Saturday 14th April 2018
The Scottish Amateur Football Association Challenge Cup Competition
Quarter Final
Goldenhill AFC v Oban Saints AFC
Donald Dewar Leisure Centre
Garscadden Road
Drumchapel
Glasgow
G15 8SX
Kick off 1.15pm
Referee Mr James Gallacher
The latest installment of Oban Saints Scottish Amateur Cup adventures takes them this Saturday to the Donald Dewar Centre, Drumchapel where they will face current Scottish Amateur Football League Premier Division leaders Goldenhill in a quarter final tie.
Despite being knocked off top spot by arch rivals St Joseph's midweek victory over already relegated Hillington, Goldenhill's maximum points haul of twenty four points from their eight fixtures, coupled with a goal difference of plus twenty eights, makes them most onlookers favourites to claim their first ever Premier Division championship trophy.
The Gowdie's scintillating league form has been repeated in the various cup competitions where only Scottish Amateur Cup draws with Tullibody Community and Sandys, and their solitary defeat of the season so far to Dumbarton Academy FP in the West of Scotland Amateur Cup, has briefly threatened to derail the Gowdie juggernaut.
Recognition for Goldenhill's impressive displays has come in the form of an international call-up for central midfielder Scott McGuire who played a key role in the Scottish Amateur Football Association select's Graham Harkness Memorial Trophy victory over Ireland's Leinster Senior League at Lesser Hampden last Saturday.
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| Scott McGuire in action for the Scottish Amateur Football Association select against Leinster Senior League |
The call-up for McGuire kept Saints waiting another week for their trip to Drumchapel where they will have to be at their very best if they are keep alive their hopes of a Scottish Amateur Cup Final appearance at Hampden Park on Sunday 20th May.
Taking charge of proceedings is experienced Referee James Gallacher from Dumbarton. Unlike almost every other cup competition in amateur football the Scottish Amateur Cup includes replays therefore a re-match will follow at Glencruitten in seven days time if the two sides cannot be separated after ninety minutes.
Scottish Amateur Cup
Following a first round bye, Goldenhill's Scottish Amateur Cup campaign began with a short hop across the Erskine Bridge to Renfrew to face Newshot. The hosts hold the distinction of being the last ever winners of the West of Scotland Amateur Football League before the sad demise of the world's oldest amateur football league. Unfortunately for the Erskine men they were no match for the Scottish Amateur Football League Premier Division leaders and wound up on the wrong end of an 8 - 2 scoreline. Newshot will however console themselves with another league championship success adding this season's Greater Glasgow Premier League Third Division to their impressive trophy haul.
The third round draw also handed Goldenhill an away tie this time with a considerably longer journey to Aberdeen to face Aberdeenshire Amateur Football Association Division Three title hopefuls Monymusk. The Gowdie boys returned from the chilly north east with an emphatic 10 - 0 victory under their belts.
Round four saw Goldenhill bag another ten goal haul this time at home to Lothian and Edinburgh Amateur Football Association intermediate division title favourites Edinburgh Star.
The Gowdie were on the road again in round five travelling to Strathclyde Park where Blantyre Celtic of Central Scottish Amateur Football League Division 1B were dispatched by three goals to one.
The Central Scottish Amateur Football League also provided the sixth round opposition where Division 1A Tullibody Community became the first team to hold Goldenhill this season with a 2 - 2 draw at the Donald Dewar Centre. The replay seven days later in Stirlingshire was a far more straight forward affair which saw the Gowdie put five past their hosts without reply to book a seventh round tie against Lothian and Edinburgh Amateur Football Association Premier Division title contenders Sandys.
The seventh round tie against Sandys had all of the thrills and spills which typifies the Scottish Amateur Cup. After snow wiped out the first attempt to play the match at Sandys at home park, a waterlogged pitch forced the half-time abandonment of the second attempt seven days later with the home side leading through a Kevin Stewart goal. Another postponement followed before Sandys tight grass park recovered sufficiently to allow a keenly contested match to proceed where the home side salvaged a late draw to take the tie to a replay in Drumchapel.
