philheybrookbay 439 Posted August 4, 2018 After 22 mins Fort 0 Buckie 4 :( Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paul Bearer 6,102 Posted August 4, 2018 Fort fc 1 v Buckie 11 Final score Just popping off to check if our goal was an og. Edit:- Nope, it was a penalty. Yay, we scored a goal. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,647 Posted August 5, 2018 1-11 defeat, mind Given the previous tankings in the last few games is this the worst start to a Fort season, ever? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paul Bearer 6,102 Posted August 9, 2018 Breedon highland league Huntly 6 v fort fc 0 i suppose we're getting better. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paul Bearer 6,102 Posted August 11, 2018 Game day again Breedon highland football league Fort William FC v Turriff United Claggan park 11/8/18 3pm kick off £7.00 for adults £3.50 for concessions Kids accompanied by an adult go free Gates open at 2pm as does the social club. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paul Bearer 6,102 Posted August 11, 2018 Final slaughtering, FWFC 0 Turriff United 10. I see see a pattern developing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paul Bearer 6,102 Posted August 18, 2018 On 11 August 2018 at 18:43, Paul Bearer said: Final slaughtering, FWFC 0 Turriff United 10. I see see a pattern developing. Today's final score Inverurie Loco 10 Fort 0. Yep, a definite pattern. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,647 Posted August 18, 2018 3 minutes ago, Paul Bearer said: Today's final score Inverurie Loco 10 Fort 0. Yep, a definite pattern. Beat me to it by a couple of minutes Five games in, not a point on the board and a goal difference of -46 (i.e. they average a defeat by 9.2 goals every game) Could be a record breaking season - surely no team in a league significant enough to get regular coverage in the main news media has had a team this bad in living memory. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
philheybrookbay 439 Posted August 24, 2018 And now for playing an ineligible player they’ve been deducted 9 points. So now on -9 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
philheybrookbay 439 Posted August 24, 2018 On 18/08/2018 at 23:33, maryportfuncity said: Beat me to it by a couple of minutes Five games in, not a point on the board and a goal difference of -46 (i.e. they average a defeat by 9.2 goals every game) Could be a record breaking season - surely no team in a league significant enough to get regular coverage in the main news media has had a team this bad in living memory. There’s been a few in Devon and Cornwall - most recently Madron who lost one game against the mighty Illogan reserves 55-0 in 2010. Also Marazion and Ludgvan in the Cornwall Combo were pretty poor getting -200 goals frequently. The worst in recent memory was Portreath FC -254 (see table below) On terms on senior teams the last two years of Weston St John in the Somerset league 2004/2006 were pretty dire. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,647 Posted August 24, 2018 1 hour ago, philheybrookbay said: There’s been a few in Devon and Cornwall - most recently Madron who lost one game against the mighty Illogan reserves 55-0 in 2010. Also Marazion and Ludgvan in the Cornwall Combo were pretty poor getting -200 goals frequently. The worst in recent memory was Portreath FC -254 (see table below) On terms on senior teams the last two years of Weston St John in the Somerset league 2004/2006 were pretty dire. The most amazing number in their whole league record is the fact they turned up for 38 games (I'm assuming on that goal difference they couldn't have missed a fixture and given the opposition a 2-0 walkover) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
philheybrookbay 439 Posted August 24, 2018 4 hours ago, maryportfuncity said: The most amazing number in their whole league record is the fact they turned up for 38 games (I'm assuming on that goal difference they couldn't have missed a fixture and given the opposition a 2-0 walkover) True but the Cornwall Combo is known for teams fulfilling fixtures, with games going and being scheduled until 31st of May if needed. It’s the largest junior league in terms of size in England with 20 teams still but the football is a good standard tbh. Ill see what Portreaths results were but I think they were all played Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,647 Posted August 24, 2018 39 minutes ago, philheybrookbay said: True but the Cornwall Combo is known for teams fulfilling fixtures, with games going and being scheduled until 31st of May if needed. It’s the largest junior league in terms of size in England with 20 teams still but the football is a good standard tbh. Ill see what Portreaths results were but I think they were all played Just drop round the local psychiatric ward - you'll doubtless find the goalie in there and he'll confirm he played all 38 games. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paul Bearer 6,102 Posted August 25, 2018 Breedon highland league Match day Fort William fc v Formartine United F.C. Huge game for the fort today. Claggan park gates open at 2pm Adults £7.00 Concessions £3.50 Kids accompanied by adults go free Another 10 goal humping on it's way? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paul Bearer 6,102 Posted August 25, 2018 Not too bad today. Breedon highland league final score Fort William fc 2 v Formartine United F.C. 8 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,647 Posted August 25, 2018 59 minutes ago, Paul Bearer said: Not too bad today. Breedon highland league final score Fort William fc 2 v Formartine United F.C. 8 The best league result of the season so far. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paul Bearer 6,102 Posted August 26, 2018 Date for the diary. Breedon highland league fixture Fort William fc v Strathspey Thistle F.C. Wednesday 29th August Claggan park Kick off 8pm Adults £7.00 Concessions £3.50 Kids accompanied by an adult go free Would be great to see as many people as possible at the game on Wednesday as an improved performance yesterday for most parts of the game have given the lads a real good lift ahead of this vital game for the club. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paul Bearer 6,102 Posted August 27, 2018 Interesting article on our boys on 'that's liquid .com' website. In the north west of Scotland, some 110 miles from Celtic Park, in the breathtakingly picturesque surroundings of the Highlands and nestled in the shadow of Ben Nevis, eleven footballers clad in gold and black are being willed on by a loyal crowd of supporters at their home ground. Despite encouragement from the sidelines, the team are unable to stop their opponents clinching the win in stoppage time. The club officials transmit the result via social media to the fans unable to attend: Fort William 0-10 Turriff United. Though formed as recently as 1974, Fort William have managed to pack a fair bit in during their 44 years as a football club. After a decade of competing in local cup competitions, The Fort finally joined the North Caledonian League in 1983, winning the title in their second and final year before becoming the first and only team from the western highlands to join the Highland League. After a perfect start with a win against local rivals Clachnacuddin, Fort William finished their debut season in 12th – a position they’d only better once in the next 35 years. The 85/86 season would also see the club set their all-time attendance record for a cup match against Stirling Albion, with 1,500 fans descending on Claggan Park to watch The Fort hold their Football League opponents to a goalless draw. Those halcyon days, though, are long gone. If you thought West Ham, QPR, or Cheltenham Town had suffered a difficult start to the season, then spare a thought for the followers of ‘The Fort’. After five games of the 2018/19 season they sat bottom of the table on zero points, with a goal difference of minus 46. Being dead last isn’t an unfamiliar feeling for these fans and players – last season’s meagre total of just five points – all from draws – saw them finish bottom of the Breedon Highland League for the sixteenth time in their short history. They kicked off this season with back-to-back 11-1 defeats, away at Rothes FC and at home to Buckie Thistle, before a battling display at Huntly saw Kris Anderson’s side narrowly beaten 6-0. The two 10-0 defeats that followed at least suggest consistency, but it looks as though a hard slog of a season lies ahead in the club’s bid to avoid another 18th place finish, particularly given the news this week that, having been found guilty of fielding an ineligible player three times this season, Fort William now face £150 fine and a nine point deduction, leaving the club on…-9 points. Not so much a case of being kicked when you’re down, more hung, drawn and quartered. If that all sounds pretty grim, then its worth noting that the club feel fortunate to still be in the Highland League at all. At the end of last season, all six directors on the club’s board stepped down, citing the financial needs and time consuming nature of the day-to-day running of the club a major factor in their decision. The directors had agreed that the “next generation” would be required to step in to continue their work, but from the moment the announcement was made in January, fears over the viability of the club remaining in the Highland League rose to the surface. Without financial backing hosting games at Claggan Park, already heavily reliant on the kindness of volunteers, wouldn’t be possible, and without a ground that meets the standards of the league, Fort William would be forced to drop into the non-leagues. Thankfully, after several meetings between players, directors, committee members and volunteers, the Lochaber club elected to remain in the Highland League for the 2018/19 campaign. Three new directors were announced shortly after that decision and, in the short-term at least, the future looks secure. Things might have been different had a reality TV proposition back in 2008 ever come to fruition. Paul MacDonald, American media executive and alledged Fort William fan, approched the club with an idea for a documentary to be aired on his internet channel PMAC Tonight. The pitch included an interactive element to the show, which gave viewers the opportunity to ‘decide the fate’ of the club, with the squad replaced by an entirely American team. Imagine a co-op game of Football Manager, but someone’s