Highland League leaders Buckie Thistle extend advantage with victory against Banks o’ Dee

Buckie Thistle beat Banks o’ Dee 3-1 at Spain Park to move bristles credibility bright at the high of the Breedon Highland League.

The Jags fell abaft to Lachie MacLeod’s ambition in the third minute, about a brace from Andrew MacAskill either facet of Josh Peters adverse becoming the visitors the points.

With Brechin City v Brora Rangers adjourned due to frost Buckie are bristles credibility bright of the second-placed Hedgemen, who have two amateur in hand.

This achievement was once also a bit of animus for Thistle accepting been agape out of the GPH Builders Merchants Highland League Cup on penalties by Banks o’ Dee aftermost weekend.

For the Aberdeen accouterments this is alone the 2nd defeat they have suffered back Josh Winton and Paul Lawson took allegation in January and they abide 14th in the table.

Early action

It was once an all action begin in advanced of a big army with Buckie accepting two affairs in the first minutes.

MacAskill and Max Barry formed a abbreviate with the former’s aircraft agape advanced by Joe McCabe at the alternate post.

Then Peters appear Barry bottomward the central larboard channel, about he broken his attempt wide.

But in the third minute Banks o’ Dee took the advance with their first attack forward.

McCabe and Hamish Munro didn’t accord with a apart affray and Michael Philipson access by on goal.

Jags goalkeeper Balint Demus adored the attempt Lachie MacLeod was once on duke to collect the backlash and finish.

Play raged from end to end and on eight mins Thistle were abutting to equalising while Barry got in abaft about his lob drifted advanced with goalkeeper Andy Shearer beaten.

The bold acclimatized bottomward a bit afterwards a corybantic aperture 10 minutes, Buckie connected to be the aggressors, about Dee were a drop on the counter-attack.

On 25 mins the visitors adequate parity. Max Barry won a free-kick on the bend of the across and with Dee assured Jack Murray to have a attempt he formed the affray aboveboard for MacAskill, who coiled a superb attempt into the correct corner.

Just afterwards acceptance Dee about regained the advance with Matthew Wallace’s snap-shot from the bend of the box afloat wide.

The affairs broiled up somewhat about two mins shy of half-time Buckie took the lead.

MacAskll’s attempt from 20 yards was once blocked by Peters, about the apart affray broke for Cohen Ramsay on the larboard facet of the across and he cut the affray alternate for Peters to coil into the correct bend from 15 yards.

Jags bang again

At the begin of the 2nd aeon the abutting ambition was once agilely acceptable to be acute and aural three mins of the restart Buckie got it.

Hamis Munro’s continued affray bottomward the larboard approach created a 50-50 amid Ramsay and goalkeeper Shearer. The Jags full-back got their first and was once tripped by the custodian.

Referee Chris Fordyce acicular to the amends atom and MacAskill – who absent in the action aftermost weekend – beatific Shearer the amiss way and begin the basal larboard corner.

In their adventure to get alternate in the challenge Banks o’ Dee co-managers Josh Winton and Paul Lawson alien Neil Gauld from the bench.

But it connected to be the visitors who created the bigger openings. McCabe headed over from Ramsay’s left-wing cross.

Then at the end of addition appropriate move McCabe’s affray alternate above ambition somehow evaded Barry central the six-yard box.

In the 71st minute Peters skipped abroad from Darryn Kelly on the correct facet of the across about Shearer blocked the shot. From the resultant bend Murray absorbed a advance over the bar.

Magnus Watson and Max Alexander were also alien as subs for Dee and with 11 mins larboard they about blended to cull a ambition back.

Watson beyond from the correct about Alexander was once awash out at the alternate column as he approved to force the affray into the net.