Joseba

[blueblood]

I notice in the list of clubs you support you have keith. As a family we lived in the area for a number of years before moving down to Kent and my boy was born there. I used to watch the Highland league and supported the only real team in the league, FRASERBURGH.

[Jeff Trice]

Thanet United had a player who listed Fraserburgh as one of his previous clubs - any idea who he was ?

[BlueGate Alan]

A Scottish one Jeff? <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" />

[seasidesteve]

i thought all that was there was a lighthouse 1 man and a dog

[I am Spartacus]

Well my Father was born in Dufftown and I have cousins who live in Mulben. Hence, the support of Keith.

 

Unfortunatley for you BB 'The Broch' could only finish 7th this year to 'The Maroons' 5th. However I will concede that 'The Broch' did win The Highland League Cup last season.

[blueblood]

It as a lighthouse, plus the national lighthouse museum for Scotland, used to have a university in the 1800's it was in a building which was housing The Alexander Hotel until a fire. It was also the home to the 1st Russian Embassy in Britain.

It most famous sons Have included top fashion designers, a guy called Glover, went to Japan and became known as the father of Japanese industry,(started Mitsubishi, and his wife was the person Puccini modeled Madam Butterfly on).

Sandy Gall the news reader came from New Aberdour, a village just outside.

The town is full of hard men who make there living being thrown about of trawlers in the wild seas of Norway and out into the North Atlantic towards Iceland and live with the constant threat of death or, work on the Oil Rigs/oil rig support vessels.

While i was watching Fraserburgh, one of the guys young Murray was signed by villa.

Gray and Adams Fridge vans have there manufacturing home there.

Fraserburghs most notorious native is Nielsen the mass murderer.

The towns most famous politician of recent times Excluding the Wee prat Salmond, was Lord Boothby of Buchan, though of dubious sexual tendencies( Present BBC documentary) a good man.

There is plenty more but i cannot be bothered.

[blueblood]

Hiiiiiieeeeeee, and the league the Yearrrrrrr a fore.

[seasidesteve]

blimey