Sandys brought a large support to cheer them on at the Donald Dewar Centre on Garscadden Road however it was Goldenhill's home faithful who were cheering at the end of a five goal thriller.
The match got off to a bad start for the Gowdie when keeper Scott Rennie gave away a penalty kick in just the third minute. Despite reading the takers intentions correctly the big keeper couldn't reach the well placed spot kick which gave the visitors an early lead.
Immediately after the restart Goldenhill had a loud appeal for a penalty kick turned down by Referee James Cowie however the Caledonian League whistler was more sympathetic in the eighth minute and pointed to the spot when Jonathon Dyer was sent tumbling in the box. However James Gallagher failed to capitalise on the spot kick opportunity and saw his effort from twelve yards easily saved by the Sandys keeper.
The Goldenhill goal was leading a charmed life with the Sandys centre forward hitting the woodwork in the ninth minute and then, three minutes later, watching in disbelief as Scott Rennie pulled off a sensational one handed save to turn a net bound header over his crossbar.
The home side drew level in the sixteenth minute when Damon Gray dummied a James Gallagher pass into the path of Daniel Gibson who drilled a low shot across the keeper and into the bottom corner.
Incredibly the visitors regained the lead straight from the restart and came close twice more before the rapid tempo of the match dropped a notch leading up to half time.
Mr Cowie denied Goldenhill another penalty kick in the thirty fifth minute ruling that a trip on Scott McGuire had taken place fractionally outside the penalty area, a decision which perplexed the home contingent to say the least.
Sandys began the second half well and drew another top drawer save from Scott Rennie before the home side restored parity for a second time. Jonathon Dyer pounced on a loose ball in the Sandys box and drilled a low fifty second minute shot past the keeper's right hand and into the bottom corner.
The action continued to rage from end to end with both sides passing up presentable chances to get their noses in front. With clock reaching the eighty eighth minute and extra-time looking inevitable the home side conjured up one final opening which striker James Gallagher gratefully accepted. Martin Lawlor sliced open the Sandys defence with a perfectly weighted through ball for the run of Gallacher. The Sandys keeper got a touch on Gallacher's low shot but couldn't prevent the ball from finding the net to the delight of the home support.
West of Scotland Cup
Goldenhill's solitary defeat of the season so far came in the sixth round of the West Of Scotland Amateur Cup where they were edged out by the odd goal in three by 2012 winners Dumbarton Academy FP.
Prior to that it was very much a case of business as usual as the high scoring Gowdie put five without reply past Tarbolton of the Ayrshire Amateur Football Association Premier League in round two.
Much closer encounters with Ayrshire First Division side Dailly and Eaglesham of the Caledonian League Division 1B followed in rounds three and four before the draw for round five paired them with the newly formed Yoker United.
The local derby was an eight goal thriller where Goldenhill ultimately had too much in their armoury for the Strathclyde Saturday Morning Amateur Football League Division 1A men. However Yoker United ran the Gowdie extremely close and were only finally beaten in the dying seconds of a pulsating tie. With Goldenhill clinging on to a slender one goal lead keeper Scott Rennie made an excellent save to deny Yoker an equaliser and set up a clinical counter attack for the Gowdie to kill the tie at 5 - 3.
Domestic Cups
As well as throwing down the gauntlet in the Scottish Amateur Football League Premier Division title race reaching the halfway stage with eight straight wins, the Gowdie have already progressed to the semi-finals of the Centenary Cup where they will face Motherwell Thistle this Wednesday coming at New Tinto Park, Govan home of Benburb Juniors. Particularly pleasing for the Gowdie boys was their quarter final local derby victory over St Joseph's FP where they came from behind twice to knock out the cup holders by five goals to two securing the early season bragging rights into the bargain.
Their exploits in the major cup competitions has lead to a late start in the Jimmy Marshall Trophy for Goldenhill which, following a first round bye, kicked off at William Street, Duntocher on Wednesday night with a 1 - 0 home victory against Premier Division Two promotion hopefuls FC Argyle.
