STILL GAME

Still Game starring Gary McCulloch as Winston, Sam Hill as Navid, Dean Arrol as Jack and Cameron Gibson as Victor. PURE QUALITY MAN !!

EKYC 4 Holytown Colts 1

An early 0900 kick off on the synthetic grass at Bent Playing Fields in Hamilton was the order of the day for todays match against Holytown Colts.

Cameron Gibson started partnering Sam Hill up front after his impressive display in last weeks match against Baljaffray.

We were one up straight from kick off, in probably the quickest goal of the season. Holytown took centre and passed back to defense, but the pace of SAM HILL closed the ball down and forced the Holytown player into an error, Sam ran into the box and picked his spot in the bottom corner, one nil after 10 seconds, pretty impressive.

Holytown were penned in their own half for much of the period and our pressure told when Dean Arrol's clearance found CAMERON GIBSON in the clear, his pace outsripped the Holytown defence, and Cameron scored from just outside the box with a powerful finnish. It was 2-0 at the end of the first period.

Thomas McGuire, Lee Elliot and Jamie Cunningham then replaced Cameron Gibson, Gary McCulloch and Chris Park. Holytown started to look a strong team and we could not clear our lines and the ussual good passing moves that have been our trademark this season were missing. We seemed to weather the storm however, and in a rare break away JACK KERR added a third, and performed his ussual jubilant celebration. The third period ended with us 3-0 up.

A couple of more changes were made at the start of the third period and we gained the upper hand again. LIAM CRICHTON finished a great run down the right wing by chipping the out rushing keeper to make it 4-0. Holytown were the awarded a free kick 20 yards from goal which the taker expertly put over the wall and into the net leaving James Kinniburgh with no chance, to make it 4-1.

An injury to Darren Smith weakened the side when he had to limp off, but hopefully it won't be too bad and Darren will be fit for next week. Holytown continued to press until the final whistle but could not add to their tally. At the end it was a hard fought 4-1 victory.

The boys will admit it was not their best performance of the year, however with such an early start and on a surface they don't like, to continue their unbteaten run was impressive.

Next week we have Aston Villa Colts at Hmilton Palace with a 1000 kick off.

Baljaffray BC 6 EKYC 8

A tough friendly match was played today at Bearsden & Milngavie Sports Ground with an 1100 kick off . We kept our winning run going but only just,after our usual slow start, and yet again after only 10 minutes we were 3-0 down.

We stormed back to 5-3 up with 2 goals from SAM HILL, 2 goals from RYAN KELLY and one from LIAM CRICHTON. Our opponents brought it back to 5-5, before another goal each for SAM HILL and LIAM CRICHTON and an eighth from DARREN SMITH made it 8-5. Baljafray then scored a 6th to make it an exciting end to a great game.

Man of the Match was shared by DEAN ARROL and CAMERON GIBSON, the later gave a great performance moving from centre half to centre forward and assisted in at least 4 of the goals.

Next Sunday we are at home to Holytown Colts with a dreaded 0900 kick off on the Bent 3G Astro Turf in Hamilton. Remember only moulded studs and astro trainers are allowed on the surface(NO BLADES).

Friendly match arranged for Sunday 23 October

A friendly has been arranged for Sunday 23 October 2005 away to Baljaffray Boys Club in Milngavie. We will be meeting at Hairmyres Station at 0945 to travel to Milngavie for a 1100 kick off. Baljaffray have arranged for refreshment for parents and anyone wishing to stay behind after the game.

Goal Scoring To Date After 6 Games

Liam Crichton - 9 goals
Ryan Kelly - 8 goals
Scott Mitchell - 7 goals
Drew Watson - 5 goals
Sam Hill - 4 goals
Jack Kerr - 4 goals
Thomas McGuire - 2 goals
Gary McCulloch - 1 goal

Played 6 - Won 6 - Lost 0 - Scored 40 - Against 14

Lawhill United 4 EKYC 7

A very entertaining and hard fought game resulted in us keeping our unbeaten record in tact... but only just. James Kinniburgh returned in goals, allowing other players to return their natural positions. A tanned Thomas McGuire returned from 2 weeks in Mallorca, and special mention must go to Drew Watson, who travelled all the way from Dumfries to take part in the game.

The game kicked off in blustery conditions and inside 10 minutes we found ourselves 3-0 down. Lawhill were playing some great attacking football and along with some poor defending and some great finishing, particularly from Lawhill's no 7 Aiden Nohar, we found ourselves struggling.

Eventually our boys managed to string some passes together and after some strong running from LIAM CRICHTON, a Lawhill defender helped the ball into his own net to make it 3-1. We went with an unchanged team in the 2nd third, and some amazing misses and good goalkeeping kept us at bay. RYAN KELLY added a second to bring us back into it but no matter how hard we pressed we could not find a way through. The impressive Darren Smith was then switched from centre half to centre midfield, with Cameron Gibson going to centre of the back four. Darren's tough tackling and good passes created more chances but still we could not get level. At the end of the second period, it was 3-2 to our opponents.

The third period started with JACK KERR netting an impressive equaliser and then substitute THOMAS MCGUIRE latched onto a great through ball, he then rounded the keeper and from a tight angle put us 4-3 up. The lead did not last for long with Lawhill scoring a fourth from over 30 yards out which James misjudged and rocketed into the net.

EKYC then rolled up there sleeves, JACK KERR and RYAN KELLY then both added their second goals of the day with great individual goals with great finishes. The final goal was scored by the tireless SAM HILL, who after missing a few chances kept his head up and kept running at the defence, he rounded the keeper to make it 7-4.

It was a very hard fought but fair game, and we showed great fight to come back from 3 down so early on. Lets hope it keeps up.

Lawhill United FC v EKYC - Sunday 9 October

This Sunday we travel to Law to play what will undoubtedly be our toughest test to date. We will be meeting at 09.15 am at Hairmyres Station to travel through to Law, where we are playing at Law Recreational Parks with a 1030 kick off.
With the return of goalkeeper James Kinninburgh and Sam Hill, it looked like we would be able to field our strongest team for the first time this year, but news that goal machine Scott Mitchell has broken his wrist, and will be out for up to 8 weeks, means that more changes will be made. Everyone wishes Scott a speedy recovery.
Lawhill are in a rich vain of form having scored 18 goals in there last 2 games, so we will need to be at our very best to take anything from the game. It promises to be a cracker.

Sunday 2 October 2005

Is this the reason that Gary & Dean looked so tired at training this morning.
They have taken to wearing yellow marigolds and look like a couple of old wummin.