Saturday 1st: A solid start to the month as a Liam Shewan penalty earned a point away from home at Turriff United, traditionally a difficult place for the Jags to visit.
Manager Ryan Esson told the Press & Journal: “We tried to use the wings and get balls into the box and we got our reward with another point away from home which is never a bad thing.”
Saturday 8th: No game for the Jags as the Highland League Cup took precedence but there was no Saturday off for some of the players as they were put through their fitness paces.
Quoted in our local newspaper, the Strathspey & Badenoch Herald, Ryan Esson said: “It was 9:15 in the morning. They worked all week and then I was asking them to come and be blasted with running, so their attitude was good and I’m looking forward to Saturday now.”
Sunday 9th: Committee member Charlie Sinclair laid a wreath on behalf of the club at the Grantown War Memorial to mark Remembrance Day.
Saturday 15th: Prior to the home game with Lossiemouth, at Seafield Park, the signing of young striker Bodhan Campbell, on loan from Buckie Thistle, was announced.
Saturday 15th: Trailing by a goal to nil at half-time, the Jags equalised just after the break thanks to a James McShane header and went in front through Caelan Mutch around the hour mark.
Calum Brown looked to have sealed the points with a third goal in stoppage time and, although another Lossiemouth strike made for a nervous finish, we held on for another important victory.
Tuesday 18th: A fairly quiet day on the football front…except for Scotland’s Men qualifying for the World Cup for the first time since 1998 after a dramatic evening at Hampden Park and three incredible goals that saw off Denmark.
A great achievement from Steve Clarke and his players and a huge boost for the game at all levels. All eyes are now on the draw in early December for anyone planning to travel to North America next summer.
Saturday 22nd: The first real cold spell of the winter put paid to the scheduled game at Keith.
Friday 28th: The club held a fundraising quiz night at the Royal British Legion in Grantown, thanks to everyone who attended, to the Legion for hosting and to committee member Tom Clarke for organising.
Saturday 29th: November was scheduled to end with the visit of Rothes to Seafield Park but, with the pitch frozen in parts, unfortunately the game fell foul of the weather.
That means we head into December in 10th place in the Highland League with 22 points from 17 matches.
In the Scottish Cup, all five Highland League clubs gave good accounts of themselves in defeat against higher level opposition, including Banks O’ Dee who lost only 2-0 at home to a Ross County side who were in the Premiership only last season.
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