Glasgow Colleges FA League Round Up!

Scottish Cup •Strathmiglo 2-3 Maryhill Thistle Scottish Cup action this weekend, and a win for Maryhill Thistle on the road. A fantastic away win for Maryhill Thistle, and goals scored by A Chalmers, S Fraser and J McCluskey. They will be hoping to continue their form into league action in the weekend coming up. Jim Harvey Cup 2nd Round •Clydeside Athletic 8-2 Erskine A fantastic performance from Clydeside Athletic star, Alan Duncan, scoring a hat trick and picking up a well deserved man of the match award from this Jim Harvey Cup tie. They progress through to the next round of the cup, picking up a win against a good Erskine side, levelled the scores twice in the first half. It was the second half when Clydeside Athletic did the most part of their damage, scoring five of their eight. Erskine had a play receive a red card for a professional foul, with roughly 20 minutes remaining. Although Alan Duncan leading the way for Clydeside Athletic, he had a fantastic supporting cast, and the other goals include a brace from Darius Katani, and goals from Kevin Gallagher, Paul Cawley and Anthony Maher. I managed to chat up with a delighted Clydeside Athletic, and they have said, "We went ahead three times in the first half after being pegged back twice. Winning 3-2 at half time. Scored 5 with no reply in the second half, although Erskine were reduced to 10 around the 70 minute mark due to a professional foul. Onto the 3rd round for Clydeside". Challenge Cup •Glasgow Medics 3-2 Greater Glasgow Division 1 club Glasgow Medics, who have been in fantastic league form, picked up a home win against Greater Glasgow. A great performance from both sides. The home scorers, C Dunne, G Coasy and J Gildea, they lead the way for Glasgow Medics. They have been in brilliant form, and will hope this great performance will give them confidence for a return to league action. Greater Glasgow will take all positives into league action with them, including the goals from N Conway and K Udumaga. •Sporto 1-2 MSM Burnbank A win for the MSM Burnbank as two clubs from division 1 of the GCFA. Sporto’s goal scorer was G Gallagher. MSM Burnbank progress through to the next round of the next round of the Challenge Cup. GCFA Premier Division •Glasgow Islands 3-1 St Davids AFC A tough away trip for St Davids this weekend on the road in the Premier division. They lost 3-1 to Glasgow Island. They will be hoping to put this game behind them and take positives from it, and take them into next weekend. The St Davids goal came from Robert Mather. Glasgow Island will be pleased with an excellent win and three points this weekend as they put three goals past top of the table. Glasgow Islands will hope their win sparks a run of games. St Davids remain top of the table and will know that they are still the team to beat and the front runners. I spoke to St David’s assistant manager, Jamie Wilson and he has said, “While we worked hard in the first half we didn’t capitalise when the chances came our way and we really didn’t put them under enough pressure throughout the game. We were all very disappointed with our second half display, particularly the goals we conceded, but got to give credit to Glasgow Islands who deserved the three points.” •Gryffe Thistle 1-2 Singer CFC Excellent win away from home for Singer Community this weekend, away at Gryffe Thistle. The visitors will be pleased with the start they have made to 2018, an excellent win, sitting in 4th place, they will be hoping to make a dash and push for top spot. Singer Community man of the match, Andy Alison picked up a man of the match award, as he put in a fantastic display from midfield, and ensured his club came away with all three points. Singer community have said, “The last time these 2 met a 2 -2 draw was the outcome , a very hard and narrow pitch made things difficult for both sides. Singer dod strike first as good pressing allowed singer to have a throw in which wasnt cleared propperly and Declan Harvey reacted quickly yet again 2 score gor the 2nd game running. More pressure from singer and a good physical look to its midfield with Andy Allison breaking up play well and winning majority of headers alongside mccutcheon and Jordan Gilchrist who picked up the pieces to keep attacks coming. And Gilchrist made it 2-0 with a terrific flowing counter attack as Gryffe carved at chance out with a good interception from David Black played down the right side with good interlinking play from Ross Hutchison Jamie Grimley and Gilchrist slotting it home Gryffe did force a late goal wen a near post flick from a set play squirmed its way in but Singer remained solid and took all 3 points Motm Andy Alison his type of game with a good destructive performance in midfield” •Muirton 3-1 Hampden An important game for both clubs this Saturday, two clubs ended 2017 around the relegation zone, but a fantastic win today for Muirton saw them push clearer of the relegation battle. A long way to go this year still, but a positive start to 2018 for the hosts. Hampden will hope to bounce back, and take the positives from today's game. GCFA Division 1 •Cambuslang United 3-3 UCS All square between top of the table, Cambuslang United and