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Port Glasgow v. Maryhill
3 - 0
22nd August 2009
3 - 0
22nd August 2009
One
of the
poorest
performances
from a
Maryhill
side for a
considerable
time, saw
them go down
tamely to
Port
Glasgow,
courtesy of
a hat trick
from Kevin
Struthers.
The
visitors
took only
fifteen
minutes to
go ahead
when
slackness in
the Hill
defence
allowed
Struthers to
pick up a
through ball
and place it
behind Mark
Wilson.
Three
minutes
later the
striker got
his and his
teams'
second when
he tapped
home after a
Jonathan
Donnelly
shot had
rebounded
from the
crossbar.
Maryhill
were totally
disorganised
, and
any brief
forays into
their
opponents'
half were
easily dealt
with by the
Port
defence.The
home side
should have
increased
their lead
when more
woeful
defending
allowed
Scott Nugent
to run
clear, but
he delayed
his shot
just long
enough to
let Martin
McGoldrick,
one of the
few Maryhill
players to
earn pass
marks, avert
the danger
with a great
sliding
tackle.
Nugent had
another
effort from
20 yards
which was
just wide,
and it took
Hill until
the 44th
minute to
have their
first goal
attempt, a
shot from
Andrew
Wright which
was well
saved by
Sean Graham
in the Port
goal.
Half
Time - Port
Glasgow 2
Maryhill 0
The half
time
comments
from some
of the
Maryhill
faithful
that it
couldn't get
any worse
proved to be
unfounded,
with the
only
surprise being
that Port
Glasgow
managed to
add just one
more goal.
Nugent
passed up
two easy
chances,one
hitting the
bar, another
saved by
Mark Wilson,
and
Struthers
had several
attempts to
complete his
hat trick
thwarted.
The lack of
a recognised
striker in
the Maryhill
team was to
prove
significant,
as they
failed
abysmally to
pose any
threat
whatsoever to
the Port
goal.
Struthers
eventually
completed
his hat
trick well
into injury
time with a
potential
goal of the
season
direct from
a free kick
to make it 3
-0. They
will rarely
collect an
easier three
points.
PORT
GLASGOW
-:Graham,
Temporal,
Coyle,
Stanton,
Banks, Hoey,
Donnelly,
Walker,
Nugent,
Struthers,
Beckley.
SUBS
( not used )
-: Jack,
Hannah,
Best,
Devlin,
Wilson,
O'Neill,
Kidd
SCORER -:
Struthers (
15, 18, 90
+3 )
YELLOW CARDS
-: Coyle
(25),
Temporal (
59)
RED
CARDS -:
None
MARYHILL -:
Wilson,Cunningham,
Trialist,
McGoldrick,
McInnes,
Wright
(Trialist
52),
Tolland,
Ferguson,
Scobie,
Slack,
Sideserf
(Trialist
79).
SUBS
( not used )
-:
Trialist,Trialist,
Gallagher,Trialist
YELLOW CARDS
-: Scobie
(25),
Cunningham
(62),
Trialist3
(66)
RED
CARDS -:
None
Referee -
William
Cowie
Man
of the match
- Martin
McGoldrick
Opponents'man
of the match
- Kevin
Struthers