Oban Saints AFC v Goldenhill AFC
Glencruitten 2
Mossfield Avenue
Oban
Argyll
PA34 4EH
Kick off 2pm
Referee Mr Gary Train
Glencruitten 2
Mossfield Avenue
Oban
Argyll
PA34 4EH
Kick off 2pm
Referee Mr Gary Train
This Saturday at Glencruitten Saints enter the final month of the league season with one third of their fixtures still to be completed. With a Jimmy Marshall Trophy semi-final and possible final also to be squeezed in Saints face a hectic May fixture schedule starting with the visit of second placed Goldenhill. St Joseph's FP confirmed their second Scottish Amateur Football League Premier Division title in three seasons with last Saturday's 3 - 1 win over Campbeltown Pupils at William Street leaving Saints to battle it out with Goldenhill and last season's Champions East Kilbride FC Amateurs for the runners-up spot.
The Gowdie are very much in pole position to finish their second Premier Division campaign in second place and need only avoid defeat in their two remaining league fixtures home and away to Saints to finish in the sliver medal position. On their first ever visit to Glencruitten last April Goldenhill inflicted a humiliating 6 - 2 defeat on Saints keeping up the incredible momentum which had taken them to the West of Scotland Amateur Cup final. Sadly on the following Friday evening the Gowdie lost out narrowly to the very impressive Shortlees in the West of Scotland cup final but can be justifiably proud of their achievement in reaching the final.
Despite being out the running for the Premier Division trophy both Saints and Goldenhill have their eyes on silverware in the Scottish Amateur Football League's cup competitions. Saints have a Jimmy Marshall Trophy semi-final tie with 2013 winners Hillington next Saturday while Goldenhill await the winners of group section four in the Coronation Cup semi-final after topping group section three with convincing wins over St Joseph's FP, East Kilbride FC Amateurs and Inverclyde.
Should they successfully negotiate the semi-finals, potential Coronation Cup final opponents for Goldenhill include Premier Division One Rutherglen who dumped the Gowdie out of both the Centenary Cup and Jimmy Marshall Trophy.
In the major cup competitions Goldenhill fell at the first hurdle in the Scottish Amateur Cup losing out to North South Lanarkshire Amateur Football Association Premier Division high fliers Carluke Hearts in a high scoring encounter. After a 4 - 4 draw at home the Gowdie were beaten by six goals to four after extra time in the replay at Carluke.
Goldenhill's bid to reach a second consecutive West of Scotland Amateur Cup final also came to a disappointingly early end. After a first round bye and a comfortable away win against this season's Scottish Amateur Football League Premier Division 2A runners-up East Kilbride YMCA the Gowdie were drawn away from home again in the third round. The trip to South Lanarkshire to face Blantyre Celtic of Central Scottish Amateur Football League Division 1A was a tricky one and the 205-16 runners-up had to come from two goals down before rattling in four without reply to progress to round four. The draw once again saw them come second out of the hat and was particularly unkind pairing them with two time Scottish Amateur Cup winners Hurlford Thistle. The Gowdie had defeated the Ayrshire men in a quarter final penalty shoot-out on the way to last season's New Douglas park final however this time around it was Hurlford Thistle who prevailed winning a close encounter by the odd goal in five.
The Gowdie are very much in pole position to finish their second Premier Division campaign in second place and need only avoid defeat in their two remaining league fixtures home and away to Saints to finish in the sliver medal position. On their first ever visit to Glencruitten last April Goldenhill inflicted a humiliating 6 - 2 defeat on Saints keeping up the incredible momentum which had taken them to the West of Scotland Amateur Cup final. Sadly on the following Friday evening the Gowdie lost out narrowly to the very impressive Shortlees in the West of Scotland cup final but can be justifiably proud of their achievement in reaching the final.
Despite being out the running for the Premier Division trophy both Saints and Goldenhill have their eyes on silverware in the Scottish Amateur Football League's cup competitions. Saints have a Jimmy Marshall Trophy semi-final tie with 2013 winners Hillington next Saturday while Goldenhill await the winners of group section four in the Coronation Cup semi-final after topping group section three with convincing wins over St Joseph's FP, East Kilbride FC Amateurs and Inverclyde.
Should they successfully negotiate the semi-finals, potential Coronation Cup final opponents for Goldenhill include Premier Division One Rutherglen who dumped the Gowdie out of both the Centenary Cup and Jimmy Marshall Trophy.
In the major cup competitions Goldenhill fell at the first hurdle in the Scottish Amateur Cup losing out to North South Lanarkshire Amateur Football Association Premier Division high fliers Carluke Hearts in a high scoring encounter. After a 4 - 4 draw at home the Gowdie were beaten by six goals to four after extra time in the replay at Carluke.
