Rusty´s Report!

This is the match report promised in Bruce Balmer´s absence, we have edited some of it, mainly the spelling mistakes. It´s a bit raw, but straight from the heart and after all that´s all that matters.

1st half Coleraine were encamped in our half we tried to play offside and it didn't work´.

Coleraine player beat off-side and Nelson came well to edge of his box and dived at feet to save.

Another Coleraine player also beat the offside trap and hit the post while Paul Brown missed a sitter hitting the post from 6 yards out but was adjudged off-side anyway.

We had no idea just thumping the ball up field and Gibbo didn't win many headers

Scum had a corner' Nathan cleared, Murray did will to chase down and ran from his own half beating a couple of players but when he got to the box instead of shooting tried to pass to Cutch and ball went to fat Davey. That was our only chance in the 1st half.

2nd half

Mo didn't come out for the 2nd half (injured)Gazza replaced him and we started off 1st 5 mins as crap, as we were in 1st half. The scum were all over us but we came into it a bit and started playing football without really creating any clear cut chances.

Murray had the beating of his man, skinned a couple of players, cut inside passed to Cutch who passed to Nathan and from a tight angle he shot but fat Davey saved it.

From a long ball Nelson came out to punch when it was Archie´s ball and he got nowhere near so Archie headed and it bounced in the box. Archie then tried to head it back to Nelson who was in no mans land and with a Coleraine man pressing him Archie messed up his clearance and a scum player blasted the ball off the underside of the bar.

Coleraine scored from a big punt up field, when Paul Brown who won almost every header and had the beating of Denver all day, controlled the ball on edge of the box. Denver had plenty of chances to clear it but didn't although he pushed Brown wide but allowed him to cross ball from a tight angle and the ball went back post where Nelson let a weak header from Scullion roll right past him, 1 nil scum.

Murray beat couple of men fed the ball to Mike Smith who hit a low cross which Scum defender turned away for a corner. From another Murray pass ball fell to Gibbo on edge of box but shot was blocked

We huffed and puffed without creating any chances, had plenty of corners but never looked like scoring,no strikers on bench so Roy took off Archie and brought on Lee
and with 3 mins of injury time pushed Denver up but we never looked like scoring

Nelson (5), made couple of good saves but at fault for the goal and made another mistake, he cost us this game he´s not going to do

Mike Smith (7) had a good game kept Carson quiet and supported Murray well

Archie (6) messed up and hit his own bar some bad passes going forward

Watson (6) struggled against Paul Brown

Denver (5) terrible, worst I've seen him couldn't live with Brown never won a single header against him at fault for goal

Mo (6) tried hard but never really worked taken off injured

Murray (8) man of match switched at half time to right wing had beating of his man and made lots of great runs

Taggart (6) made a couple of good tackles stupid booking in 2nd half for kicking ball away

Nathan (6) tried hard but nothing came off, moved to left wing in 2nd half left Archie a bit exposed

Sub: Gazza (6)tried really hard and made some good tackles

Gibbo (5) did nothing, didn't win a single header.

Cutch (6), put in effort some good link play but starved of a decent service

Lee (6) on for bout 5 mins


The Black chappie was not as bad as usual, some strange decision as is his norm but no major talking points.


Thanks Rusty Ray for your report!