[Sat 23rd May] Scotch vs Uni Black (Home)

Scotch B 1 – 4 Uni Black B Goal: Sam For the second time this season we had a near full squad available for selection with Rooney, Tully and newcomer Jarrod joining the B’s line-up. The first half was a fairly scrappy affair, with lots of attacking and very minimal defending by both teams. They scored first after a good save from Dave fell to the feet of one of their strikers. Not long after, Toby somehow managed to get a cross in from the left corner which flew straight to Sam at the 6 yard box. Sam controlled and finished brilliantly, giving him his first goal for the season. The remainder of the game saw numerous chances both ways, but where the Scotchies were unlucky, the Uni Blacks managed to convert their chances. Best: 3 Sam, 2 Catton, 1 Rooney Scotch A 5 – 0 Uni Black A Goals: Chris (2), Timmy, Mike, Jake The A's came into the game on the back of two much needed wins and we were keen to get on top early. A flick on from Quinny found chris in the box who slammed a left footed volley through the keepers hands. Timmy followed this up with a powerful shot which found its way into the net via a hefty deflection. The remainder of the first half was more tightly contested, with Uni Black holding the ball well through the midfield and Ferg and Dain running well to limit their chances moving forward. The second half started evenly, until we scored a free kick with Dunsy jumping out of the way at the last second. The game was capped off by a great header from Jake and a amazing spinning shot from Mike that spun its way from the keepers hands over the goal line! 5-0 was a bit flattering in the end but it was great to get our third win in a row for the season. Best: 3 Paul, 2 Chris, 1 Dunsy

[Sat 16th May] Scotch vs CBC (Away)

Scotch B’s 3 – 3 CBC B’s Goals: Gammy (2), Alasdair Following on from a great performance against Immanuel last week, the B’s were keen to get their first win on the board for 2009. Several injuries/absences saw a revamped line-up taking on CBC in their intimidating purple livery. A great through ball saw Alasdair calmly finish in the bottom left corner to give us the early advantage. We continued to apply the pressure and were rewarded by a deflected shot from Gammy that rolled past their unfortunate keeper. Shortly after, Marty was brought down in the box and Gammy was charged with giving us an unprecedented 3-0 advantage. Gammy scored the penalty twice (the first being disallowed through a box infringement) and we had our 3-0 advantage. Sloppy defending from a corner saw CBC pull one back before half-time, but the boys were still positive heading into the second half. The second half saw another number of good opportunities that should have been taken by the Scotchies, but it was CBC who took their chance to peg it back to one goal. In the dying minutes, an unchallenged corner fell to a CBC player at the back post who bungled it in. 3-3. Overall a positive performance that left a bitter taste in the mouth after the great start. Chan had an extremely good game on the wing, with Gammy and Catton solid in central midfield. Best: 3 Gammy, 2 Chan, 1 Catton, 1 Al Scotch A’s 4 – 2 CBC A’s Goals: Chris (2), Timmy, Dain After thumping Immanuel last week, the A’s wanted to start building some momentum with another good win. The game started well with Matty L bursting down the left and finding Timmy at the back post. A great diving header saw the keeper scrambling but unable to keep the ball from the back of the net. More pressure saw Chris with a chance that took a deflection and found its way into the bottom corner. 2 – 0 at half time and we were playing well. CBC came out strongly in the second half and an uncleared defensive corner saw them pull one back. At this point CBC were pressing for the equaliser and it was on the counter that Timmy’s sweeping cross found Chris at the back post who controlled and restored the 2 goal advantage. CBC once again lifted their intensity and were rewarded by a great header that found its way into the top corner. Dain was brought on in the dying minutes to inject some energy to the Scothies, and it worked. 30 seconds on and he had earned himself a yellow card, with one clueless CBC player insisting it was his second. Not much longer after that and Dain claimed his first goal for the season following another Timmy assist. Another good game for us and one that we needed to start clawing our way up the table. Best: 3 QC, 2 Timmy, 1 Haydn

