Milanda returned to winning ways after two defeats in an entertaining game played sportingly by both teams. After the initial exchanges, Milanda were definitiely on top and took a deserved lead after 18 mins when Reid scored following a Fawns throw down the line and a good pass inside by Scott.
The second goal came in 25 mins when Coyle turned a Reid 40/60 ball into his favour and beat the keeper to scoop the ball high into the net. The third goal duly arrived in 35 mins when murray beat the offiside trap and ran in on goal before unselfishly passing across goal for an easy Reid tap-in.
The 3-0 scoreline at half time was no more than Milanda deserved although there were at least three excellent saves by Preston in the Milanda goal during the first 45.
The second half followed a similar path to the first 45 but Pursuers had more of the play forcing Preston into further good saves. Addison replaced MacKenzie on the hour mark and shortly after Early made the points safe when scoring a header from a fine Murray corner. the remainder of the match was alrgely uneventful as both sides missed a few chances, the best of which saw Preston make the save of the match in 85 mins when diving to his left to save from the Pursuers forward.
As usual the banter at the side of the park was as good as ever. Considering Fawns had celebrated his engagement party (orange juice only of course) the night before he turned in a fine performance. The secret to this must be the fact that Brian Dunn gave him a the present of his dreams.......a voucher for the local Indian restaurant. Team boss McMillan is rumoured to be thinking of man of the match incentives for next season....forget win bonuses, a portion of pakora seems the order of the day.
Man of the match: A good team performance (with the exception of Coyle, Reid, Murray and Wilson for obvious reasons) but this week's man of the match was agreed by the watching committee - Chris Preston who made several fine saves and never put a FIST wrong(what a pleasant change)!!
When you consider this was one of the youngest Milanda teams for several years (due to the absence of Dunn, Williamson, Grant and Hyslop) a good performance all round.
PS Special message to Andy (Van Vossen) Scott - the reporter didn't miss your pathetic shot over the bar from no more than 2 yards out. It certainly is in the running for miss of the season but there are still several games left to see if it can be surpassed.