Kilbirnie Ladeside 0-1
CAMBUSLANG
Rangers grabbed a vital 1-0 win away to Kilbirnie at the weekend.
The result was
all the more important after last week’s Stagecoach Super League first division
defeat by Hurlford, writes Jim Logan.
In a scrappy
encounter it took a bit of luck for the Lang to win this bruising encounter -
and that came in the form of Jamie Coulter's 25 yard strike that took a
deflection on its way to goal and the Kilbirnie keeper really should have done
better but the ball ended up in the back of the net.
Cambuslang
were without striker Paul Brown who failed to recover from the knock picked up
against Hurlford.
There were
very few chances for either side in this heavy surface.
Indeed the
first real effort at goal resulted in the only goal of the game, Coulter shot
from 25 yards which should have been dealt with by the Kilbirnie goalie but it
somehow ended up in the back of the net.
This seemed to
spark the home side into life and only a minute later they struck the woodwork.
They then
tested Rowan with a fierce free kick that the Lang keeper did well to tip over.
The first booking of the afternoon went to McCrae of the Lang, speaking out of
turn.
Cambuslang
almost added a second when Burns was sent through on goal by
The second
half started with a bang, as the home side tried to muscle their way back into
the game but some hard tackling didn't go un noticed
by the referee who produced no fewer that nine yellow cards - six for the home
side and three for the visitors.
Another half
chance for the visitors resulted in another near miss, this time McCrae put in
McCarroll but he pulled his effort wide of the target.
McCrae forced
the keeper into a fine stop after Burns slipped a pass to him. Cambuslang made
three changes near the end and Feenie,
Cambuslang
almost rounded it off with a fine goal but Jamie McCarroll’s 30 yard lob went
inches over the bar.
Team: Rowan,