Nairn County manager Ronnie Sharp hoping inside track will help his side earn Highland League win against Formartine United at Station Park
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Ronnie Sharp will draw on the insider knowledge of two of his attacking assets for this weekend’s visit of Formartine United.
The Station Park side’s manager believes Andrew Greig and Conor Gethins can be secret weapons in the hunt for an upset that would strengthen the Wee County’s bid for an eighth place finish.
Nairn can still finish above Wick Academy and Clach in what would place them as best of the rest behind some of the Highland League’s current biggest hitters.
Speaking before last night’s home test for Nairn against Huntly, Sharp stressed it would be a very tough ask to beat Formartine, who last week bid farewell to managerial duo Paul Lawson, previously with Ross County, and Russell Anderson, the ex-Aberdeen captain.
Formartine were emphatic 4–1 victors at home to Nairn back in August when the sides first met this season.
“There will probably be some changes in their team from last time we played them,” Sharp said.
“Stuart Anderson, the captain, took temporary charge but has now been given the job permanently, so I’d expect him to mix it up a bit.
“We have Conor Gethins and Andrew Greig who both played for them, so it helps a lot in terms of identifying strengths and weaknesses among their players.
“We’ll know a bit about them and those two will also relish playing against their old club.”
Nairn have had their moments this season but struggled with inconsistency, aggravated by injuries. They now have three home ties against Formartine, Lossiemouth and Turriff United by which to improve on overall shoddy home form, while there is also the toughest of away tests remaining to Fraserburgh.
“We still have the chance to catch Wick in eighth place and we need to see off Clach’s challenge below us,” Sharp said.
“Clach are breathing down our necks now and we need to produce better in the final third and stop making silly errors.
“We were guilty of that earlier in the season and it seems to have crept back in now.”
