Bellslea Bulletin 15

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CHAIRMAN

MICHAEL MURRAY As we embark on a new season, I am honoured to address you as the incoming chairman of our club. First and foremost, I want to express my heartfelt gratitude to our outgoing chairman, Finlay Noble. His dedication, leadership, and commitment to Fraserburgh FC have been instrumental in shaping the club we are today. We owe him a great debt of thanks for his years of service as chairman. Thankfully for all involved Finlay will still be heavily involved in the club as we move forward.

For the last 16 years Finlay has been a dedicated chairman and overseeing one of the most successful periods in the club's history. His tenure has been marked by unwavering commitment, and a deep-rooted passion for the club.

Finlay's association with Fraserburgh FC began long before he took on the role of chairman. As a lifelong supporter of the Broch, he understood the club's significance to the town and its people.

When he stepped into the chairman's role, he brought with him a determination to elevate the club's status both on and off the pitch.

Under Finlay's leadership, Fraserburgh FC has experienced remarkable success.

The club ended a 20 year wait for the Highland league title, with the 2021-22 historic treble-winning season. During Finlay’s tenure the club has won 1 League title, 4 Aberdeenshire Shields, 6 Evening Express Aberdeenshire Cups and the Aberdeenshire League.

One of Finlay's most significant contributions has been his emphasis on youth development. Recognising that the future of the club lies in nurturing local talent, he has been a strong advocate for Fraserburgh's youth set up. This focus has not only produced players for the first team but has also strengthened the club's ties with the local community.

Finlay's tenure has not been without challenges. The financial pressures of running a semi-professional club, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the constant need to compete with larger, better-resourced teams have all

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tested his resolve. However, his steady hand and long-term vision have helped the club navigate these obstacles successfully.

As Finlay Noble prepares to hand over the reins, his legacy at Fraserburgh Football Club is secure. He leaves behind a club that is stronger, more successful, and more deeply integrated into its community than ever before.

Looking ahead, we face both exciting opportunities and challenges. Our primary goal remains to build upon the solid foundation from last season and to continue competing at the highest level possible. We aim to strengthen our squad, enhance our youth development programs, and improve our facilities to provide the best possible experience for our players and fans alike.

Community involvement has always been at the heart of Fraserburgh FC, and we will continue to strengthen these ties.

To our fans, your passion and dedication are the lifeblood of this club. We promise to work tirelessly to make you

proud and to create unforgettable moments at Bellslea Park.

I must also highlight our other directors who have decided to retire from the board. Jason Nicol and Bobby Cowe.

Without either of these two Fraserburgh FC would not be the club it is today.

Again, I am very grateful that Jason will remain on the committee supporting the cub and the board as he has done for many years. Bobby has been a stalwart of the sponsors lounge and ground keeping team for many years. His cheery and approachable manner is missed by all at the club, but we hope to see Bobby at the ground as the season begins as we will never be able to thank all three retiring directors enough for the many years of dedication.

As has been mentioned in previous posts the board has been strengthen by the addition of Lorraine Smith and Charles West who have been involved in one way or another with the club for many years and we look forward to working together.

Here's to a successful season ahead.

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RYAN STRACHAN TESTIMONIAL SATURDAY 6th JULY BALMOOR STADIUM, PETERHEAD

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MANAGER

MARK COWIE Welcome back as we prepare for another footballing campaign for season 2024/25. An unexpected late surge last season saw us finish third, only 3 points off of top place. Quite an achievement considering we were around 9th at one stage.

Quite a bit of planning has been put in for this season. Player recruitment is always a hot topic and things haven’t quite worked out how we would have liked as yet but we are continually looking at ways of improving the team where we can.

We ultimately lost Ryan Sargent this season to Elgin of League Two. Ryan has always indicated that one day he would like to test himself at a higher level and with Allan Hale now being the manager at Elgin and with knowledge of the Highland League, we were always expecting an enquiry to come our way.

It did and we as a club are not ever going to stand in anyone’s way of progressing. A fee was agreed between the clubs and Ryan moved on with our blessing. We wish him well on his next challenge and he knows that there will always be a home for him at Bellslea Park.

The only other player to leave the club was Ryan Cowie. He decided to retire from football due to not being able to recover from an injury previously picked up. I’ve watched Ryan over the last year work so hard to get himself back and then one training session he would overstretch or turn sharply and his knee would give way. I think the fear of it happening at any time was always in his head and something which wasn’t going to go away.

Again he won’t be a stranger to the club and will be back I’m sure when he can to support his older brother.

It has been a difficult market to try and work in. Transfer fees in my opinion have escalated to crazy levels with everyone trying to get as much as they can in. The club have supported me this summer and although we have spoken to numerous players, we haven’t quite

Mark Cow ie managed to complete any signings outwith one.

We have taken in Liam Strachan from our good friends and neighbours Fraserburgh United. Liam was a youngster with us which didn’t work out at the time and that saw him go to Turriff and laterally to the Junior Superleague. I had an abundance of sources telling me we should look at him and thankfully we were able to do that with aid from Russell McBride. Liam has trained with us all pre season and has done really well. To be honest it wasn’t until our friendlies that he really has shone through. I think by his own admission he wasn’t quite ready before but from what we have seen so far, he has matured since then and looks like he is going to be a great asset to the club. All the best Liam and welcome to Fraserburgh FC. Although we are still looking to add, we have been delighted with the young players who took part in our pre-season. All came along in the first two weeks with Stuart Laird, Daniel Cummings, Cammy Robertson, Dylan Robertson and Jonny Adams going out on loan.

For now Adam Henderson, Flynn McKay and

Jake Garden are to stay with the first team to assist with cover but also because of their efforts over pre-season. Adam will head off to university down in the central belt at some stage but has shown how much of a leader he can be despite his young age. Jake was thrown in to play Peterhead and acquired himself really well but we did feel he was close to being ready for our team. Flynn McKay has probably been the biggest surprise. We knew how much of a talented player however we weren’t sure if he was physically ready. His attitude and performances though have answered that question and he has been brilliant up until now with a real desire to play for Fraserburgh. Well done to all and all the best to those on loan as well as those with the first team.

