July 8 1919
CARNIVAL AND FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT ON THE LINKS
The grand carnival and five-a-side football competition, etc, held on the Nairn Links for the benefit of the Nairn County Football Club, proved most successful. The carnival was in progress on the evenings of Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, of last week, and various amusements were provided in connection with it, such as hoop la, Aunt Sally, clock golf, bagatelle, palmistry, etc. All of these were well patronised both by townspeople and visitors. Facilities were also afforded for dancing, and a large crowd of young people indulged in that form of amusement, especially on Saturday evening, when the proceedings concluded. Excellent arrangements were made by a committee of the club, and in the first two evenings a sum of ?50 was realised. Another factor which of course went a long way to ensure success was the favourable weather conditions experienced during the period of the carnival.
A special feature was a five-a-side football competition, open to Highland League teams. This event took place on Saturday afternoon, and aroused the greatest interest. The competing teams were:-
1st and 2nd Caledonian, 1st and 2nd Thistle, 1st and 2nd Clachnacuddin, and 1st and 2nd Citadel - Inverness. There were also teams representing Nairn, Forres and Buckie.
September 16 1919
The Nairn County played their first match in the Highland League on Saturday at Nairn when they had Inverness Thistle as their opponents.
Some 600 spectators witnessed the match. A raid by the local men on their opponents' territory, with two attempts to score, were the opening features of the game. The Inverness goalkeeper was, however, very safe, and the further obstacle of a sound defence prevented the home forwards from scoring. At half-time the score stood at 3-0 in favour of the Invernessians. On resuming the Thistle added another goal to their total. A succession of corners fell to both teams, but with no result. Fouls were frequent, and the offside game was resorted too rather often. The final result was a win for the thistle by 4 goals to 0.
Notwithstanding their defeat, the county played a good game. As they are practically a newly-formed team, their failure against more experienced players was not surprising. Further training and better combination as the season advances will no doubt enable them to give a better account of themselves. Mr Fraser of Inverness was referee. The drawings (including tax) accounted to about ?20 - a record for Nairn. On Saturday last, the County play the Citadel, when they expect to have a stronger team and hope to secure their first win. In their new venture, the Nairn club should receive every support and encouragement from the general public.
Source: Nairn County FC History 1919
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