Forres Thistle F.C.
Forres Thistle Football Club are a football club from Forres, Morayshire, Scotland. A member of the Scottish Junior Football Association, the club play in the North Region in the North First Division.
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| Full name | Forres Thistle Football Club | |
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| Nickname(s) | The Jags | |
| Founded | 1906 | |
| Ground | Logie Park, Pilmuir Road West, Forres | |
| Capacity | 500 (all standing) | |
| President | Steven Johnston | |
| Manager | Tony Ross | |
| League | SJFA North Championship | |
| 2022–23 | SJFA North Championship, 6th of 16 | |
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Founded in 1906, the club are based at Logie Park, Forres and team colours are red and white.
The club has played at Logie Park since October 14, 1990, their opening fixture was a friendly vs Dundee United where stars such as Duncan Ferguson, Mixu Paatelainen and Paul Sturrock were in attendance for a 3-0 United win.
The Ground is named Logie Park after former president Alexander 'Sandy' Logie.
The current record attendance is around 250 from a Scottish Cup second round home tie vs Pollok FC.
Management team and office bearers
The team have been managed since the beginning of the 2019–20 season by Tony Ross, assisted by Lee Davidson and Chris Ross. All 3 are former players with Forres Thistle and with Highland League experience at Lossiemouth.
The clubs President is Stevie Johnston, Vice President, Tony 'Chuck' Young, the Treasurer is James 'Suds' Sutherland and the Secretary is Dutch Holland.
Previous seasons
Season 21/22
Thistle finished a successful league campaign finishing runners up in Division 2 behind Rothie Rovers in a season where the top 2 are to be promoted.
Due to a reconstruction at the end of the year Division 1 and 2 are to be made into one single league renamed the Championship which will deny both teams a promotion
Thistle were also in the Edmundson Electrical Elginshire Cup Final which was lost 5-3 on penalties after a 2-2 draw at Logie Park where they played Division one 3rd place team Dufftown Fc.
P24 W18 D3 L 3 F71 A17 (+54) PTS 57
Top scorer Mattie Davidson 19 goals.
Biggest league win was 7–0 vs Islavale
Heaviest defeat was 0–6 vs Tayport
Scottish Cup first round defeat 0–6 vs Tayport
Season 20/21
The COVID-19 pandemic continued to cause chaos with Junior football and there was only a regionalised cup competition that was not fulfilled to its entirety.
No league games were played due to the ongoing pandemic.
Season 19/20
The Tony Ross era begins.
Thistle was enjoying a very successful league campaign in season 19/20 when the COVID-19 pandemic brought an end to their season.
Thistle were second, only a point behind Burghead but with a game in hand with two being promoted they were in a great position however it was decided that the league would be annulled.
Thistle enjoyed a record crowd vs Pollok of around 250 people at Logie Park.
P15 W12 D2 L1 F53 A18 (+35) PTS 38
Biggest win 7–1 vs Cruden Bay
Heaviest defeat 2–5 vs Downfield (Regional Cup)
Scottish Cup second round defeat 0–3 vs Pollok
Season 18/19
The regionalised Division 1 East and West was no more. Instead it was Division 1 and 2. Thistle suffered a poor season that saw them finish ninth and relegated from Division 1 to Division 2.
P24 W4 D 6 L14 F34 A56 (-22) PTS 18
Biggest win 4–1 vs Dyce
Heaviest defeat 2–6 vs Longside and Banchory
Scottish Cup second round defeat 0–3 vs Arthurlie
Season 17/18
Thistle enjoyed a successful campaign in 17/18 finishing third in the First Division West. With two going up, Deveronside pipped them at the death finishing 2 points ahead and Nairn winning the league.
P24 W16 D2 L6 F60 A32 (+28) PTS 50
Biggest win 5–0 vs Spey Valley & Whitehills
Heaviest defeat 0–8 vs Auchinleck Talbot
Scottish Cup second round defeat 0–8 vs Auchinleck Talbot
Season 16/17
Thistle were fifth in the league campaign in the First Division West
P18 W9 D 0 L9 F43 A40 (+3) PTS 27
Biggest win 6–2 vs Burghead
Heaviest defeat 0–10 vs Montrose Roselea
Scottish Cup second round defeat 1–3 vs East Kilbride Thistle.
Season 15/16
Thistle enjoyed a very successful season under former player Scotty Roy.
Finishing second in the league behind Buckie Rovers they also won the Cup double defeating Buckie Rovers on both occasions. In both Cup Finals centre half Chris Ross was sent off for two bookable offences.
P16 W10 D2 L4 F27 A15 (+12) PTS 32
Biggest win 4–0 vs Burghead
Heaviest defeat 1–8 vs Colony Park
Scottish Cup second round defeat 0–6 vs St Anthony's
Double cup fever and success
On the third of June Thistle beat Buckie Rovers 1–0 at Burghead's Forrest Park to clinch the cup double vs Buckie.
A Steven Currie solo effort was enough to clinch the Archibald Cup vs Buckie Rovers
Chris Ross was also sent off in this match for Forres who managed to hold on for the win.
https://northregion-jfa.pitchero.com/forres-thistle-win-archibald-cup-31291
Thistle won the Elginshire cup with a 5–2 win over Buckie in a cracker at Borough Briggs.
