Princess Royal Park, Highland Football League, 20/4/23
Me still 305, Wee Man 171
Photos only as book chapter
Deveronvale Football Club
Founded – 1938
Nickname – Vale
Honours – Highland Football League – 2002/03, 2005/06, Aberdeenshire Cup –1947/48, 1950/51, 1951/52, 1961/62, 1965/66, 2000/01, 2006/07, 2011/12. Aberdeenshire Shield– 1994/95, 2002/03. Scottish Qualifying Cup (North)– 1951/52, 2001/02
Random Fact – Aberdeen legend Jim Leighton is in the clubs Hall of Fame despite only playing one season on loan. He was ever present over 40 games in 1977/78
Entrance – Free as part of match sponsorship
Attendance – 203 (Rough Head Count)
Pie – Free as part of match sponsorship
Pint – Free as part of match sponsorship
Scarf – Free as part of match sponsorship
Score Prediction – Me 0 v 3, Wee Man 1 v 2
Season Score Predictions Total – Me 1 v 1 Wee Man
Quite easily my favourite place on earth
Pre-Banff fitba tradition. Fine piece and a coffee at Crovie………
……followed by lobbing heaps of stones
A fine pre-match feed……
…..at the Fife Lodge
No trip to Banff is complete without a sweety run at the Spotty Bag shop
Personal table to watch the Dons get robbed v Celtic
“The metal bits look cool” said Wee Man
There is a lot to see from the stand…..
For example, the missing clock face on the Macduff Parish Church. Look it up
………theres the Temple of Venus
……….theres Macduff
There is also the best sponsor board in the Highland League
The coin toss
Kick off
Goodwin wouldnt cope in the HFL. (The borrowed bus for Formartine)
A beautiful day at PRP
Homemade, is that a second S or a weird question mark?
A great ground
Formartine cope with a Vale attack
Half time entertainment. Canal Park in the background
The Vale deal with a Formartine break
RIP floodlight
Bremner’s of Foggie, as in the same family of the only Aberdeenshire European Cup winner, Des Bremner?
The pitch in great nick after the game
Bumped into the player who we both think is the best in the league. Julian Wade. A really nice bloke