Irvine Meadow 1 Petershill 2Stagecoach West of Scotland League Super Premier Division
Meadow Park, Irvine
05-09-09
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Meadow suffered their 3rd defeat in a row when they lost 1-2 to Glasgow rivals Petershill in another poor match on Saturday. Paul McBride put the Peasies ahead in 35 minutes when he took advantage of hesitency on the edge of the Meadow box to shoot home off the far post. Neither keeper was seriously troubled for the rest of the first half as Meadow once again ran out of ideas in the final third of the field. Gareth Turner showed the way to goal in the 57th minute to fire a cracking shot home from the edge of the box. Meadow were in control for the first time in the match now and David Hamilton just failed to connect with a superb Turner cross moments later and the ball was cleared for a corner kick. Gradually 'Hill started to come back into it a bit but it was still a shock when James Coulter scored his side's second with a long range shot into the top corner in 70 minutes. Meadow were up against it now and the cause wasn't helped when striker Emilio Jaconelli was shown a straight red card for throwing a punch at the Petershill goalie who some fans thought was lucky to only escape with a yellow card himself. Meadow still looked as if they could sneak a second equalizer but after substitute Frankie Haggarty was also shown the red card for a 2nd booking there was no way back.
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Meadow team:
Wardrope, Ryan, Wild McGowan, Robertson, Crilly, Strain, Turner, Barr, Jaconelli, Hamilton
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Subs used: Dillon, Boyle and Haggarty
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Goal: Turner: 57
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Red Cards: Jaconelli and Haggarty
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Man of the Match: Gareth Turner
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Ref: Iain Craig
Assistant 1: Howard Wilkin
Assistant 2: Peter Hefford
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Admission £5
Programme £1
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