Thurso Pentland old boys relive the glory days
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One hundred years of footballing history was celebrated as Thurso Pentland staged an anniversary event that saw some familiar faces make a return to the famous green.
Veterans from yesteryear dusted off their old boots and came together to relive the glory days one last time as they took on the current Thurso Pentland team at the Dammies.
And the old masters gave the young 'uns a scare, with the current team just managing to win a 6-5 thriller.
One player making his comeback was Donald Allan, who turned out for Thurso Pentland before going on to enjoy 19 seasons with Brora Rangers. He is now involved with Wick Academy's youth set-up but admits this return to playing will be short-lived.
"I'm 58 years old and it must have been about eight or nine years since I last kicked a ball in anger," he said.
"It was good meeting up with old team-mates again. I knew eight months ago about this match being organised but I got a call an hour before it was due to start reminding me it was on.
"I couldn't find my boots – although there was something about an arrangement with my wife to chuck them away when I did stop playing. I ended up having to borrow a pair for this one.
"I didn't last the whole 90 minutes. My hamstrings started to tighten up so I was taken off for a bit before coming back on later in the game.
For Thurso Pentland coach Ewan Scott, the day was a great success – albeit a tiring one.
He said: "The event started at 10am but I was here two hours before that setting everything up before manning the bar.
"It wasn't until 10.30pm that the event finished so it was quite busy.
"But it was a great day. I don't have the final total but I think we may be close to raising £4000 for Caithness Diabetes.
"We had the veterans turning out in Thurso Pentland colours again and we also had the Dodo and Clair Maclean seven-a-side tournament which was won, appropriately enough, by the Maclean family team."
