Thurso vs Invergordon

Thurso lost 4-1 to Invergordon at the Dammies today. Thurso took the lead but Invergordon scored twice in a minute, late in the first half to go 2-1 up at half time. Thurso were never in the race in the 2nd half and did not test the Invergordon keeper once.

Thurso vs Golspie (1-2)

Thurso lost 2-1 to Golspie on a very soft Dammies pitch. The players were sliding and slipping all over the place. Golspie, with lots of Caithness based players, took the lead early on and could have been 3 up by half-time. Golspie increased their lead early in the 2nd half and looked comfortable. Thurso slowly got into the game and Steven Morris scored with a looping header with 15 mins left. Lots of pressure at the end came to nothing.

The tackling was hard and there were plenty of yellow cards flashed. Thurso used all 5 subs to cover for injuries. Jack Fidler suffered a bad knee injury near the end, due to a studs up sliding tackle.

Halkirk Utd vs Tain St Duthus (5-0)

Halkirk Utd beat Tain St Duthus 5-0 at a sunny Morrison Park today. Graham MacNab scored 4 and Alan Larnach headed the 5th. Garry MacLeod was sent off with 2 yellows just before half-time, when it was 2-0.

Halkirk Utd v Thurso (4-1)

Halkirk Utd beat Thurso 4-1 in the quarter final of the North Caley cup at Morrison Park. The game was stopped for 10mins just after the start, due to a nasty hail storm. Thurso dominated early on and took the lead through James Murray. Playing into the strong wind, Halkirk scored two before the interval and could have got two more, with Sean Stewart missing a great chance from 6 yards and Darren Malcolm hitting the bar.

Halkirk scored two more in 2nd half, the last one being a cracking wind assisted 30 yard shot that went sailing over Asa Sinclair.