John Hinshelwood's Match Report
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Maryhill v.
Larkhall
1 - 1
21st February 2009
1 - 1
21st February 2009
After two
successive nine goal
thrillers, it was back
to more mundane fare
here. Both sides
struggled to find any
fluency in a dull and
turgid match, with a
draw being a fair
reflection of the play.
The visitors,
with five ex Maryhill
players in their
starting line up had the
better of the opening
period, and Kevin
Montgomery had to make
several impressive
saves.Brian Watret
headed over after only
three minutes, then Andy
Dorrans squandered a
good chance , shooting
weakly past from 12
yards. Hill's first
threat came after 26
minutes when James
McLernon picked up a
pass from Bryan Smith,
but Stephen Soave in The
Larkhall goal managed to
block his shot. Chris
McKee then fired the
rebound over the bar. It
was all prettty grim
stuff, however, apart
from some extremely
"robust" tackling.
Referee Burns was in
lenient mood,
though, booking only
Maryhill's Mark Sideserf
and Larkhall's David
Crilly in the first
half. The only goal of
the first period came
amid some controversy in
the 33rd minute. James
McLernon was fouled by
Robert Graham, and a
penalty kick was
awarded. The Thistle
players
protested vociferously
that the offence had
taken place outside the
penalty area.
Surprisingly no one was
booked, before Willie
Sawyers blasted the ball
home to give Hill a 1-0
lead. Andy Forrester and
Leon Kondol both brought
out good saves from
Montgomery, but Hill
held their lead until
the break.
If the first
half had been somewhat
uninspiring, the second
was even worse. A series
of wild tackles went
unpunished, passes
continually went
astray,and Larkhall
equalised when their
best player Robert
Coulter, with no
Maryhill player in
sight, headed past
Montgomery. Maryhill had
a strong penalty claim
when James McLernon appeared
to be tripped when in
the act of shooting
inside the box, bur Mr
Burns clearly did want
to incur the wrath of
the Larkhall players
again, and turned down
the claim. Brian Watret
forced another great
save from Kevin
Montgomery, then
substitute Alan McFadden
had a great chance to
win the game for
Maryhill three minutes
from the end , but he
blasted over from a
couple of yards out.
MARYHILL-: Montgomery, Trialist,
Fabiani, McInnes, Barr, Smith,
McKee, Connett, McLernon ( McFadden
75 ), Sideserf, Sawyers
SUBS ( not used )-: Wilson, McManus,
Wright, Quinn
BOOKED-: Sideserf (40), Barr (53),
Smith (66), Sawyers (81)
LARKHALL-: Soave, Crilly, Devlin,
Coyle ( Dewar 74 ( Paterson 83 )),
Coulter,Graham, Dorrans, Crossey,
Forrester, Watret ( Russell 79),
Kondol.
SUBS ( not used )-: Shields,
Marshall.
BOOKED-: Crilly (22), Graham ( 85)
Referee-: James Burns
Man of the match-: Kevin Montgomery
Visitors' man of the match -: Robert
Coulter