John Hinshelwood's Match Report
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St Anthony's V
Maryhill
2 - 0
20th March 2010
2 - 0
20th March 2010
Football reporters have
been known to describe a
match as "the game that
had everything". Well,
this was the game that
had nothing. It was
almost totally devoid of
skill, incident or
excitement. 20 guys ran
around fairly aimlessly,
and two goalkeepers had
so little to do that
they could easily have
read a book or two to
pass the time, or gone
home early for their
tea.
The home team opened the
scoring in the 18th
minute when Gary McGrath
took advantage of
indecision in the
Maryhill defence to
shoot home from close
range. Ten minutes
later Greg Harvey almost
made it 2 - 0, but his
headed effort struck the
crossbar. Maryhill
rarely posed any threat,
apart from an inviting
cross from Mark Sideserf
which eluded the home
defence, but there were
no Hill players on hand
to take advantage of the
situation.
Half Time - St
Anthony's 1 Maryhill
0
Three minutes into the
second half St Anthony's
were awarded a penalty
when Scott Banks
handled. Gary Madden
scored from the spot,
and that was about
it. Another 42 minutes
of tedium ensued, and
most of the spectators
slowly lost interest as
both sides struggled in
vain to find any fluency
to their play. It was a
nice sunny day, and some
new
friendships flourished
as complete strangers
discussed the weather,
the economy, the price
of mince, or anything
really to stave off the
increasing
boredom. The home side
probably deserved the
three points by virtue
of the fact that they
managed to score twice
and were less inept
than Maryhill. The only
real winners
though, were those who
stayed away,as this was
a truly dire spectacle.
ST ANTHONY'S -: Steven
Mathers, Abou Mansare,
Thomas Miller, Graham
Jaap, Mark Ritchie, Liam
McIlhatton, Gary McGrath
(Mark McCuish 86),
Tony Kane, Greg Harvey
(Jordan White 71),
Bernie McDonald, Gary
Madden (Frank Brodie
77).
SUBS (not used ) - Gary
Dickson, Gerry Brown,
Ross Cumming, Ronnie
McDonald.
SCORERS - Gary McGrath
(18), Gary Madden (pen
48)
YELLOW CARDS - Abou
Mansare (61), Jordan
White (88)
RED CARDS - None.
MARYHILL -: Kevin
Montgomery, John
Cunningham, Andy Wright,
Colin McInnes, Ross
Barr, Scott Banks,
Leyton Slack (Martin
McGoldrick 80), Mark
Sideserf, Ryan Scobie,
Craig Ferguson, Paddy
Gallagher (Mark Maxwell
60)
SUBS (not used ) -
Trialist, Michael
Tolland, Trialist.
YELLOW CARDS - Ross Barr
(64), Scott Banks (66)
Referee - David Munro
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