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[9th May] Away vs Immanuel

Scotch B's 1 - 1 Immanuel B's Goal(s): Mike   After a much improved performance last week, the Scotchie boys were keen to record their first win of the season. A fairly even first half was marred by a defensive lapse which saw Immanuel take the lead. Half-time saw Mike and Chan introduced and they had an immediate impact. Throughout the second half we dominated, with several good chances going begging. Finally a great effort from Chan crashed off the bar and bounced to Mike at the edge of the box. Mike calmly lobbed the keeper at his far post, leveling the score. Immanuel hardly got a look in the second half and were very fortunate not to concede another as the Scotchies finished very strongly. A great performance boys, one that should give everyone lots of confidence heading into next week!   Best: 3 Mike, 2 Chan, 1 Paul   Scotch A's 7 - 0 Immanuel A's Goal(s): Chris (2), Andy (2), Ferg, Mike, Quinny   After seeing the B’s finish the game on top, we were keen to get our first win of the season. The first half was fairly even, with scant chances at either end. Our first goal came from a long throw from Matty L which Chris managed to flick back over the keeper. 1-0 at the break. An injury to Jack saw the long awaited return of Captain “Deflection” Ferguson, with Rooney coming off for Mike. The second half started well for the Scotchies and the Immanuel defence looked very ragged. Several well taken goals including a double for Timmy and a clinical finish by Mike to give him his second for the day, put the game out of the home sides reach. It was great to have a near full strength squad to choose from for a change and this was shown by the end result. Full credit to Al in goals who gave us our first clean sheet of the season and to Matty L and Andy T who were great down both of the wings. Best: 3 Chris, 2 Timmy, 1 Dunsy, 1 Eirik

[2nd May] Home vs Sacred Heart

Scotch B's 1 - 3 Sacred Heart B's Goal(s): Fernie A fantastic day for soccer greeted us for our first home game of the season that saw us taking on long-time rivals Sacred Heart. Al returned to the starting line-up and Niall took his place in goal. The first half was a pretty even affair, with an unfortunate own goal by Will and a great header giving Sacred Heart a 2-0 advantage heading into the break. The second half continued in much the same vane with Scotch having the better half. Sacred Heart grabbed another and a nice finish by Fernie saw Scotch pull one back, albeit after a ridiculous call by the linesman which the ref thankfully overruled. For the remainder of the match, we were on top and unlucky not to score at least one more. It was good to see Chan out for his first game of the season and also to see Al make it through a whole game without injury! A much improved performance boys, let’s get a win against Immanuel next week! Best: 3 Mike, 2 Will, 1 Harry Scotch A's 3 - 4 Sacred Heart A's Goal(s): Timmy, Chris, Linagh Injuries and absences once again saw a weakened starting eleven taking on Sacred Heart A’s. Quinny gallantly agreed to start, and Haydos started on the bench despite still both being injured. This was made even worse with QC pulling out at the last minuted with a hamstring strain. With Ferg and Rooney both out, the captaincy fell to our defensive rock Dunsy. The game couldn’t have started better for the Scotchies, with a floated free kick by Erik falling to Timmy at the back post. Timmy proceeded to ram it in past the hapless keeper at the near post. Sacred Heart then equalised and Dan pulled up injured soon after. Going into the break we were on top and unlucky not to score again. What momentum we had was negated in the second half as Sacred Heart came out firing and scored two early goals. Following the restarting kickoff, Chris intercepted a defensive pass and managed to score at the far post. The game continued fairly evenly until Dunsy was called for a handball, even though the player challenging him for the ball was offside. Sacred Heart scored from the resulting free-kick and restored their two goal margin 2 - 4. We then picked up the intensity and our pressure was rewarded by a cracking long range effort by Matty L flew past their bewildered keeper. Despite several more good chances, we were unable to capitalise, ending in another disappointing loss that could easily have gone either way. Best: 3 Matty L, 2 Chris, 1 Pandy