Goldenhill's bid to reach a second consecutive West of Scotland Amateur Cup final also came to a disappointingly early end. After a first round bye and a comfortable away win against this season's Scottish Amateur Football League Premier Division 2A runners-up East Kilbride YMCA the Gowdie were drawn away from home again in the third round. The trip to South Lanarkshire to face Blantyre Celtic of Central Scottish Amateur Football League Division 1A was a tricky one and the 205-16 runners-up had to come from two goals down before rattling in four without reply to progress to round four. The draw once again saw them come second out of the hat and was particularly unkind pairing them with two time Scottish Amateur Cup winners Hurlford Thistle. The Gowdie had defeated the Ayrshire men in a quarter final penalty shoot-out on the way to last season's New Douglas park final however this time around it was Hurlford Thistle who prevailed winning a close encounter by the odd goal in five.
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| Goldenhill line up for their West of Scotland Amateur Cup Semi Final against Colville Park |
Goldenhill's results so far this season:-
Scottish Amateur Football League Premier Division
20th August 2016 Goldenhill AFC 4 - 3 Ferguslie Star AFC
3rd September 2016 Goldenhill AFC 2 - 1 St Joseph's FP AFC
15th October 2016 Goldenhill AFC 1 - 0 East Kilbride FC Amateurs
29th October 2016 Shawlands FP AFC 3 - 1 Goldenhill AFC
12th November 2015 Goldenhill AFC 1 - 2 Inverclyde AFC
26th November 2016 Campbeltown Pupils AFC 2 - 3 Goldenhill AFC
3rd December 2016 East Kilbride FC Amateurs 2 - 0 Goldenhill AFC
28th January 2017 Motherwell Thistle AFC 0 - 2 Goldenhill AFC
4th February 2017 Drumchapel Colts AFC 1 - 4 Goldenhill AFC
11th February 2017 Ferguslie Star AFC 1 - 7 Goldenhill
18th February 2017 Goldenhill AFC 2 - 1 Shawlands FP AFC
11th March 2017 Goldenhill AFC 4 - 1 Campbeltown Pupils AFC
18th March 2017 Goldenhill AFC 6 - 1 Motherwell Thistle AFC
25th March 2017 St Joseph's FP AFC 1 - 0 Goldenhill AFC
8th April 2017 Inverclyde AFC 3 - 2 Goldenhill AFC
19th April 2017 Goldenhill AFC 4 - 0 Drumchapel Colts AFC
SAFL Coronation Cup
1st Round Group Section 322nd April 2017 Goldenhill AFC 5 - 0 St Joseph's FP AFC
26th April 2017 FC Goldenhill AFC 4 - 0 East Kilbride FC Amateurs
29th April 2017 Inverclyde AFC 2 - 4 Goldenhill AFC
Semi Final
Goldenhill AFC v Winners of Group Section 4
SAFL Centenary Cup
1st Round Group Section 313th August 2016 Goldenhill AFC 3 - 1 Port Glasgow AFC
17th August 2016 FC Argyle 4 - 6 Goldenhill AFC
24th August 2016 Goldenhill AFC 7 - 0 Port Glasgow OBU AFC
27th August 2016 Milton of Colquhoun AFC 0 - 6 Goldenhill AFC
Quarter Final
17th September 2016 Goldenhill AFC 3 - 3 Rutherglen AFC
Rutherglen win 5 - 4 on penalty kicks
SAFL Jimmy Marshall Trophy
1st Round
Bye
2nd Round
10th December 2016 Rutherglen AFC 3 - 2 Goldenhill AFC
Scottish Amateur Cup
1st Round
Bye
2nd Round
1st Ocotber 2016 Goldenhill AFC 4 - 4 Carluke Hearts AFC
2nd Round Replay
8th October 2106 Carluke Hearts AFC 6 - 4 Goldenhill AFC (After Extra Time)
West of Scotland Amateur Cup
1st Round
Bye
2nd Round
22nd Ocotber 2016 East Kilbride YMCA AFC 1 - 5 Goldenhill AFC
3rd Round
17th December Blantyre Celtic AFC 2 - 4 Goldenhill AFC
4th Round
21st January 2017 Hurlford Thistle AFC 3 - 2 Goldenhill AFC
Goldenhill's recent SAFL finishes:-
2012 - 13 Division One Promoted and Coronation Cup Winners
2013 - 14 Premier Division Two 2nd Promoted
2014 - 15 Premier Division One 4th Promoted and Centenary Cup Winners
2015 - 16 Premier Division and West of Scotland Amateur Cup Runners-up
2015 - 16 Premier Division and West of Scotland Amateur Cup Runners-up
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| Goldenhill SAFL Centenary Cup Winners 2014 - 15 |
Action from last season's encounter at Glencruitten
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| Scott Rennie gathers corner kick cleanly |
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| Craig MacEwan and Steven Dock |
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| Myles McAuley and Jack Bennett |
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| Donald Campbell gets the better of Damon Gray |
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| Scott Maitland and Keith Millar |
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| Myles McAuley opens the scoring |
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| Craig MacEwan wins header from Damon Gray |
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| Half time team talk |
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| Ross Maitland and Dean Smith kick off the second half |
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| Donald Campbell and Paul Carmichael |
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| Ross Maitland |
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| Paul Carmichael |
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