Results – Sat 15th November

Posted on Saturday, November 15th, 2008

Spartans 1st XI won a tough tackling South Regional Cup Quarter Final against Lothian Thistle 2-0, courtesy of goals from Robbie Manson and Alex King. Three players saw red as the tackles flew, with two Lothian players dismissed, one either side of a slightly harsh red card for Spartans Ross Archibald.

Spartans team: Flockhart, Archibald, Gerrard, Fowlie, Kader, King, Manson, McLeod, Henretty, Walker, O’Donnel Subs: Hair, Woods, Malin, Devlin, Preston

Spartans will now travel to Easthouses Lily in the Semi Final. Full match report to follow.

Our 2nd XI went down 2 – 1 to St Pats in the first round of the Cinema Cup.  Gary Bannon put us ahead just before the break but with their wind at their back in the second half St Pats ran out deserved winners.  The Spartans team was Peternek, Young, Steele,Sutherland, Hoskins, Bannon, Mitchell (Zuk), Burns, Boyes, Moffat, Forbes (Harris) Subs not used: Perry, Scott, Fleming  

Our 3rd XI had an amazing comeback, 4 – 1 down at half time WITH the wind.  We came back to draw 4 – 4 against Uphall Station in a league game with Finlay Clark, Geoff Aberdein and a brace from Colin Jack scoring.  Uphall had two players ent off towards the end as they struggled to contain our fightback.