East Kilbride Y.M       

Scottish Amateur Match Report

Millbeg 5 v 5 EKYM, Saturday 7th November 2009

YM travelled to Easterhouse on Saturday for a league fixture against local side Millbeg.  YM started the game well are were 3 up after 20 minutes.  Taylor and Tycynski were causing all sorts of problems for the Millbeg defence who could not cope with their pace.  Taylor's first goal came when he was put through one on one by a good pass from Tycynski and he fired home from 12 yards.  The second goal was another fine move finished well by Tycysnki.  Y.M's third was a well worked goal by Dawson which and Tycynski which was finished by McCarthy.

Millbeg never gave up and were urged forward by their lively and excitable support.  They eventually pulled back a goal after some slack marking by YM allowed the Millbeg forward to score. 

After half time YM scored a  fourth through Taylor who used his pace to evade two tackles and slip the ball past the keeper.  Within 5 minutes the score was 4-2 after a simple ball over the top was latched onto by the Millbeg forward who finished well.

The match was flowing back and forward but it was YM who increased their lead after a long ball from G.Robertson snr gave Dawson the ball 12 yards out.  Dawson poked the ball beyond the keeper and slammed it home into an empty net to make the score 5-2.

Once again the long ball caught out YM when Millbeg made the score 5-3.  With 10 minutes remaining YM were slow to react to a fine save from G.Robertson jnr and it was the Millbeg striker who steered the rebound home.

Then came the turning point in the match when Tycynski tried to get the ball from below a Millbeg player he was the subject of a two footed tackle which struck him on the chest.  The same excitable local supporters invaded the park and several punches were thrown at the East Kilbride player.  McCaig intervened and was also the subject of a similar attack.  After some time order was restored and the referee opted to send off Y.M's McCaig and the Millbeg substitute with no other action taken.

YM then defended their lead with 5 minutes to go but the extra player showed when Millbeg equalised with seconds to spare.