Petershill 2-2
Cambuslang Rangers
Stagecoach Super 1st Division
Saturday 5th March
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There are not
many sides this season that will leave
A 2-2 draw
seems a good result and Lang would have settled for a point before the game but
the way the game panned out it was the Lang who should have taken all 3 points.
Leading 2-1
with 10 minutes remaining and also a 'good' goal chopped off left the Lang a
little frustrated for not seeing the match out. The disappointment on the faces
of the visiting support told it's on story as the trooped out of
Cambuslang
Rangers went into the game minus Steven Tyczinski and Paul Brown. Influential
defender Martin Feenie had recovered from last weeks knock
so took his place at the heart of the Lang defence.
This turned
out to be a very lively encounter with some very tough, but fair, tackling from
both sides.
the first real
chance of the fist half fell to the home side, a break down the right flank by
Dallas and he delivered a telling cross that 3 Peasie players were queuing up
for, but they all got in each others way and McLernon nodded wide. Cambuslang
had chances of their own and
The home side
went close again. Thompson flicked on a throw in but
The game
flowed from end to end but neither team seemed able to make the breakthrough.
Peasie went close yet again this time an audacious attempt by
The opening
goal finally arrived on 38 minutes and it went to the home side. Burns
gave away possession allowing
H-T 1-0
Cambuslang
took all of 70 seconds of the second half to get back on level
terms. Beattie conceded a free kick just outside the box
straight from the restart and Alan McCrae scored with the free kick,
aided by a slight deflection off McKay which was enough to wrong foot
Nugent in the Peasie goal.
Lang keeper
Rowan was called into action on 55 minutes when McLernon tested him with a
blistering drive but the Lang No1 was equal to it.
The visitors
took the lead on the hour mark, after a quick counter attack, Jamie McCarroll
scored with a superb angled drive high to the keepers right and into the
top corner.
The match had it's most contentious moment on 66 minutes. McCrae fired in
an excellent shot that rattled the post, then the
referee blew his whistle and awarded the 'Goal'
as he thought it had hit the stanchion at the back of the net and
came back out. He then realised his mistake and waived play on. So McCrae
squared the ball to McCarroll who tapped into the net. At this stage the Peasie
players surrounded the official who then consulted his assistant. After a short
discussion McCarrolls 'Goal'
was chopped off and..... wait for it...... a drop ball on the edge of the box
was awarded. This was to be the turning point of the game. Had the goal stood
then Cambuslang would have been leading 3-1 with only 10 minutes to go.
Cambuslang
still pressed forward after this but chances were being squandered. McCrae rattled
the side net with the Lang support thinking it was in. Then
Petershill
were struggling to even get out their own half at this stage as Cambuslang went
looking for the killer goal that would have finished any hopes of them getting
back into the game.
On 80 minutes
Cambuslang brought on Hughes and Burns was the man to make way. Petershill
snatched a draw in the 85th minute when a McHarg corner from the left was
headed home by Jim Beattie who found too much space in the Lang box. So bitter
disappointment from the Lang player as the trudged off to the final whistle.
Some fans even said it felt like a defeat. Cambuslang can take a lot of
encouragement from this performance and some consistency should see them hang
on in the race for a promotion spot. A long way to go but they are still up
there fighting.. That result saw Petershill give up
top spot in the table and Kilsyth Rangers took over at the summit, Cambuslang
sit in 4th spot. This makes for a entertaining run in
come the end of the season.
Lang
Rowan,
Subs Not Used
Archer, Lowe(gk), and Graham.