John Hinshelwood's Match Report
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Ashfield v.
Maryhill
2 - 0
5th August 2009
2 - 0
5th August 2009
Two goals from
Darren O'Donnell were
enough to give Ashfield
the points in a match
almost totally devoid of
incident or excitement.
After seven
minutes of relentless
tedium, the home side
took the lead in their
first attack. A long
ball eluded the Maryhill
defence, and Darren
O'Donnell lobbed the
ball over Mark Wilson
into the net. More dire
then stuff ensued, with
the only attempts at
goal coming from
Ashfield. A Mark
Thompson free kick was
well held by Wilson,
then a good run by
Alistair Martin ended
with a weak shot which
went wide. It took
Maryhill 27 minutes to
have a shot on goal, a
free kick from Ross Barr
which was well wide of
the target.
Half Time -
Ashfield 1 Maryhill 0
It did not seem
possible that the second
half could be less
inspiring than the
first. Sometimes,
however, the impossible
happens. The clouds
thickened, it got a bit
chillier, people ate
chips and yawned, and
the encircling birds
seemed to be having a
rare time. Almost
incidentally, Ashfield
got another goal, again
scored by O'Donnell.It
seemed as if the
Maryhill defence had all
gone for chips, such was
the amount of time and
space that the home
striker was given to
head home from a
Thompson free kick. The
game stuttered to its
conclusion, with
Ashfield
probably deserving their
win by virtue of the
fact that they were
undeniably less awful
than Maryhill. It is to
be hoped that the start
of the league programme
might produce something
of more substance for
the supporters to
enthuse over.
ASHFIELD -
McGovern, Passmore,
Gumley, Coll ( Fraser
80), A.Smith, Gault,
Chalmers,Thompson,
C.Smith, O'Donnell,
Martin.
SUBS ( not used
) -: Mangan, Ferns.
YELLOW CARDS -
None
RED CARDS - None
SCORER
- O'Donnell ( 7, 70 )
MARYHILL -
Wilson, Cunningham,
Wright,
McGoldrick,Stanley,
Barr, Tolland ( McLernon
81), McKee ( Ferguson
63), Scobie, Trialist (
Gallagher 58), Trialist.
SUBS ( not used
) -: Sideserf,
Trialist,Slack, McInnes.
YELLOW CARDS
-Barr (41)
RED CARDS - None
Referee -
Alasdair Ross