S.J.F.A. East Region

Midlands League

Wednesday 2nd August 2023

Kick Off 19.00 Actual 18.58

Forfar United 1 Dundee St. James 1, attendance 63

20’ 0-1

70’ 1-1

@ Guthrie Park

Lochside Road

Forfar

DD8 3JD

£6 Admission

No Programme.

I rounded off the trip north of the border with a basement battle in the Midlands League, between two of the four teams yet to pick up a point, where bottom of the table hosted third bottom. It was an excellent game considering they had both had a poor start to the season. Dundee St. James opened the scoring after twenty minutes, when a quickly taken free kick out on the touchline was played inside, chested down and finished left footed from eight yards out. Forfar deservedly levelled with twenty minutes left, heading in a left wing corner from six yards.

The ground here is railed along both touchlines, rather oddly extending well beyond the goal lines and perhaps more unusually, each side are fully laden with advert boards, where both rows face towards the changing rooms side of the ground. The tea bar offered the standard pies, hot/cold drinks and sweets and it has to be said, there can’t be too many better looking pitches than here. It was immaculate.

Above : Dundee St. James open the scoring.