[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