Fort William Football Club

Fixture 2011 - 2012

# Fosters League Cup Round 2

*** Scottish Cup 1st Round

** North Cup Fixture

 * Fixture subject to change if either club involved in Scottish Cup Rd 2

Fort William FC v Wick Academy FC

The Fort remain at the foot of the Highland League despite having a two goal advantage mid way through the second half. The Fort got off to a great start and  within the first minute Iain Maclellan found himself one on one with the home keeper however the youngsters shot was easily held by a relieved Strathspey defence. The Fort continued to dominate most of the play but it was Strathspey who opened the scoring on 33 minutes when a crossed ball fell into the path of Joe Hardie who's shot across goal caught out John Campbell. The Fort equalised just six minutes later Graeme Bamber taking advantage of a loose ball in the home penalty area and slotting the ball home. Michael Gillespie then missed an open goal from within the six yard box when it looked easier to score, his shot going over the bar. Into the second half and the Fort continued to cause the home defence problems with Logan Barker netting his second of the season in only his second start. Sean Grant was next to gain the plaudits after weaving past four players before being brought down for a penalty, which he then converted into the right hand corner of the net. It took Strathspey 13 minutes to reply when a corner swung in from the keepers right was met at the near post by Gary Sutherland. The final goal of the game was a superb strike by trialist Jerry O'Driscoll from 25 yards out which gave John Campbell in the Fort goal no chance, and the home might just have sneaked a win in injury time but it was not to be as the striker skewed his shot wide.

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	Scottish Highland League Fixtures 2009/10
01/08/2009	Lossiemouth	5 V 1	Fort William	Report
08/08/2009	Deveronvale	6 V 0	Fort William	Report
15/08/2009	Fort William	0 V 2	Forres Mechanics	Report
22/08/2009	Formartine Utd	3 V 0	Fort William	Report
29/08/2009	Fort William	0 V 1	Brora Rangers	Report
05/09/2009	Rothes	P V P	Fort William
12/09/2009	Fort William	P V P	Cove Rangers
19/09/2009	Buckie Thistle	8 V 0	Fort William	Report
03/10/2009	Turriff Utd	1 V 2	Fort William	Report
10/10/2009	Fort William	1 V 3	Wick	Report
17/10/2009	Inverurie Loco Works	2 V 0	Fort William	Report
24/10/2009	Fort William	1 V 3	Clachnacuddin	Report
31/10/2009	Huntly	P V P	Fort William
07/11/2009	Fort William	P V P	Fraserburgh
14/11/2009	Keith	5 V 0	Fort William	Report
21/11/2009	Fort William	P V P	Nairn County
28/11/2009	Strathspey Thistle	4 V 1	Fort William	Report
05/12/2009	Fort William	2 V 1	Strathspey Thistle	Report
12/12/2009	Fort William	P V P	Lossiemouth
19/12/2009	Fort William	P V P	Deveronvale
26/12/2009	Forres Mechanics	P V P	Fort WIlliam
02/01/2010	Fort William	P V P	Formartine Utd
09/01/2010	Brora Rangers	P V P	Fort William
16/01/2010	Fort William	P V P	Rothes
23/01/2010	Cove Rangers	2 V 0	Fort William	Report
30/01/2010	Fort William	P V P	Buckie Thistle
06/02/2010	Fort William	1 V 4	Turriff Utd	Report
10/02/2010	Fort William	1 V 1	Rothes	Report
13/02/2010	Wick Academy	3 V 0	Fort William	Report
17/02/2010	Fort William	P V P	Nairn County
20/02/2010	Fort William	P V P	Inverurie Loco Works
23/02/2010	Forres Mechanics	P V P	Fort William
27/02/2010	Clachnacuddin	3 V 0	Fort William	Report
03/03/2010	Fort William	P V P	Nairn County
06/03/2010	Fort William**	P V P	Huntly
06/03/2010	Fort William	0 V 4	Fraserburgh	Report
10/03/2010	Fort William	P V P	Lossiemouth
13/03/2010	Fraserburgh	6 V 2	Fort William	Report
17/03/2010	Forres Mechanics	4 V 2	Fort William	Report
20/03/2010	Fort William	0 V 2	Huntly	Report
24/03/2010	Rothes	1 V 0	Fort William	Report
27/03/2010	Fort William	2 V 4	Keith
31/03/2010	Fort William	P V P	Lossiemouth
03/04/2010	Fort William	2 V  3	Fraserburgh	Report
07/04/2010	Fort William	0 V 1	Nairn County	Report
10/04/2010	Fort William	3 V 5	Buckie Thistle	Report
14/04/2010	Nairn County	3 V 2	Fort William	Report
17/04/2010	Huntly	1 V 3	Fort William	Report
21/04/2010	Brora Rangers	0 V 2	Fort William	Report
24/04/2010	Fort William	1 V 4	Formartine	Report
01/05/2010	Fort William	3 V 2	Inverurie Locos	Report
03/05/2010	Fort William	2 V 3	Cove Rangers	Report
08/05/2010	Fort William	2 V 2	Deveronvale	Report
15/08/2010	Fort William	1 V 0	Lossiemouth	Report
Current League Standings