The third round draw see's Goldenhill travel to cup holders Easthall Star with an away quarter finals trip to either Inverclyde or Alba Thistle awaiting the winners.
Goldenhill's results so far this season:-
Scottish Amateur Football League Premier Division
19th August 2017 East Kilbride Rolls Royce AFC 0 - 4 Goldenhill AFC
26th August 2017 Goldenhill AFC 3 - 2 Inverclyde AFC
21st October 2017 Goldenhill AFC 8 - 0 Oban Saints
28th October 2017 East Kilbride FC Amateurs 0 - 3 Goldenhill
11th November 2017 St Joseph's FP 1 - 2 Goldenhill
6th January 2018 Goldenhill 5 - 0 Hillington
13th January 2018 Goldenhill 5 - 0 East Kilbride FC Amateurs
17th March 2018 Hillington 2 - 3 Goldenhill
SAFL Centenary Cup
1st Round Group Section North 2
12th August 2017 Goldenhill AFC 9 - 0 Carlton YMCA
23rd August 2017 Barrhead Arky AFC 1 - 4 Goldenhill AFC
2nd September 2017 Port Glasgow OBU 1 - 12 Goldenhill AFC
Quarter Final
7th October 2017 Goldenhill AFC 5 - 2 St Joseph's FP AFC
Semi Final
Motherwell Thistle v Goldenhill AFC
SAFL Jimmy Marshall Trophy
1st Round
Bye
2nd Round
11th April 2018 Goldenhill AFC 1 - 0 FC Argyle
Scottish Amateur Cup
1st Round
Bye
2nd Round
30th September 2017 Newshot AFC 2 - 8 Goldenhill AFC
3rd Round
4th November 2107 Monymusk AFC 0 - 10 Goldenhill AFC
4th Round
2nd December 2017 Goldenhill 10 - 2 Edinburgh Star
5th Round
3rd February 2018 Blantyre Celtic 1 - 3 Goldenhill
6th Round
10th February 2018 Goldenhill 2 - 2 Tullibody Community
6th Round Replay
17th February 2018 Tullibody Community 0 - 5 Goldenhill
7th Round
10th March 2018 Sandys v Goldenhill (match abandoned at half-time due to waterlogged pitch)
7th Round
24th March 2018 Sandys 2 - 2 Goldenhill
7th Round Replay
31st March 2018 Goldenhill 3 - 2 Sandys
West of Scotland Amateur Cup
1st Round
Bye
2nd Round
16th September 2017 Goldenhill AFC 5 - 0 Tarbolton AFC
3rd Round
14th October 2017 Dailly AFC 1 - 2 Goldenhill AFC
4th Round
18th November 2017 Goldenhill 2 - 1 Eaglesham
5th Round
27th January 2018 Yoker United 3 - 5 Goldenhill
6th Round
24th February 2018 Dumbarton Academy FP 2 - 1 Goldenhill
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
2016 - 17 Premier Division 3rd
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| Goldenhill AFC line up for their 2016 West of Scotland Cup semi-final tie against Colville Park |
Action from this season's league encounter at the Donald Dewar Centre
Oban Saints Route To The Seventh Round
Round One
Oban Saints returned to the Scottish Amateur Cup trail on the first Saturday in September when they hosted Mauchline United in a first round tie at Glencruitten. Mauchline of the Ayrshire Amateur Football Association First Division versus Scottish Amateur Football League Premier Division Oban Saints was one of twenty nine first round ties played across four regions with the remaining four hundred and eighty three entrants receiving byes.
After Shaun MacIver had given Saints an early lead the two beaten semi-finalists shook off their poor league form to put a further three goals without reply past the visitors. All three came from Skipper for the day Craig MacEwan who was even afforded the luxury of a missed penalty kick en-route to his first hat-trick of the season.