We have done well through pre-season with some very good performances. With a bigger squad it’s difficult to get everyone up to speed right away but we have tried to make sure we have done that. All the preparations are now complete and we are ready to get in to the real business with a first game away to Wick. Quite a travel for the first game however we are all looking forward to it and hopefully we can get off to a good start.

Let’s enjoy the season and I hope you all enjoy watching FFC play. Thanks again.

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SEASONS

BREEDON HIGHLAND LEAGUE WICK ACADEMY v. BROCH SATURDAY 27th JULY HARMSWORTH PARK, WICK

RESULTS

Coming up Keith

W2-0 HOME

Brora Rangers

L0-1 AWAY

Buckie Thistle

W3-1

Huntly

HOME

L1-2 AWAY

Inverurie Locos

L1-3 AWAY

23/24

22/23

21/22

20/21

19/20

3-0 27-01-2024

0-3 16-09-2023

0-6 04-03-2023

3-0 06-08-2022

5-0 26-03-2022

12th 16th 9th 13th 10th Highland League Highland League Highland League Highland League Highland League

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CAPTAIN

WILLIE WEST The team are looking forward to the start of the season with excitement following what has been an enjoyable and positive preseason.

I’m particularly looking forward to seeing some of the players stepping up from our youth teams who have particularly impressed in training and are pushing for places within the squad.

Following some holidays, Euros, offshore trips, injuries (some), the squad is finally looking more healthy as we approach our first game. Wick will be a good test for us who I believe only lost 4 home games all of last season.

It will also be another good opportunity for some of the newer members of the squad to settle in with the team during the journey and hopefully next month I will be able to report on some good initiation stories!

We wont have much time to recover from Wick as August is going to be hectic with a home game midweek in the

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Cup against Hearts. Having never won a game in this competition we are determined to set that record right and progress.

his new challenge and although he will be missed it gives another an opportunity to step up and deliver.

Up next local derby with the Vale who I am sure will be looking to improve on their previous season. Their new Manager ‘Woody’ historically gives us a tough time and I am sure he will be looking to replicate that as a manager.

Ryan Cowie’s influence on and off the park will be missed but the ‘Hawk’ continues to develop and gain confidence and will be pushing for a place in the team.

It doesn’t get much easier with Buckie and Brechin next on the hit list.

I was delighted that Liam Strachan’s trial was successful and looking forward to seeing him at the Bellslea after an impressive preseason.

The players have wished Ryan Sargent all the best in

Willie

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LAST FIVE

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SEASONS

BREEDON HIGHLAND LEAGUE BROCH v. DEVERONVALE SATURDAY 3rd AUGUST BELLSLEA PARK, FRASERBURGH

RESULTS

Coming up Formartine United

L0-3 HOME

Buckie Thistle

L1-6 AWAY

Inverurie Locos

Lossiemouth

HOME

D3-3 AWAY

Strathspey Thistle

W2-1

L0-3 HOME

23/24

22/23

21/22

20/21

19/20

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3-2 19-08-2023

2-3 07-01-2023

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Flynn McKay forces a spectacular save during the recent visit of Ellon United.

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COMMERCIAL CORNER

GEORGE THOM As we look forward to the new season with the usual excitement, I would like to take the opportunity to add to the many positive comments on Finlay, following his announcement to concentrate on being Secretary of our great Football Club.

Firstly, a big thank you to Finlay for giving me the opportunity to join the Board in May 2022, and then trusting me to be Vice Chairman a year past April. I’ve seen at first hand Finlay’s incredible dedication to our Club, the passion he has in maintaining the values set by his predecessors and I look forward to us continuing to work together over the seasons to come.

I have stated many times through these commercial updates that we need to run our Football Club as a business, and we are focussed on having a solid financial framework in place to make sure, like any successful business, we manage our costs tightly and continually strive to generate new income streams, whilst retaining existing income sources, to: 1. Ensure the long-term financial stability of our Club;

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George T hom potential through coaching and support and RETENTION of our playing squad at the end, and renewal of their contracts.

4. Ensure Bellslea Park is maintained and continually upgraded to ensure the safety and comfort of our fans, whist ensuring our playing surface remains one of the best in the Highland League.

3. Ensure we provide our management team with the resources to ATTRACT new players, MAXIMISE our players

This source of income is becoming increasingly important for our Club – we would be very grateful if our fans and local/ regional businesses can support us by joining us at these events. � Annual Golf Day: Friday 30th August – Fraserburgh Golf Club.

(Promotional Flyer within this Bulletin).

5. Ensure we continue to adhere to SFA guidelines.

As I’ve stated, generating new income streams and retaining existing income sources is a key priority for our Club.

Here’s a summary of our key income sources:

MATCH DAY: 2. Ensure we continue to invest in our Youth set up, which is the foundation of our Club;

EVENTS:

� Season Ticket Holders and Payas-you-go fans: Our fans are the lifeblood of our Club, and we are delighted to be able to again hold prices at the same level for the upcoming season for our loyal fans. (Promotional Flyer within this Bulletin).

� Annual Business Lunch: Friday 1st November – Marcliffe Hotel, Aberdeen. (Promotional Flyer within this Bulletin).

� Annual Hall of Fame and End of Season Awards Dinner: Friday 25th April 2025 – Fraserburgh Leisure Centre. On the back of the success of our 1st Dinner last May, we plan to make this an annual event. We are grateful to our guests who took time to give us feedback and we plan a bigger and better event next Apil, so, for the moment, please “save the date”.

