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BELLSLEA BULLETIN 19 How football, and life for that matter, can change in a blink of an eye. This month’s section could have been so much different had events on Saturday 30th November not turned out as they did which in turn led to dramatic start of December on Monday evening. The month started with an away trip to Strathspey Thistle in the league. On paper everyone saw this as a straightforward Fraserburgh win and were asking how many we would score. I have been in the game too long now and have always stressed on how difficult every single game in this league can be. We won the last meeting against Strathspey 11-0 at home which saw us finish the season 3 points off the top. However this new Strathspey team was a long way from the one we had played a few months earlier. They have seen significant investment in both playing staff as well as facilities which if continued and managed correctly, will only see them climb the league table.
MARK COWIE The planning for Annan worked and we played the best, most complete 90 minutes in my term as manager
We had previously lost any chance of winning the league, so I see opportunities this season to try things and introduce youngsters more regularly to give them the exposure which will hopefully stand them in good stead for years to come. Some of the things I try will look great and work but there will be things that I try which maybe don’t work as well but it is all learning curves. We went into this game with a different formation and had a couple of players maybe playing out of their natural position. Anyway, it did not work in the first forty-five minutes so we changed it at half time. Some may say that was too late and despite dominating large spells, we drew the game 2-2 which resulted in more dropped points. This result led on to one of the lowest points in my management career to date. I