Round Two
A second hat-trick in as many games since returning from injury from Skipper Donald Campbell helped Saints ease their way into third round. Despite playing some good football at times visitors Plains of the Strathclyde Saturday Morning Amateur Football League lacked the cutting edge to trouble a Saints defence which made it two Scottish Cup clean sheets in a row.
Resplendent in their new kit of red shirts, blue shorts and white socks, Saints took the lead midway through the first half through Fraser MacFarlane before Donald Campbell notched the first of his three goals giving Saints a two goal half-time advantage.
Round Three
After relatively straight forward home ties in rounds one and two Saints took to the road for an extremely difficult third round tie against Central Scottish Amateur Football League Division 1A high fliers Falkirk Community.
Formerly Polmont and then Polmont Community, Saints third round opposition left the Stirling and District Amateur Football League for the Central Scottish Amateur Football League at the end of last season. Prior to the start of the 2017-18 season a deal was struck for a re-branding as Falkirk Community and for the club to take on the mantle of the amateur representatives of Falkirk FC which the club were naturally delighted to accept.
United Kingdom Indoor Athletics Championships bronze medalist Grant Plenderleith left the Saints defence trailing in his wake to open the scoring with a lightning quick breakaway goal in the twentieth minute which Craig MacEwan cancelled out ten minutes later powering home a Shaun MacIver corner kick.
The home side regained the lead midway through the second half when James Stevenson tucked away a Plenderleith through ball. Once again the lead was short lived with Donald Campbell restoring parity from a slide rule Willie Gemmell pass.
Saints took the lead for the first time with twelve minutes remaining with Donald Campbell netting his second rounding off a sweeping move started deep inside his own half by Gaffer Alex Craik.
Falkirk piled on the pressure in the closing stages and were rewarded for their perseverance when a ninety second minute cross from Grant Plenderleith evaded everyone in the box and bounced agonisingly beyond Graham Douglas to signal a replay.
In the replay at Glencruitten seven days later a collector's item Myles McAuley goal eventually proved the difference between the two well matched sides.
Saints got their noses in front in the twenty sixth minute through Craig MacEwan but were pegged back just before half-time by James Stevenson. Second half substitute Joe Clark gave the visitors the lead in seventy fifth minute with an audacious strike from wide on the Falkirk right.
Barely two minutes later it was all square again when Willie Gemmell netted from the penalty spot after Brayden Docherty clattered into Craig MacEwan in the box. The decisive strike came in the eightieth minute from a move started and finished by Myles McAuley. From wide on the left on the halfway line McAuley linked up with Donald Campbell and Craig MacEwan before popping up in the box for a calm side foot finish to give Saints a hard fought 3 - 2 victory.
Round Four
Saints were on the road again in the fourth round on this occasion their travels took them to the tail o' the bank to renew old acquaintanceship's with Greenock High School Former Pupils where another thrilling ninety minutes ensued. A depleted Saints line-up, with two seventeen year-old's and a considerably more senior member of the coaching staff on the substitutes' bench, forced a highly creditable draw twice battling back from a goal behind to force a replay at Glencruitten.
After a goalless first half the second forty five was only seven minutes old when Ryan Corr sneaked in at the back post to poke home a Ryan McCorkindale cross from the left.
Saints struck back almost immediately with Scott Maitland and Shaun MacIver combining to force a corner on the left straight from the restart. So often chipping in with vital strikes already this season, Willie Gemmell added to his growing list of telling contributions curling an equaliser direct from the corner flag just inside the far post.
There was more than a hint of controversy about the High's second goal however Saints were left appealing in vain for a handball decision that didn't come with Craig Boyd taking full advantage to restore the lead for the home side.
Making his debut as a second half substitute, seventeen year old Daniel MacCuish slipped a perfect eightieth ball through the inside left channel for the overlapping run of Scott Maitland who beat the advancing Neil Flack with a low left foot finish drilled into the bottom corner to set up another Glencruitten replay.
Due to the intervention of some miserable weather and the Festive break, five weeks would pass before the replay finally got underway at a frosty Glencruitten on the first Saturday in January.
