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Paisley Utd 5
- 1 Kilsyth Kilpatrick
With the first group stage match kicking off Paisley got off
to a flyer, with Andy Elliot scoring within 10 minutes,
taking it round the keeper with ease. That goal set the
tone, and Utd pressed for more goals dominating Kilsyth in
all departments, and more goals came but in the second half,
where Elliot got his brace by sliding the ball easily by the
keeper. With the score 2-0, Gordon Chalmers decided he
wanted on the scoresheet, with a simple tap-in from a
spectacular Andy Mcnab cross. It was now Adam Kerrs turn to
get a brace, with a lovely shimmy which deceived the keeper,
to give him his first goal of the tournament, and later
followed his 2nd with an acute header to the right of the
keeper. Paisley, who had a comfortable lead, had a laps of
concentration, and gave a silly goal away, which did look to
be offside, but in the end it was only a consolation goal.
Paisley
Utd 0 - 0 Pollock Utd
This game was to be a challenge for Paisley as Pollock were
the runners up of the Scottish Cup, last season, but Paisley
held their own and throughout the whole match wasn't
troubled by Pollock, infact it was Paisley going for goals,
with half chances just going a-stray, from thw two strikers
of Paisley, but all in all it was a good match even though
no goals were scored. At this stage in the group it looked
like these two teams were odds on to go through. It was
pleasing to see Paisley (who only formed a year ago) holding
off the runners up of the Scottish cup.
Paisley
Utd 7 - 3 The Priarie
With Paisley, most definetely through to the semis, they
ensured they were with a comfortable victory over the
Priarie, with Gordon Chamlers, scoring a hat trick, Michael
Conroy and Tony ?? scoring their first goals for the club,
and Graham Black and Elliot finishing the goal scoring list.
With Paisley always in front of the Prairie there was never
any doubt Paisley would finish top of the group.
Semi
Final
Paisley Utd 2 - 1 Johnstone Burgh (after extra time)
These two teams who met previously last season in a semi
final knew it would be a physical and tough game, which was
proved, with the deadlock not being broken until 5 minutes
before full time, where Burgh, scored a lovely curling free
kick into the bottom left hand corner. However, Paisley
fought back straight away and got the equaliser through the
Captain Andy Elliot, with a superb solo goal. Meaning the
game would go into extra time. With 4 minutes gone in e.t.
Elliot once again slotted home, a through ball from Gordon
Chalmers to make it 2-1, which made Paisley Fans at the side
of the park ecstatic. Paisley held on to win, and see
themselves to another final.
Final
Paisley Utd 1 - 1 Campsie Blackwatch (after extra time) 6-5
on p.ks
With both teams winning their groups, this was seen to be a
cracker. And it was. With the teams evenly matched, the
breakthrough came in 10mins from a Graeme Wales corner,
which was cleared by a Campsie defender to the edge of the
penalty area, where Michael Conroy volleyed, with his right
foot into the top right hand corner, giving Utd a precious
lead. With Campsie losing their first goal of the
tournament, they pressurised right from the kickoff, looking
for the equaliser, n it came just at half time with a
through which bet the centre back, into the path of the
Campsie striker who dinked it over the stranded keeper.
Making the score 1-1 at half time. The second half was
marred with tension, as each team went for the winner, and
it nearly came for Utd, as Andy McNab slid the ball by the
Campsie keeper to see the shot run agonisingly wide. With no
winner in the second period, the game went to extra time,
and like the second half was pretty tense, with no real
clear cut chances, meaning the final was to be decided by
penalties. With the score at 5-4 on penalties to Campsie in
sudden death, Graeme Wales stepped up to score the
equaliser, which he missed! But the linesman, made a good
decision, as the keeper was off his line too early, at this
stage Campsie were celebrating the win, running round the
park, until the referee said it was a retake, with this in
mind Wales slotted the penalty calmly into the bottom right
hand corner. With the score being 5-5, the Campsie keeper
steps up to hit a penalty, and hits it wide, which leaves
Utd the chance to win the double, (the usa cup, and Glasgow
green cup), which was sealed in style with Graham Black
powering home the pen. A great 3 weeks for the Utd manager
Gordon Butler and the Utd players.
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