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- Forres Thistle Football Club are a football club from Forres, Morayshire, Scotland. A member of the Scottish Junior Football Association, the club play in the North Region in the North First Division. Founded in 1906, the club are based at Logie Park, Forres and team colours are red and white. The club has played at Logie Park since October 14, 1990, their opening fixture was a friendly vs Dundee United where stars such as Duncan Ferguson, Mixu Paatelainen and Paul Sturrock were in attendance for a 3-0 United win. The Ground is named Logie Park after former president Alexander 'Sandy' Logie. The current record attendance is around 250 from a Scottish Cup second round home tie vs Pollok FC. Management team and Office Bearers The team have been managed since the beginning of the 2019–20 season by Tony Ross, assisted by Lee Davidson and Chris Ross. All 3 are former players with Forres Thistle and with Highland League experience at Lossiemouth. The clubs President is Stevie Johnston, Vice President, Tony 'Chuck' Young, the Treasurer is James 'Suds' Sutherland and the Secretary is Dutch Holland. Previous seasons Season 21/22 Thistle finished a successful league campaign finishing runners up in Division 2 behind Rothie Rovers in a season where the top 2 are to be promoted. Due to a reconstruction at the end of the year Division 1 and 2 are to be made into one single league renamed the Championship which will deny both teams a promotion Thistle were also in the Edmundson Electrical Elginshire Cup Final which was lost 5-3 on penalties after a 2-2 draw at Logie Park where they played Division one 3rd place team Dufftown Fc. P24 W18 D3 L 3 F71 A17 (+54) PTS 57 Top scorer Mattie Davidson 19 goals. Biggest league win was 7-0 vs Islavale Heaviest defeat was 0-6 vs Tayport Scottish Cup first round defeat 0-6 vs Tayport Season 20/21 The COVID-19 pandemic continued to cause chaos with Junior football and there was only a regionalised cup competition that was not fulfilled to its entirety. No league games were played due to the ongoing pandemic. Season 19/20 The Tony Ross era begins. Thistle was enjoying a very successful league campaign in season 19/20 when the COVID-19 pandemic brought an end to their season. Thistle were second, only a point behind Burghead but with a game in hand with two being promoted they were in a great position however it was decided that the league would be annulled. Thistle enjoyed a record crowd vs Pollok of around 250 people at Logie Park. P15 W12 D2 L1 F53 A18 (+35) PTS 38 Biggest Win 7-1 vs Cruden Bay Heaviest Defeat 2-5 vs Downfield (Regional Cup) Scottish Cup second round defeat 0-3 vs Pollok Season 18/19 The regionalised Division 1 East and West was no more. Instead it was Division 1 and 2. Thistle suffered a poor season that saw them finish ninth and relegated from Division 1 to Division 2. P24 W4 D 6 L14 F34 A56 (-22) PTS 18 Biggest Win 4-1 vs Dyce Heaviest defeat 2-6 vs Longside and Banchory Scottish Cup second round defeat 0-3 vs Arthurlie Season 17/18 Thistle enjoyed a successful campaign in 17/18 finishing third in the First Division West. With two going up, Deveronside pipped them at the death finishing 2 points ahead and Nairn winning the league. P24 W16 D2 L6 F60 A32 (+28) PTS 50 Biggest Win 5-0 vs Spey Valley & Whitehills Heaviest defeat 0-8 vs Auchinleck Talbot Scottish Cup second round defeat 0-8 vs Auchinleck Talbot Season 16/17 Thistle were fifth in the league campaign in the First Division West P18 W9 D 0 L9 F43 A40 (+3) PTS 27 Biggest Win 6-2 vs Burghead Heaviest Defeat 0-10 vs Montrose Roselea Scottish Cup second Round defeat 1-3 vs East Kilbride Thistle. Season 15/16 Thistle enjoyed a very successful season under former player Scotty Roy. Finishing second in the league behind Buckie Rovers they also won the Cup double defeating Buckie Rovers on both occasions. In both Cup Finals centre half Chris Ross was sent off for two bookable offences. P16 W10 D2 L4 F27 A15 (+12) PTS 32 Biggest Win 4-0 vs Burghead Heaviest Defeat 1-8 vs Colony Park Scottish Cup second Round defeat 0-6 vs St Anthony's Double cup fever and success On the third of June Thistle beat