The game was played in freezing conditions, which made the surface very slippy, but we decided to continue with the match to give the boys some much needed match practice.
The game was played over 2 half hours, at 9 a-side on the astro turf at Ballerup.
All the players were given the same play time. The team that started was ;
KINIBURGH, ARROL, McCULLOCH, GRAHAM, CRICHTON, KERR, KELLY, HILL and GIBSON.
The boys struggled to cope with the slippery surface early on and were a goal down within 10 minutes. As they got used to the surface they started to play some good attacking football and some of the passes were great to see. The boys never looked like they had not played for 4 weeks, and were soon keeping Thistle penned in their own half.
After 20 minutes SCOTT MITCHELL was brought on as a sub and with his first touch of the ball he hammered it low past the diving keeper to equalise. Trialist Ross McDonagh was then introduced, and he showed some great touches, and did not look out of place. The half finished with an entirely differant side with the exception of James Kinniburgh in goals.
In the second half, it got colder, if that was possible, and the boys were rotated contstantly. These changes did not alter the flow of the game and DEAN ARROL then scored his first of the season, with a run from his own half, as the defenders backed off, he fired a shot low into the bottom left hand corner.
The remainder of the game was fairly even, and towards the end the ground conditions worsened, but still we tried to play the passing game.
This was a great result considering we had not played for 4 weeks and the conditions.
Hopefully, we will have a game this weekend, weather permitting.
It is a 1000 kick off against Quarter Athletic at Hamilton Palace.
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