Author: MGray

In keeping with recent fixtures United made a blistering start to this match Murray released Nichol down the right channel and the striker tricked his way to the bye line before crossing for the inrushing Michael Petrie to net his first competitive goal from close range at the near post. A shell shocked home side…

United’s first game in the Highland Amateur adventure took them to Lybster and a reasonably competitive match, which was marred by James Murray’s red card in the dying minutes removing the gloss from an efficient performance. The game could not have got off to a better start for United Ross Allan picking the ball up on…

United needed a positive response from the disappointment in John O’Groats the previous week and to a large extent they got it against a youthful Acks side who had made the perfect start to their return to the top division. As the previous wee a strong wind was to blight the game although to be…

United’s first away trip of the season was the local derby with John O’Groats and a United old boy was to come back and haunt them. Groats is always a particularly difficult ground to visit and conditions on this occasion added to the difficulty with a howling wind travelling down to the pavilion end making football…

There was an eerie silence round Ham Park long before the whistle sounded for the minutes tribute in respect of United’s legendary manager Duncan Gray. The place will never be the same without the man that simply ran the club from top to bottom and it was no surprise that the early stages were very…