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Geggan throw in. Long to Paton and the full time whistle goes. Geggs came close but it went wide to Martin at the left hand side. Paton to Nat, lovely play and a cheeky wee smile from Geggs plus a pat on the back for him too LOL Ref ignored it. Obvious foul on our player. Free kick Dumbarton on the halfway line. Harvie to Morris, then to McMullan on the away byline. McCabe to Higgy but lost to Barr, up to Nuttall from Stirling and out for a Sons throw in. Nat heads down a high ball. Down to Harvie, then to Buchanan. Over to McCrorie. Nuttall takes a spare,m then to nade but cleared by Morris. Hoppy cant catch the spare. They like to leave it late eh? Jings Paton long ball from Murdoch. Paton to Geggan in the box, fights for it. Out for a Sons throw in. Down to Nat, then to Hoppy but out for a goal kick. Flipping superb! HOPPY IS THE SCORER DUMBARTON 0-2 PARS A pile up with slippy feet by Geggs and Higgy. Long ball to a running Hoppy into the Sons box but Martin comes off his line to save easily. Long ball out wide. Throw in Dumbarton. Nuttall only a few seconds on tried a shot on goal for dumbarton but it went high over the bar . The Pars fans in their element! Sub for Pars off Moff on is Paton DUMBARTON 0-1 PARS From the right its Higgy. Long to the head of Thomson. Out for a Sons throw in. Nade headers behind the long ball from Martin. Down to Hoppy and an offside flag up. Free kick Dumbarton with Martin to take, Hibs 3 - 0 QoS Stirling shot on goal saved well by a diving Murdoch. Higgy take free kick. Sub Dumbarton off Vaughan being replaced by Nade Higgy to Moff, cant get through and a chance for an own goal with McCrorie putting in a loose pass to Martin. Hoofed to the halfway line. Martin long to Ash, down to Hoppy who goes head over heels. Talbot heads down, Dumbarton forward to Smith then to Stirling out to Geggs and the pars fire forward to the dumbarton half. Sub for Pars off is Reilly on is Hoppy Geggan to McMullan loses it to Harvie but a good stop by Morris. Chips to McMullan but his shot is past the left hand post. Looking at the other scores, i just want to get back oan the bus! Harvie to take. Free kick Dumbarton on the halfway line. Rovers 2 - 0 Morton Martin to his midfield. Moff to McMullan chips to Talbot who slides and its cleared from danger by Barr. Vaughan back on. It`s Vaughan down and limps off. Morris fouls despite being nowhere near Robert Thomson. Free kick Dumbarton, Harvie takes, Murdoch on the deck along with three Dumbarton players. Cleared eventually and a Sons player is down on the far side. Sorry lost connection there. Nothing to speak of. :-( Harvie throw in. Long to Thomson and out for another. Harvie to Geggs bounces in front of him, the ref being inconsistent with his throw ins today - Dumbarton taking them from everywhere except the place it went out and Pars being tracked back each time. Hibs 3 - 0 QoS Martin clears, down to Morris returns it and off to Moff. Martin comes off his line and saves. Martin to the centre circle bouncing over Nat. Out to Higgy for a pars throw in. Geggan to Moff back to Geggs now to Morris long ball towards McMullan but too short. Carswlel loses it to McMullan in the box shoots and its behind the goal for a goal kick - lol - we all thought it was in and the Sons fans are cheering because we were wrong! The sun is trying to come back out but there are dark grey clouds and rain over the hills in the distance. Higgy from the left, into the box for Geggs but heads it over the bar. Martin to Talbot, Nat to Talbot, now to Rhys but he pings it past the left hand post. Corner Pars. Murdoch takes out to Geggan. Crosses to the head of Vaughan, Moff cant get the spare but Talbot gets it down to the box and it flies past the left hand post. McCrorie to Morris, clears down the wing. Out for another Sons throw in this time deeper in the pars half. I mean Barr not Smith put it past. I lost ma teamsheet - flying oot ma haund! martin to Harvie and out for a Sons throw in. Harvie to Morris, behind to Smith, right hand side, crosses to SMith in front of goal and just past the right hand post. Im hoping to keep ma haunds in ma pockets this half... brrrrr We kick off with Reilly and Rhys. Teams back out for the second half. OTHER SCOTTISH CHAMPIONSHIP HALFTIME SCORES From the right. FLag blowing very strongly. Cleared from the box, shot taken and past the left hand post. Corner Dumbarton. Murdoch to Nat`s head. Down to Morris from Vaughan. Out for a Sons throw in after the ball bounces in to the stand. Smith long ball to the pars half. Offside flag up for Vaughan. Murdoch to take the free kick. From the right it`s Higgy. Right footed coss, curls in and Morris cant get to it. Tight play away to Stanton and downfield to Murdoch ahead of Vaughan. Rhys long to Harvie. Down to Talbot tipped to Higgy on to McMullan does well on to Nat then to Talbot who wins a pars corner. geggs to Higgy touches to Moff, turns gives to Nat. Up to McMullan but a lack of concentration sees the ball travel down to Morris at the centre circle. Up to Moff back heel to Higgy and McMullan tries a chance at the left hand post and rebounds out for a Pars throw in. Rhys to take. Ok it`s a wee bit farther back say 22 yards lol. Martin to Morris, down to McMullan then to Higgy who is fouled by Buchanan. Free kick Pars 18 yards out. Brought back by the ref for some reason. Murdoch to Ash, then to Talbot who slides as he passes it inside. Geggs to Moff but he`s nowhere near and Dumbarton fire to our end. No