015/16, 2019/20 and 2022/23, Qualifying Cup – 1957/58, 1995/96 and 2006/07

Random Fact – Keeping it topical, my first ever non-Aberdeen Scottish Cup tie attended was at Bellslea. This when Whitehill Welfare visited and defeated the Broch 2 v 1 in January 1996 setting up the Roswell side with a tie versus Celtic in the next round.

Entrance – Me £10, Wee Man Free

Attendance – TBC

Pie – £6.20, 2 x pies and coffee

Pint – £3.90, Tennents, Leisure Centre

Scarf – £10.50

Score Predictions – Me 1 v 0, Wee Man 0 v 2

Season Score Predictions Total – Me 0 v 0 Wee Man

A fine pre-match history lesson (Scottish Museum of Lighthouses)
This looks like a Doctor Who baddie
Wee Man, massive head
Kinnaird Head Lighthouse
The excellent Saltoun Fountain
Revisit but Bellslea trips never go a miss
One of the best non-league grounds in the country
A great view
A Scottish Cup tie before the Scottish Cup turns a bit shite
Free Wee Men
Flags up, game on
Affa happy driver
The Rose massive
Wonderful architecture
Both teams sussing each other out
A Broch corner
Bonnyrigg’s chief shithouser and fruity cider drinker after their playoff win v Fraserburgh a couple of seasons ago Kieran McGachie pretending to warm up
A favourite quirk of mine in fitba
Our personalised ground map
It would have been rude not to follow our maps instruction
Pretty much a Cullen Skink pie. Superb fitba grub
The floodlights were on for the second half
1 v 0 Bonnyrigg and the players bosie Angus Mailer after his howitzer of a volley
This Broch freekick didn’t go in………
……….however Ryan Cowie stuck one in moments later
Pre-extra time team talks
Extra time kicks off and my phone battery died

Published by pacman1903

Once a football fan. Now a football nerd

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