Buckie Rovers 1–0 at Burghead's Forrest Park to clinch the cup double vs Buckie. A Steven Currie solo effort was enough to clinch the Archibald Cup vs Buckie Rovers Chris Ross was also sent off in this match for Forres who managed to hold on for the win. https://northregion-jfa.pitchero.com/forres-thistle-win-archibald-cup-31291 Thistle won the Elginshire cup with a 5–2 win over Buckie in a cracker at Borough Briggs. Charlie Beck who won League Player of the year scored a hat trick as Chris Ross was sent off for Forres. https://northregion-jfa.pitchero.com/beck-hits-hat-trick-as-10-man-forres-win-elginshir-30704?external_domain=northregion-jfa.pitchero.com Season 14/15 Thistle were once again mid table in the season. Biggest Win 5-1 vs Buchanaven Hearts Heaviest Defeat 0-5 vs Grantown Scottish Cup second round defeat 2-5 vs East Craigie. Season 13/14 Under Ian McLeods' stewardship Thistle beat Buckie Rovers 3–1 in the Elginshire Refrigeration Cup at Borough Briggs, home of Elgin City. With a double from Matty Fraser and Mark Pennie getting one for Thistle https://www.forres-gazette.co.uk/sport/thistle-win-the-cup-170131/ They also finished sixth in Division 1 West, Inverness City, the runaway leaders. P27 W13 D3 L11 F51 A47 (+4) Biggest Win 5-1 vs Fochabers Heaviest Defeat 1-5 vs Dufftown Scottish Cup second round defeat 2-4 vs Kennoway Stars. Statistics 21/22 Top Scorers Mattie Davidson 19 Neil Moir 15 Brandon Hutcheson 13 Charlie Beck 9 Ross Paterson 7 21/22 Top Appearances (36 games) Neil Moir 36 Dan McLeod 34 Brandon Hutcheson 33 Ross Paterson 31 Mattie Davidson 31 20/21 N/A Covid 19/20 Top Scorers Matty Fraser 14 Sean McIntosh 11 Mattie Davidson 10 Ricky Wardrop 9 Brandon Hutcheson 9 19/20 Top Appearances (24 games) Dan McLeod 23 Matty Fraser 22 Brandon Hutcheson 22 Scott Moore 22 Ross Montgomery 22 18/19 Top Scorers Neil Moir 12 Matty Fraser 11 Mattie Davidson 9 Brandon Hutcheson 6 Charlie Beck 5 18/19 Top Appearances (35 games) Tony Ross 32 Dan McLeod 31 Sean McIntosh 30 Matty Fraser 28 Brandon Hutcheson 27 Individual Honours Club Player of the Year 21/22 TBC 20/21 N/A (covid) 19/20 Brandon Hutcheson 18/19 Neil Moir 17/18 Matty Fraser 16/17 Craig Short 15/16 Charlie Beck 14/15 Aaron McLean 13/14 Aaron McLellan 12/13 Donnie McCulloch 11/12 Charlie Beck 10/11 Chris Ross 09/10 Simon Bremner 08/09 Ross ‘Chucky’ Macpherson 07/08 Mattie Davidson 06/07 Davie Raeburn Most improved Player of the Year superseded by Clubman of the Year 18/19 onwards 20/21 N/A Covid 19/20 N/A Covid 18/19 Lee Davidson (Clubman) 17/18 Brandon Hutcheson 16/17 Dan McLeod 15/16 Danny Black 14/15 Aaron Mclean 13/14 Andrew Taylor 12/13 Craig Daley 11/12 John Ross 10/11 Alan Angus 09/10 Lee Davidson 08/09 Matthew Milne 07/08 Sean Cooke 06/07 Barry Stables 05/06 Simon Bremner 04/05 Gordon Stepien League Player of the Year 15/16 Charlie Beck Top Apps Since 18/19 Dan McLeod 88 Brandon Hutcheson 82 Neil Moir 78 Matty Fraser 78 Mattie Davidson 74 Sean McIntosh 74 Matty Milne 68 Charlie Beck 61 Danny Black 55 Aaron McLellan 53 Top Scorers Since 18/19 Mattie Davidson 38 Neil Moir 35 Matty Fraser 32 Brandon Hutcheson 28 Sean McIntosh 20 Charlie Beck 15 Honours
* North Region First Division (West) winners: 2002–03
* North Regional (North) League winners: 1971–72, 1979–80
* Morayshire Junior League winners: 1926–27, 1929–30
* Gordon Williamson Trophy: 1966–67, 1967–68, 2002–03, 2004–05
* Morayshire Junior Cup: 1925–26, 1930–31, 1953–54, 1970–71, 1973–74, 1977–78, 1991–92, 1999–00
* Nicholson Cup: 1926–27, 1972–73
* North Drybrough Cup: 1972–73
* North of Scotland (Morayshire) Cup: 1952–53, 1957–58, 1958–59, 1968–69, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1978–79, 1984–85, 1985–86
* Robbie Nicol Cup: 1992–93, 2000–01
* Robertson Cup: 1930–31, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1967–68, 1968–69, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1988–89
* Stewart Memorial Cup: 1971–72, 1999–00
* Connon Cup: 1952–53, 1953–54, 1957–58, 1979–80, 1984–85, 1999–00
* White Horse Cup: 1929–30, 1935–36, 1936–37, 1952–53, 1968–69, 1970–71, 1976–77
* Elginshire Cup: 2013–14, 2015–16
* Archibald Cup: 2015–16 (en)
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