idea why Morris was yellow carded. Throw in Sons. Deep to the pars box. Talbot up the wing, Reilly takes it from him and on to Rhys who fires it past the right hand post. Another windy clearance by Murdoch. Back to his safe hands via Ash. Free kick Dumbarton in heir hald. Ball off the post after a Buchanan came close then fell to the feet of Vaughan who couldnt get it past a diving Murdoch at the left hand post. Raith Rovers 1 - 0 Morton McCrorie to Geggan and a shot by Smith is wide of the left hand post. High ball down to Higgy, Ash at the post, blocked in the box, down to Morris but he cant get it forward. Out wide for a Sons throw in. Martin to the head of Barr. Talbot wins a throw in despite it coming off a Sons player. Nae wonder their fans arent happy. A throw in sorry. Higgy to take. Martin takes, down to David SMith. McMullan wins it back then cleared up the wing by Talbot but out of play. Talbot to the head of Smith. In to Dumbarton no22 whose shot is saved at the feet of Murdoch. Reilly to Carswell. In to Vuaghan and out wide. Touched to Buchanan then to McCrorie but his pass back to Vaughan is poor and out for a pars throw in. Left hand side again, Higgy, swung in to Morris, out to McMullan keeps it in, crosses in and bounces on to Martin. He clears it long and its wasted with the wind behind it and on to Murdoch. Higgy again from the left. Right footed cross, low in, goes in very low by Morris and out for another pars corner. Ive lost count lol The pars fans in good voice today. Murdoch to Reilly a great run down the wing. corner pars. Goal kick by Martin. Long ball to the head of Ash, down to Vaughan. THrow in Dumbarton. Cardwell to Vaughan past Rhys and a shot on goal by Stanton just curls past the right hand post. A screamer of a shot. Rhys long ball to Moff, ahead of him is McCrorie, away to Reilly and Nat brings it down on the deck. Smith to Vaughan, away to Nat then to Reilly back to Nat and long ball to higgy wide to Geggs. Across to Rhys, up to Higgy and a pars throw in deep in the sons half. Boos from the home fans convinced Murdoch got a hand to it. Out wide for David Smith. THrow in Dumbarton deep in the pars half. Talbot to McMullan. High ball caught by the wind over to Geggs and on to Murdoch. Short to Ash, then to Stanton. over to Vaughan crosses and over the bar and on to the top of the net. Sean Murdoch looks a bit knocked out but just a blow from the top of the net it looks. Falkirk 0-1 St Mirren Smith with the throw in. Off to Murdoch to clear. Murdoch high ball but not going far. Ash to Nat headed down by McMullan. David SMith through but his cross is away by the wind and the pars have it upfield. Out to Higgy but tracked back to Morris. Foiled by Barr, down on the deck to Stirling then forward to Vaughan who cant quite keep it in. Murdoch to Higgy on the wing. Ash gets it back to Murdoch. Long to the feet of Carswell. Down to Rhys, up to McMulan and Nat then Rhys. Everyone getting a shot at heading the ball. Shot on goal by Stanton sees it past the right hand post. Sam Stanton takes and it curls wide of the right hand post. From the right side this time, curled low, cleared by Moff, down to Rhys and he clears it long. Back to Talbot but out for a Dumbarton throw in. Martin, again. Bedecked in neon yellow Martin clears to the head of Ash who puts it behind to Murdoch. Long to a running MOff but too far. Lee brings it down, rebounds off Carswell, though to Stanton. Down to Moff, heads to Higgy out wide to GEggan. In to Moff, out to Huggy back to Geggan crosses in and a good save at the near post by Martin. Long spare ball throuhg to the Dumbarton defence, forward to Talbot and cleared inside to Moff. Away to Rhys, out to Higgy on the wing and missed and on to Buchanan. Rhys again this time thrtough to Mcmullan chips to the head of MCCrorie and downfield it goes. Talbot to Moff, on to Reilly and out for another pars throw in. Murdoch hoofs it to the head of Moff, down to Ash and upwards to Higgy. Rhys through to Nat and its out for a pars throw in. Talbot to Moff, missed and into the feet of Carswell. Nat stops it but straight to Vaughan. Down the wing to a clearance by Murdoch, short to Vaughan but Rhys gets in between. Throw in Pars. Vaughan to take. Long ball from Martin on to Murdoch. He returns it but the wind is being a pain. Stopping it short. Down to Geggan and a free kick for Dumbarton in the attacking half. Vaughan is fouled. Free kick 35 yards out. From the right it`s Higgy. Right footed cross, short to McMullan and crossed to the box and a good diving save at the left hand post by Martin. Higgy to take. Played inside to Carswell and long to Talbot. Headed down to Moffat and taken down. Free kick Pars 40 yards out. Both teams enter the field of play. Pars in their black and white tops, black shorts and black socks. And just as I start to get comfy in comes Martin Hardie! Just to reiterate Clark is not playing, he is not on the team sheet, he is injured. He is in attendance at the match however. I hope everyone clocked that photae of Joe with his wee girl on Facebook - an absolute cracker! Unicorn mad. LOL! No sign of Nicky Clark today - we heard he hadn`t tidied his room and fell oot wi his dad We came through a lot of warm sunshine, on the bus, and even joked about having a wee paddle in the Clyde when we arrived. By eck it`s no` the same climate here in the stadium though - yikes! I wish I had ma vest oan! Good afternoon from a very cold and blustery West Ayrshire for today`s SPFL fixture between Dumbarton and Dunfermline Athletic. |