Forres Thistle F.C.
# 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.

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.

https://northregion-jfa.pitchero.com/beck-hits-hat-trick-as-10-man-forres-win-elginshir-30704?external_domain=northregion-jfa.pitchero.com

### 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
* Archibald Cup: 2015–16
