John Hinshelwood's Match Report
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Maryhill V
Cumbernauld
0 - 0
25th April 2009
0 - 0
25th April 2009
Poor finishing, inspired
goalkeeping, and having to play most
of the match without top scorer
Willie Sawyers, were the main
reasons for Maryhill failing to
collect all three points.
The first half was a fairly
uninspiring affair, with the
visitors playing some neat football,
and having the upper hand in terms
of possession, but without creating
any real chances of note. Max Asante
was sent clear in the eighth minute,
but his shot was blocked by
Cumbernauld keeper David Buchanan.
Chris McKee latched onto the
rebound, but his hurried shot
trundled past the post. Willie
Sawyers had to retire injured after
only ten minutes, and was replaced
by Alan McFadden. The only other
incident worthy of mention was a
curling McFadden shot which beat
Buchanan, but just skimmed the post.
The second half was fairly even, but
Maryhill had by far the better
chances. McFadden was twice clean
through, but good stops by Buchanan
prevented him from scoring. Max
Asante suffered a similar fate as
Buchanan denied him on two occasions
when a goal looked likely to ensue.
For the visitors, a 40 yard wind
assisted Alan Templeton free kick
looked netbound, but Kevin
Montgomery made a great save.
Maryhill suffered another setback
with twenty minutes remaining when
Max Asante was injured, leaving them
with only one striker on the
field. Mark Sideserf came very
close with a header from a Bryan
Smith corner, then Cumbernauld's
Gary McClymont brought out another
quality stop from Montgomery. In the
final minute a left foot shot from
Mark McManus struck the post, then
three minutes into injury time a 25
yard effort from Templeton was
touched round the post by Montgomery
to ensure that the game finished
goalless.
MARYHILL-: Montgomery, K.O'Neil,
Sideserf, McInnes,Wilson, Stanley,
McManus, McKee ( Wright 73 ), Asante
(Fabiani 70 ), Smith, Sawyers (
McFadden 10)
SUBS ( not used ) -: Pacitti,
Clifford.
BOOKED -: McKee (12), Smith (55),
Stanley (55)
CUMBERNAULD -: Buchanan, McPhee (
Hill 57), J.Brown, March, Dearie,
Burns, Templeton, Steele, McClymont
(McNally 79), Barcley, McAndie (A.Brown
85)
SUBS ( not used ) -: Smith, Queen
BOOKED -: March (41), Barcley (55)
Referee -: James Burns
Man of the match -: Mark Sideserf
Opponents' man of the match - :
David Buchanan