The Meadows, AAFA Second Division NOTE – In 2008 I had to get my ankle rebuilt in a bid to prevent arthritis. Too many hard challenges and knocks over the years had left my ligaments supporting my right ankle shot to buggery and my bones rubbing. My ankle had also been broken twice which was …
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The first full season without the Dons season ticket. It was chucked during the 2018/19 season after Wee Man’s admission to liking “little games”. This plus mediocrity acceptance of the club and supporters which was really grinding at the time. 2019/20 was cut short for obvious reasons. This meaning my last game came in the …
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Victoria Park, Graeme Stewart Testimonial, 25/6/22 Me still 236, Wee Man still 112 Buckie Thistle Football Club Founded – 1889 Nickname – The Jags Honours – Highland Football League 1919/20, 1926/27, 1927/28, 1933/34, 1936/37, 1953/54, 1956/57, 1957/58, 2009/10, 2010/11 and 2016/17. Highland League Cup – 1953/54, 1955/56, 1956/57, 1957/58, 1960/61, 1979/80, 1986/87 and 2011/12. Aberdeenshire Cup -1936/37, 1938/39, 1945/46, 1952/53, 1953/54, 1954/55, 1956/57, 1984/85, 1986/87, 2005/06, …
Balmoral Stadium, AFC Trophy Final , 24/6/22 Entrance – £3 Me, £1 Wee man Attendance – 150 (rough head count) Pie – £6, Sausage roll, coffee, crisps Pint – N/A Season 2021/22 finally comes to an end for us two, just 332 days after our first game of the campaign. (That looks more ridiculous written …
Villa Park, Abbeyside Premier League, 21/6/22 Entrance – £0 Attendance – 43 and a cat Pie – N/A Pint – N/A Aberlour Villa Football Club Founded – 1924 Nickname – The Villa Selected Honours – Moray Welfare League Premier Division- 2016. Tom Hunter Cup – 2017. Tewnion Cup – 2017. Mike Simpson Memorial Cup – …
Balmoral Stadium, AFA Association Cup 1/2 Final, 17/6/22 Entrance – £3 me, £1 Wee Man Attendance – 226 (rough head count) Pie – Shut Pint – N/A Back to the Balmoral Stadium where I swore I would never set foot again and have been twice in a week. This season is starting to get daft …
Back Park, Caithness AFA League 2, 16/6/22 Entrance – £0 Attendance – 61 Pie – Coffee, Twix free Pint – £3.10 Castletown Hotel Castletown Football Club Founded – 1900 Nickname – The Quarrymen Honours – CAFA 1st Division-1989 .CAFA 2nd Division-2007. Steven Cup – 2012, 2014, 2016 and 2018 Random Fact – Manager Tom McKenna …
Balmoral Stadium, AFC Trophy 1/2 Final, 12/6/22 Entrance – Me £3, Wee Man £1 Attendance – 113 (Rough Head Count) Pie -Shut Pint – N/A The Immoral……I mean Balmoral Stadium. Somewhere I vowed never set foot again after my first visit. This when on the official opening Cove rangers played Aberdeen in a friendly match. …
Strichen Park, NESFA League One, 10/6/22 Entrance – Free Attendance – 42 Pie – N/A Pint – £3.70, Tennents, White Horse Hotel Mormond Thistle Football Club Founded – 1972 Nickname – Thistle Selected Honours -NESFA League Two – 2016. Brucklay Cup -2014, 2016 and 2021, Ardallie Cup – 2016. Mormond Cup 2021, Gordon Leask Memorial …
Alford Pleasure Park, AAFA First Division East, 8/6/22 Entrance – Free Attendance – 227 Pie – N/A Pint – £3.70 Tennents, Haughton Arms Alford Amateur Football Club Founded – 1971 Nickname – None Honours – AAFA Division One East – 2021/22, AAFA Divison Four – 1972/73. AAFA Division Five – 1971/72. Barclay Cook Cup – …
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