Fraserburgh 3 - 0 Formartine United

League Match
Saturday, July 24th, 2021, 3:00 PM at Bellslea Park, Fraserburgh
Attendance: 400
Referee: Scott Leslie
Fraserburgh v Formartine United, Jul 24th 2021, Bellslea Park, Fraserburgh
Fraserburgh Formartine United 

Goalscorers
Scott Barbour (15)
Kieran Simpson (19)
Sean Butcher (89)
None.

Team Managers
Mark Cowie Paul Lawson

Starting Eleven
Paul Leask
Lewis Davidson
Bryan Hay
Ryan Cowie
Kieran Simpson
Grant Campbell
Paul Young
Willie West
Logan Watt
Lewis Duncan
Scott Barbour
Ewen MacDonald
Johnny Crawford
Stuart Smith
Darryn Kelly
Ryan Spink
Liam Strachan
Graeme Rodger
Jonathan Smith
Kieran Lawrence
Kevin Hanratty
Tyler Mykyta

Bench
Sean Butcher
Gary Harris
Ryan Christie
Scott Henry
Ryan Sargent
Edward Flinn
Balint Demus
Andrew Paterson
Andrew Greig
Cole Anderson
Scott Lisle
Max McGinlay

Substitutions
Gary Harris for Lewis Duncan (71)
Sean Butcher for Logan Watt (78)
Scott Lisle for Ryan Spink (46)
Andrew Greig for Kevin Hanratty (73)
Cole Anderson for Liam Strachan (86)

Bookings
None. None.

Red Cards
None. None.

Appearances & Goals To Date
Ewen MacDonald (GK) 66 apps -
Johnny Crawford 161 apps15 goals
Stuart Smith 265 apps26 goals
Darryn Kelly 33 apps1 goal
Ryan Spink 2 apps -
Liam Strachan 26 apps -
Graeme Rodger 231 apps81 goals
Jonathan Smith 9 apps3 goals
Kieran Lawrence 101 apps3 goals
Kevin Hanratty 1 app (debut) -
Tyler Mykyta 1 app (debut) -
Andrew Greig (sub) 98 apps27 goals
Cole Anderson (sub) 7 apps1 goal
Scott Lisle (sub) 43 apps20 goals

Starting Lineup
Youngest Player:Liam Strachan (22 years 261 days)
Oldest Player:Kevin Hanratty (2022 years 362 days)
Average Player Age:28 years 183 days
Domestic Players:10 (90.91 % of starting eleven)

Matchday Squad
Youngest Player:Andrew Paterson (18 years 62 days)
Oldest Player:Balint Demus (2022 years 362 days)
Average Player Age:26 years 43 days
Domestic Players:15 (88.24 % of matchday squad)

First Team Debuts
Kevin Hanratty(Signed )
Tyler Mykyta(Signed )

Milestones

The Broch made an impressive start to their Highland League campaign with a relatively comfortable win over Formartine United. The home side got off to the perfect start with goals in the first 20 minutes from Scott Barbour and Kieran Simpson. The visitors rarely troubled their hosts and Sean Butcher added a third late on to put the icing on the cake.

After an initial sparring period the home side took the lead on 15 minutes. A mistake in the Formartine defence was pounced on by Lewis Duncan who quickly fed the ball across to Scott Barbour inside the penalty area and he side footed past Ewen Macdonald from 8 yards.

Three minutes later Jonathan Smith fired in a shot for the visitors which whistled just wide of Paul Leask’s left upright. A minute later the Broch doubled their lead when an in swinging free kick by Ryan Cowie was headed home by Kieran Simpson from 6 yards.

A great move on 25 minutes between Duncan and Lewis Davidson down the right wing saw the latter’s cross fired towards goal by Logan Watt but Macdonald pulled off a good save. Six minutes later the Broch survived a scare when Smith found Kevin Hanratty with a flick but Leask blocked the striker’s effort and William West was on hand to clear the rebound.

Four minutes before the break Davidson had an effort from a good position which went well over after the ball fell to him inside the penalty area.

Half Time: Fraserburgh 2 Formartine United 0

The first real effort of the second half arrived on 63 minutes when a corner was cleared to the edge of the penalty box to Barbour who picked out Duncan with a pass, but the Broch midfielder shot well over. A minute later Barbour sent Watt in on goal with a clever pass but the young Broch star’s shot was blocked by Macdonald and Barbour fired the rebound over the crossbar.

In the 68th minute Bryan Ha misjudged a long ball forward but Smith saw his effort thwarted by Leask, the Formartine forward’s effort from the rebound was then cleared by Grant Campbell. Two minutes after that a sweeping move by the Broch saw Barbour break forward and cut the ball back to Cowie, he then picked out Duncan who saw his curling shot dip just over the bar.

The Broch made a couple of change in the last quarter with Duncan and Watt being replaced by Gary Harris and Sean Butcher and the latter got his name on the scoresheet in the 89th minute when he guided home a Barbour cross with his head after Paul Young had released him on the right wing.

Full Time: Fraserburgh 3 Formartine United 0

Match report by Mark Simpson