Wednesday 15 September
Huntly 2 Keith 9
Huntly were on the end of a heavy beating as they went down 9-2 to Keith tonight.
The onslaught started as early as seven minutes when a poor clearance from the home defence came out as far as Ewan Watson who struck first time with a low shot from 22 yards.

Two minutes later, Sean McKinstry played in Cammy Keith who got past Paul Winton to side foot past Grant Pennet.

McKinstry increased the lead on the quarter hour mark netting with a free header from close range.

Huntly struck back as defender Dale Munro curled in a shot from distance which looked destined for the top corner only for Daniel Napier to tip over with an acrobatic save.

In the 20th minute, Keith rounded Pennet only for Brian Higgins to clear on the line. The ball would then find its way out to Alan McRea to power in a low drive from 25 yards.

Four minutes later, a 30 yard dead ball from Greg McHattie struck the crossbar and rebounded out to Keith who struck with his sides fifth.
Moments later, Cammy Keith took advantage of some miscommunication between Watt and Pennet at the back before rounding the pair and firing high into the net for his hat-trick.
Keith added another as he ran onto McHattie's slip to send a low shot in off the far post.

Huntly pulled one back five minutes before the interval. A long clearance from the back saw their front two get in behind the visiting defence as Gary Harris rounded the keeper before side-footing home.

Half Time: Huntly 1 Keith 7

As the teams were leaving for the break, Huntly's Paul Winton launched a verbal attack at Referee Craig Veitch The midfielder was pulled back and booked for his comments. Despite being booked, the player continued his the abuse before he was escorted off the field by Coach Allan Mitchell.

Huntly were awarded a penalty in the 53rd minute. Napier turned away Munro's shot just before Paul Neill brought down Harris inside the area. Stuart Allan made no mistake from the spot with the keeper going the wrong way.

Two minutes later, Lee McGregor was pulled up for a foul on Paul McLean. This led to a confrontation between the two side as Dale Munro got involved and was shown his second yellow card of the game which resulted in an early shower for the defender.

Robert English was booked three minutes later for dissent to referee after conceding a free kick.

In the 61st minute, there were offside shouts against McKinstry who was coming back from an offside position. Play would break out to Mcrea on the right who cross in for Keith to bundle the ball over from close range.

The maroons completed the rout with 8 minutes remaining. Cammy Keith got by Wayne Murdo and square the ball to Nicky Shaw who tapped home.