Keith set for final fling
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KEITH are through to the final of the Aberdeenshire Cup final, where they will meet Deveronvale, on Saturday, September 10.
The Maroons upset the odds by beating Buckie Thistle 3-2 in the semi-finals.
Manager Darren Still hailed it as a terrific result considering he was missing six key players. "We showed all the qualituies I want to see in a team of mine," he added.
Summer signing Andy Anderson broke the deadlock in the opening minutes, only for Zander Sutherland to come up with a quick counter.
But Keith were back in front from a Jamie Lennox tap-in after 14 minutes.
Surviving waves of Buckie pressure, the home side extended their lead in the 76th minute through a Dean Donaldson penalty, and although Jags reduced the leeway from a Gary Clark drive, they could not find a third goal to force the match into extra time.
Assistant manager Gary Hake said: "We did enough to win the game comfortably. We should have had a stonewall penalty when Gary Clark went down in the box."
