North of Scotland Cup - Wick Academy 1 Nairn County 2
20th October 2012
Report and Photos
Noel Donaldson
THERE can be nothing more agonising for a team, defeated in a cup tie, to have to face a
long trip home and the 100-mile trek north, on Saturday night, must have seemed even longer for the vanquished Academy.
The same would apply to their army of far-travelled fans and even the antidote of a dram or two, for some, would only dull the pain temporarily.7
There was doubtless a few sair heids as well as sair hearts this morning after the Scorries were dispatched from the North of Scotland Cup by a well-organised County outfit...the dream of winning the competition remaining as elusive as ever.
There were great expectations for Academy as the game kicked off at neutral Grant Street
Park, Inverness, in glorious autumn sunshine, before a crowd of 1,300, the majority of whom were Scorrie supporters. Their hopes were dealt a blow when County got off to the perfect start, in the opening minutes, Robbie Duncanson finding the net at his second attempt, before the opposition had time to settle.
It rocked Wick, who were unlucky not to get something for their efforts after they rallied, in a game in which both keepers were on form. The Scorries kept up the pressure in the second half and got the all-important equaliser from a goal-mouth ruck which ended with the ball being headed into their opponents' net, credit going to Craig Shearer.
However, Nairn made it 2-1 in the first period of extra time, courtesy of John Cameron,
extinguishing Wick's cup hopes. However, there's still the ultimate prize, the league title to play for and I'm sure Academy, sitting in third place in the table, will bounce back in their next game, with Fort William and pick up where they left off, before that bitter north cup
disappointment.
There's also the question of who will be their new manager, due to be considered by the club in the next few days.
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