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HOSPITALITY LOUNGE: This is an important income source for our Club, as well as generating a unique atmosphere at the Ground. � We have increased the number of Season Tickets to 100, to accommodate fans on our waiting list, and also to have additional guaranteed income over the season. We now have 30 Match Day Hospitality tickets available per match. � We have listened to feedback and reduced the match day price to £65, including vat, and maintained the Season Ticket price at £780, including vat, which we consider is particularly good value for money, and valid for every League and Cup game. � We are also extremely appreciative of our Season Ticket Holders and Match Day guests who purchase raffles – again an important source of income for us.

SPONSORSHIP: This is a major income source to our Club and crucial to our ongoing operations. (Current list of Sponsors highlighted within this Bulletin) � We have 13 Sponsors who provide an annual payment to our Club for a specific purpose or to support our ongoing operational costs. � We currently have sponsorship opportunities in the following areas: Annual Golf Day; Annual Business Lunch; Hall of Fame and End of Season Awards Dinner;

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Boardroom at Bellslea Park; Youth development; 1st Team Squad – Attraction, development and retention; Bellslea Park ongoing maintenance, Bellslea Bulletin. � We also have aspirations to develop Bellslea Park with a new West enclosure (beside dug-outs) and we would be keen to engage any individuals or businesses who have an appetite to support us with this venture.

OFFICIAL PARTNERS (Current list of Official Partners highlighted within this Bulletin) � We are very grateful to our 16 “Official Partners” who provide a business service to our Club – either complimentary or at a discount. This extends to businesses who pay an annual fee to sell their own products inside Bellslea Park, or FFC branded products elsewhere. � We would be delighted to hear from any business that would like to become an Official Partner to complement our existing Partners and add value to our Club and supporters.

ADVERTISING: This has been a consistent and growing source of income to our Club over the years and we are extremely grateful to the many businesses that have supported us, year on year, with financial support in this way. (Promotional Flyer within this Bulletin). � We have close on 200 Advertisement Boards at Bellslea Park and we currently have 40 new and existing opportunities at the ground.

� We would be delighted to hear from any business that would like to support us whilst promoting their business at Bellslea Park.

CLUB 1910 UPDATE: On 15th July we hosted a "Season Preview" in our Hospitality Lounge.

Our Club 1910 members were joined by our FFC Supporters Club members, Season Ticket holders and many of our loyal fans.

Mark Cowie shared his hopes and aspirations for the season ahead and provided an update to our fans of the current playing squad.

There was also an opportunity for our fans to hear from Michael Murray our new Chairman, whilst I gave an overview of what's happening "behind the scenes" from a business viewpoint. We finished off the session with an open Q&A with Mark, Michael, myself and our Past Chairman and Secretary, Finlay Noble.

NEXT MONTH In next month’s Bulletin, we will provide a further update on the non-playing side of our Club - if any of our Bulletin readers would like something specific covered in the Commercial update, please do get in touch on george. thom@fraserburghfc.co.uk.

Until our next Bellslea Bulletin, all the best,George

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The management team deep in discussion during the early pre-season encounter against Peterhead Photo: Barry Walker

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BREEDON HIGHLAND LEAGUE BUCKIE THISTLE v. BROCH WEDNESDAY 7th AUGUST VICTORIA PARK, BUCKIE

RESULTS

Coming up Keith

W1-0 HOME

Strathspey Thistle Strathspey Thistle

Deveronvale

Brora Rangers

W7-0 AWAY

W6-1 HOME

W6-1 HOME

23/24

22/23

21/22

20/21

19/20

2-5 06-03-2024

1-0 21-02-2024

1-3 12-08-2023

2-1 15-02-23

1-0 19-11-2022

W2-0 HOME

1st 2nd 2nd 3rd 5th Highland League Highland League Highland League Highland League Highland League

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As we enter the new season, we would like to thank our current Official Partners for your continued support, and to our new Official Partners, thank you, we are delighted to have your support for the season ahead.

Official Financial Planner Partner

Official Merchandise Partner

Official Accountancy Partner

Official Commercial Insurance Partner

Official Travel Partner

Official Catering Partner

Official Highlandwear Partner

Official Legal Partner

Official Visual Communications Partner

Official Matchday Pie Partner

Official Electrical Contractor Partner

Official First Aid Training Partner

Official Retail Partner

Official IT Support Partner

Official Bellslea Park Groundcare Partner

Official Bellslea Park Maintenance Partner

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Official Travel Partner of Fraserburgh FC

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Prior to our recent friendly with Ellon United, we were pleased to welcome Ross Strachan of energyX to Bellslea Park. Ross is founder and managing director of energyX, Engineering and Gas Turbine support specialists, and recently approached us to offer sponsorship of our First Team shorts. We are thankful and delighted to have their support for the season ahead!

SEASON TICKETS 2024/25 Prices frozen from 2023/24 Adult £140 Concessions (U16 & 65+) £70 Cash, card and cheque payments all accepted.

May be ordered online, and collected Bellslea on Match-days, by contacting: tickets@fraserburghfc.co.uk

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MATTHEW WEST As we look forward to the new campaign with preparation well under way, I think it is important I put on record my thanks to all involved in what was a very positive season for the Development squad during 23/24.

The number of postponed games during the season resulted in a huge backlog and a gruelling end to the season. Players had three games a week with us, as well as their Boys Club commitments. All with the significant pressures of school exams.

We are hugely proud of how the group handled this period and thank all the parents and families for the support.

During our Annual Awards and the inaugural Hall of Fame dinner we watched Flynn McKay pick up Young Player of the Year for ‘23/24 - well deserved recognition for a talented player who shows great enthusiasm.

Ethan Sutherland has been a great character during his time with the club and we all wish him well as he travels to the USA to begin a scholarship.

We will see an exciting and challenging time for our senior Youth players as they head out on loan, seeking valuable experience and game-time within the Junior ranks. We are indebted to the strong relationships we have with our Junior neighbours across our area and look forward to seeing how our guys progress in the coming year.

