Sunday Central Round Up: An excellent weekend in the League Cup

Sunday Trophy (Round 2) •Lesmahgow 4-0 Bardykes Rovers A tough game for the Sunday Central League club Bardykes Rovers, they will be hoping to put this weekend’s game behind them, and focus on the league. They came up against very tough opposition in the league, and will be quick to put this one out their mind. West of Scotland Cup (Round 1) •Overlee Partizans 11-3 Lanark United The outstanding Overlee Partizans continue their outstanding form in the West of Scotland Cup. This weekend they scored 11 goals at home, and it is going to be brilliant when they begin league action, and they will come into the league in fine form. They will be hoping to kick off in the league action and continue to make the Sunday Central league the best around. They will be pleased with the win and want to progress through the West of Scotland Cup and be competing as the competition gets towards the final. •Station Bar 3-1 Colquhoun United Colquhoun United had a tough game against Station Bar in the West of Scotland Cup, and they will now be fully focussed on league action. They came up against tough opposition away from home, but Colquhoun United are a very good team, and they are going to come back fighting and hungry for points. League Cup (Round 1) •Rumours AFC 0-14 Castlemilk Dynamo Another brilliant win for Castlemilk Dynamo who have been in ruthless form. They scored 14 this week, a season best so far, and they will also be pleased with the clean sheet. Rumours AFC will want to put this one behind them, as they came up against a fantastic team. Despite the early stage of the season, Castlemilk Dynamo will be thinking long term goals, and thinking of silverware. They have been phenomenal this season, and they will want to take every game as it comes, and try and continue their winning streak. The Castlemilk Dynamo goal scorers were, Andrew, Cunningham and Dylan McKinnon scoring two each, and goals from Connaire Dawson, Jonno Spence, Derek Reid and James Miller. The two hattrick heroes were Craig Cairney and Alan Kane, two excellent performances. I managed to speak to Castlemilk Dynamo Star, Alan Semple who said, “We had a comfortable, convincing win on Sunday. Lots of goals and some football on display.” •Rutherglen Rovers 0-3 Haldane United A tough game for Rutherglen Rovers as they hosted a very good Haldane United, who were in great form. Rutherglen Rovers will hope to forget about cup action now, and focus their undivided attention on the league and continue to play well and pick up points in the league. Haldane United however will be delighted with the progression through to the next round of the Sunday Central League Cup. I managed to speak to Raymond Brady, Assistant Manager of Rutherglen Rovers, "We were up against a decent and well organised team in Haldane, it was always going to be tough. We played well at times and gave them some problems, at 0-2 we had a number of chances to get back into the game. The Haldane keeper pulled off a few good saves and we hit the woodwork, as we pushed to get back into Haldane scored their 3rd late on. We will take positives again from our performance but we need to improve and turn these good performances into results" •HSV 7-0 Cambuslang Football Academy HSV were in fine form, as they picked up a 7 goal win and a clean sheet at home to Cambuslang Football Academy. HSV will be delighted with the win, and the progression to the next round. After a tough day for the Cambuslang Football Academy, they will want to put league action to the front of their minds, and try and string together wins in the league. I spoke to inspiration Cambuslang FA manager Tam Graham, and he said, “It was a bad day at the office for us, we didn’t show up at all. We had a feeling that HSV were going to be strong and disciplined and we set ourselves up to try and prevent that, however our plan just didn’t work and that was down to our attitude towards the game. We just didn’t look up for it at all and HSV were more hungry. All credit to HSV they are a very good side and they play really good football and expect them to be challenging in their respective division this season. I want to wish them all the best in the next round and for the season ahead. After the game the message to the players was to learn from this and we need to bounce back as we have a tough test next week in the 3rd round of the Sunday Amateur Trophy against Westside from Edinburgh who on paper have a magnificent record. We will need to be back to our best to match them.” •Brunswick 5-3 Rutherglen Burgh A thrilling contest as eight goals were scored between Brunswick and Rutherglen Burgh, and it was the home club Brunswick who came out on top. Brunswick have been in fine form to start this season, and they will be pleased with the League Cup progression. They have been on a roll, both in cup and league competitions and will want to continue that through the year. Rutherglen Burgh have positives to take from this game despite the