S.J.F.A. North Region

League Cup Group 3

Tuesday 6th August 2024

Kick Off 19.30 Actual 19.32

Cruden Bay 0 Bridge of Don Thistle 10, attendance 33

6’ 0-1, 10’ 0-2, 22’ 0-3, 27’ 0-4, 32’ 0-5

51’ 0-6, 56’ 0-7, 67’ 0-8, 78’ 0-9, 83’ 0-10

@ Watson Park

off Auchiries Road

Cruden Bay

AB42 0PJ

£6 Admission

No Programme.

I was expecting a big away win here, although perhaps not by the double figure score that it ended up. Cruden Bay had finished bottom of the Championship last season, losing all 26 league games and even finished on minus three points, due to fielding an ineligible player in one of those matches, whilst Bridge of Don Thistle had finished second to champions Culter in the Super League. As far as the early group games in the League Cup go, it had been two defeats out of two for Cruden Bay (0-4 v Colony Park and 1-5 v Maud), but they were unlikely to pick up any points anyway, as they are a division below the three other teams. Bridge of Don Thistle had won their two games (1-0 v Colony and 3-2 v Maud), so only needed a draw tonight to guarantee them topping the group and advancing to the quarter finals.

The game was done and dusted after ten minutes, by which time it was 0-2. By halftime it was 0-5 and it was a case of when, rather than if, a double figure score would be achieved. In the end they managed it when they hit goal number ten with seven minutes left. It could easily have been at least another six, such was their dominance and the fact that they never took their foot off the pedal, even though the win was secured well before halftime.

Watson Park is to the north of the village, turning right off the road towards Auchiries, along what is basically a farm track, with the ground about 100 yards on the right. There is a small car park, which just about coped with tonight’s crowd, with changing rooms/tea bar/committee room to the left as you enter. The pitch runs lengthways. It is fully railed and has a small seated stand on the left hand side, with the dugouts opposite.