Match Report
The table read 17th (Rothes, 3 pts) against 3rd (Fraserburgh, 17 pts), 14 points apart. Scoring rates set the scale: Rothes 0.86 scored and 4 conceded per game, Fraserburgh 2.38 and 0.5, with the league averaging 1.71.
Defeat had followed defeat for Rothes — 11 in succession. Fraserburgh carried a 6-game unbeaten run into this. Over the last five, Rothes had taken 0 of 15 points to Fraserburgh's 13.
7 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Rothes 0, draws 0, Fraserburgh 7, at 5.29 goals per meeting. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 100% of the meetings.
The match was played at MacKessack Park (capacity 2,700). L. Brown took charge of the match — our records show 14 games refereed with an average of 0.0 yellow cards per game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Fraserburgh led 4-0 at the break, before 3 more goals closed it at 0-7.
Goal scorers
Fraserburgh: William West (3'), Barbour S. (12'), Barbour S. (41'), Hawkins J. (45'), Barbour S. (46'), Greg Buchan (51'), Logan Watt (90')