result. Rutherglen Burgh will be pleased with the three goals they have scored and their performance against a very strong team, and when league action returns, there will be positives to be utilised. •Castlemilk United 3-1 PFD Another good win for Castlemilk United at home over an in form PFD. PFD have been in great league form this season, but they have a tough cup tie, having to go to Castlemilk United. Castlemilk United win excellent form this weekend, scoring three good goals at home, and progressing through to the League Cup, a competition in which they will hope to do very well in. PFD will be ready to get going in the league and pick their league form back up, but Castlemilk United will be delighted by the win, will look forward to the next round of the cup. The PFD goal came from Kyle Brown. •Albion 1-2 EastEnd Tower A very good cup tie between two good sides, in a game that was pinched by the Premier 1 club, EastEnd Tower. Albion will be delighted by their performance however, they are a very good side, and they came up against another great side, and it could have gone either way. The honours could have gone to any side, a close encounter, and both clubs can take positives on to future games with them. The EastEnd Tower goal was scored by Tommy Cameron and Peter Driscoll, but the man of the match was awarded to Mark Smith. The Albion goal was scored by Ian Gallacher. I managed to speak to EastEnd Tower and they said, “Not our greatest performance but we still controlled much of the game and came out with the win with Albion scoring a late consolation goal.” I also managed to speak to Brian Dornan, and he said, “good game of football played in the correct manner with both teams attacking and trying to win the game we found ourselfs 1 down from there corner and then 2-0 down due to a mistake from our keeper coming out to collect ball and missed it and ended up 2-0 down then with 10 mins left to play Ian Gallacher smashes a 30 yards strike into the top corner”. •Bengal Lancers 1-4 Broadwood Cycle The comeback kings, Bengal Lancers came up against Broadwood Cycle, a team that have seemingly returned back to their best in the past couple of weeks. They have spent the season, coming evry close to wins, but they seem to have clicked as they have now picked up a couple of victories in a row. Bengal Lancers have done well in the league this season, and they will want to continue on that form not the League Cup is completed. •Budhill United 1-2 Carluke Victoria Another brilliant cup tie between two good sides in this one, with the result swinging slightly in the favour of the away team, Carluke Victoria. Carluke Victoria picked up the win against Budhill United, who do play the division above, and they will be delighted with their win, and Budhill United are going to be looking to focus on league action going forward, but they will take a lot of positives from a close game. •Cranhill United 11-0 Provanmill Thistle An outstanding performance for Cranhill United as they scored 11 times, as well as the clean sheet they picked up this weekend in the league cup. Provanmill Thistle are going to swiftly forget about this contest and focus back on the league. They came up against an excellent team that will be contenders for the League Cup this year. •Crownpoint United 11-0 Rosehill Thistle Another win for Crownpoint United who won 11-0 at home to Rosehill Thistle in the League Cup, and they will be delighted with the way in which their players stood up and won this game against good opposition. Rosehill Thistle have enjoyed a good start to the season, and will swiftly forget about cup action and focus their attention on the league. •Eastend Rovers 3-1 Nethercraigs A great game at Eastend Rovers as they welcomed Nethercraigs, in a game played in great spirit, by two very good clubs, in a good old fashioned cup tie. Eastend Rovers did come out on top and they will progress through to the next round. Nethercraigs gave their all in this game, a close game between the two and Nethercraigs have a lot of postives to take through to league action with them, and Eastend Rovers will be excited see what the cup holds for them. The goals for Eastend Rovers came from striker Sam Donald who penalty as well as a cracking goal from a free kick, proving to be deadly from the set peice, and the other goal was also from a set piece, as centre half Scott Bannister scored from a corner. Eastend Rovers proved dangerous from the set piece in this game, and will delighted with all three. The Nethercraigs goal came from Jordan McBride, a brilliant cup tie, both clubs have positives to be taken from this one. I managed to speak to Stephen Hill of Eastend Rovers, and he said, “Close game with 2 teams who battled competitively. There wasn’t a great deal between the teams we were just a bit more clinical in front of goal. Not our greatest performance but great to keep the momentum going after a strong start to the season for us. Can see Nethercraigs pushing all the way in Division 3 also. Looking