John Hinshelwood's Match Report
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Maryhill V Port
Glasgow
1 -1
3rd April 2010
1 -1
3rd April 2010
Maryhill earned
another point in
their fight against
relegation after a
keenly contested
match at Lochburn
Park.
The visitors started
at a blistering pace
and could have been
three ahead after
only five minutes,
as Kevin Montgomery
made excellent saves
from Scott Nugent
(twice) and Kevin
Struthers. Maryhill,
taking heart from
this, gradually
began to assert
themselves, and went
ahead in the 17th
minute. Leyton Slack
cut in from the
right and his cross
was met by new
signing Kevin Howe,
who headed past Sean
Graham in the Port
goal. Howe came
close to scoring
again, but just
failed to connect on
a couple of
occasions. Hill were
the better team at
this stage as Port
Glasgow's early
threat faded. Keeper
Graham just
beat Ryan Scobie to
a through ball, and
headed clear
outside the penalty
area. Mark Maxwell
then lobbed past
with the keeper
stranded, and a
Leyton Slack free
kick skidded past
the post as Maryhill
finished the first
half well on top.
Half Time -
Maryhill 1 Port
Glasgow 0
Maryhill continued
to dominate in the
second period, and
two efforts from
Ryan Scobie were
well saved by
Graham. The Port
keeper also made a
good stop from a
Kevin Howe header. Against
the run of play, the
visitors grabbed an
equaliser in
spectacular fashion
midway through the
half. There seemed
to be little danger
as they were awarded
a free kick some 40
yards from goal, but
Paul Coyle's
strike appeared to
swerve at the last
minute, evading the
desperate attempts
by Kevin Montgomery
to keep the ball
from crossing the
line. The jury is
still out as to
whether it was a
superbly placed shot
or a freak goal. In
any case, it spurred
on the visitors to
look for a winner
and set up an
enthralling final
twenty minutes. Two
minutes from time a
Craig Ferguson
header beat Graham ,
but was cleared off
the line by Paul
Stanton. Kevin
Montgomery, despite
having had little to
do, made a vital
stop in the last
minute after sub
Jonathan Donnelly
had set up Joe
Beckley. Despite
some close calls at
both ends in injury
time, neither side
was able to score
again, and had to
settle for a point
each.
MARYHILL -: Kevin
Montgomery, John
Cunningham, Andy
Wright, Colin
McInnes, Ross Barr,
Scott Banks (Craig
Ferguson 77), Leyton
Slack, Mark
Sideserf, Ryan
Scobie, Mark
Maxwell, Kevin Howe
(Martin McGoldrick
58).
SUBS (not used ) -
Michael Tolland,
Trialist, Trialist.
SCORER - Kevin Howe
(17)
YELLOW CARDS - Kevin
Howe (42), Ross Barr
(74),Andy
Wright (87), Mark
Maxwell (90)
RED CARDS - None
PORT GLASGOW -: Sean
Graham, Kevin
McCann, Paul Coyle,
Paul Temporal, Paul
Stanton, Kevin
McKay, Frank McKay
(Ged Hoey 45), Scott
Wilson, Scott
Nugent, Kevin
Struthers (Jonathan
Donnelly 59), Joe
Beckley.
SUBS (not used ) -
Thomas Molloy,
Stewart Jack,
James Docherty,
Stewart Kidd.
SCORER - Paul Coyle
(68)
YELLOW CARDS - Paul
Coyle (43), Scott
Wilson (65), Joe
Beckley (66), Ged
Hoey (76), Kevin
McCann (80)
RED CARDS - None
Referee - Stephen
Kane.
Man of the Match -
John Cunningham.
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