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SHFL sides faced off against Lowland League and Junior outfits in a flurry of friendlies.
Goals from Derek Ure and A n d y Ro d g e r s had EAST STIRLING 2- 0 up at half- time against COVE, but Daniel Park and Sunday Post double Young Player of the Year Harry Milne ( pictured) ensured the game finished even.
SPARTANS led just before the hour when Ross Guthrie SCORED, but, just before fulltime, Colin Williamson rose to head BRORA RANGERS level.
It was 0- 0 at half- time, but FORMARTINE UNITED turned it on in the second half against EDINBURGH UNI to run out 4- 0 winners. Graeme Rodger, Scott Barbour and Archie Macphee (2) netted.
In TURRIFF, The Haughs side were defeated by a young DUNDEE UNITED XI. Jake Davidson, Davie Logan, Kieran Ingles and Gavin Ritchie were the scorers.
FORRES MECHANICS and HERMES battled out a noscoring draw at Mosset Park.
Jordan Macrae netted four for NAIRN in a 7- 1 win over NEW ELGIN, with Ja c k Maclean, Ross Naismith and Dylan Mackenzie also netting.
KEITH required penalties to defeat Junior neighbours ISL AVALE after the game ended 2-2. Gary McNamee and Cammy Keith scored for the Maroons, with Gary Morrison and Craig Sim on target for the Vale. It finished 6-5 on pens.
WICK ACADEMY lost 4-3 on penalties in ORKNEY after two goals from Steven Anderson saw the game finish 2-2.
CL ACHNACUDDIN beat INVERNESS CITY 4- 1, Stuart Leslie, John MacAskill, Jamie Wilson and a trialist netting for the Lillies.
James McLaren netted a hattrick as LOSSIEMOUTH ran out 8-1 winners against FORFAR ALBION, with a Coasters trialist also grabbing a treble.
Willie West was one of three players at the double as FRASERBURGH beat BROUGHTY ATHLETIC 7-1.
Ryan Sargent and Paul Campbell also scored twice, with Michael Rae the only singleton.
DEVERONVALE went 3-0 up against DUNDEE NORTH END before being pegged back by the Dokens, with the match finishing 3-3.
The Alan Gilzean display at the Red House Hotel.
Andrew Considine in action in Bosnia last Thursday night. ALAN GILZEAN is heading home tomorrow night.
The man who became a legendary striker with Dundee, Spurs and Scotland will be back in his native Coupar Angus for a dinner at the Red House Hotel.
That offers him the chance to see for the first time a montage of memorabilia on display at the establishment.
There’s a collection of strips from Dens Park, White Hart Lane and the traditional redand- black of Coupar Angus Juniors, where it all started for Gilzean (left) in the mid-1950s. Also on show is his SFA blazer, in the dark blue of his country, which
he served with such distinction 22 times, scoring 12 goals, and there’s no doubting his Scotland highlight.
On April 11, 1964, Gilzean climbed highest to head in Davie Wilson’s corner and secure victory over England in front of 133,245.
That goal helped secure his £ 72,500 move to Tottenham in December that year, where he would add FA Cup, League Cup and UEFA Cup medals to the Championship badge won with Dundee in 1962.
But it all began with his local junior side at Foxhall Park, Coupar Angus, where he earned the nickname “Peenie”, so called for his ability to land a long, raking pass on the head of a pin!