Matthew West Foundation Phase into our Development under-18s squad with Alex Gibb and Remi Pietrzak coming in through this pathway. We also welcome Matthew Mahoney and Owen Cole to the 18s, both having been alongside Angus Robbie as part of the very talented Westdyke ‘09s outfit. Last but not least, we are delighted to have Harvey Mackie on board, son of former Broch player Scott Mackie.

We hope the new additions can add energy to the group and help drive each other on in the new season.

It’s also great to have former Broch player Ian Wheeler join the Youth coaching staff. A great voice, and a coach who has a wealth of experience to bring to the programme.

With two pre-season matches remaining, the U18s are preparing to commence their league. This will feature 11 teams after Hermes dropping out and with the addition of Westdyke and Buchanhaven Hearts. We open on Monday 12th August with the visit of Dyce to Bellslea - it promises to be a tough game against a very competent outfit.

The U21 Aberdeenshire League campaign will start on Monday August 5th with the challenge of Inverurie Locos away.

As always, your support is really appreciated and i hope you guys can come along to our games and hopefully be entertained.

Take Care, Matthew

It has also been great to see a number of our Youths feature across the First Team’s pre-season.

Collectively we recognise many areas that we need to improve on over the course of the new season and have been working hard preparing for the new campaign.

We are delighted to have promoted a number of players from the

Bidding farewell to Ethan Sutherland ahead of his scholarship in the USA

08 Date Opponent AUGUST Mon 5 Inverurie Loco Works Mon 12 Dyce Mon 19 Huntly Mon 26 Westdyke SEPTEMBER Mon 2 Stonehaven Mon 9 Deveronvale Mon 23 Hall Russell United Mon 30 Dyce OCTOBER Mon 14 Turriff United Mon 21 Turriff United Mon 28 Deveronvale NOVEMBER Mon 4 Buchanhaven Hearts Mon 11 Keith Mon 18 Inverurie Loco Works Mon 25 Formartine United DECEMBER Mon 2 Formartine United Mon 16 Huntly Mon 30 Banks O Dee JANUARY Mon 6 Dyce Mon 13 Deveronvale Mon 20 Westdyke Mon 27 Hall Russell United FEBRUARY Mon 3 Formartine United Mon 10 Turriff United Mon 17 Buchanhaven Hearts Mon 24 Inverurie Loco Works MARCH Mon 10 Huntly Mon 17 Banks O Dee

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We are delighted that local fisherman Johnny Stewart of the Three Sisters LH584 recently donated pre-match warm-up shirts for the U18s and their forthcoming season. These look great and are much appreciated.

Pictured above are Will Sim and Max Wiseman with our new shirts.

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COACHING OPPORTUNITY We are looking for An enthusiastic Community Coach for the upcoming season. Aged over 18 with previous coaching experience preferred.

Please contact Graeme via the FFC in the Community Facebook page for further details.

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We recently had a visit from J-Lo’s nursery. Boys and girls were enthusiastic about signing for the Broch in the future and playing at Bellslea Park.

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PRE-SEASON FRIENDLY THURSDAY 11th JULY

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Broch edge out Maud in sevengoal thriller at blustery Blue Toon

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A crucial part in the development of any young player is making the transition from age-group football. We are fortunate to enjoy excellent long term relationships with a number of Junior and Amateur clubs in our region, and

these relationships continue to help our Youth players take their first steps into Senior football.

Matthew West, Head of Youth, gives the rundown on the FFC youngsters starting the season out on loan.

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CAMERON ROBERTSON

STONEYWOOD PARKVALE

MAUD JFC

We have our young goalkeeper, off the back of a great season with the 18s last year, head out to join up with recently returning gaffer Iain Davidson at Stoneywood Parkvale.

Having enjoyed an opportunity with the first team last season and a terrific run of form in the U18s Scottish Cup. It was a bad end to the season having endured a nasty injury. With this now behind him, Cammy will join cousin Dylan at Maud aiming to progress his own game and help Maud as they prepare for another season in the Super League.

A good club who will provide Daniel experience as they push for an instant return to the Super League.

LIAM GORDON TARVES AFC

Young Goalkeeper Liam Gordon will make the step up from juvenile to adult football with a loan spell at local Amateur club Tarves.

Off the back of a hugely successful run over the last few seasons at PBC07 we hope Liam can take confidence and enjoy the challenge.

DYLAN ROBERTSON MAUD JFC

Dyl’s done well with the first team in pre-season showing good progress in strength and fitness.

He’s a calm defender with good composure and use of the ball. He will head back to get further game time and develop with our former captain Ryan Christie at Maud Juniors.

JOHNNY ADAM LONGSIDE JFC

Johnny was a contender for young POTY last season with terrific progress across all aspects of his game.

A frustrating set back with hamstring injury cut his season short but we hope with our support he can get the back of this, then continue on an upward trajectory with guidance from Nicol Davidson and the team at Longside Juniors.

STUART LAIRD

FRASERBURGH UNITED An exciting and entertaining forward Stuart possesses terrific ability on the ball and has been an ever present in the 18s and 21s in recent seasons. We are excited to see him progress as he gets the opportunity to transition into the adult game with ex-skipper Russell McBride as Broch United look to build on a positive season last year at College Park.

