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Cambuslang Rangers kept in touch with
the leaders at the weekend after a comfortable 3-0 win at tricky Glasgow
Perthshire. A second half hat trick from Kilmartin did the trick as the Lang
finally saw off the plucky side. The home side had 2 men red carded
during the game while Cambuslang Rangers manager Alan Wardlaw was also sent
off for disputing a few decisions that the ref got blatantly wrong. 3 stone
wall penalty appeals waived away as well as a
obvious hand ball that any Basketball player would have been proud of. But it was Kilmartin who stole the
show with a superb second half display, 2 cracking finishes and a spot kick
moved him to the top of the Lang's scoring charts, 1 in front of Brian Smith. If Cambuslang are to have any hint of
a chance at promotion then they are going to have to win ALL their remaining
games and hope some other results go their way. Not an easy task by all
means. Cambuslang restored Hoey to the
midfield at the expense of Sweeney the only other change from last week was
Hadden dropped to the bench and in came Alan McCrae. |
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McFarlane – Had A Great Game |
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Cambuslang started brightly enough and
McFarlane went close with the first attack of the game after 3 minutes, he
fired inches over from the edge of the box. The home side had a great chance to
open the scoring on 10 minutes. A poor header from A minute later and Kilmartin was
unlucky when effort went inches wide of the far post, as close as Lang had
come so far. As Lang piled on the pressure you were
beginning to think if they would ever score and that appeared to be the case
on 15 minutes. A superb McCrae cross picked out Smith
coming in at the back post but his header was superbly saved by Shires keeper. |
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Somehow The Keeper Saved Smiths Header |
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Then came the
catalogue of basics errors by the referee that had everyone scratching their
heads. Firstly Smith was man handled to the
deck in the box, with everyone screaming for a penalty the ref waived play
on, 2 minutes later Kilmartin was up ended in the area but yet again the ref
was having none of it. The final straw was when there was a
clear hand ball in the middle of the park but the ref failed to award
the free kick to Lang, this incensed the Lang manager who vented his
frustration at the ref and was promptly sent to the dressing rooms. Shire picked up a flurry of yellow
cards towards the end of the half, Noble, Cahoon and McLaughlin all cautioned
for minor offences, which was quite surprising after what the ref had missed
during the game. |
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Wardlaw Given Matching Orders |
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H-T 0-0 |
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A hungrier Cambuslang emerged from the
dressing room and they had a chance to take the lead at the start of the
second half, but McCrae took to long and the danger was cleared despite
appeals for another spot kick. The breakthrough came on 62 minutes.
Kilmartin skipped away from the Shire defence and slotted the ball into the
far corner past the despairing dive of Thomson, showing great composure. 5 minutes later and it was 2. A superb
ball from Hoey played in Kilmartin and he again kept his cool as he slotted
past the keeper while under pressure from the defender. Cambuslang made a change on 70
minutes. Thomson coming on for McCrae. Kilmartin almost grabbed a third on 71
minutes but his effort was well saved. Things got increasingly difficult for
the home side when they went down to 10 men. Cahoon picked up a 2nd booking
resulting in his red card. |
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“Deco” Celebrates Scoring The Opener
With Andy Mac |
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Cambuslang introduced McLeod to the
action as he replaced Smith. McLeod had a chance 30 seconds after coming on
but his shot was well saved by the keeper, who was doing his best to keep the
score reasonable. In the final minutes the little sub
was hauled down in the box, and this time the ref awarded the penalty kick
which resulted in another red card for Shire, Brown given his marching orders
for the last man tackle. Kilmartin stepped up and slotted his
and Lang's third sending the keeper the wrong way. Lang played down the clock
by introducing Matthews at the expense of Hoey. |
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“Deco” Secures His Hat – Trick From
The Spot |
F-T 0-3
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Lang Line Up |
For More Shots From The Game |
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10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 |
CHRISTIE CRAIG TEMPLETON BISHOP HOEY
(MATTHEWS 89) DUNN SMITH
(McLEOD 78) McCRAE
(THOMSON 67) KILMARTIN McFARLANE HADDEN DONNELLY |
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