Meadow Park, Irvine
31-10-09
Meadow played their first game at home in 8 weeks and were celebrating at the final whistle after a great 3-0 win over their East Region rivals. The visitors started off the better side and Meadow were struggling to keep up with their crisp passing. In the first few minutes Burgh's Mattu King had a good run from deep inside the Meadow half which ended with Meadow keeper Michael Wardrope tipping his well hit shot just over the bar. Meadow were still struggling to get into the game and a slack pass back was nearly intercepted by a visiting forward. Luckily Wardrope in the Meadow goal was alert and raced well outside his box to clear the danger upfield where Chris Strain ran onto the clearance and hit a first time shot from outside the box. Burgh keeper Renton got down well to parry the shot but John Paul Boyle was quick to follow up and head the ball into the net for the opening goal. Chris Strain almost doubled the lead minutes later when his cross cum shot hit the bar before being gathered by Renton. Meadow were far more comfortable now and Burgh would have been happy to go in at half-time just the one goal down.
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HALF-TIME: 1-0
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The second hald followed much the same pattern as the first with Meadow dominating but they did survive a scare when Chris King headed powerfully towards goal with Wardrope diving the wrong way. Fortunately the keeper somehow managed to claw the ball away magnificently with his left hand. After this escape Meadow seemed to step up a gear and they doubled their lead in 82 minutes when good work from Jaconelli outside the box allowed Mcginty a run down the right hand side before his low cross found Hamilton in the box. The midfielder then played the ball to Jaconelli who gave the keeper no chance from close range. The victory was sealed in injury time when Crilly was fouled in the box and McGinty stepped up to send the keeper the wrong way from the spot. All in all a very good performance and result in a game which many predicted would be a real chalenge for Meadow.
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Meadow Team:
Wardrope, Swift, Wingate, McGowan, Robertson, Crilly, Strain, Turner, Barr, Boyle, Hamilton
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Subs:
Jaconelli for Boyle [13]
Dillon for McGowan [73]
McGinty for Barr [81]
Meadow Man of the Match: David Hamilton
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Referee: Don Robertson
Assistant 1: Michael McGrath
Assistant 2: Peter Hefford
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Admission: £5
Programme: £1
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Goals:
Admission: £5
Meadow Team:
This was possibly the most one sided game you will ever witness but once again Meadow's failure to take their chances coupled by an inspired display by the Darvel goalkeeper kept the scoreline down. Meadow will be hoping that the strikers can find their scoring boots for the 2 upcoming Scottish Cup ties.
Goals: Barr [57] and Boyle [67]
Meadow Team:
Meadow Goal: Robertson [38]
Meadow Team:
Subs:
Goal: Strain [42]