** Match postponed due to preliminary round of Fosters League Cup 

Rothes FC 1 v 0 Fort William FC

The Fort left Rothes on Wednesday night rueing their missed opportunities once more. Despite dominating the early stages the Fort once again found themselves a goal down and despite inaccurate reports, it was confirmed that the goal was scored by a Fort William player.   With a number of first team regulars unavailable due to injury, illness and work committments the Fort were expected to struggle however the make shift team battled strongly and were unlucky not to come away with the points. A resolute Rothes defense kept their second clean sheet in row for the first time this season.

Wednesday's team;  Robert Lewandowski, , Declan MacNeil, Iain Foggo, Sam Urquhart, Sean Ellis, Michael Ellis, Michael Gillespie (Lewis Corbett 72), Jonathan Hewitt, Simon Shields, Darren Quigg, and Ritchie Finnis (Drew Ferguson 65).

Forres Mechanics FC 4 v 2 Fort William FC

The Fort came back from 3 - 0 down to 3 - 2 and looking like they may even steal a point in what was a very entertaining game in Forres on Wednesday evening. Once again a poor start cost the visitors as a mix up in defence led to the opener for Forres on 2 minutes. On ten minutes John Campbell was the hero when he saved a Forres penalty after Simon Shields was judged to have brought down Ricky Wardrop. It wasn't until they were two down that the Fort got into the game and started playing the football they have thus far only shown in short spells. However any sign of an early fight back was scuppered when Forres's number 10, a giant of a player with a good first touch and an eye for goal, forced himself between the two Fort centre backs 25 yards from goal and cooly slotted home past John Campbell.  Sam Urquhart and Sean Ellis have formed a great understanding over the last couple of weeks and it was these two who were involved in both Fort goals. The first came from a free kick right on the edge of the Forres penalty area when a well struck Sean Ellis drive went round the wall and although the Forres keeper was able to block it, Sam Urquhart was once again in the right place and reacted quickest to force the ball across the line.  At half time the four Fort William supporters in the stand were feeling a bit relieved as the opening of the game brought back memories of high scoring routs of the past and with Mark Gillespie, Jonathan Hewitt, Danny Macintosh, Ryan Haggerty, Drew Ferguson and Andy Martin all missing from the squad, defensively the Fort did look vulnerable. Into the second half and immediately the Fort were on the offensive again it was the Sean Ellis, Sam Urquhart and the hard working Michael Gillespie who were linking up well to cause the hosts concern. With only 5 minutes gone in the second half Sam and Sean played a series of one - two's which concluded with Sean driving into the Forres penalty area before slotting away the Fort's second with his weaker right foot.  The Fort continued to press for an equaliser and made several chances but it was Forres who scored the next and final goal of the game, a well struck shot high into the net from six yards out.

Team Line - John Campbell, Stephen Hendrie (Iain Foggo 45), Graeme Bamber, Simon Shields, Darren Quigg (Iain Maclellan 72), Martin Kerr, Michael Ellis, Sean Ellis, Michael Gillespie, Ritchie Finnis, Sam Urquhart.

Inverness Clach 3 v 0 Fort William FC

The Fort came away from Inverness having lost a game that could easily have been drawn. The opening goal for Clach was the most bizzare that we have lost certainly within the last two seasons. Michael Gillespie gave away a free kick 22yds from goal and Gordon Morrison let fly with a cracking shot which was pushed onto the post by the Fort keeper. The ball came off the post bounced back off of John Campbell, hit the cross bar came back down hitting John again before crossing the line. This was not the first goal of the game however as the Fort had what appeared to be a perfectly taken goal by Johny Hewitt chalked off for offside. Into the second half and the Fort made a change as Sean Ellis made way for young Ian Maclellan's debut for the first team. The game was fairly even at this point but that was change following a penalty award for Clach, when Johny Hewitt was penalised for a tackle within the Fort's box. The penalty was duly dispatched by Michael Finnis, brother of Fort forward Ritchie Finnis who himself had a chance to score on 80 mins when he was one on one with the Clach keeper. Ritchie's shot was stopped by the advancing keeper and within 5 mins Clach went on to score their third when Blair Lawrie hit a drive which John Campbell was powerless to stop.

Saturdays Squad; Ian Foggo, Darren Quigg, John Campbell, Graeme Bamber, Drew Ferguson, Martin Kerr, Danny Macintosh, Michael Ellis, Sean Ellis, Jonathan Hewitt, Simon Shields, Ritchie Finnis, Michael Gillespie, Lewis Corbett, Ian Maclellan and Stephen Hendry.

Fort William FC Fixtures 2008 - 09