Manager Alex Craik made five changes to the eleven who started in Greenock and was in the rare position of being able to name six substitutes for this vital clash.
Despite being on top for the majority of the first half Saints were unable to find a way past Neil Flack in the High goal but eventually made the breakthrough after six second half minutes. Craig MacEwan's trickery left Stuart Higgins for dead on the left before picking out Ally McKerracher in the middle for a looping header into the postage stamp corner.
With the High pressing for an unlikely equaliser Saints finally made the tie safe in the eighty ninth minute with Donald Campbell rounding off a swift counter attack launched by Ally McKerracher and Daniel MacCuish.
Round Five
The fifth round tie was another weather delayed affair against East Kilbride Rolls Royce who were forced to move the tie from East Kilbride to Holytown just to find an available playable surface.
The change of surroundings didn't seem to affect the Rolly too badly as they soaked up Saints early pressure and raced into a two goal lead thanks to a double from centre forward Andrew Cunningham.
The second goal proved to be just the wake up call that Saints were desperately in need of and within three minutes of the restart Scott Maitland pulled one back. Linking up with Craig MacEwan and Donald Campbell, Maitland cut in from the left and placed a curling right foot finish across Conor Flanagan and into the bottom corner of the net.
Maitland doubled his tally just two minutes into the second half finishing off a driving run by Matthew Kelly. Saints completed the turnaround when Myles McAuley bagged his second goal of the competition adding to his fourth round replay strike against Greenock High School Former Pupils with a neat curled finish from a Daniel MacCuish through ball.
Craig MacEwan rounded off the scoring in the seventy seventh minute to book Saints place in the sixth round and a fourth successive away trip this time to Ayrshire to face Kilbride Thistle
Round Six
Saints had to come from behind yet again after home side Kilbride Thistle took the lead in the twelfth minute from their first meaningful attack of the match. Striker Ryan Wilson, who remained a handful throughout, got away from Paul Carmichael on the Thistle right and fired a low cross along the six yard line which Skipper and fellow Ayrshire Select member Darren Frye turned in at the back post.
The lead was short lived with Craig MacEwan nodding home a Willie Gemmell corner kick from the left to level the scores.
Skipper Donald Campbell gave Saints an early second half lead with a sensational strike from twenty two yards before young Daniel MacCuish opened his Saints goal scoring account after pouncing on a mistake by Thistle goalkeeper Ryan Harvie in the eighty third minute.
The home side gave themselves a late life-line when Scott Bell lashed a Ryan Wilson knock down into the roof of the net, however the Saints rearguard comfortably extinguished any threat of a last gasp equaliser to clinch a place in the last sixteen.
Round Seven
Saints welcomed Yoker United of Strathclyde Saturday Morning Amateur Football League Division 1A to Glencruitten for the last sixteen clash. Despite Yoker being a newly formed club Manager James O'Hara has built a solid squad packed full of experience which had them in the ascendancy in the early exchanges as Saints failed miserably to hit their usual stride.
Saints survived an early scare where an offside decision from 2017 Scottish Amateur Cup Final Referee Thomas Gilchrist came to the rescue after Yoker striker Darren Currie had prodded home a Derek Carson cross in the fifth minute.
Saints eventually came into the game and, in the thirty second minute, Willie Gemmell came within the width of the crossbar of opening the scoring. Shaun MacIver's powerful run from right to left was ended by Allan Evans giving Gemmell another chance to show his prowess with the dead ball. Trying to pick out the back post run of Shaun MacIver, Gemmell's curling delivery smacked off the crossbar with Craig Brown well beaten.
Yoker winger Kieren McIntyre's trickery on the left allowed him to escape the attentions of Steven MacLeod in the thirty fourth minute however the inspirational Marc Maccallum was alive to the danger and made a vital interception at the front post.
The action swung quickly to the other end where Craig MacEwan sent Donald Campbell in behind the Yoker back three. William McKellar came sliding in and blocked with his forearm as Campbell tried to lift the ball over him in the box however Referee Gilchrist was unsighted and unable to give the decision.
