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Lochee United V
Maryhill
2 - 1
27th February 2010
2 - 1
27th February 2010
Maryhill's surprisingly
lengthy Scottish Cup
adventure eventually came to
an end at Thomson Park
Lochee. Despite their lowly
League status, they were in
no way disgraced against
their more illustrious
opponents, but despite a
spirited performance, there
was no doubt that the better
team won in the end.
The home side had a half
hearted penalty claim
dismissed in the second
minute when Phil Hagan made
a meal of a challenge from
Mark Sideserf. Edinburgh
referee Neil McLennan was
obviously determined to make
his mark, and booked Scott
Banks and Mark Stanley in
the opening twelve minutes
for challenges which merited
a warning at most. Lochee,
as expected, had the bulk of
the play but found the
Maryhill defence, with
Martin McGoldrick, John
Cunningham and Mark Sideserf
outstanding, very difficult
to break down. When they did
manage to find a way through
, they came up against
inspired goalkeeping from
Kevin Montgomery. His stop
from Lochee's impressive
Craig Robertson in the ninth
minute was particularly
outstanding. Maryhill
attacks were few and far
between, but a Mark Maxwell
free kick and a Craig
Ferguson shot did cause
some concern for the Lochee
defence. Despite almost
constant pressure from the
home side, the Hill defence
held out comfortably until
the break.
Half Time - Lochee United
0 Maryhill 0
Both teams looked livelier
after the interval, with
Craig Ferguson back to form
for Maryhill after a
lethargic first half. Lochee
also stepped up a gear, and
an enthralling game now
began to unfold. The opening
goal came after seven
minutes when Craig Robertson
fired home from ten yards.
Any thoughts that the game
was won were quickly
dispelled when Maryhill
equalised a minute later.
Ryan Scobie's cross from
wide on the left deceived
home keeper Iain Ross and
landed in the net. Craig
Ferguson almost put Hill
ahead but his low shot was
blocked on the line with the
keeper beaten. Lochee
continued to dominate, and
in spite of some solid
defending from Maryhill,
gradually began to
find the way to goal.
Several excellent stops from
Kevin Montgomery, in
particular from Paul
Blackwood and Phil Hagan,
kept Maryhill level, but he
was eventually beaten twenty
minutes from the end. Again
it was Robertson who was on
target when he broke through
and fired a powerful shot
low into the net from around
twenty yards to take his
team into the Quarter
Finals.
LOCHEE UNITED - Iain Ross,
Jayson Alexander, Colin
Watson, Graham Hay, John
Thompson, John Voigt (Greg
Kirk 86), Stuart Abbott,
Charlie Cargill, Phil Hagan,
Paul Blackwood, Craig
Robertson (Lucas Krobot 76)
SUBS (not used ) - Gary
Middleton, Mark Kerr, Mark
Bannon, Barry Heggie,
Russell Brown.
SCORERS - Craig Robertson
(52, 70)
YELLOW CARDS - Phil Hagan
(85), Lucas Krobot (87)
RED CARDS - None
MARYHILL - Kevin Montgomery,
John Cunningham, Martin
McGoldrick, Colin McInnes,
Scott Banks, Mark Maxwell
(Michael Tolland 67), Mark
Sideserf, Ross Barr, Ryan
Scobie, Mark Stanley, Craig
Ferguson (Peter Fraser 85)
SUBS (not used ) -
Andrew Wright, Brian
Chiesa, Paddy Gallagher,
Leyton Slack, Chris
Calder.
SCORER - Ryan Scobie
(53)
YELLOW CARDS - Scott Banks
(6), Mark Stanley (12),
Martin McGoldrick (65)
RED CARDS - None
REFEREE - Neil McLennan
ASSISTANTS - Simon McLean,
James McLeay
MAN OF THE MATCH - Kevin
Montgomery
OPPONENTS' MAN OF THE MATCH
- Craig Robertson
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