For the second home game running we got off to the worst possible start when we lost a goal within the first minute. A corner on the left taken by Stephen Main was met by Gavin Wemyss who headed past keeper Hastie to put Fraserburgh one up.
A minute later we had a great opportunity to equalise when Neil Main saw red after he brought down Kevin Fraser in the box but from the resulting penalty kick Gordie Morrison blazed the ball high over the bar.
We came close again on 10 minutes, when a good ball in from the right from Chad Stewart on his debut reached Mark Kennedy on the edge of the box, but he was caught by the offside trap.
The first of the nine bookings of the match came on 26 minutes, when Clach's Michael Finnis was penalised for a challenge in the centre half. Fraserburgh had another shot on goal a minute after, when Steven Main took a low free kick just outside the 18yd box which went straight past the wall and forced a low diving save by the left post from Neil Hastie.
Clach managed to equalise just after half an hour, after Mark Kennedy's ball from the left touchline reached Stuart Leslie on the right post, who knocked it into the bottom corner with a diving header. In the added minutes of the first half, Fraserburgh's Marc Dickson was booked.
Half Time Clach 1 Fraserburgh 1
Fraserburgh came on strong in the second half, and they scored their first goal within 5 minutes. A corner from the right hand side was hit the bar, and unluckily for Clach's Neil Hastie, it came off him and into the net. 10 minutes later, another player was booked, this time Fraserburgh's Dean Elrick.
A minute later Clach had another good chance to level the match, when Gordon Morrison took a free kick halfway into the Fraserburgh half, and it hit the woodwork after a touch from keeper Paul Leask. There were then 2 booking shortly after, as Clach's striker Mark Kennedy was given a yellow card on 64 minutes, as was Fraserburgh's Bryan Hay on 66 minutes.
Fraserburgh then sealed their win on 76 minutes, after a run up the centre by Graham Johnston who weaved through the midfield and into the box, before playing a short pass to Bryan Hay at the right post, and he then flicked it past Hastie.
With the extra man advantage we didnt really capatalise enough as too often the final ball was not good enough and we found it hard against a well organised Fraserburgh defence
Final Score Clach 1 Fraserburgh 3 |