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PRE-SEASON FRIENDLY SATURDAY 13th JULY BELLSLEA PARK, FRASERBURGH

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24 Date Opponent JULY Sat 1 Celtic Sat 8 Cove Rangers Wed 12 Fraserburgh United Sat 15 Aberdeen Wed 19 Maud Juniors Sat 22 East Fife Sat 29 Lossiemouth AUGUST Sat 5 Inverurie Locos Sat 12 Buckie Thistle Sat 19 Deveronvale Sat 26 Deveronvale SEPTEMBER Sat 2 Clachnacuddin Sat 9 Strathspey Thistle Sat 16 Wick Academy Sat 23 Caledonian Braves Wed 27 Keith Sat 30 Brechin City OCTOBER Wed 4 Formartine United Sat 7 Huntly Wed 11 Aberdeen Sat 14 Turriff United Sat 28 Bonnyrigg Rose NOVEMBER Fri 3 Banks o' Dee Sat 18 Rothes Sat 25 Brechin City DECEMBER Sat 9 Lossiemouth Sat 16 Inverurie Locos Sat 30 Keith JANUARY Sat 6 Deveronvale Sat 13 Clachnacuddin Wed 24 Huntly Sat 27 Wick Academy Wed 31 Turriff United FEBRUARY Sat 3 Forres Mechanics Wed 7 Hermes Sat 10 Formartine United Sat 17 Huntly Wed 21 Buckie Thistle Sat 24 Nairn County MARCH Sat 2 Brora Rangers Wed 6 Buckie Thistle Sat 9 Banks o' Dee Sat 16 Nairn County Wed 20 Forres Mechanics Sat 23 Rothes Sat 30 Brora Rangers APRIL Sat 6 Brechin City Sat 13 Strathspey Thistle Wed 17 Brora Rangers Sat 20 Strathspey Thistle

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RNLI Benefit 0-0 (3-5 pens) Testimonial 0-1 Friendly 10-0 RC4 Testimonial 0-2 Friendly 3-1 Friendly 0-1 League 3-1

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League League League HL Cup R1

7-0 1-3 3-2 9-0

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League HL Cup R2 League Scottish Cup R1 League HL Cup Semi

6-2 3-1 3-0 2-1 2-2 2-1

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League League Abdn Shield R1 League Scottish Cup R2

1-2 1-4 2-2 (4-5 pens) 3-0 1-2 (aet)

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2-1 2-0 2-2 6-0 0-1 3-0

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League Abdn Cup SF League League League League HL Cup Final

2-1 2-5 2-1 3-0 2-1 5-0 1-1 (4-5 pens)

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First TEAM STATS

2023/24

Appearances & Goals Joe Barbour Ryan Sargent Scott Barbour Paul Young Kieran Simpson Logan Watt Sean Butcher Greg Buchan William West Connor Wood Jamie Beagrie Bryan Hay Aidan Sopel Ross Aitken Josh Bolton Lewis Davidson Ryan Cowie Zane Laird Joshua Hawkins Callum Kelly Grant Campbell Sam Inglis

League Table Pld Buckie Thistle FC 34 Brechin City FC 34 Fraserburgh FC 34 Banks o' Dee FC 34 Formartine United FC 34 Brora Rangers FC 34 Huntly FC 34 Nairn County FC 34 Turriff United FC 34 Inverurie Locos FC 34 Rothes FC 34 Wick Academy FC 34 Keith FC 34 Lossiemouth FC 34 Forres Mechanics FC 34 Deveronvale FC 34 Clachnacuddin FC 34 Strathspey Thistle FC 34

Start Sub Total Goals 44 0 44 39 5 44 21 38 6 44 29 41 2 43 3 37 5 42 5 26 16 42 13 18 24 42 20 37 4 41 2 32 7 39 5 17 22 39 3 35 2 37 6 33 3 36 1 14 16 30 7 22 7 29 1 8 18 26 2 18 3 21 13 5 18 3 3 11 14 2 6 6 12 1 0 11 11 1 3 1 4 0 1 1 W 26 26 25 21 22 17 16 16 15 13 10 10 9 7 7 5 5 3

D 3 3 3 9 6 8 6 5 3 5 7 6 6 8 9 10 8 1

L 5 5 6 4 6 9 12 13 16 16 17 18 19 19 18 19 21 30

Pts 81 81 78 72 72 59 54 53 48 44 37 36 33 29 27 25 23 10

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MATCH

CENTRE Broch six-shooters take derby win

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PRE-SEASON FRIENDLY WEDNESDAY 17th JULY COLLEGE PARK, FRASERBURGH

1 FRASERBURGH UNITED V. FRASERBURGH 6 Ritchie 80’

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MATCH HIGHLIGHTS

FRASERBURGH UNITED FRASERBURGH WEDNESDAY 17TH JULY COLLEGE PARK, FRASERBURGH

Wood 4’, Watt 32’, Barbour 58’, Simpson 62’ pen, 86’ pen, Sopel 71’

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FFCSC

NEWS

Once again, it’s hard to believe we are about to start a new season with Wick Academy away on the 27th July for our opening game, this is the 30th anniversary since Wick entered the Highland league back in 1994.

The supporters club held our AGM in the Elizabethan Bar on Saturday 8th June, Alan Henderson has been added to the committee members, some bus prices were rounded up or down to aid money collection and membership fees were kept the same as last year.

Bus prices are subject to change as fuel prices may increase during the season.

The pre-season started on the 6th July with a game against Peterhead for Ryan Strachan’s testimonial game, we were away to Balmoor Stadium to play Peterhead, in a tight match the home team won the game by 2 goals to nil.

The next game against Maud at Pleasure Park on the Wednesday was postponed due to the heavy rain, “summer fitba, ye canna beat it”, the game was then played in Peterhead on the Thursday night, the Broch ran out winners on a difficult surface with the wind howling, Sean Butcher opened the scoring before Maud grabbed a couple of goals to go 2 – 1 up, Josh Bolton scored to make the score level at halftime, he scored again before Kieran Simpson converted a penalty to give the Broch a 2 goal lead, Maud scored later for the game to finish in a 4 -3 victory to the Broch.

Our first home game was against Junior side Hermes, the pitch looked great with new groundsman Norman Pirie working his magic, Jamie Beagrie opened the scoring in the 19th minute with a right foot shot from 25 yards out which Devon Hudson failed to keep out, Liam Strachan smashed a shot off the left-hand post, the Broch were 1 nil up at halftime, Connor Wood smacked in a second goal in the 46th minute, he cut inside from the right wing and curled in a powerful left footed shot into the left corner of the net, Scott Barbour scored in the 53rd minute, Sean Butcher played the ball back from the edge of the 6 yard box and Scott smashed it home, Scott grabbed his second of the game 3 minutes later with a clever over head left footer which went into the right corner of the net, Sean Butcher wrapped up the scoring in the 69th minute with a cool right footed curler.

