Peterhead v Forfar Athletic – match preview
[Monday, 24 February 2020 12:43]
Ladbrokes League 1
Venue – Balmoor Stadium
Date – Tuesday 25th February – kick-off 7.45 p.m.
Admission Prices – Stand – Adults £16 Concessions & 13/16-year-olds £9 12 & Under free if accompanied by adult Ground – Adults £14 Concessions & 13/16-year-olds £7 Under 12’s free if accompanied by an adult
League Position;- Peterhead – 7th – 25 points from 25 games Forfar Athletic – 9th – 23 points from 24 games
Previous results this season; –
Peterhead 1 Forfar Athletic 0 at Balmoor on 24.8.19
Forfar Athletic 2 Peterhead 1 at Station Park on 30.11.19
Summary – Peterhead and Forfar Athletic will make a second attempt on Tuesday evening to play their vital Ladbrokes League One encounter, this after the game just over two weeks ago was abandoned by referee Steven Reid after thirty minutes due to high winds.
Hopefully, the current weather forecast for fairly settled conditions on the Buchan coast tomorrow night bears fruit and the game goes ahead as scheduled, especially with the ‘Loons’ fixture at Dumbarton on Saturday past also falling foul of the weather conditions.
Saturday’s results went well for Forfar with Peterhead, Clyde and Stranraer all losing, but as all know it is what you eventually achieve yourselves on the field of play that will count at the end of the day, hopefully starting at the Balmoor Stadium.
The Athies players headed for Station Park on Saturday afternoon for a two-hour training session to keep them ticking over in advance of this week’s fixtures, East Fife the visitors to the ‘toonie’ on Saturday in what will now be a busy week.
Stuart Malcolm will have a seventeen man pool to pick from tomorrow night, with Michael Travis’s injury now looking like he will be long term absentee, while loanee Ryan Shanley remains sidelined.
The home side have lost both games since the abandoned fixture, a 1-0 reverse at East Fife being followed by a 2-0 home defeat from Airdrie on Saturday past.
Luc Bollan son of our former manager Gary made his ‘Blue Toon’ debut in that fixture having signed from Aberdeen on a temporary transfer last week.
Match Officials – Referee – Steven Reid Assistants – Andy Milne & Paul McAvinue
Tuesday’s Ladbrokes League 1 Fixtures – Dumbarton v Clyde, Stranraer v Montrose
Supporters Note – Any ‘Loons’ supporter who did not request a refund on their ticket at the abandoned fixture on 8/2, can gain admittance to the fixture tomorrow night on the production of their original match ticket.
