Fort William 1 - 1 Inverness CT

(Won 9 - 8 on pens.)
North Cup - Semi-Final
Saturday, August 25th, 2001, 3:00 PM at Claggan Park, Fort William
Referee: S Logan
Fort William Inverness CT

Goalscorers
Cassidy (51) Neil MacDonald (78)

Team Managers
Unknown. Steve Paterson

Starting Eleven
Campbell
Howden
S Edwards
A MacInnes
W Edwards
Murdoch
Conlon
Cassidy
McKenzie
Morrison
Vance
Ally Ridgers
Grant Munro
Anthony Low
Niall Calder
Neil MacDonald
Brian Gilfillan
David MacRae

Bench
Kelly
Cameron
MacLeod
Lawrie
D MacDonald

Substitutions
Kelly -> S Edwards (85)
Cameron -> McKenzie (105)
MacLeod -> Vance (70)
None.

An amazing game which went to a penalty decider � and it took 24 penalties to produce a winner. Fort William took the lead in 51 minutes when Cassidy swept a low ball past Ally Ridgers. Neil MacDonald equalised for Caley Thistle in 78 minutes when he converted a cross from substitute Lewis MacKinnon. Fort nearly snatched it with four minutes left when substitute Kelly forced a good save from Ridgers. Extra time produced nothing but Ridgers and MacDonald were the visitors� heroes in the shoot-out. MacDonald took two penalties and scored with them both � to add to his goal in normal time. Ridgers scored with one penalty and saved three. The final save was enough to secure a place in the North Cup final against Clach.