On the following Wednesday we played Fraserburgh United at College Park, the Broch took the lead in the 4th minute, Liam Strachan was fouled by Neil Hay in the box, Liam took the penalty but Blaire Tait made a fingertip save onto his right-hand post, the ball ran along the line and hit the left-hand post, Connor Wood reacted fastest and smacked the ball into the empty net, the Broch went 2 up in the 33rd minute, Liam Strachan sent a slide rule pass through the United defence, Logan Watt ran through and slotted the ball into the net, at half-time the Broch had a 2nil lead, the Broch made 7 changes at half-time, new signing Andy Reid went in between the sticks for the second-half, the Broch went further ahead in the 58th minute, Scott Barbour scored with a glancing header from a Greg Buchan freekick, Kieran Simpson increased our lead in the 63rd minute from the penalty spot, Aidan Sopel scored the goal of the game in the

71st minute, Greg Buchan passed the ball to Aiden who smashed a right footed shot which was still rising as it went into the top right hand corner of the net, Adam Ritchie scored a consolation goal for United in the 81st minute, his shot was deflected into the net by Adan Henderson, Kieran Simpson completed the scoring from the penalty spot in the 86th minute, the Broch ran out worthy winners.

Our next friendly involved our yearly pilgrimage to play Broughty Athletic, unfortunately due to Covid we have not completed this fixture for a few years, Broughty play in the East Region Midlands League, they play at Whitton Park on the Quest Arena, this is a new all-weather pitch, the Broch took the lead in the 2nd minute when Sean Butcher slotted the ball past the keeper, Broughty were back level after 4 minutes, Connor Wood blasted the ball into the net in the 8th minute to restore the Broch lead, the Broch scored a 3rd goal in the 22nd minute, Sean Butcher squared the ball into the box for Scott Barbour to tap home from 1 yard out, Broughty were awarded a penalty in the 48th minute which was fired high into the net, the Broch restored their 2 goal lead in the 73rd minute when Zane Laird tapped home, the game had a lengthy stoppage when new signing Andy Reid was hurt when blocking a run inside the box, after treatment on the field, Andy was taken off to hospital and the game was finished early, we all hope that Andy makes a speedy recovery from his injuries and he is back between the posts very soon.

Last game in our pre-season matches was against Junior side Ellon United, Callum Kelly slotted home the opener in the 10th minute, Ellon equalised in the 15th minute from the penalty spot, the game was all square at the end of the first half, the Broch made 9 changes at halftime, the Broch went ahead in the 56th minute, Liam Strachan did well on the right, he crossed deep into the box and Aidan Sopel headed past the Ellon keeper, Scott Barbour increased our lead in the 69th minute, Liam Strachan had a shot which the keeper could only deflect to Scott, he volleyed the ball into the empty net, Liam Strachan made it 4 – 1 in the 71st minute, Sean Butcher split the defence with a clever pass for Liam to run onto the ball and slot it home, Scott Barbour completed the scoring in the 82nd minute when he turned quickly in the box and slotted the ball into the net.

Fraserburgh F.C. present team appearances and goals scored.

(The number to the left of each name gives their position in the all-time Broch records).

Appearances 3. Willie West 5. Bryan Hay 20. Scott Barbour 33. Jamie Beagrie 36. Paul Young 51. Sean Butcher 54. Greg Buchan 65. Kieran Simpson 75. Joe Barbour 78. Lewis Davidson 97. Logan Watt 120. Ross Aitken

Goals 677 546 376 269 254 200 194 165 150 139 114 91

1. Scott Barbour

4. Willie West 13. Sean Butcher 43. Paul Young 52. Jamie Beagrie 59. Bryan Hay 73. Logan Watt 88. Greg Buchan 114. Kieran Simpson 138. Connor Wood 166. Josh Bolton 166. Aidan Sopel

We will not be running a bus to the Wick game on Saturday 27th July, unfortunately we did not have enough numbers wanting to go to the game.

There will be a bus to the Buckie Thistle game on Wednesday 7th August which will leave the Elizabethan at 6:15pm, the cost of travel is £10 for adults and £5 for others.

We also hope to be running a bus to the Inverness Clach game on Saturday 17th August which will leave the Elizabethan at 11:00am, the cost of travel is £25 for adults and £15 for others.

Please note that all seats on all buses must be booked by contacting Barry Walker at the supporter’s club.

We hope to attract new members to the supporter’s club as we have kept our membership and most bus prices at the same cost as last year.

Non-members are also very welcome to travel to games but they will have to pay an extra £2.

Our bus info page will tell you the cost and times of bus travel, we leave for home right after the final whistle.

As the new season is about to start, I thought it was a good time to show the Broch all time appearances and goals records.

Fraserburgh F.C. all-time appearances and top goal scorers.

Appearances 1. Billy Gordon 2. Jimmy Young 3. Willie West 4. Russell McBride 5. Bryan Hay 6. Derek Milne 7. Michael Stephen 8. Kenny Roger 9. Graham Johnston 10. Brian Sim

Goals 721 680 677 583 546 519 510 505 502 490

1. Scott Barbour 2. Michael Stephen 3. Davie Robertson 4. William West 5. Graham Johnston 6. Paul Keith 7. John Strachan 8. Bertie Bowie 9. Kris Hunter 10. Rex Hunter

257 237 210 171 168 162 157 144 138 136

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Visit our FFCSC website at http://www.fraserburghfcsc.co.uk Ten Nil

