EKYC 3 Hamilton Boys Club 0

The absence of regular left winger Ryan Kelly led to a couple of personnel changes for todays game. Scott Mitchell moved from up front to left midfield, Christopher Park moved to centre forward and Jack Kerr returned to the middle of the park.

We were camped in the Hamilton half for most of the first 20 minutes, but a mixture of poor finnishing and good goalkeeping resulted in the period ending 0-0.

The second period followed the same pattern, and it was obvious that Ryan's width on the left was missing, and changes to the formation were required. At the end of the second period it was still 0-0.

The third period started with Scott Mitchell reverting to centre forward along side Sam Hill, Thomas McGuire replacing Christopher Park and the side going 3-5-2 with Dean Arrol moving to right midfield. The change paid off with 10 minutes to go when DEAN ARROL flicked a Hill corner towards goal with his head, and the ball deflected into the net.

The goal gave the boys confidence and soon THOMAS MCGUIRE added a 2nd with a great shot, high into the net from just outside the box. We kept Hamilton penned into their own half and SCOTT GRAHAM scored his second in as many weeks with a strong finish from 8 yards out.

Dean Arrol was voted Man of the Match by the referee, for his goal and 100% effort.

The team hich started was Kinniburgh,Arrol,McCulloch,Graham,Gibson,Smith,Mitchell,Kerr,Hill,Park,Crichton. Subs-McGuire,Elliot & Cunningham