‘The Bryce is right’ for Juniors and Seniors progress to Semi Final

Posted on Saturday, February 12th, 2011

The Seniors survived a late scare to secure a 3-2 victory away to Glasgow University in the South Challenge Cup quarter final.

We had an impressive first half performance and it only took 15 minutes for Danny O’Donnell to open the scoring from a Robbie Manson cross. Ross Archibald scored 2 goals in 2 minutes shortly after, poking home following a Chris Townsley header in the 27th minute before tapping in a mis-hit Gavin Malin strike just 60 seconds later.

The second half wasn’t quite as one sided as the first and the Uni scored from a penalty in the 75th minute. The home side then scored a header to further reduce the defecit in the 87th minute and to ensure we had a nervous last few minutes. However we held strong and progress to the semi final.

The Malt and Hops man of the match was Ross Archibald.

Team: Flockhart, O’Donnell, Hoskins, Townsley, Sivewright (Kader 60), Achibald, Malin (Finnie 80), King, Manson, McLeod (Henretty 68), Beesley Unused sub: McGarrie

The Juniors had a successful 3-0 victory over Fauldhouse on the FieldTurf today. A much changed side following the changes made this week put on an impressive display for the new management team of Davey Bryce and Alec Cunningham. Mark Burns and Adam Perry returned to Spartans as well as several trailists coming up from our Sunday amateur side. Nick Reid opened the scoring in the 31st minute, heading home a superb Rees Smith cross. Rees turned provider for the second goal in the 63rd minute which was finished by Mark Cowan. Mark then completed the scoring 5 miuntes later to secure a good win over a good Fauldhouse side which included former Spartan Gary Shanks who moved there this week.

Team: Paterek, Hair, McKibben, Burns, Crucikshank, Scott, Trialist, Cowan, Roberts, Reid (Perry), Smith Unused subs: Trailist, Trialist