S.J.F.A. East Region

Midlands League

Saturday 22nd July 2023

Kick Off 14.30 On Time!

Coupar Angus 1 Brechin Victoria 2, attendance 65

26’ 0-1

42’ 1-1

72’ 1-2

@ Foxhall Park

Forfar Road

Coupar Angus

PH13 9AW

£6 Admission

No Programme.

It was good to finally get a proper competitive game in, with a season opener in the Midlands League and a match between the teams that had finished 13th and 18th (out of 19) in the league table last season. Leaving from an overnight stop in Carlisle, it started off with light rain/drizzle, but it improved the further we headed north, taking the route that skirted Glasgow, Stirling and Perth, arriving in Coupar Angus just after one o’clock, by which time blue sky was appearing and it was warming up nicely.

Brechin will certainly look to improve on last season, having won just four of their thirty six games and will be delighted to return north to Angus with three points safely in the bag. They opened the scoring just after the midway point of the first half, breaking away down the right before pulling the ball back for a finish into the top corner. Coupar Angus levelled just before halftime scoring at the far post from a cross on the right. Brechin won it with eighteen minutes left, driving in from the right hand side before squaring a pass for a left footed finish into the bottom corner. There didn’t look to be much between the two sides and the result could easily have gone in favour of the hosts. An excellent start to the trip.