1pm 15 November 2025 North Caledonian League St Duthus 1 Clachnacuddin reserves 2 (att 54) Way back in pre-blog 2002 I watched Tain Thistle play a summer welfare league fixture on a pitch known as Links Park. Back then it was also home to winter league Tain St Duthus. But, as is common in this part of the world, teams come and go. Tain Thistle are no more and, after a few years in abeyance, the town's winter side was reformed as St Duthus FC. At first the new club also played on the same Links Park pitch, but more recently they've developed a new ground, just across the road, named Grant Park. The pitch is fenced off along both sides, there's a pair of dugouts and, in a corner near the entrance, a small wooden building serves as a tea hut and provides some covered standing for spectators. Players still change at Links Park, which is close enough to return to at half time. The home side went into this fixture bottom of the league, but still in touch with the clubs just abo...
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