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Elgin City v Clyde

Recap

Scottish League Two 2012-13

Borough Briggs

Elgin City
Clyde
2 - 1
Final Score

Recap

The Bully Wee lost out in the Highlands this afternoon, as ten-man Elgin came back from behind to claim three points.

With David Marsh (suspension) and Stef McCluskey (injury) unavailable from the team that defeated Annan last time out, Jim Duffy added Gavin Brown, Pat Scullion and Kevin Watt to the starting line-up.

For the majority of the first half, Clyde were on top and created chances to score. Stuart McColm saw his header cleared off the line before the same player set up Pat Scullion, whose shot was saved by home ‘keeper John Gibson.

A goal did eventually come though, with half an hour on the clock. Good work by John Kane led to Mark Nicolson turning the ball into his own net.

However, against the run of play, the hosts equalised when Scullion’s attempted clearance was turned into the net by Stuart Leslie.

Elgin looked stronger after the half-time break and Kane had to react sharply to clear the ball from the Clyde line. The home side were reduced to ten men though, when David Niven was shown a second yellow card.

Unfortunately, that didn’t turn the match in The Bully Wee’s favour and poor defending led to a winning goal for City. A combination of errors by Brown and Barclay allowed Leslie to get his second goal of the game.

A disappointed Jim Duffy spoke to the media after the match:-

"We looked good in the first half but you have to capitalise when you are on top – football can change in an instant. The second half was a bit scrappy but Elgin were much better and we weren’t as good.

"The red card didn’t really help us, we started to rush things and it looked as though the players wanted to get a winning goal too quickly. I was a bit disappointed by our game intelligence at that stage.

"The winning goal was also disappointing as it was a combination of errors on our part. Overall, I’m frustrated as I don’t think we deserved to lose the match."

Goals

Elgin City   Clyde
30' Nicolson (O.G.)
Leslie 35'
Leslie 81'

Line-Ups

Elgin City   Clyde
Gibson
  Barclay
  
Niven
  Kane
Harkins
  Brown
87 
Crighton
  Gray
Duff
  Lamie
Cameron
  Hay
87
64
Wyness
  Fitzharris
O'Donoghue
  Scullion
 
 
Leslie
  Watt
Nicolson
  Gilfillan
Moore
  McColm
Substitutes
64
Gunn
  Sweeney
87
Black
  Rajovic
Beveridge
  Sharp
87
McMullan
  Oliver
Millar
 

Details

Date Time League Season Full Time Attendance
December 8, 2012 3:00 pm Scottish League Two 2012-13 90' 665

Officials

  • Referee
    Paul Robertson

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