Highland League

Cove Rangers FC 2-1 Forres Mechanics

Formartine United 0-2 Cove Rangers FC

Cove Rangers FC 4-0 Brora Rangers

Rothes 1-8 Cove Rangers FC

Turriff United 2-3 Cove Rangers FC

Cove Rangers FC 2-2 Buckie Thistle

Cove Rangers FC 3-2 Wick Academy

Inverurie Locos 0-4 Cove Rangers FC

Cove Rangers FC 2-1 Clachnacuddin

Huntly 3-1 Cove Rangers FC

Keith 1-1 Cove Rangers FC

Cove Rangers FC 4-2 Nairn County

Strathspey Thistle 0-3 Cove Rangers FC

Cove Rangers FC 7-3 Lossiemouth

Cove Rangers FC vs. Formartine United

Brora Rangers vs. Cove Rangers FC

Cove Rangers FC vs. Rothes

Cove Rangers FC vs. Turriff United

Buckie Thistle vs. Cove Rangers FC

Cove Rangers FC vs. Fort William

Wick Academy vs. Cove Rangers FC

Cove Rangers FC vs. Inverurie Locos

Clachnacuddin vs. Cove Rangers FC

Cove Rangers FC vs. Huntly

Fraserburgh vs. Cove Rangers FC

Cove Rangers FC vs. Keith

Nairn County vs. Cove Rangers FC

Cove Rangers FC vs. Strathspey Thistle

Lossiemouth vs. Cove Rangers FC

Aberdeenshire Cup

Cove Rangers 3-2 Inverurie Locos

Huntly 0-1 Cove Rangers

Buckie Thistle 2-0 Cove Rangers (Final)

Aberdeenshire Shield

Cove Rangers 3-2 Huntly

Cove 1-5 Peterhead

Scottish Cup

Cove Rangers 2-1 Annan Athletic

Stennhousemuir 5-0 Cove Rangers

Early collapse kills Cove

A disastrous first half put paid to Cove Rangers' Active Nation Scottish Cup exploit as they were undone by five goals before the interval as Stenhousemuir flew out of the traps to setup a fourth round tie at Dunfermline Athletic.

Cove even had the chance to grab themselves a lifeline from the penalty spot when they were three goals down but it wasn't to be the Toonsers' day as Kevin Webster's spot kick was saved.

Stenhousemuir got off to a great start and were one up within the first 40 seconds. Scott Dalziel's cross from the right was parried half clear by Cove goalkeeper Stuart McKenzie only as far as Kevin Motion, who powered a strike into the bottom corner from the edge of the box.

Seconds later, Craig Molloy picked the ball up 30 yards out and looked up before picking his spot beyond the despairing dive of McKenzie to continued Stenhousemuir's dream start to the tie.

Dalziel was presented with a golden chance to make it three just a few minutes later but he sclaffed his shot from an unmarked position just 10 yards out.

On 13 minutes, Stenhousemuir made it three when a mistake by Eric Watson allowed Kevin Bradley to steal the ball from within his grasp before the forward unleashed a beautifully chipped shot from an acute angle.

Cove were handed the opportunity to force their way into the match when Clark Bain was bundled to the ground by Motion inside the box on 16 minutes. The normally-reliable Kevin Webster stepped up but he found Chris McCluskey in the right position to save his spot kick.

On the half hour mark, Stenny effectively sealed the tie when Iain Thomson collected the ball 30 yards from goal and spotted McKenzie off his line before despatching an exquisite lob into the net.

Cove almost grabbed themselves a goal back on 33 minutes when Martin Johnston carved open a chance for himself as he capitalised on Macleod's sloppy defending before prodding a shot goalwards but McCluskey was out fast to block his effort.

The hosts made it five on 35 minutes when Kevin Bradley beat the offside trap before cutting the ball back to Pat Scullion, who forced McKenzie into making a strong save. From the resulting corner, the ball was laid into the path of Kevin Motion and after his initial effort was blocked, he showed incredible initiative to power a rocket into the postage stamp on the first time volley.

Half time: Stenhousemuir 5 Cove Rangers 0

Only McKenzie's heroics saved Cove from falling further behind seven minutes after the restart. A ball in from the left was headed clear to Molloy, who looked to be celebrating his second of the afternoon until the visiting goalkeeper tipped the ball onto the crossbar.

Cove threatened to nick a consolation on 74 minutes when Webster's free kick was glanced goalwards by Jordan Heads but Stenny stopper McCluskey was alert to deny the defender his first senior goal.

A minute later, Cove were fortunate to escape as substitute Andy Stirling's cross missed everyone and the bamboozled figure of McKenzie was relieved to see it come back off the far post.

Full time: Stenhousemuir 5 Cove Rangers 0

Home Away
P W D L W D L GF GA GD Points
Huntly 17 6 1 1 6 1 2 45 19 26 38


Buckie Thistle 15 7 0 1 4 2 1 42 13 29 35


Cove Rangers 14 6 1 0 5 1 1 46 18 28 35


Deveronvale 16 5 0 3 6 2 0 45 24 21 35


Forres Mechanics 15 6 1 1 4 1 2 33 15 18 32


Fraserburgh 14 5 0 2 4 1 2 29 18 11 28


Inverurie Loco Works 15 4 3 2 4 0 2 30 15 15 27


Formartine Utd 15 4 2 2 3 2 2 29 20 9 25


Keith 16 5 1 1 2 2 5 33 28 5 24


Wick Academy 13 3 0 2 4 2 2 39 23 16 23


Nairn County 13 2 2 3 3 1 2 23 24 -1 18


Turriff United 17 2 1 4 3 1 6 28 40 -12 17


Clachnacuddin 16 3 0 6 2 1 4 37 40 -3 16


Lossiemouth 17 2 2 6 2 0 5 26 36 -10 14


Brora Rangers 17 2 2 4 1 2 6 14 40 -26 13


Fort William 13 1 0 4 1 0 7 8 44 -36 6


Strathspey Thistle 16 1 2 6 0 0 7 15 54 -39 5


Rothes 17 1 1 6 0 0 9 15 66 -51 4