John Hinshelwood's Match Report
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Lesmahagow v.
Maryhill
5 - 1
10th May 2010
5 - 1
10th May 2010
Although
Maryhill are, almost
unbelievably, not
technically
relegated yet, it
would take a supreme
optimist to predict
survival after yet
another spiritless
and shambolic
display.
A couple of
early efforts from
Ryan Scobie and
Craig Ferguson, and
some good touches
from Mark
Sideserf gave cause
for hope, but this
quickly faded.
The home side could
have gone ahead in
the third
minute, but Chris
Calder was alert
enough to block John
Logan's shot.
Despite some
sterling work by
Martin McGoldrick in
keeping the lively
Logan in check, the
Gow striker put his
side ahead after
eight minutes with
the first of several
Gow goals
which would not have
been out of place at
a comedy festival. A
harmless looking
long ball seem to be
well covered by
Chris Calder, but he
dropped it and Logan
eventually managed
to bundle it over
the line after a
good old fashioned
stramash in the six
yard box. Calder
redeemed himself for
this lapse six
minutes later when
he made a fine save
from Scott Brennan.
Maryhill had a good
claim for a penalty
on the half hour
mark when Stewart
McLaren appeared to
push Ryan Scobie
inside the penalty
area, but the
combination of the
incident occurring
on the referee's
blind side and the
absence of an
assistant referee,
resulted in the
offence going
unpunished. Lesmahagow
continued to be the
better side, with
Maryhill looking
jaded and
disjointed, and
Calder again made a
good save from a
shot on the turn by
Logan. Any vain
hopes of a Maryhill
comeback vanished
just before half
time when Ross Barr
was sent off for a
rash challenge on
Sullivan, then Lee
Black scored
Lesmahagow's
second following further
goalmouth capers.
Half Time -
Lesmahagow 2
Maryhill 0
The game was
over as a contest
within four minutes
of the restart as
ten man Maryhill
were hit by a double
blow. First Logan
scored the goal of
the game, cutting in
from the right and
curling a superb
shot past Calder.
This was quickly
followed by another
farcical goal as
Calder, in
attempting to clear
blasted the ball off
Lee Black and into
the net. The
Lesmahagow player
knew little about it
and seemed somewhat
bemused to discover
that he had scored
his second goal of
the game. A massacre
looked on the cards
at this stage, but
the Maryhill defence
managed to regain
some
composure and
conceded only one
more goal. Again, it
was a totally
ridiculous affair as
Nicky Sullivan's
innocuous free
kick midway through
the half trundled
into the net with
the entire Maryhill
defence seemingly
frozen to the
spot. Maryhill
managed to salvage
some dignity in the
final fifteen
minutes with sub
Leyton Slack and
Craig Ferguson
orchestrating some
neat moves. Ten
minutes from the
end Slack's cross
found Mark Maxwell
unmarked inside the
box. His low shot
beat keeper Stewart
Thomson and struck
the post, but Ryan
Scobie was on hand
to fire home the
rebound to conclude
the scoring. Referee
Derek Crothers, in
an apparent act of
mercy did not add
even one second of
injury time as
Lesmahagow finished
worthy winners by 5
- 1, by far
Maryhill's biggest
defeat of the
season. A total
embarrassment is the
only possible
description for this
Maryhill
performance.
LESMAHAGOW
-: Stewart Thomson,
Andy Brown, Scott
McGeachie, Alan
Shields (Tom
McLaughlin 72),
Stewart McLaren
(Brian Crawford 65),
Jordan Moore, Scott
Brennan (Barry
Murdoch 87), Kevin
McDade, John Logan,
Lee Black, Nicky
Sullivan.
SUBS (not
used) - Mark Weir,
Steven Cunningham,
Ross McGeachie,
Stewart Wilson.
SCORERS -
John Logan (8, 46),
Lee Black (44,49),
Nicky Sullivan (67)
YELLOW CARDS
- Jordan
Moore (35), Alan
Shields (36)
RED CARDS -
None
MARYHILL -:
Chris Calder, Martin
McGoldrick, Andy
Wright (Kevin Howe
61),Colin McInnes,
Scott Banks, Ross
Barr, Michael
Tolland (Leyton
Slack 54), Craig
Ferguson, Ryan
Scobie, Mark
Maxwell, Mark
Sideserf.
SUBS (not
used) - Mark
Stanley, John
Cunningham,
Trialist.
SCORER -
Ryan Scobie (80)
YELLOW CARD
- Colin McInnes (43)
RED CARD -
Ross Barr (42)
Referee -
Derek Crothers
Man of the
match - Martin
McGoldrick
Opponents'
man of the match -
John Logan