Yoker ended the first half camped in the Saints half forcing a succession of corners which the Saints defence were able to deal with before a Derek Carson cross from the corner of the eighteen yard box found Darren Currie well offside on the six yard line. The big striker beat Graham Douglas with a well placed header however Mr Gilchrist was up with play and had an easy decision to make in ruling out the goal.
Saints knew they had to raise their game and duly did so for the start of the second half. After just sixty seconds Steven MacLeod's adventurism on the right set up Matthew Kelly for a shot from the edge of the box. Kelly's sclaffed effort wrong footed the Yoker defence and fell kindly for Donald Campbell fourteen yards out who didn't need a second invitation to tuck the ball into the bottom corner beyond the left hand of Craig Brown.
The home side almost doubled their advantage straight from the restart with the danger again emanating from Steven MacLeod on the right. Shaun MacIver picked up the ball from MacLeod and continued his run across the edge of the box before slipping Craig MacEwan in on the left. MacEwan's placed finish across Craig Brown beat the keeper but unfortunately also the far post.
The away side's best chance of getting an equaliser looked likely to come from a set piece however the home defence remained firm repelling everything the visitors could muster.
A lunging Stephen O'Hara challenge on Donald Campbell went unpunished in the sixty ninth minute as Saints looked to break on the Yoker defence once again. Marc Maccallum's protests at the lack of a free-kick award earned him a yellow card from Mr Gilchrist which would later prove to be very costly.
With twenty minutes remaining Graham Douglas produced the save of the match to deny the visitors an equaliser. A delicious diagonal ball over the top from Kieren McIntyre ten yards inside his own half and wide on the left picked out the run of Robert White. The Yoker striker raced into the box but was thwarted by an excellent save by the Saints number one who narrowed the angle and stood up well to make a vital block.
Saints Manager Alex Craik decided on a change bolstering the midfield with the addition of Kerr Newbigging at the expense of striker Shaun MacIver.
Newbigging's first involvement was to win a free-kick when his run through the inside right channel was unceremoniously halted by William McKellar. Willie Gemmell's delivery into the box was too far in front of Paul Carmichael. Craig MacEwan picked up the loose ball and tried to feed Donald Campbell on the corner of the six yard box only for Stephen O'Hara to make a well timed sliding interception to turn the ball behind for a corner kick. Willie Gemmell's ball into the six yard area was partially cleared but Scott Maitland kept the pressure on with a driving run into the box. With Allan Evans, William McKellar and Stephen O'Hara in pursuit, Maitland spurned a golden opportunity to square the ball to the unmarked Donald Campbell instead having to settle for another corner kick off Allan Evans.
With the clock ticking down Yoker were committing everything to attack and Donald Campbell looked to hit on the break again in the ninety first minute. Craig Brown took the sting out of Campbell's effort on the edge of the box and second half substitute Robert McGowan held his nerve well to nick the ball off the toes of Matthew Kelly who was closing in for what would surely have been a decisive second goal.
Mr Gilchrist allowed a generous amount of stoppage time during which the visitors looked to launch the ball forward at every opportunity. The Saints rearguard, defiantly marshalled by Marc Maccallum, stood firm providing the platform for yet another Donald Campbell counter attack in the ninety third minute. Kerr Newbigging's ball over the top was squared by Campbell looking for Craig MacEwan and drew a crucial mistake from Robert McGowan whose handball in the box left Referee Gilchrist no option but to point to the penalty spot.
Willie Gemmell's perfectly placed penalty kick gave Yoker keeper Craig Brown no chance however the drama didn't end there. Marc Maccallum and Kerr Newbigging's disagreement over defensive positioning at the penalty kick became dangerously inflamed forcing Mr Gilchrist to issue yellow cards to both and which brought Maccallum's involvement to a premature end.
Matthew Kelly made way for Jamie Graham for what little time remained on the watch before Mr Gilchrist, who correctly called the majority of the game's big decisions, ended proceedings setting up a quarter-finals appearance for Saints against Scottish Amateur Football League Premier Division table toppers Goldenhill.
