Football

The home side should have won by a bigger margin but a combination of bad misses and good goalkeeping kept the scoreline to a minimum.

LAIRG Rovers won the Couper Cup for the first time in almost 30 years when they defeated Golspie Stafford 5-0 at Couper Park last Saturday.

LOCHINVER produced a gritty display to defeat Melvich 3-1 at home and clinch the North West Sutherland League crown at the weekend.

In what was a significant occasion for both clubs, Brora Rangers ran out 7-1 winners against Back FC in a friendly at Upper Coll Park (Lewis) at the weekend.

EMBO got back to winning ways with a 4-0 away victory against fellow North West Sutherland side Durness on Saturday.

LOCHINVER moved three points clear at the top of the North West Sutherland League with an impressive 3-1 victory over Embo at Back Park.

HELMSDALE United have taken four points from their last two games in the Do Soccer Ross-Sutherland AFA League to stay on course for a top three finish.

THE annual Guy Cup tournament, north west Sutherland’s premier football festival, was played for the 30th time at Bettyhill last Saturday.

Footballers throughout the county are being invited to join the north’s newest team – Sutherland United FC.

Global director Gavin MacDonald pledged his support by supplying new home and away kits for all teams.

GOLSPIE Stafford eased their way through to the last 16 of the Highland Amateur Cup with a comfortable 5-2 victory over Dounby Athletic at King George…

HELMSDALE United moved three points clear at the top of the Sutherland AFA league with a thumping 6-0 victory over Lairg Rovers at Couper Park last Wednesday.

The Aberdeenshire venue has never been a happy hunting ground for the Sutherland club, who have never won there.

Stafford got off to a flyer when Gary MacKenzie opened the scoring in the second minute when he swept home a square ball from Darren Pullen. But Embo…

BRORA Rangers were left to rue numerous missed chances in a one-sided Highland League Cup semi-final tie against Inverurie Locos at Harlaw Park last Saturday.

Dornoch FC’s coach, Mark McAuley, in his new weekly column, gives an insight into how costly it is to run an amateur club

GOLSPIE Sutherland are on the brink of a late season cup double after a superb hat-trick from Shaun Kerr inspired them to a 3-2 victory over Orkney in…

This week saw Dornoch FC finish their pre-season before the start of their annual campaign in the local East Sutherland Summer League. Here, in the first…

Brora Rangers 4, Formartine United 2

Brora Rangers 2 v 1 Inverurie Locos