Cambuslang
Rangers 1-5 Kilsyth Rangers
Stagecoach
Superleague 1st Division
Saturday 11th
September
at Somervell
Park
It was the battle of the 2 Rangers at Somervell last weekend as
both sides looked to notch up their first win in the league this season.
Cambuslang were sitting 2 points better off then their opponents prior to the
match but that soon changed after a torrid 90 minutes. The visitors ran in 5
goals to Cambuslang's 1 and deliver The Langs heaviest defeat at home for a wee
while.
There can be no excuses for this sort of display even although
Lang manager Andy Cunningham is still struggling to field his strongest team.
Still missing were Brown, Rowan, Tyczynski, Doak and Coulter. Gary
McGregor made a return to the bench to boost the numbers slightly. New signing
Fisher made his second start in the defence and he certainly looks the part.
The writing was on the wall as early as the first minute when
Kilsyth should have opened the scoring. McQuilcan forced Lowe into parrying the
ball but it fell kindly for the on russhing Vaugh, but he somehow shot wide
from 3 yards out, an early warning for the home side that was certainly not
heeded. The opening goal duly arrived on 17 minutes and it was no surprise it
went to the visitors. a fine strike from 20 yards out flew past the Lang
keeper. The lead was doubled 2 minutes later. A long hopeful ball to the back
post was not cut out by the Lang defence leaving Fellowes all the time to pick
his spot and he knocked past Lowe. Cambuslang's first chance of the game fell
to skipper Billy Holmes but his header went narrowly over the bar. This was
followed with a McCarroll effort that was superbly tipped round the post.
Cambuslang's persistence paid dividends on 34 minutes when they pulled a goal back
and themselves back into the game. Burns flighted over a corner kick that
McCarroll met with a near post run nodding past the exposed keeper. That was to
be as good as it got for the home side as they began to dominate and Cambuslang
were showing very little inventiveness. The visitors had a great chance to add
a third a minute after Lang scored but the chance was wasted by Fellowes who
trod on the ball allowing the Lang defence time to get back and clear the
danger.
H-T 1-2
The second half turned into a bit of a nightmare for the home side
as Kilsyth ran in 3 goals. The half started with Lang picking up the first
yellow of the afternoon when Graham was cautioned for a poorly timed challenge.
Within 3 minutes of the restart Cambuslang fell further behind. A mix up in the
box resulted in Cambuslang failing to deal with the danger and the ball ended
up in the back of the net off Langs McGrath. McCrae soon followed Graham into
the Ref's notebook. On 55 minutes Cambuslang made a double change, Holmes and McGrath
made way for Carr and McGregor. The latter being booked within 30 seconds of
entering the play. On 58 minutes Kilsyth notched their 4th of the afternoon.
Campbell flicked the bal on to Vaugh who in turn knocked past Lowe. The
visitors picked up a silly yellow when Fellowes handled the ball right in front
of the referee. Cambuslang miserable afternoon was complete when Kilsyth
grabbed the 5th. Fellowes shot was again parried by the Lang keeper and again
into the path of a Kilsyth player, this time Campbell on hand to pounce on the
goal keepers error. With 10 minutes remaining Cambuslang replaced Graham with
Love. The home side frustration was beginning to show and Galloway and Carr
were both booked. Cambuslang miserable afternoon believe it or not could have
been worse but some poor finishing kept the score to 5. Indeed in the final
minute it should have been 6 but substitute Earlie took pity on his ex team
mates and put his effort wide of the target with only the keeper to beat.
Lang
Lowe, Fisher, Graham (Love 80), Feenie, McGrath (McGregor 55),
Paterson, Galloway, McCrae, Holmes (Carr 55), McCarroll & Burns.
Not Used Hughes & Petrik