Charlie Beck who won League Player of the year scored a hat trick as Chris Ross was sent off for Forres.
Season 14/15
Thistle were once again mid table in the season.
Biggest Win 5–1 vs Buchanaven Hearts
Heaviest Defeat 0–5 vs Grantown
Scottish Cup second round defeat 2–5 vs East Craigie.
Season 13/14
Under Ian McLeods' stewardship Thistle beat Buckie Rovers 3–1 in the Elginshire Refrigeration Cup at Borough Briggs, home of Elgin City.
With a double from Matty Fraser and Mark Pennie getting one for Thistle
https://www.forres-gazette.co.uk/sport/thistle-win-the-cup-170131/
They also finished sixth in Division 1 West, Inverness City, the runaway leaders.
P27 W13 D3 L11 F51 A47 (+4)
Biggest Win 5–1 vs Fochabers
Heaviest Defeat 1–5 vs Dufftown
Scottish Cup second round defeat 2–4 vs Kennoway Stars.
Statistics
21/22 top scorers
Mattie Davidson 19
Neil Moir 15
Brandon Hutcheson 13
Charlie Beck 9
Ross Paterson 7
21/22 top appearances (36 games)
Neil Moir 36
Dan McLeod 34
Brandon Hutcheson 33
Ross Paterson 31
Mattie Davidson 31
20/21
N/A Covid
19/20 top scorers
Matty Fraser 14
Sean McIntosh 11
Mattie Davidson 10
Ricky Wardrop 9
Brandon Hutcheson 9
19/20 top appearances (24 games)
Dan McLeod 23
Matty Fraser 22
Brandon Hutcheson 22
Scott Moore 22
Ross Montgomery 22
18/19 top scorers
Neil Moir 12
Matty Fraser 11
Mattie Davidson 9
Brandon Hutcheson 6
Charlie Beck 5
18/19 top appearances (35 games)
Tony Ross 32
Dan McLeod 31
Sean McIntosh 30
Matty Fraser 28
Brandon Hutcheson 27
Individual honours
Club Player of the Year
21/22 TBC
20/21 N/A (covid)
19/20 Brandon Hutcheson
18/19 Neil Moir
17/18 Matty Fraser
16/17 Craig Short
15/16 Charlie Beck
14/15 Aaron McLean
13/14 Aaron McLellan
12/13 Donnie McCulloch
11/12 Charlie Beck
10/11 Chris Ross
09/10 Simon Bremner
08/09 Ross ‘Chucky’ Macpherson
07/08 Mattie Davidson
06/07 Davie Raeburn
Most improved Player of the Year superseded by Clubman of the Year 18/19 onwards
20/21 N/A Covid
19/20 N/A Covid
18/19 Lee Davidson (Clubman)
17/18 Brandon Hutcheson
16/17 Dan McLeod
15/16 Danny Black
14/15 Aaron Mclean
13/14 Andrew Taylor
12/13 Craig Daley
11/12 John Ross
10/11 Alan Angus
09/10 Lee Davidson
08/09 Matthew Milne
07/08 Sean Cooke
06/07 Barry Stables
05/06 Simon Bremner
04/05 Gordon Stepien
League Player of the Year
15/16 Charlie Beck
Top apps since 18/19
Dan McLeod 88
Brandon Hutcheson 82
Neil Moir 78
Matty Fraser 78
Mattie Davidson 74
Sean McIntosh 74
Matty Milne 68
Charlie Beck 61
Danny Black 55
Aaron McLellan 53
Top scorers since 18/19
Mattie Davidson 38
Neil Moir 35
Matty Fraser 32
Brandon Hutcheson 28
Sean McIntosh 20
Charlie Beck 15
Honours
- North Region First Division (West) winners: 2002–03
- North Regional (North) League winners: 1971–72, 1979–80
- Morayshire Junior League winners: 1926–27, 1929–30
- Gordon Williamson Trophy: 1966–67, 1967–68, 2002–03, 2004–05
- Morayshire Junior Cup: 1925–26, 1930–31, 1953–54, 1970–71, 1973–74, 1977–78, 1991–92, 1999–00
- Nicholson Cup: 1926–27, 1972–73
- North Drybrough Cup: 1972–73
- North of Scotland (Morayshire) Cup: 1952–53, 1957–58, 1958–59, 1968–69, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1978–79, 1984–85, 1985–86
- Robbie Nicol Cup: 1992–93, 2000–01
- Robertson Cup: 1930–31, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1967–68, 1968–69, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1988–89
- Stewart Memorial Cup: 1971–72, 1999–00
- Connon Cup: 1952–53, 1953–54, 1957–58, 1979–80, 1984–85, 1999–00
- White Horse Cup: 1929–30, 1935–36, 1936–37, 1952–53, 1968–69, 1970–71, 1976–77
- Elginshire Cup: 2013–14, 2015–16[1]
- Archibald Cup: 2015–16[2]
References
- Christie, Craig (1 May 2016). "Ten man Forres claim cup triumph". Northern Scot. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
- "Currie strike nets cup for Jags". Forres Gazette. 13 June 2016. Retrieved 18 October 2016.