John Hinshelwood's Match Report
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Maryhill V
Benburb
5 - 0
20th April 2009
5 - 0
20th April 2009
Well, it
was a pleasant sunny evening, but
there is not really much more that
can be said about the first 45
minutes of this match. The hard, dry
playing surface made good football
difficult, and there was really very
little difference between the teams,
apart from the fact that Maryhill
scored twice. In the second minute
Bryan Smith put Maryhill ahead with
his third goal in two games, and
just before half time Willie Sawyers
scored from the penalty spot after
he had been fouled by Alan Kayes.
Half
Time - Maryhill 2 Benburb 0
Two
minutes into the second half, the
game was virtually over as a contest
when Sawyers got his second and
Maryhill's third. A corner from
James McLernon was met by Mark
Sideserf who headed goalward, with
Sawyers on hand to head the ball
past Joe Ghattas in the Benburb
goal. The visitors visibly wilted at
this point as Maryhill dominated
until the end. They added two
further goals midway through the
half from a well struck free kick
from McLernon, Hill's most effective
player on the night, and a Mark
McManus close range shot, after
the Benburb defence had got
themselves in a terrible
muddle,failing to clear a Max Asante
cross.
MARYHILL-: Montgomery, K.O'Neil,
Clifford ( McManus 56), McInnes,
Wilson, Stanley, Sideserf, Smith (
Barr 65), McLernon, McKee, Sawyers (
Asante 65).
SUBS (
not used )-: Pacitti, S.O'Neil
BOOKED-:
Sawyers ( 47)
BENBURB-: Ghattas, Yule, Sinclair,
Kayes, O'Neil ( McMillan 48),
Thomson, Boyle, Murphy, Craig, Ford
( Boisbane 76), Gibson ( McGlinchey
76)
SUBS (
not used )-: Munro, Heafey.
BOOKED-:
Yule (35), Kayes (41)
Referee
- Euan Anderson
Man of
the match - James McLernon