Glenrothes 5-1 Burntisland Shipyard

Glenrothes 5-1 Burntisland Shipyard
Saturday 4th January
1st Division- Inter Conference
Match Report by Willie Drew

glens new signing Owen Andrew on loan from Kelty Hearts made his debut in this local derby. Also Ross Wortley who has being playing as a trialist has signed a contract.

First half
The Shipyard started the game very much on the front foot and inside ninety seconds won two corner kicks which both were cleared. for the first ten minutes glens were pinned back in their own half without the shipyard causing any danger to Wortley. In Glens first attack a run and cross from Kinnes was slightly overhit. On twelve minutes wortley made an excellent save from a twenty yard effort from Strang. from an in-swinging corner Wortley did well to punch the ball clear. On sixteen minutes Anthony broke clear but again Wortley saved the day this time with his feet. On twenty-two minutes an effort from Anthony was cleared off the line by A. McDonald. The Glens were struggling to get a foothold in the game, Glens were conceding a fair number of corner kicks however the Shipyard could not take advantage. A curling shot from brown was saved by Wortley, a cross from L. Schiavone caused a little bit of panic in the Shipyard defence but was eventually cleared. a shot from O’Donnell was saved at the second attempt by wortley. On thirty-eight minutes glens were awarded a penalty kick for a foul against Millar. McLeod Kay stepped up to shoot home. a decent effort from s. McDonald was just too high, the Shipyard were awarded a free kick twenty yards from goal which they rather wasted. The Glens were lucky to be going in at half time a goal to the good as they had been second best most of the half.

Second half
No changes from either team at the start of the half, a minute into the half the Shipyard equalised when Wortley tried to dribble the ball out of his penalty box and lost it to Lennie who shot into the empty net. Two minutes later Glens regained the lead with a bizarre goal, Ross attempted a pass back to keeper Gibb and the ball rolled under the keeper’s legs into the net. Glens conceded a foul twenty yards from goal which flew past the post. Denton replaced Duff. Glens were now coming more and more into the game and a run and cross from Kinnes was plucked out of the air by Gibb, Russell then replaced Grierson. On sixty-five minutes Glens scored number three when Andrew won the ball sixteen yards from goal and showed a lot of composure before rounding Gibb and shooting home. A free kick from L. Schiavone was punched clear by Gibb, the game had now turned on its head with The Glens pressing at every opportunity. On seventy-five minutes Glens went further ahead when a run and cross from Kinnes allowed Andrew to score his second. On eighty minutes Calderwood replaced the limping McLeod-Kay, with his first touch Calderwood broke clear only to be pulled up for offside when he was clearly onside. In the final minute another pass back eluded Gibb but before it crossed the line he kicked it for a corner, from the corner Calderwood rose above everyone to head home number five.

In the end a comfortable victory which did not look like coming after a very poor first half performance. A two-goal debut for Owen Andrew and a very welcome three points and it is onwards to Oakley next Saturday for another league fixture kick off 2pm.

Managers Report: 
After last weeks disappointing result it was important to get back into another game. We made a few changes to the starting team today with our new loan signing Owen in from the start Duffy and Blair were all in. We didn’t start the first half well our passing was off and we weren’t closing the shippy down with any real pressure shippy had numerous free kicks and corners which they didn’t get anything from and our goalie Ross kept us in it with a great save. Fionn then scored a penalty after big Andy got brought down in the box just before halftime. Losing a goal at the start of the second half was disappointing but after that we were much better we didn’t give the shippy anytime on the ball and we countered and moved the ball much quicker delighted for Owen getting 2 goals should of had 3 and Paddy getting the last goal I’ve said it before we need to kick on and be more consistent and get on a run till the end of the season now.
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