Oban Saints 2017 - 18 Scottish Amateur Cup Campaign
1st Round
2nd September 2017 Oban Saints 4 - 0 Mauchline United
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| Shaun MacIver's shot flies past Andrew Clark to opening the scoring |
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| Craig MacEwan and Fraser MacFarlane congratulate Shaun MacIver on his opening goal |
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| Graham Douglas collects a free-kick |
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| Craig MacEwan slots away Ally McKerracher's through ball to double the lead |
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| Ally McKerracher and Craig MacEwan celebrate Saints second goal |
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| Shaun MacIver with Ryan O'Donnell and David Howat in attendance |
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| Andrew Clark saves from Ally McKerracher |
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| Andrew Clark saves Willie Gemmell's free-kick |
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| Craig MacEwan seals his hat-trick and rounds off the scoring at 4 - 0 |
2nd Round
30th September 2017 Oban Saints 6 - 0 Plains
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| Fraser MacFarlane opens the scoring |
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| Fraser MacFarlane celebrates his goal |
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| Donald Campbell nets the first of his three goals |
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| Donald Campbell, Craig MacEwan, Keith Millar, Scott Maitland and Fraser MacFarlane celebrate Saints second goal |
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| Matthew Kelly hurdles a challenge from Anthony Traynor |
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| Donald Campbell adds his second goal |
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| Donald Campbell celebrates his second goal |
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| Donald Campbell lifts the ball over Darren Hunter to seal his hat-trick |
3rd Round
4th November 2017 Falkirk Community 3 - 3 Oban Saints
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| Team Captains Donald Campbell and Jack Stickler with Referee Joseph Todd |
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| Marc Maccallum |
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| Steven MacLeod and James Stevenson |
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| Graham Douglas |
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| Alex Craik and Callan Kerr |
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| Willie Gemmell and Callan Kerr |
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| Shaun MacIver and Ryan Donnelly |
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| Campbell Geddes saves Willie Gemmell's free-kick |
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| Craig MacEwan heads home Shaun MacIver's corner kick to level the scores at 1 - 1 |
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| Craig MacEwan and Shaun MacIver celebrate Craig's goal |
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| Shaun MacIver comes off worse in a clash with Scott Wright |
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| Steven MacLeod and Ryan Donnelly |
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| Scott Wright heads wide |
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| Myles McAuley |
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| Donald Campbell brings Saints level at 2 - 2 |
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| Craig MacEwan and Willie Gemmell congratulate Donald Campbell on his goal |
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| Donald Campbell puts Saints into a 3 - 2 lead |
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| Donald Campbell |
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| Craig MacEwan and Donald Campbell celebrate Donald's second goal |
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| Grant Plenderleith's stoppage time cross evades Alex Craik, Blair Lockhart and Graham Douglas and ends up in the net to level the scores at 3 -3 and force a replay |
3rd Round Replay
11th November 2017 Oban Saints 3 - 2 Falkirk Community
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| Silence of remembrance |
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| Team Captains Donald Campbell with Referee Tony McCann |
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| Craig MacEwan holds off Brayden Docherty |
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| Paul Carmichael |
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| Saints legend Ross Maitland tussles with Falkirk full back Brayden Docherty |
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| Myles McAuley hits the post in the build up to Saints opening goal |
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| Craig MacEwan opens the scoring |
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| Paul Carmichael congratulates Craig MacEwan on his opening goal |
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| Falkirk's Man of the Match Stuart MacFarlane heads clear |
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| Scott Maitland |
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| Ross Maitland skips away from Ryan Donnelly's sliding challenge |
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| Scott Maitland fails to find the target with a diving header |
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| Alex Craik renews hostilities with Falkirk's lively front pairing of James Stevenson and Callan Kerr |
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| Keith Millar |
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| Willie Gemmell beats Stephen McKinnon from the penalty spot to bring Saints level at 2 - 2 |
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| A delighted Myles McAuley and Willie Gemmell after Myles had restored Saints lead |
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Myles McAuley is congratulated by his team mates after his winning goal
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4th Round2nd December 2017 Greenock HSFP 2 - 2 Oban Saints