forward to see what the next round brings us and as always we will be up for whatever challenge lies ahead.” I also had the chance to speak to Nethercraigs, and they said, “Was a typical physical cup game on a less than impressive grass park. Both teams still played some good football though and maybe if we had taken our chances we could have gotten a result nonetheless Eastend did what they had to do and got the result and we wish them all the best in the cup and for the rest of the season.” •EastEnd Star 4-1 Summerston Ams Another great win for Eastend Star this weekend as they beat Summerston Ams at home in the League Cup. A tough match for Summerston Ams who have come up against very difficult opposition, and they had a very tough test. They will now be ready to focus their full attention on league action going forward. I managed to speak to Summerston Ams this weekend, and they said, “started off well but eastend star showed why they went premier and started shifting up their gears and we had a few chances but ultimately got beat by a good side”. I also spoke to Sean Smith, manager of East End Star, and he said, “Took the lads about the 1st 30mins to get going falling 1-0 behind before we started to play football but scoring twice before half time to take a 2-1 lead into second half made 3 subs at half time with new recruit Christopher Graham coming on and scoring in his debut followed with another new recruit Stefan Smith scoring to make it 4–1 could have been a lot more but happy to be through to the next round” •East Lane 4-3 Wellhouse What a brilliant cup tie this was between two great sides. The clubs went toe to toe in an excellent game including 7 goals, with the home club, East Lane picking up the victory. They will be delighted with the victory, keeping their previous reputation for being giant killers, as Wellhouse are the league above. A tough day for Wellhouse, who will hope to get back to league action to come back in this one! The goal scorers for Wellhouse were David Laing, who scored with a lovely lob over the keeper, then Ryan Barbour and the in form John Jaconelli, who has enjoyed excellent form, scored in this match. The East Lane goals were scored by S.Christensen, J.Hutchison, T.Hopkins and S.Lewis. I managed to speak to Wellhouse, and they have said, “We went a couple of goals down early but got it back to 2-2.we then conceded before half time and the just after. We got it back to 4-3 and for most of the 2nd half we dominated but just couldn’t force penalties. As I say it was a great game. It had everything. We eventually went down to 9 men with 2 red cards and the home team also got 1 red card.” I also managed to speak to East Lane, and they have said, “A perfect 5 wins from our last 5 games though there were a few changes from last week after we failed to score against Queenslie when an own goal gifted us the points. Johnathan Creasé Hutchison replaces Scott Turner on the right wing supported by Jordan Agnew behind him with Scott Murphy replaces Ccalum Kkay at left back and Stephen Christensen joining Tony Hopkins and Andrew Collins in the middle of the park. Particular shout out Tony MOTM Tony Hopkins for excellent distribution from CM throughout the game which we will need next week in the Scottish cup 3rd round”. •EK Atheltic 1-7 Drumchapel United A very tough fixture for East Kilbride Athletic as they travelled to high flying Premier 1 outfit Drumchapel United. Drumchapel United have been excellent this year. Both clubs have been excellent and have taken all possible points in their respective leagues, but Drumchapel United were better on the day and scored seven great goals to win this cup tie. The brilliant EK Athletic will come back hungry and ready to go in the league and to take up from where they left off, in excellent form. Once again for Drumchapel United, the brilliant Kenny Marshall picked up man of the match, and also got his name on the score sheet once, but despite an outstanding man of the match display it was two other stars that scored the goals. The goals were scored by the two hattrick heroes Craig McDonald and Mark Kilpatrick, both men scoring three excellent goals for the away team. The EK Athletic goal scorer was Connor Knott. I spoke to Drumchapel United, and they have said, “A much better performance from us today seen us dominate from start to finish against a previously unbeaten Ek side. Went in at half time 4 nil up and conceded a very sloppy goal at start of 2nd half with slack play from wee Tam costing Rennie his clean sheet. Went on to score 3 more running out 7-1 winners. Missed a couple of good chances and hit the woodwork 3 times which could have seen us add to our tally. All the best to Ek for the season.” I also spoke to EK Athletic and they said, “Beaten on the day by sup. erior opposition and we just need to learn from it and move back on to our league duties in a couple weeks!” •Glasgow Irish 4-3 Airdrie Albion An excellent cup tie in this match as a 7 goal thriller could have gone either