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Fort William hosting Hill of Beath and Golspie hosting Carluke Rovers in the Scottish Cup this weekend meaning their fixture between each other is postponed.

I imagine Hill of Beath will probably beat Fort William but Golspie have a better chance. Are Carluke the only Tier 10 (bottom of the pyramid) side in the cup? They’re in the bottom half of the bottom tier in the West.

Great chance for Inverness Athletic to pull away at the top with a nice home fixture while Invergordon (and Thurso also) aren’t playing. I can only assume this was because of a potential Scottish Cup tie if they had beaten Culter?

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Was back at North Kessock for the Inverness Athletic vs Bunllidh Thistile, not often I get to shoot a North Caley game in bright sunlight.

Think Athletic are going to be the most likely to be a challenger to Invergordon, they have a few refuges from the Loch Ness (well, the ones who never got picked up by a few Highland league sides).

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Only two NCL games this weekend. Fort-Invergordon is at Lochaber High School 3G cage, due to the Ben Nevis Hill Race. I think they played there last match too.

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𝗡𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗱𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗴𝘂𝗲 
Fort William 2-5 Invergordon
Golspie Suth 3-2 Clach

F𝗼𝗼𝘁𝗯𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗖𝘂𝗽 (𝟭𝘀𝘁 𝗥𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱)
Alness Utd 2-1 Halkirk Utd
Bonar Bridge 0-2 St. Duthus
Thurso 0-4 Inverness Ath

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Quick turnaround for a few sides.

Chance for Invergordon to go top of the league, which they very likely will, but should stay there for a while as both them and Athletic are playing on the same days (along with Athletic involvement in the NOS) until they meet in early November. 
 

Bunillidh back in action after a game off, against Alness, should be a comfortable home win to keep them unbeaten.

 

The only game that should be slightly competitive is Halkirk United looking to remain the 4th 100% side with the Anglers vs Vikings extremely very North derby against Thurso. Halkirk have started well, but haven’t really played anyone in the league yet, and lost in the cup at the weekend. Thurso only have a win over winless Clach while they’ve seen back to back thumpings from Athletic. 

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On 31/08/2024 at 23:11, Mackie The Staggie said:

Was back at North Kessock for the Inverness Athletic vs Bunllidh Thistile, not often I get to shoot a North Caley game in bright sunlight.

Think Athletic are going to be the most likely to be a challenger to Invergordon, they have a few refuges from the Loch Ness (well, the ones who never got picked up by a few Highland league sides).

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What happened to Loch Ness? 

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23 hours ago, Sir Tarmo said:

Quick turnaround for a few sides.

Chance for Invergordon to go top of the league, which they very likely will, but should stay there for a while as both them and Athletic are playing on the same days (along with Athletic involvement in the NOS) until they meet in early November. 
 

Bunillidh back in action after a game off, against Alness, should be a comfortable home win to keep them unbeaten.

 

The only game that should be slightly competitive is Halkirk United looking to remain the 4th 100% side with the Anglers vs Vikings extremely very North derby against Thurso. Halkirk have started well, but haven’t really played anyone in the league yet, and lost in the cup at the weekend. Thurso only have a win over winless Clach while they’ve seen back to back thumpings from Athletic. 

 

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Clach vs Invergordon is postponed, not sure why. So Athletic will stay top for the timebeing. 

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Anyone know why Invergordon game is off?

Could have 4 teams level on 9 points at the top after tomorrow night if Halkirk win the Caithness derby and if (likely when) Alness beat Bunillidh. Going by Bunillidh’s results so far it wouldn’t shock me if Alness go outright top.

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10 hours ago, Sir Tarmo said:

Anyone know why Invergordon game is off?

 

They never named a venue for this. With Alness at home, maybe Clach A couldn't find a ground for an evening kick-off? They sometimes play at Inverness Royal Academy, maybe it wasn't available. 

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