Meadow 4 Hurlford 0

IRVINE MEADOW 4 HURLFORD UNITED 0

Ardagh Glass Cup [Section]

Meadow Park, Irvine

05-08-09

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Meadow gained revenge for last season's defeat by Hurlford in a hard fought win. The final score looks comfortable enough but Meadow found their opponents well organised and hard to break down until Zander Ryan finally broke the deadlock with a stunning strike in 35 minutes after great work from Emilio Jaconelli deep in his own half. Hurlford's spirit seemed to be broken by this goal and right on the stroke of half-time defender Chris Robertson, playing against his former club doubled Meadow's lead with a thumping header.

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HALF TIME : 2-0

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Meadow started the second hald where they left off and were playing some nice football now and it was no surprise when 10 minutes after half-time midfielder David Hamilton put the game well out of Hurlford's reach with Meadow's third and four minutes later Jaconelli finishd the scoring with his 5th goal in three competitive games. Meadow saw the last half hour out comfortably and the players will be glad to have got this hard 90 minutes under their belts. Only concern for Meadow was a head knock to defender Chris McGowan at the 2nd goal which required stitches.

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Meadow Team : Wardrope, Ryan, Lowing, McGowan, Robertson, Crilly, Hyslop, Turner, Boyle, Jaconelli, Hamilton. [Subs: Wild for McGowan: Barr for Jaconelli: Strain for Boyle]

Goals: Ryan (35), Robertson (45), Hamilton (55), Jaconelli (59)

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Meadow M.O.T.M. David Hamilton


Referee : Greg Aitken

Assistants : Joseph Lawson and Alex Sands

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Admission : £5

Programme : N/A