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| Craig Campbell and Harry Donaldson |
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| Willie Gemmell finds the net direct from the corner flag |
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| Willie Gemmell accepts the congratulations of his teammates |
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| Kevin Brown's spot kick comes back off the crossbar |
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| Ryan Corr heads wide |
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| Floodlights on |
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| Craig Boyd beats Graham Douglas and Alex Craik to put the High 2 - 1 ahead |
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| Daniel McCuish and Thomas MacFarlane |
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| Scott Maitland celebrates his goal with Craig Campbell |
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| A spot of cramp for Ryan Corr. Thomas MacFarlane administers the first aid |
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| Graham Douglas |
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Debutant Daniel McCuish
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4th Round Replay
6th January 2018 Oban Saints 2 - 0 Greenock HSFP
5th Round
27th January 2018 East Kilbride Rolls Royce 2 - 4 Oban Saints
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| The players observe a silence of remembrance for the late Charles 'Rex' Gallacher Scottish Amateur Football Association President |
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| Team Captains Donald Campbell and Paul Hughes with Referee Andrew McLean |
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| Daniel MacCuish |
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| Myles McAuley |
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| Steven MacLeod |
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| Conor Flanagan punches clear |
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| Daniel MacCuish takes on Steven Christie |
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| Matthew Kelly |
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| Craig MacEwan can't get his head on Daniel MacCuish's corner kick |
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| The Skippers battle it out |
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| Daniel MacCuish makes a vital block to deny Andrew Cunningham |
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| Matthew Kelly heads clear |
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| Graham Douglas |
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| Craig Duncan congratulates Andrew Cunningham on his second goal |
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| Conor Flanagan can't get out Scott Maitland's shot to bring Saints back into the match |
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| Scott Maitland rounds Conor Flanagan |
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| Scott Maitland nets his second goal of the afternoon |
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| A delighted Scott Maitland runs off in celebration |
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| Craig Campbell heads clear |
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| Myles McAuley gives Saints the lead |
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| Matthew Kelly, Steven MacLeod and Willie Gemmell congratulate Myles McAuley on his goal |
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| Craig Campbell |
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| Myles McAuley and Marc Brown |
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| Willie Gemmell |
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| Craig MacEwan rounds off the scoring |
6th Round
3rd February 2018 Kilbride Thistle 2 - 3 Oban Saints
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| Great to see exiled Obanites Brian 'Gleik' McGleish and John 'Tanno' MacDonald come along to lend their support |
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| Team Captains Donald Campbell and Darren Frye with Referee Scott Bunting |
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| Unused substitutes Ruaridh Horne and Craig MacMillan |
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| Jack McWilliams heads away a Willie Gemmell free-kick |
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| Ryan Harvie saves from Donald Campbell |
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| Craig MacEwan equalises for Saints |
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| Willie Gemmell and Craig MacEwan celebrate Saints equaliser |
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| Willie Gemmell and Ryan Wilson |
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| Myles McAuley and Cameron Rainey |
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| Daniel MacCuish and Glenn Lewis |
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| Scott Maitland |
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| Ryan Harvie can't reach Donald Campbell's shot to give Saints the lead |
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| Matthew Kelly beats Alexander Sommerville in the air |
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| Willie Gemmell and Darren Frye |
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| Graham Douglas |
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| Myles McAuley and Scott Hindmarsh aerial duel |
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| Craig MacEwan gets away from Jack McWilliams |
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| Ryan Harvie |
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| Craig MacEwan congratulates Daniel MacCuish on his first goal for the Club |
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| Matthew Kelly and Steven MacLeod make an important block on Jack McWilliams |
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| Donald Campbell |
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| Kerr Newbigging smacks a late chance off the post |
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| Paul Carmichael thumps clear |
7th Round
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