UCS. Cambuslang United have been in fine form all season long, and will be a side to watch as we kick 2018 off with a bang. The clubs will take a point each, with both sides scoring an own goal. The Cambuslang United goal was scored by Millsopp and S Allen. The away side, UCS’ goal scorers were D Scanlon and A O’Donnell. Both clubs will be hungry to get back on the park. I managed to speak to Cambuslang United and they have said, Scorers - Scott Chalmers Raymey Reid X 2 Sean Carr X 2 Ryan McKechnie Daniel Harkin Craig Millsopp MOTM - Craig Millsopp A poor first half from Camby seen us go in 3-2 at the break, second half much better, conceded a penalty early on to make it 3-3 but scored two quick goals shortly after which put us in control. Happy with the result especially as we had a depleted squad and only 2 subs due to players having other commitments (the game was only scheduled for 6th late in December due to it being called off the last 2 available weeks in December) •Lokomotiv Glasgow 5-2 FC Innter A huge win at home for Lokomotiv Glasgow this weekend, winning 5-2 at home to FC Innter. It was Hamilton of Lokomotiv Glasgow that did steel the show for his club, he scored a fantastic hattrick. He had a strong supporting cast on his side, in the way of, Sharkey and Lackie, the three of them netting to make it 5 clinical goals for Lokomotiv Glasgow. A tough one for FC Innter, they will hpoe to bounce back to winning ways, when they get back on the park. Lokomotiv Glasgow are poised to make a run for top spot, currently sitting third in the table, they are going to be a side to watch, as they start 2018 in a very bright and positve light. I managed to speak to Lokomotiv Glasgow and they have said, 'Pleased to pick up the 3 points however we were far below the standards set last week against Gryffe. Credit to Innter who particularly in the first half were very good but I expect more from my guys and they know they can perform a lot better. However ultimately we picked up the 3 points which takes us up to joint second in the table.' •Rosehill United 3-3 Newlands All square between Rosehill United and Newlands this weekend, two clubs that started and ended this Saturday level on points, and they are going to be hoping for a big push in the coming weeks. They both have a lot of positives from this weekend and will hope to bounce back to winning ways very soon. The home goal scorers, for Rosehill United were KT Maxwell and of course, a double from T Whittaker. GCFA Division 2 •Crown Athletic 4-3 Olympique Energetik Three points for Crown Athletic at the Stepford Complex this weekend, and a brilliant performance and day out for Alan McArthur, as he scored all four of the goals for Crown Athletic, a fantastic display, one that anyone would be proud of. Crown Athletic have an advantage of having games in hand on a lot of teams, so will be hoping to make a dash up the table in the coming weeks, after starting 2018 in great style. I managed to chat up with a very pleased Crown Athletic, and they have said, "Take nothing away from Olympique working very hard for 90 minutes and did well to expose us when we were sloppy”. •Lomond Vale 3-2 Royal Union Third placed Lomond Vale, pick up a very important three points in the GCFA this weekend, they will be hoping the win spurs them on, and inspires them with confidence, so they can burst their way into the top two spots. Another club poised to do the same was their opponents this weekend, Royal Union, who have enjoyed a great start to the season, and will also be on the hunt for the top two spot. They are going to be hungry to get back on the park, and bounce back to winning ways. Two fantastic clubs in a very good spirit game, proving why this is a very competitive league, and they are both ready for a huge 2018. The Royal Union scorers were M Durrant and R Cairney. Lomond Vale goal scorers were, J McGilvary, D Bennett and K Montague. Fantastic game, between two sides to look out for in the coming weeks. I spoke to Royal Union manager Derek Johnston, and he has said, “It was always going to be a battle based on previous games I have been involved in against Lomond Vale and the game had many highlights even though both sides struggled to bring much quality in the football played. No excuses from ourselves though we failed to execute our own game plan and conceded three soft goals. Luckily we have a busy week ahead in which we can react, starting with Monday at training! I am proud of my lads, we are a side formed eight months ago yet find ourselves involved in the pack in our division. Plenty of work to be done but that’s the reality of working on what’s an exciting project!” •Meadow Athletic 1-3 Glasgow East A win for the visitors, the away side Glasgow East, as they beat Meadow Athletic on the road. A cracking game in the GCFA, the goal from Meadow Athletic coming from P Duffy. •River Nevis 1-2 Glasgow Ansar Three points for, second in the table, Glasgow Ansar, they have been in fine form all season long, and they continue their run with three more points to add on the road. Despite a goal from Munday of River Nevis, a win for Glasgow Ansar, and they continue to one of the teams to watch in the Glasgow Colleges League.