Post-Match Reaction: We're Not Getting Any Luck - Fridge
Despite taking the lead twice, Nairn County suffered a third straight league defeat when they took on Buckie Thistle at Victoria Park on Saturday.
The visitors had former Jag Lewis MacKinnon in the starting eleven and the former Inverness CT youth made an instant impact on his County return. With 29 minutes on the clock, he nipped in ahead of Buckie goalkeeper Kevin Main at the edge of the box to stroke home the opening goal.
The hosts were level in the second half when Martin Charlesworth slammed the ball past Callum
County didn't seem to know how to handle being in front again though and an inability to kill the game off saw them punished.
Charlie Brown levelled for the home side when he looped the ball over the exposed Donaldson before Donnie Munro drove home the winner with only nine minutes left to play to put Nairn behind for the first time in the game.
County manager Les Fridge felt his side were punished for every mistake they made. He said: "Once again we played quite well, as we had done at Wick, but we keep getting punished for our mistakes. But that is it goes when you have a young side who don't become experienced overnight.
"Playing well and not getting the luck is just football. It is a difficult place
Callum Donaldson continued between the sticks for County in the absence of John Campbell. Fridge added: "I felt sorry for young Callum in goals because he had a good game despite conceding three goals."
MacKinnon's goal means that he has now scored on his Nairn debut twice after netting a late header in a defeat at Fort William in August 2004. The manager said: "I was pleased with Lewis getting a goal in his first game, albeit a goalkeeping error but they can have no complaints about the second. Shaun Kerr with his back to goal did well to score."
Nairn will have the chance to extract some revenge on Buckie when the Jags come to Station Park later this month. Before that, Fridge's men face two tough away assignments, starting this week at Clach, as they look to gain a first win since the start of November. "It is Clach away next week and that will be another tough one," Fridge said. "Polly (Ian Polwarth, Clach manager) has some good players there.
"It will be good to get Buckie at home soon to test ourselves again because the way the fixtures have gone, we have only played one home game in almost three months."