way, and Glasgow Irish, who’s side was bolstered by two new signings this week, will be delighted with an excellent win. Airdrie Albion will take positives from this game, and look to take that positivity into the league. •Kilsyth Rovers 1-4 Calderside A tough game for Kilsyth Rovers this weekend, as they travelled to high flying Calderside, who have also enjoyed a brilliant start to the season. Two in form teams competed in a cracking cup tie, with Calderside coming out on top. The Kilsyth Rovers goal was scored by Ross Bothwell, a man that has enjoyed an excellent season so far. Calderside will look to continue their exceptional form in the league and cup competitions in the weeks to come. I spoke to Colin Hughes of Kilsyth Rovers, and he said, “tough result to take, as we have Calderside a good run for their money, however the class showed from them as they were more Clinical than we were, on a different day, could have been different, but congratulations to Gary Gilmour and the Calderside lads for the next round”. •Newmains United 1-6 Sporting Pumas A tough day out for Newmains United who hosted the Sporting Pumas, a side that have been excellent all season, as well as last season. Sporting Pumas, have spent all of the last league season, and in league action this year they have been unbeaten, but they are proving that they are also unstoppable in cup competitions. Newmains United will want to put the cup tie behind them, and focus fully on the league now, and look to string some league wins together. •Polonia Glasgow 9-0 Glasgow Athletic A brilliant for Polonia Glasgow in the cup this weekend and they were excellent scoring 9 goals in an excellent cup tie! Glasgow Athletic are going to want to forget about this game and focus on the league. Polonia Glasgow have made a statement in this cup, and they will beat a strong team going forward in the league cup. •Red Staars Baagrade 6-2 Queenslie An excellent 8 goal cup tie between Red Staars Baagrade as they won 6-2 against Queenslie. Two in form sides going head to head and the home team coming out on top in this one. Queenslie will hope to take the positives from this one, and Red Staars Baagrade will be ready for the next round of action. •South Lanarkshire Ravens 0-6 New Stevenston United An excellent win for the excellent New Stevenston United as they were on the road to South Lanarkshire Ravens. A tough day for the hosts that will want to forget this game and move onto next weekend, but an excellent win for New Stevenston United, who will be excited for the next round of the cup. •Vale Rangers 3-2 Blantyre Albion A brilliant cup game, fiercely contested by two good teams. Vale Rangers will be delighted with the win after a tough start to the season. Blantyre Albion will now be focused on league action and hope to string together some more wins in the league. Vale Rangers are going to be looking forward to the next round of the cup. The goals for Vale Rangers came from a screamer by Alex Rennie, and an own goal, but the icing on the cake and the win was sealed by Neil Burch who converted a penalty to fire his team into the next round. A special mention does go to Andrew Brady this week for Vale Rangers who had to step up and play out of position, by going in goal, and he played brilliantly. I managed to speak to Vale Rangers and they have said, ““Game of two halves” if ever you’ve seen one. Two down at half time, including a missed penalty from ourselves. Guys gave each other a telling off at half time and went on and got the job done” Mulheron Scaffolding Services Premier 1 •Northend 5-1 Eastfield Star The only fixture in league action this weekend in the Sunday Central, is the visit of Eastfield Star, for Northend, and it was a good win for the home side. Northend are continuing a good start to the season, and they are a very good outfit, that will be pleased with their win this weekend, when other teams aren’t playing, they can pick up three points. Eastfield Star will know they were up against very tough opposition, and will want to focus their attention to next weekend. October 2017’s SportCentral, Sunday Central Player of the month winners Premier 1: William McArthur - 47% - Haghill 2: Giz Yuill - 72% - Carluke Thistle 3: Paul McDonald - 50% - Cambuslang Championship 1: Dean McGinnity - 38% - Weir Rec 2: Carlos Hernandez - 75% - Kilsyth Rovers 3: Martin Sinclair - 65% - East Lane October 2017’s SportCentral, Sunday Central Manager of the month winners Premiership 1: Jim Smith - 49% - EastEnd Tower 2: Jim Smith - 60% - Carluke Thistle 3: John Monaghan 48% - PFD United Championship 1: Steven Sharp - 50% - Eastwood Mearns 2: Colin Hughes - 78% - Kilsyth Rovers 3: Graeme Sharpe - 46% - East Lane Congratulations to all of the winners and thank you so much to everybody that took part in our poll, thank you so much for all of the support! We will be running them regularly, and also thank you to so many teams creating twitter accounts, and most importantly getting in touch with us, we are really thankful for that.