257 171 104 37 33 29 25 20 14 10 7 7

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TEAMS 2023/24 Date Opponent H/A Competition Result AUGUST Mon 7 Huntly H U21 League 5-0 Mon 21 Dyce A U21 League 5-0 Mon 28 Dyce H U18 League 3-4 SEPTEMBER Mon 4 Formartine United H U21 League 3-3 Wed 13 Keith A Scottish YC 6-1 Mon 18 Buckie Thistle A U21 League 7-1 Mon 25 Deveronvale A U18 League 3-2 OCTOBER Mon 2 Inverurie Locos H U21 League 1-0 Mon 9 Turriff United H U18 League 2-0 Mon 16 Deveronvale A U21 League 3-4 Mon 30 Turriff United H U21 League 3-3 NOVEMBER Mon 6 Hermes H U18 League 6-1 Sun 12 Stirling Albion H Scottish YC 2-0 Fri 24 Rangers H Scottish YC 0-4 Mon 27 Stonehaven H U21 League 3-2 DECEMBER Mon 18 Huntly H U18 League 2-2 JANUARY Mon 29 Dyce A U18 League 1-1 FEBRUARY Mon 26 Deveronvale H U18 League 2-0 MARCH Mon 4 Turriff United A U18 League 2-3 Mon 18 Hall Russell United A U18 League 2-2 Mon 25 Inverurie Locos H U18 League 3-5 APRIL Mon 1 Keith A U21 League 6-1 Thu 4 Inverurie Locos A U18 League 3-7 Mon 8 Banks o' Dee A U18 League 2-1 Mon 15 Hall Russell United H U18 League 1-1 Mon 22 Formartine United H U18 League 1-0 Wed 24 Banks o' Dee H U18 League 2-0 Thu 25 Hermes A U18 League 2-1 Mon 29 Formartine United A U18 League 3-2 MAY Thu 2

Huntly

A U18 League

1-1

U21 League Table

P W D L P

Formartine United FC

8 5 3 0 18

Fraserburgh

8 5 2 1 17

Dyce Inverurie Loco Works

8 5

1 2 16

8 5 0 3 15

Turriff United

8 4

1 3 13

Deveronvale

8 3

1 4 10

Keith

8 3 0 5 9

Huntly

8 2 0 6 6

Stonehaven

8 0 0 8 0

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U18 League Table

P W D L P

Inverurie Loco Works FC 18 15 1 2 46 Dyce

18 14 1 3 43

Formartine United FC

18 13 2 3 41

Fraserburgh FC

18

9 5 4 32

Banks O' Dee FC

18 10 0 8 30

Hall Russell United

18

6 2 # 20

Turriff United FC

18

5 3 # 18

Huntly FC

18

4 4 # 16

Deveronvale FC

18

2 2 # 8

Hermes

18

1 2 # 5

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MATCH

CENTRE

Broch take honours in the Ferry

PRE-SEASON FRIENDLY SATURDAY 20th JULY WHITTON PARK, BROUGHTY FERRY

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2 BROUGHTY ATHLETIC V. FRASERBURGH 4 Goal 4’, Penalty 47’

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Butcher 2’, Wood 8’, Barbour 22’, Laird 73’

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LAST FIVE

Click or Double Tap for Brechin City Squad List

HEAD-TO-HEADS

SEASONS

BREEDON HIGHLAND LEAGUE BROCH v. BRECHIN SAT. 6th APRIL BELLSLEA PARK, FRASERBURGH

RESULTS

Coming up Brora Rangers

Keith

W2-1 AWAY

W1-0 AWAY

23/24

22/23

Forres Mechanics

Fraserburgh

HOME

L2-4 AWAY

Wick Academy

21/22

20/21

19/20

W6-1

2nd 1st 3rd Highland League Highland League Highland League

4-2

06-04-2024

0-1

25-11-2023

10th SPFL League 2

1-2

30-09-2023

Adam Henderson and Callum Kelly off for a warm-up in Broughty Ferry

5-0

12-04-2023

W2-1 AWAY

10th SPFL League 2

0-0

29-03-2023

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CLUB

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LAST FIVE

Click or Double Tap for Clachnacuddin Squad List

HEAD-TO-HEADS

SEASONS

BREEDON HIGHLAND LEAGUE CLACHNACUDDIN v. BROCH SATURDAY 17th AUGUST GRANT PARK, INVERNESS

RESULTS

Coming up Lossiemouth

W2-0 HOME

Inverurie Locos

L0-1 AWAY

Inverurie Locos

Deveronvale

HOME

L1-2 AWAY

Brechin City

L2-4

L0-2 HOME

23/24

22/23

21/22

20/21

19/20

2-2 13-01-2024

2-6 02-09-2023

1-1 05-04-2023

5-0 08-10-2022

7-0 12-02-2022

17th 13th 11th 11th 15th Highland League Highland League Highland League Highland League Highland League

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MEET the ref

Filippo Mazzoni

What is your job outside of football?

Pipeline operations engineer for a North Sea platform How long have you been refereeing for?

Since 2006. I started refereeing in Italy.

I came to the UK (Nottingham) as part of the Erasmus exchange programme for uni students. I had such a great time that at the end of it I was not ready to leave.

So I studied for a masters in Glasgow, and at the end of the course I did jobs interviews in various countries (England, Scotland, Italy and Netherlands) to figure out which place I liked most.

My choice went for Aberdeen because I liked it for its people, the relatively small size of the city and the fact that countryside was only a 10 minutes journey away.

On the first point, my then girlfriend was Aberdonian and that played a big part in the decision. Today we are happily married with two kids together so with hindsight choosing Aberdeen proved to be the right decision.

First match you can remember refereeing?

In my first match in Scotland, I turned up to the ground but no one else did! The match had been called off and nobody had notified me.

Why did you start refereeing?

Like most referees, I loved the game but I was not very good at playing it.

Favourite ground to officiate at?

I like historic football grounds with an atmosphere, so Bellslea Park is up there among the best. Last year, I also had a once in a lifetime opportunity to officiate a game at Stamford Bridge as part of a work event.

Best refereeing moment?

