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Forres Mechanics: Summer football for the Highland League?

Forres Mechanics
Forres Mechanics

Forres welcomed Nairn County as our first-footers of 2015, having not played for a month due to our last three games being postponed because of the winter weather, we came up just short, losing 3-0 but the result really flattered Nairn.

With only a threadbare squad available, so much so that we could only name five substitutes, we held our own in a scoreless first half, on what was a very heavy pitch which cut up way too easily and looked like it had become home to a family of moles with the amount of divots and mounds on it by full-time.

The game changed completely half way through the second half after just one substitution, our manager Charlie Rowley took off the already booked midfielder Duncan Jones replacing him with Andrew Howard, who went straight on at right back, moving Stuart Soane from that position into the midfield.

The move was made looking for the win but consequently we lost our shape and went on to give away three goals, when I think we could have held on for at least a no-score draw or even nick it 1-0.

With so many recent postponements across the whole league due to the winter weather, surely its time to re-visit the plausibility of moving the league games to the summer months.

After the farce of last season when so many games were called off and some teams having to play four matches in a week just to catch up on their postponed games, the SHFL scheduled several midweek games in the early months of this season in an attempt to try and be ahead of any potential problems, a decision which should be commended, but ultimately was not always to the benefit of the travelling away fans,

I particularly remember a Wednesday night trip away to Brora where I could only count six brave Forres fans, not good for either us or Brora.

 

If we played in the summer months on what surely would be better quality pitches then the quality of the football on display, while good in most parts, would also only get better.

This would also improve the players too and for those who maybe have ambitions of playing at a higher level then they are bound to come to the notice of the SPFL scouts, ultimately enhancing the quality of the lower levels of Scottish league football and maybe beyond – something to ponder for the benefit of all Scottish football fans.