Classic Matches from the past

Auchinleck 1-2 Linlithgow

THIS MATCH SAW LINLITHGOW END ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS EPISODES IN JUNIOR CUP HISTORY.
AUCHINLECK HAD ONE THE CUP THREE YEARS RUNNING AND WERE FIRM FAVOURITES AGAIN AND CONSIDERED
THIER SIDE TO BE A BETTER ONE THAN THAT OF PREVIOUS YEARS AND WERE THE BOOKIES FAVOURITES.
THE MATCH KICKED OFF ON A SLIPPERY PITCH AND IT WAS LINLITHGOW WHO ENJOYED THE BETTER OF
THE EARLY EXCHANGES BUT AUCHINLECK HAD THE FIRST CLEAR CUT CHANCE BUT HENDERSON SAVED WELL
LINLITHGOW OPENED THE SCORING IN THE 21st MINUTE WHEN SCOTT FLICKED ON TO ALAN MILLER
WHO SLOTTED HOME AN ANGLED SHOT A GOAL OUT OF NOTHING BUT FULLY DESERVED AT THE TIME.
AUCHINLECK DID FIGHT BACK BUT DIDNT REALLY LOOK LIKE SCORING...UNTIL A TERRIBLE MIX UP
BETWEEN MORRISON AND HENDERSON A LONG PUNT WAS LEFT BY BOTH PLAYERS AND LET IN MILLS TO
SLIDE THE BALL HOME FROM CLOSE RANGE TO EQUALISE. LINLITHGOW SHOULD HAVE GONE IN FRONT
JUST BEFORE HALF TIME BUT HALCROW HEADED A SCOTT CROSS WIDE FROM CLOSE RANGE FIVE MINUTES
BEFORE THE BREAK. H/T AUCHINLECK 1-1 LINLITHGOW ROSE LINLITHGOW STARTED THE SECOND HALF
BY CONTINUING TO HAVE THE UPPER HAND HALCROW GOING CLOSE WITH A CLEVER LOB BEFORE MILLER
SNATCHED HIS AND LINLITHGOW SECOND IN THE 62nd MINUTE. A CORNER WAS HEADED OUT BUT ONLY
AS FAR AS MILLER AND HE SHOT HOME. A MINUTE LATER IT WAS NEARLY ALL OVER AS OLIVER PUT
MILLER CLEAR WITH ONLY THE KEEPER TO BEAT BUT HIS SHOT WAS BLOCKED THAT WAS LINLITHGOW`S
LAST REAL CHANCE AS TALBOT STARTED TO PILE ON THE PRESSURE HENDERSON MADE GREAT SAVES
FROM PATERSON AND ORR; ORR HIT THE SIDE NETTING AND THE BAR AND ALAN OLIVER CLEARED OF
THE LINE AS THE ROSE HUNG ON DESPERATLY. IN THE 90th MINUTE GOAL HERO ALAN MILLER WAS
ENT OFF FOR HIS SECOND YELLOW AND LEFT THE FIELD TO ROAR OF APPRECIATION FROM THE ROSE
FANS THE WHISTLE CAME NOT A MOMENT TO SOON FOR THE ROSE. THE VICTORY WAS A SUPERB RESULT
FOR LINLITHGOW AND WAS BUILT ON A SPLENDID TEAM PERFORMANCE IF ANYONE DESERVED SPECIAL
PRAISE THOUGH IT WOULD BE ALAN MILLER FOR HIS TWO GOALS AND WILSON FOR SOME GREAT TOUCHES.
BOTH HALCROW AND SCOTT WORKED TIRELESSLY UP FRONT BUT THE VICTORY WAS BUILT ON A SUPERB
PERFORMANCE BY ARCHIE HENDERSON AND THE BACK FOUR WHO ONLY MADE ONE MISTAKE ALL DAY AND
LOST A GOAL BECAUSE OF IT
F/T AUCHINLECK 1-2 LINLITHGOW ROSE
INLITHGOW ROSE: HENDERSON PURVES MORRISON McKEEMAN STEEL OLIVER MILLER WILSON BURGESS SCOTT HALCROW
SUBS BLAIKIE GIBSON