Calendar An icon of a desk calendar. Cancel An icon of a circle with a diagonal line across. Caret An icon of a block arrow pointing to the right. Email An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook An icon of the Facebook "f" mark. Google An icon of the Google "G" mark. Linked In An icon of the Linked In "in" mark. Logout An icon representing logout. Profile An icon that resembles human head and shoulders. Telephone An icon of a traditional telephone receiver. Tick An icon of a tick mark. Is Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes. Is Not Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes with a diagonal line through it. Pause Icon A two-lined pause icon for stopping interactions. Quote Mark A opening quote mark. Quote Mark A closing quote mark. Arrow An icon of an arrow. Folder An icon of a paper folder. Breaking An icon of an exclamation mark on a circular background. Camera An icon of a digital camera. Caret An icon of a caret arrow. Clock An icon of a clock face. Close An icon of the an X shape. Close Icon An icon used to represent where to interact to collapse or dismiss a component Comment An icon of a speech bubble. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. Ellipsis An icon of 3 horizontal dots. Envelope An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook An icon of a facebook f logo. Camera An icon of a digital camera. Home An icon of a house. Instagram An icon of the Instagram logo. LinkedIn An icon of the LinkedIn logo. Magnifying Glass An icon of a magnifying glass. Search Icon A magnifying glass icon that is used to represent the function of searching. Menu An icon of 3 horizontal lines. Hamburger Menu Icon An icon used to represent a collapsed menu. Next An icon of an arrow pointing to the right. Notice An explanation mark centred inside a circle. Previous An icon of an arrow pointing to the left. Rating An icon of a star. Tag An icon of a tag. Twitter An icon of the Twitter logo. Video Camera An icon of a video camera shape. Speech Bubble Icon A icon displaying a speech bubble WhatsApp An icon of the WhatsApp logo. Information An icon of an information logo. Plus A mathematical 'plus' symbol. Duration An icon indicating Time. Success Tick An icon of a green tick. Success Tick Timeout An icon of a greyed out success tick. Loading Spinner An icon of a loading spinner. Facebook Messenger An icon of the facebook messenger app logo. Facebook An icon of a facebook f logo. Facebook Messenger An icon of the Twitter app logo. LinkedIn An icon of the LinkedIn logo. WhatsApp Messenger An icon of the Whatsapp messenger app logo. Email An icon of an mail envelope. Copy link A decentered black square over a white square.

Sam Morrison hails exciting time for Buckie Thistle after penning new deal

The defender and team-mates Ryan Fyffe, Marcus Goodall, Josh Peters, Cohen Ramsay and Lyall Keir have extended their Jags contracts until the summer of 2027.

Sam Morrison is one of a host of Buckie Thistle players to have extended his contract until the summer of 2027
Sam Morrison is one of a host of Buckie Thistle players to have extended his contract until the summer of 2027

Sam Morrison is looking forward to a bright future with Buckie Thistle after overcoming injury problems and extending his contract.

The defender is one of six Jags players – Ryan Fyffe, Marcus Goodall, Josh Peters, Cohen Ramsay and Lyall Keir being the others – to have penned new deals until the summer of 2027.

Morrison missed almost all of last season due to injury, but has returned to action this term and has also had a loan spell with Clachnacuddin.

The 25-year-old, who joined Buckie in 2018, said: “I think it’s an exciting time to be at the club and to get players tied down long term is a great thing.

“I love being at the club, it’s a good squad of boys and there are exciting times ahead.

“Wanting to repay the club is part of why I wanted to stay, it was a no-brainer really.

“How I’ve been treated by the club in my time has been great.”

Setbacks last season

Reflecting on his injury issues last season, Morrison added: “I broke my left ankle in the first pre-season game against Aberdeen in the summer of 2022.

“I didn’t know I’d broken it until the day after, I drove home after the game and felt fine, but the next morning I couldn’t walk.

“When I had it looked at it turned out it was a clean break and I was out for six months or so.

“I was coming back and went on loan to Loch Ness to get game time.

Sam Morrison, right, in action for Buckie

“I played for 20 minutes as a sub and felt really good, but the following Monday in training I went to turn and went over my right ankle and it flared up an injury I had before I came to Buckie.

“I’ve got an extra bone in my foot and when I went over my ankle it pinched the tendons and ligaments in my foot.

“So that was the season basically written off, physically and mentally being out for that period of time was difficult.

“But the club have been great with me, the manager was in touch just about every day and that’s him as a person really.”

Trophy target

Looking to the future Morrison is eager to win silverware with Buckie.

During his time with the Jags they have finished second in the Breedon Highland League twice and been defeated in three cup finals.

Morrison said: “I think winning something is on the minds of a lot of people at Buckie.

“I’ve been at the club for five years now and my aim is to win something, we haven’t managed to do it yet and I want to be part of a winning Buckie team.

“I don’t feel we’re far away but we need to get over that final hurdle to get that success.

“All the boys are singing from the same hymn sheet in that regard and the manager drives it every week at training.”