2023 was my most memorable year because I was appointed as fourth official for all 3 major cup finals in the North-East: Highland League cup, Aberdeenshire cup, Aberdeenshire Shield. What a clean sweep of medals that was!

VAR – a simple yes or no?

Yes

If you were given the chance to create or amend a rule, what would choose?

Not quite a rule change but I wish it was possible for fans, players and managers to be a referee for a day and soak in the experience. I am sure people would suddenly understand why being a ref is so difficult, and this would make our life much easier.

Is there anything at all you think we as clubs could change to encourage more people to become referees?

Initiatives such as this interview promote visibility of the role so they all help with recruitment. Keep them going.

Any pre match rituals or superstitions?

Honestly none, but one thing that I hate is arriving to the ground too early and having to kill time before kick-off. I try to avoid it.

One piece of advice to a new referee?

When taking decisions, always use common sense, the so called “Law 18”.

Best pieces of advice you were given?

Once I was talking with my mentor about the challenges of booking a player when they pretended not to pay attention and either roll their socks up or run away as far as possible. He replied: “just say to come forward or the card will change colour”. I still use this trick to date and it never fails to work …

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Last minute preparations in the build up to our recent Hermes match (Photo: Barry Walker)

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CENTRE Slick second half showing sweeps Ellon aside

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PRE-SEASON FRIENDLY MONDAY 22nd JULY BELLSLEA PARK, FRASERBURGH

5 FRASERBURGH Kelly 10’, Sopel 56’, Barbour 69’, 82’, Strachan 71’

Match Gallery

PRE-SEASON FRIENDLY MATCH HIGHLIGHTS

FRASERBURGH ELLON UNITED MONDAY 22ND JULY BELLSLEA PARK, FRASERBURGH

V.

ELLON UNITED 1 Penalty 15’

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FOCUS

THIRTY YEARS AT FFC SUPPORTERS CLUB Kenny McDonald Well where do I start? At the beginning, I dare say. We were having an Extraordinary AGM of FFCSC in the Crown Bar in July 1994 and Sandy Tasker said, “You do realise we are speaking about the Supporters Club folding?”. Then David Henderson and myself simultaneously said, “Well that isn’t happening” and the rest as they say is history!

I started as Bus Convener and we quite often didn’t even get enough supporters to justify a bus so we simply cancelled the bus and took one of our cars! We took my car to Wick when they first entered the Highland League in 1984 and, as we had time to kill, we took a photo at John o’ Groats with the FFCSC bus sign which I had placed in the back of my car.

We had some great away days though especially in the Scottish Cup. I recall a former boss at work picking up a “fax” from a Hotel we were planning to go to addressed to FFCSC and saying this must be yours Kenny! We have definitely had some very memorable away days, good and bad, but there is no better feeling than going down south proud to be a supporter of your local team. Back in the day we used to stay on after games for refreshments but once I realised I was becoming more of a bouncer than a bus

convener we changed the policy to come straight home after games.

Three years later I reached the dizzy heights of Secretary / Treasurer, the position I still currently hold and it keeps me busy. Mike McLean came on board as the Bus Convener and Isobel, my wife, says I talk to him more than I do her!

Bus bookings are far more slick now as we have a WhatsApp group specially for booking seats, and it works very well. Gone are the days where we had absolutely no idea how many would turn up. Luckily for me, Barry Walker recently took over this role and it can be quite challenging - especially when the bus is full and there are loads of last minute dot com changes etc.

It’s great to finally see more kids coming on our buses which we have always tried to encourage. Hopefully FFCSC, with over 200 members, can go from strength to strength and run as many buses as we can to Broch away games.

We are lucky to have a great Committee with Brian Topping (Chairman), Mike McLean (Bus Convener), Martin Moir (Website Editor), Barry Walker (Bus Coordinator), and with Craig Reekie,

Derek Ritchie, and Alan Henderson as Committee Members as well.

To paraphrase Finlay, we are all merely custodians of FFCSC which was first formed in 1948 and hopefully we will continue to run as many buses as we can for many seasons to come.

Away the Burry!

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DIRECTORY Broch Lottery Telephone Email Website

Address Book Chairman Vice Chairman Secretary Directors

Club Operations & Disability Access Officer Child Wellbeing & Protection Officer Treasurer Safety Officer Hospitality Coordinator Boardroom Host Committee Members

FFC in the Community Magazine Contributors

Football Department Manager Assistant Manager Coaches Head of Youth Youth Coaches

Kit Manager Kitmen Captain Physios Club Doctor Club Honours Highland League Highland League Cup Qualifying Cup Aberdeenshire Cup Aberdeen Charity Cup Aberdeenshire Shield Fleming Shield Bells League Cup Aberdeenshire League Highland Youth League

01346 518444 fraserburghfc@highlandleague.com www.thebroch.online MICHAEL MURRAY GEORGE THOM FINLAY McLEAN NOBLE JAMES A ADAMS JAMES G ADAMS CHARLES WEST DAVID MILNE EWAN MOWAT LORRAINE SMITH

The July Lottery was drawn by match referee, Filippo Mazzoni before the pre-season friendly with Hermes.

1st Prize £300: Ian Summers 2nd Prize £100: Steve Gracie Congratulations to our winners and many thanks for your continued support.

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NOTE - We will no longer be sending out emails to everyone advising of the draw results, but will continue to update the web page and our Social Media Pages.

Congratulations to all our winners and many thanks for you continued support.

If you would like to take part please request a form by emailing stephen.sim@fraserburghfc.co.uk and we will send you a mandate for you to return completed to the club either by post or in person.

Payment methods; • Standing Order of 12 months at £5 • Standing Order of 4 Quarterly payments of £15 • Standing Order of 2 Half Yearly payments of £30 • Standing Order of 1 Annual Payment of £60 • Cash or cheque payment payable to Fraserburgh FC Development Fund.

Winning numbers will also be posted on Twitter and Facebook.

The allocated number will be yours for the duration of your subscription.