Fort William put Vikings to the sword in seven goal thriller
Fort William 7
Thurso 0
North Caledonian League
Fort William Football Club secured an emphatic raid on the visiting Vikings as they put them to the sword by seven goals to nil on Saturday November 30.
It took just 11 minutes for towering midfielder Andy Mclean to open the scoring as he nosed ahead of his defender and headed home a Martin Munro cross.
Mclean was to finish the day with two goals and weaving winger Munro was to score a goal of his own along with four assists.
Stoicism’s Liam Martin was next on the score sheet with goal of the day. An artful lofted pass from Kalen Clark at left back allowed Martin to take the ball on the turn and smash it into the top right hand corner from inside the box.
Munro made it three before his corner slipped through Thurso keeper Ben Sutherland’s hands and into the net for four nil at half time.
A flying kick from Andy Mclean notches up another goal for Fort William. Photograph: Iain Ferguson, alba.photos.
In the second half, the one way traffic continued. The fifth goal saw Mclean leaving the headers to others. Instead he unleashed one of his bionic legs and curled a left footed effort from the edge of the box home.
Munro was back at it again for goal number six as his corner allowed Farquhar MacRae to soar like a butterfly and sting like a bee as his header hit the back of the net.
The final finish saw young Jamie Connolly score his first senior goal. Veteran full back Iain Foggo found himself on a nosebleed-inducing mazy run from defence all the way into the opposition box.
Munro was back at it again for goal number six as his corner allowed Farquhar MacRae to soar like a butterfly and sting like a bee as his header hit the back of the net.
The final finish saw young Jamie Connolly score his first senior goal. Veteran full back Iain Foggo found himself on a nosebleed-inducing mazy run from defence all the way into the opposition box.
Although the strawberry blonde lost the ball, he won it back and the ball found itself at Connolly’s feet and he smashed it home for his first goal for the club.
Assistant manager Ross Tough said: “A great result for us today. To keep only our second clean sheet of the season is arguably the more pleasing aspect for us.
“However, it is our job as the management team to make sure we don’t get carried away and we are fully focused on attempting to get a positive result next week at home against Golspie.
“However, it is our job as the management team to make sure we don’t get carried away and we are fully focused on attempting to get a positive result next week at home against Golspie.
“Our season has been stop-start so far so it would be good to start building a bit of a run before the winter break.”
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