Dumfries 1's 0-3 Clydesdale 3's

On Saturday 23rd March Dumfries M1s welcomed Clydesdale to KGV for the second fixture between them this
season. Dumfries started with the ball and knocked it round well, with J Aitken in midfield dictating
the tempo, occasionally penetrating the Clydesdale back line, but were unable to beat the visitors’
defence. Clydesdale had a go at Dumfries a few times and looked to use the pace of familiar face
Mitchell Pritchard to stretch the Dumfries defence, but he was expertly marshalled by R Carson and
S Marshall at the back. Dumfries almost found a way through 20 minutes into the game with M
Cathie unfortunate to put the ball wide of the goal. At the other end Clydesdale won a couple of
short corners, one saved by young goalkeeper E Oakes and the other cleared by R Carson on the
right post. This was followed up by Clydesdale eventually managing to break the deadlock with the
last touch of the first half to put them a goal up going into the break.
Clydesdale started with the ball in the second half and is wasn’t long before they doubled their lead
after a cut back from Clydesdale into the middle of the D. Dumfries tried to get back into the game
and some neat link up play between J Aitken and R Johnston almost got them through, but the
Clydesdale defence held out. Shortly after this, A Stapleton received a green card and with it 2
minutes on the sideline for not being the required 5 metres away from a Clydesdale sideline ball.
Dumfries managed to keep Clydesdale at bay while they were down to 10 men, although soon after
getting back to a full compliment Clydesdale scored again. After the third goal the Dumfries back
line defended well for the remainder and the score remained unchanged at 3-0.
Player of the match for this game was Robert Milne for his combative performance in midfield.
Thanks to Mikey Redman and John Bennett for umpiring.