Friendly

Saturday 19th July 2025

Kick Off 14.00 Actual 14.01

Fraserburgh United 1 Lossiemouth 0, attendance 83

76’ 1-0

@ College Park

Henderson Road

Fraserburgh

AB43 9GA

£5 Admission

No Programme.

It was back to friendly action this afternoon, where North of Scotland Championship Division were hosting Highland League. The College Park ground of Fraserburgh United has a fully railed pitch and a stand with five rows of bench seating, painted in the club colours of orange and black, with the dugouts situated on the opposite side.The ground is enclosed by mesh fencing, with the changing rooms/tea bar/toilets all situated on the outside, which seemed rather odd. With nothing to block the view, at least six cars parked in the road at one goal end, choosing to watch from there, rather than pay the fiver admission.

As I’ve found with all the friendlies I’ve watched up in Scotland, it was played with full commitment throughout. There was even a bout of handbags just before halftime, which resulted in quite a bit of pushing and shoving between at least half a dozen players involved, but the halftime whistle soon followed, giving them a chance to calm down. Both teams created plenty of chances, but none that were really clear cut. Having seen a thirteen goal thriller last night, it looked a certainty that this would end goalless, but with fourteen minutes left, we finally got the breakthrough and it went the way of the hosts. A cross was fumbled by the ‘keeper, with the ball spinning towards the goal, where a defender trying to clear never made a proper connection and the ball was forced in at the far post. Six minutes later, Lossiemouth were denied a penalty, when a Fraserburgh defender clearly committed a handball during a scramble to block a shot, but the Referee thought otherwise and waved away the appeals.