Cowie Thistle vs Sportsmans Club
2 - 3
25 March 2018 · North of Scotland Cup
Neutral cup match played on 25 March 2018.
Kicked off at 2:00 PM
2-3
vs Sportsmans Club
Neutral cup match
Sportmans 3 - 2 Cowie Thistle (AET)
Cowie missed out on a place in the North of Scotland final with a dramatic 3-2 defeat to Sportmans with the winning goal coming in the final minutes of extra time.
Sportsman’s went 1-0 up after 5 minutes when possession was lost in the middle of the park and a cross into the box wasn’t dealt with and the striker scored, Cowie equalised 5 minutes later when a superb free kick from McWilliam was volleyed home by Irv.
With the game turning into a scrappy battle rather than a football match Cowie went 2-1 up just before half time when McCombie played a through ball to Irv who rounded the keeper and slotted home. Sportmans equalised in the 50th minute when another long ball ended up at the feet of the midfielder who ran through unchallenged to score.
Sportmans has a couple chances to win it it normal time but keeper Middleton made some good saves.
Extra time was a similar scrappy story, MacLean having a shot saved by the Sportsman’s keeper and then 2 minutes from the end when a very soft free kick was awarded to Sportmans. The striker stepped up and finished it well to send them through.
With 11 players missing no fault can be made about effort, with some players running on empty by the end, however lessons to be learnt to stop the individual mistakes against top teams who will punish you.
Today’s scorer Irv(x2)
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