Grange Men's 6XI
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Sat 21 Feb 2015
Kinross HC 1
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3
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Grange Men's 6XI
Away day to Kinross (in Dollar)

Away day to Kinross (in Dollar)

Kenny McNally22 Feb 2015 - 22:42
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Having managed a draw against a very good University side last week we were confident about getting all 3 points against Kinross. Hmmm.

That confidence looked a bit misplaced when we started out, making numerous mistakes and giving Kinross far too many opportunities to score. Fortunately they were unable to capitalise on our errors and it was Grange who broke the deadlock.

Fresh from a break in the land of Oz, Rusty the wizard brandished his new wand (am I taking this too far?) and cast the ball into the net. Magic!

The second followed shortly after when Rusty crossed to JHJ at the back post. His control was impeccable and he lifted the ball over the prone keeper to put us two ahead, maintaining his goal-a-game record for the 6s (better than anyone else).

Half time ensued with us being pretty comfortable but not exactly secure with our two goal lead. Improvement was needed to ensure we got all 3 points.

Improvement came in the form of a much more solid defence, with Andy W regaining the ability to melt the ball and Monty stepping in for the injured D Graham. One of the few strikers in our squad, Monty has recently excelled at right back, left back and now centre back. Not scored though ;-)

Our third goal came from JHJ making a run (yes, honestly) inside the circle and losing his marker. He picked up a through pass and laid it off to Meikle who bounced the ball over the keeper and put us into an unassailable lead.

We had a few more chances and also gave Kinross several opportunities to get back into the game, but there were no more goals before the end and we returned to Edinburgh with all points secured. Massive thanks to the guys who helped us out when we were short of players.

Match details

Match date

Sat 21 Feb 2015

Kickoff

14:00

Meet time

12:15

Instructions

at the club, or 1:30 at the pitch.

Venue, Dollar Academy, FK14 7DU:

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Dollar+Academy/@56.165259,-3.673997,15z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x8adbca915a555cda
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