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Larkhall V
Maryhill
1 - 3
28th April 2010
1 - 3
28th April 2010
A much
improved
performance
saw Maryhill
earn three
vital points
against
fellow
relegation
candidates
Larkhall.
Straight
from the
kick off
there was a
much more
purposeful
look about
Maryhill
with Mark
Sideserf and
Craig
Ferguson in
particular,
in good
form. Apart
from a
couple of
brief
flurries of
early
activity
from the
home side,
Hill
dominated,
playing some
good
football,
and
prompting
one bemused
local to
enquire how
Maryhill
could
be bottom of
the league.
A Mark
Maxwell
corner had
the Larkhall
defence in
turmoil, but
there was no
Hill player
on hand to
take
advantage.
The
experienced
Kevin
Budinauckas
in the home
goal made a
couple of
fine stops
from a Craig
Ferguson
shot and a
Mark
Sideserf
header. Ten
minutes from
half time,
the home
side's first
effort of
note came
when David
Carr cut in
from the
right and
fired in a
curling shot
which was
pushed away
by Chris
Calder. Five
minutes
later a
great run by
Sideserf
ended with
his shot
bringing out
another good
save from
Budinauckas.
Just as it
was
looking like
Maryhill's
pressure was
to go
unrewarded,
the
breakthrough
eventually came
just before
the break.
A strong run
into the box
by Craig
Ferguson set
up Ryan
Scobie whose
cross from
the by-line
was driven
home by Mark
Maxwell.
Half Time
- Larkhall
0 Maryhill
1
Larkhall
looked more
lively at
the start of
the second
period and
were unlucky
when a
header from
Alan Watson
struck the
post. They
did have
better luck
on the hour
when Steve
Clarke
headed home
from a David
Menelaws
corner to
make it 1 -
1.
Strangely,
this goal
did not
appear to
galvanise
the home
side, and
Maryhill
gradually
regained the
upper hand.
They scorned
two good
opportunities
to go
ahead when Scott
Banks
mistimed a
header from
six yards,
then Ross
Barr shot
wildly past
after being
put in a
good
position by
Ryan
Scobie. Two
goals in two
minutes,
however, finally
sealed the victory for
Maryhill.
First a
Craig
Ferguson
cross from
the left was
blasted home
by Mark
Maxwell,
then Mark
Sideserf
capped a
fine
performance
with a
powerful
shot from a
Ferguson
pass.
This was a
deserved win
for
Maryhill,
and as well
as a much
needed three
points,
provided the
psychological
boost of
lifting them
off the
bottom of
the league
for the
first time.
LARKHALL -
Kevin
Budinauckas,
Stephen
Harvey,
Dominic
Sloan,
Stephen
McInulty,
Paul
McAnenay,
Steve
Clarke,
Jamie
McDougall
(Alan
Campbell 27
( Aiden
Pattie 85),
Joe Doyle,
David Carr,
Alan Watson,
David
Menelaws.
SUBS (not
used) -
Graham
Gracie, Paul
Anderson,
David
Rodger.
SCORER -
Steve Clarke
(60)
YELLOW CARDS
- Alan
Watson (16)
RED CARDS -
None
MARYHILL -:
Chris
Calder,
Martin
McGoldrick,
Andy Wright,
Colin
McInnes,
Scott Banks,
Ross Barr,
Kevin Howe,
Mark
Sideserf,
Ryan Scobie,
Craig
Ferguson,
Mark
Maxwell(
Trialist 90)
SUBS (not
used) -
Trialist,
Kevin
Montgomery,
Mark
Stanley,
Michael
Tolland.
SCORERS -
Mark Maxwell
(43, 80),
Mark
Sideserf
(82)
YELLOW CARDS
- None
RED CARDS -
None
Referee -
David
Cockburn
Man of the
match - Mark
Sideserf
Opponents'
man of the
match -
Kevin
Budinauckas
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