24/05/2026
Forfar 2-4 Scone Thistle Reds
The games keep coming for Scone and after a midweek defeat at home to title chasers Fairmuir we travelled up to Angus to face Forfar for the penultimate game of the season.
The game was played at Forfar West End juniors and the pitch was in excellent condition. The opening exchanges saw Forfar have slightly more of the ball but in the main it was a scrappy start. The deadlock would be broken in the 25th minute when we won a free kick just outside the box, clever work from Harry and Owen saw Harry fake the shot resulting in the Forfar wall jumping and Owen quickly stepped up to curve the ball round the wall and into the far corner, 0-1 Scone.
Forfar would get back on level terms on 34 minutes when we failed to clear a ball into the box and when Forfar got the ball back into the box the attackers looping header evaded everyone and dropped into the top corner, 1-1.
On the stroke of half time taz made a surging run from right back showing incredible footwork and when he made his way into the box he was chopped down by the Forfar defender for a stonewall penalty, up stepped Harry and from the spot gave the keeper no chance planting it into the bottom corner, 1-2 Scone.
H/T 1-2
Into the second half and we knew the next goal in this game would be crucial, ten minutes after the restart and the hosts would draw level when we failed to deal with a deep free kick into our box when the striker got to the ball fastest and headed into an empty net, a really poor goal to concede, 2-2.
The boys had to now really dig deep to get something from this game and with the baking conditions sapping energy from both sides we showed great character to regain the lead and when John collected the ball wide right he passed to Ciaran who squared to Harry at the edge of the box and he sent an excellent composed finish low into the bottom right corner of the net giving the keeper no chance, 2-3 Scone.
In the 66th minute we extended our lead further and what a goal it was, a long ball was played forward to Ethan who controlled well and played a great ball between the Forfar right back and centre back to Owen who ran onto the ball and sent a brilliant effort across the keeper who got a touch onto the shot but the power of the shot meant it smashed off the underside of the bar and into the back of the net, 2-4 Scone.
Forfar threw several long balls into the box and when one was only cleared to the edge of the box their striker sent a terrific shot towards the top corner but Todd produced a terrific save to beat the ball away.
In the dying seconds of the game another Forfar free kick was delivered into the box and when we cleared Ethan ran clean through from the half way line and frustratingly the referee blew for full time before Ethan could run through on goal.
F/T 2-4
A battling performance today in roasting conditions the boys dug in to get the victory meaning we have secured a fourth placed finish in the 1st Division. With one game left, which has still to be scheduled against title challengers Ferry Athletic it’s been a good season for the boys with a number of changes to the squad this year.
Todays man of the match went to Taz, the wee man put in a tremendous shift at right back putting in some vital challenges and making some excellent energetic runs starting a number of attacks, well done taz!
Goal Scorers:
Harry ⚽️⚽️
Owen ⚽️⚽️
Assists:
Ciaran 🅰️
Ethan 🅰️
Harry 🅰️
Taz 🅰️
Man of the Match:
Taz ⭐️
