Buckie Thistle lifted the Highland League title to end a seven year trophy wait after a 1-0 win over Keith. Interviews with manager Graeme Stewart and players Marcus Goodall and Max Barry at the Victoria Park party.
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00:30 >> I'm delighted, stressed.
00:43 I'd rather it went a little bit more straightforward than that, obviously.
00:46 But typical Bucky, we never do nothing easy.
00:49 And we dragged out the last minute and phenomenal effort from the players.
00:52 It's been a tough season.
00:54 I'm not gonna go into all the details, but everyone knows why.
00:56 Not training, multiple games, four games a week for three, four weeks.
01:00 It's crazy.
01:02 So to win the league and do what these guys have done,
01:04 I cannot be more proud of them.
01:06 Probably the proudest moment of my football career,
01:08 managing this team's a special team.
01:11 And they should have won stuff before now.
01:12 It's a very special team with special players, but also special characters.
01:16 And they deserve all the credit they get and all the audits they get over the next
01:21 couple of weeks and hopefully they can finish off in Tuesday Cup Final and
01:24 then go and play East Kilbride, which we look forward to.
01:26 >> That's it, I mean, you've obviously had a lot of sticking in the last couple of
01:29 years for not getting that trophy, so it must be a big monkey off the back.
01:32 Do you feel like the trophies will continue to come now?
01:34 >> If the team sticks together, they will.
01:36 And that's down to the club, myself, and the players.
01:38 Because Bucky's a big part of my life.
01:41 The players are all under contract, but some of them have got a year left.
01:46 I think it'd be silly to leave a club like this, genuinely.
01:49 Silly if you're a player to leave a club like this,
01:50 because unless you're going higher full time, because it's a big club in
01:55 the Highland League, it's got a big farm base.
01:58 It's got everything you want in a club.
02:00 And it's got a great team, which is the most important thing.
02:04 So some of the players, hopefully, will sign you longer contracts and
02:07 then we can go and try and dominate.
02:09 >> So you've got Tuesday coming up and then you've obviously got the playoffs as well.
02:12 How important are they for Bucky?
02:14 >> Well, they weren't important at all until about 15,
02:17 20 minutes ago when we won, because I didn't even think about them.
02:19 Now, that'll be a nice challenge.
02:22 In my stage of my career, we did a playoff seven, eight years ago.
02:26 At that point, the club wasn't in a position maybe to go for it.
02:30 This team's good enough.
02:31 Trust me, this team is good enough.
02:32 Whether or not we'll have the energy levels, whether or not we'll get the luck.
02:35 But this team is definitely, in my opinion, good enough to play a level above.
02:39 Like I said, that's not to say we're gonna go and do it.
02:41 But I'm just saying that I'm very confident if this team was to step
02:46 up a level that the majority, if not all, the players could play that level.
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02:57 >> Right, Marcus, Bucky boy,
02:59 champion of the league with Bucky, how does it feel?
03:02 >> It's unbelievable.
03:03 See, today, a bit of a struggle, the game, but the boys got on the line.
03:07 Last two weeks have been tough.
03:09 But going on the line's just been unbelievable.
03:12 See, today, I thought after last season, I'm not sure how long it would take to win
03:16 the league, but I'm glad I've got a deal this year.
03:18 So I wanna mark off, hopefully it's not the last game, but
03:20 I've got to celebrate tonight.
03:23 I just wanted to come on and try and mark up the foot.
03:25 Our boys are good enough, they see it, so I can't complain.
03:28 Great job done, that's it.
03:30 Didn't think I'd ever play at Celtic Park, and
03:32 then also I wanted to win the league and all.
03:35 So to be out in the same season is unbelievable, and
03:38 I didn't think I'd get much better than this.
03:40 For the tune, it's massive.
03:41 The FIBA club's one of the biggest assets of the tune,
03:45 has been since I was a young boy.
03:46 We've been unbelievably supportive all through,
03:50 Celtic game, we're in here today again, so hopefully everybody enjoys their night
03:53 tonight.
03:54 >> Feels a bit surreal, it's almost like the Celtic game we had at the start of
04:03 the season.
04:04 It's a long time coming, three years we've been so close, every year and now.
04:10 This year we've finally done it and got across the line.
04:14 I don't know what the score was at the other game, but
04:15 I think it obviously hasn't mattered today.
04:18 But now, as long as we've won 1-0, it doesn't really matter.
04:21 It didn't matter who scored today as long as we won, and I'm just glad we've won.
04:25 >> That's it?
04:25 >> Yeah.
04:26 >> So party tonight and then go again Tuesday for the double?
04:28 >> Yeah, hopefully, double would be good.
04:31 At least we've got one down, and hopefully we get a second one.
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04:55 Go Seahawks!
04:56 Go Seahawks!