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Maryhill V
Clydebank
1 - 3
7th August 2010
1 - 3
7th August 2010
One of
the fascinating things about
following Junior Football is the way
that the status and fortunes of
clubs can fluctuate so quickly.
Four or
five years ago anything other than a
comfortable victory for Maryhill
would have been a major shock in
this fixture. Nowadays the exact
opposite is the case, with the
Bankies, two leagues above the Hill,
always strong favourites to come out
on top.
With
Maryhill lining up in a 3 - 5 - 2
formation, and defending very deep,
it was little surprise that the
majority of the play took place in
the home side's half of the field.
Despite this, Hill keeper Robert
Tiropoulos was rarely troubled in
the first half. After five minutes
he easily dealt with a Ross
McPherson effort, and a couple of
tries from the always dangerous
Steven Dymock posed the only real
threat to the Maryhill goal. Despite
Clydebank's territorial dominance,
it was Maryhill who created the
better goalscoring opportunities. A
speculative Alan Russell overhead
kick flew over the bar, then after
the visitors' keeper Stefan Gonet
had blocked a Craig Ferguson shot,
Paul Callender had a great chance to
score, but his shot was delayed long
enough to allow Gonet to recover and
push his effort away. Eight minutes
from the break the closest we got to
a goal was when Alan Russell was
sent clear down the left wing,
but his shot came back off the post
with Gonet beaten. Overall, a draw
was probably a fair reflection of
the first half play.
Half
Time - Maryhill 0 Clydebank 0
Clydebank stepped up the
pace in the second half, and largely
dominated the game. A well placed
McPherson free kick forced Tiropulos
into his first save of the match,
and the constant pressure finally
paid off when they took a deserved
lead in the 58th minute. Nikky
Cairney beat two Maryhill defenders
before cutting the ball back to
Steven Dymock, who blasted the ball
high into the net. Four minutes
later the visitors increased their
lead when Mark Hailstones,despite
appearing to push John Cunningham,
was allowed to continue, and his
cross was met by Dymock who headed
powerfully into the net. A severe
thumping looked on the cards for
Maryhill when Darian MacKinnon
scored Clydebank's third ten minutes
later. A woeful clearance from the
Maryhill defence landed at his feet
around 25 yards from goal, and his
shot swerved at the last minute and
flew past Tiropoulos. Maryhill
proceeded to make things ever harder
for themselves when Scott Banks was
sent off for a second bookable
offence, but despite that , they hit
back, and reduced the deficit twelve
minutes from the end. Sub Paul
McWhirter,despite the attentions of
three Clydebank defenders managed to
wriggle clear and push the ball past
Gonet and into the net. Although
reduced to nine men when Mark
Maxwell received his second yellow
card, Maryhill amazingly had the
opportunity to reduce the deficit
further when they were awarded a
penalty in injury time after Gonet
had fouled Alan Russell inside the
penalty area. As it was technically
not a clear goalscoring opportunity,
referee Nick Walsh's decision to
show the Clydebank keeper only a
yellow card was probably correct.
The keeper guessed correctly as he
dived to his right to save Russell's
effort from the spot.
In the
end, there was little doubt that the
better team won. Clydebank always
looked sharper and faster, and quite
frankly had better players. Despite
all of that, with a little luck and
composure, Maryhill could have
snatched a draw, which would have
been an injustice to the visitors.
Although seven yellow and two red
cards were issued, there was
scarcely a really bad tackle to be
seen, with the punishments being
largely for petty fouling, and over
zealous expression of opinions on
the ref's performance.
MARYHILL -: Tiropoulos,
Cunningham, Andy Banks, Soutar,
Scott Banks, Maxwell, Callender,
Ferguson (Stanley 55), Scobie
(Ritchie 66), Tolland (McWhirter
64), Russell.
SUBS (not
used) -: Barr, Trialist
SCORER - McWhirter (78)
YELLOW CARDS - Tolland (15),
Soutar (31), Russell (82)
RED CARDS
- Scott Banks (74),Maxwell (86)
CLYDEBANK -: Gonet,
Highlands (Allum 57),McComish,
Martin, Moffat, Lynn,Cairney,
MacKinnon (Green 75),
McPherson,Dymock (Kilpatrick
72),Hailstones.
SCORERS - Dymock (58, 62),
MacKinnon (72)
YELLOW CARDS - MacKinnon
(49), Gonet (90)
RED CARDS
- None
Referee -
Nick Walsh
Man of
the match - John Cunningham
Oppponents' man of the match
- Steven Dymock.
by John Hinshelwood
by John Hinshelwood