4 Aug 2008 - Match Reports from Glenafton

Sunday 3^rd August 2008                                               Joe Meldrum Tournament

Ardrossan Winton Rovers 7 – 0 Maxwelltown Thistle AFC

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The three way tournament for the Joe Meldrum Trophy saw Winton Rovers off first against the Amateurs from Dumfries and it took only 4 minutes for the Rovers to open the scoring when McAvoy latched onto some slackness to fire home a low shot past the keeper.  Winton enjoyed plenty of possession in the abbreviated games of 60 minutes each and despite a couple of lapses in defence were well on top.  Their advantage was extended on 18 minutes when Hamilton got free on the left and fired in a cross that took a slight deflection but Monan was alert enough to head home.  The Dumfries keeper pulled off a good save from Gallagher on 20 minutes. A short corner on 21 minutes saw Milliken put in a cross to the head of Winton’s trialist striker who scored easily enough.  Just before the interval, Winton’s trialist striker stroked home Milliken’s cross to make it 4 – 0. Winton continued to press and 7 minutes into the second half Milliken got on the end of McAvoy’s knock down to make it nap.  Hamilton made it 6 – 0 when a ball came off the cross bar and he headed home the lose ball.  The Rovers were dominant and passed up a couple of chances before a clinical finish saw them make it 7 with 5 minutes to go when Monan fired in a great flashing cross from the right and Hamilton bulleted home his header. 

Winton

Stewart,  Paton, Milliken, Wilson, Easton, Muir, Monan, Gallagher, McAvoy, Trialist, Hamilton

Subs Patterson, O’Neill

Glenafton Athletic 4 – 3 Ardrossan Winton Rovers

In the decisive game, after the Glens dispatched their hapless opponents 10 – 0 in the second game, Winton seemed a bit overawed by their higher league opponents as the game started and the Glens fired in a low cross in the first minute that only needed a touch to give them the opener. Craig Seenan fired the Glens into the lead with a good early finish to beat O’Neill at the near post. Paul McMullan scored after his free kick from the right curled in and went through everyone and into the back of the net. Dougie Ramsay made it 3-0 after 11minutes when some slick passing opened up the Winton defence and the Glens appeared to be on easy street. The Ardrossan side pulled a goal back a couple of minutes after this when their Trialist striker harried the Glens defence and took the ball to round the keeper and slide the ball into the empty net. Winton had a goal chalked off for offside which had they played the ball in earlier then the flag would have stayed down.  Ramsay restored their three goal cushion with a header 5 minutes before the break.

Winton made it 4 – 2 a couple of minutes into the second half when the Trialist snapped at the heals of the Glens defence and then slid the ball past Fahey in the Glenafton goal despite him getting a hand on it.  Winton passed up a good chance 7 minutes into the second half when Milliken drove past several tackles but opted for placement rather than power with his final shot and Fahey saved.  Milliken did make it 4 – 3 when some poor defensive work allowed the full back to slide the ball home.  Winton continued to attack the home team with the woodwork denying the Rovers on two occasions before the end with McAvoy and the Rovers’ Trialist disappointed. 

Winton

O’Nell,  Paton, Milliken, Wilson, Easton, Muir, Patterson, Gallagher, McAvoy, Trialist, Hamilton

Subs Stewart, Monan