been dicking about in the game editor beforehand and also Sports Interactive has been taken over by a man that is obviously clinically insane. Shockingly this idea never came to fruition, and MacDonald had to make do with sponsoring the club’s shirts for a season. There are plenty of explanations for Fort William’s dismal performances in the past thirty years, though perhaps the main one is that football isn’t the primary sport in the town. Shinty, in layman’s terms a roughhouse version of field hockey, has enjoyed enduring popularity for the last couple of centuries, ever since the game was adopted from Irish hurling. For many of the budding sportsman in Fort William, picking up a caman is preferable to slipping on a pair of football boots. With the club run on a modest budget, the outreach for talent spotting stretches to the Moray Firth at best, and even then there are rival clubs ready to snaffle up any promising players. On the rare occasion the Fort have unearthed a diamond, it hasn’t taken long for more established teams to swoop in and spirit them away. The most notable graduate of Claggan Park remains John McGinlay, who made his debut aged just 14 and, after 61 goals in 92 appearances, was snapped up by Nairn County at 18. He would go on to represent Scotland 13 times, scoring the goal that earned their place at the 1998 World Cup, and lead the line for Bolton Wanderers in the Premier League. McGinlay can even claim a part in affecting the modern history of Arsenal as, when his former boss Bruce Rioch took over at Highbury and advised Ian Wright to study the Scotsman’s forward play, a player revolt saw Rioch ousted at the end of the season, ultimately replaced by Arsene Wenger. But if life is so dismal at the foot of the Highland League, why would a player want to play for the so-called ‘Worst Team in the World’? We spoke to a member of the Fort’s record breaking team from last season and they admitted that, whilst 5pm on a Saturday would become the most difficult time of the week, the Fort’s fanbase stayed loyal. “The mood in the dressing room after games was low, as you can imagine. We tried to help each other out and keep each other going on and off the pitch, but it was hard. We used to get a lot of fans coming to games at Claggan Park, and they were very supportive when we were having a tough time. They’d always stay right to the end and clap us off the pitch whatever the result.” The Highland Football League itself is a huge champion of youth development, launching a dedicated initiative in 2000 to stage matched for Under 14s and 16s, and a competitive league for under 18s. At Fort William, it’s this championing of youth football that keeps the club alive, with most of the first team squad yet to reach their twenties. Fort William are no different, with the youth programme at Claggan Park was a demonstration of the way the club interacted with and embraced the local community. “Fort have youth teams all the way from under 11s, and they try to get as many youngsters to training as possible – that’s how they keep the teams running”. Along with its group of loyal matchday volunteers, Fort William remains, like all good football clubs, the heartbeat of the town. For as long as their players continue to turn up on a Saturday afternoon ready to fight for a result, Fort William’s fans will continue to cheer them on, as they have for the past four decades. Sometimes trophies, medals, and even three points are a secondary factor when it comes to a football club. But reaching a double figures points tally would be nice, and that just got a whole lot more difficult… 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paul Bearer 6,102 Posted August 29, 2018 Holy shit!!!! We've got a point Breedon highland league Full time score Fort William fc 1 v Strathspey Thistle F.C. 1 Only -8 now 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paul Bearer 6,102 Posted August 31, 2018 Breedon highland league fixture Cove Rangers F.C. V Fort William FC 1/9/2018 Balmoral stadium 3pm kick off A buoyed fort team make the long journey to league champions and undefeated Cove Rangers tomorrow, a hard challenge ahead but one kris and the lads can't wait to meet head on. Best of luck to both teams Mon the fort Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paul Bearer 6,102 Posted September 1, 2018 Normal service has been resumed. Breedon highland league final score Cove Rangers F.C. 11 (eleven) fort William fc 0 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paul Bearer 6,102 Posted September 1, 2018 First round of the Scottish cup will be made today at 5.45. Watch out for number 18, that's us. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,647 Posted September 1, 2018 So, I'd wager money here and now that Fort won't fight back to 0 points by the close of the season. This situarion is begging a visit from some cheerfully light television show - like The One Show, surely Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Mad Hatter 1,092 Posted September 1, 2018 Fort William sucks and will loose that match because their team consists of pathetic human beings. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,943 Posted September 1, 2018 Where will they loose it? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
